Globeinvestor Problems & Questions
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I'll try and help but I'll need more information.active wrote:Jesus, the tracker still works fine on my desktop with Firefox 3.0.4 but on my laptop Mozilla updated automatically to 3.0.5 and the tracker does not work any more.
Does anyone know how to fix that while keeping the Firefox update?
What OS are you running?
What Java Run-Time are you using? You may need to use Control Panel to find out.
Are you using Globe InvestorGold or TDW WebBroker Select? I believe that WebBroker Select uses the Globe InvestorGold engine just rebranded, but as I don't have Globe InvestorGold I cannot be sure.
Are you able to start Tracker directly from Firefox 3.0.x? I've never be able to start WebBroker Select directly from Firefox, it detects Firefox and won't start. I use IE Tab to allow me to run it within Firefox.
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It always hits you when you don't need it. I am trying to fly from Victoria to Ottawa tomorrow via Toronto and the weather is not cooperating.
Thanks for offering to help Peculiar, I reinstalled the update and did a cold start, and now it works again. That makes me happy.
FYI:
My Laptop is on XP Home Edition
I installed Java 6 update 11 and unchecked the Java Plug in 'next generation' option, as you had suggested above.
I use the Webbroker Select 'powered by Globeinvestor Gold'.
The Firefox is version 3.0.5 and I can go on Webbroker select with no problems and simply click on Tracker and it works fine again.
Thanks for offering to help Peculiar, I reinstalled the update and did a cold start, and now it works again. That makes me happy.
FYI:
My Laptop is on XP Home Edition
I installed Java 6 update 11 and unchecked the Java Plug in 'next generation' option, as you had suggested above.
I use the Webbroker Select 'powered by Globeinvestor Gold'.
The Firefox is version 3.0.5 and I can go on Webbroker select with no problems and simply click on Tracker and it works fine again.
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Whot hoppen here? I have a list of 40 something stocks and find moments ago all information has vanished. ie. The two left hand columns are intact, the stock name and symbol, but all the other info just has dashes in their columns. price,change,time etc all gone. Any thoughts pls.
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I was getting intermittent timeouts today to www.globeinvestor.com. No problems to other sites so maybe something is wrong with the site.investor99 wrote:This site has been really crappy technically lately. Is it me?
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I'm not sure if its the IE I'm running, but I keep getting prompts about running scripts & very slow navigation around the site for a week or soinvestor99 wrote:This site has been really crappy technically lately. Is it me?
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I haven't used the Tracker on WebBroker Select for a few months, and found that Tracker wouldn't load when I tried it today. WebBroker tech support suggested to revert back to Java Update 7. That didn't sound like a good solution, so I searched FWR and found the fix provided upthread by Peculiar_Investor, which worked perfectly. A belated thanks to Peculiar_Investor.
I believe that all the Globe Investor period-to-date calculations include dividends and interest.zinfit wrote:Was wondering if the YTD calculations includes dividend distributions ? If it doesn't I have been beating the index by 2.5% so far.
I base this mainly on what I have observed on days when dividends are paid. The help for the page is not that explicit on the subject of distributions.
I assume that "actual dollar return and return on investment" includes all distributions.About Period-to-date report: The Period-to-date report of Globe Portfolio provides information on how your portfolio has performed on a one-day, month-to-date (MTD) and year-to-date (YTD) basis. The report is updated once per trading day, at approximately 8 p.m. EST. For each of the three time periods, it shows the actual dollar return and the return on investment on a holding-by-holding basis and for the portfolio as a whole. For example, the two columns under MTD show how many dollars you have actually gained or lost since the last day of the previous month for each holding, and the return on investment for each.
Maybe your portfolio isn't beating the index that well, after all...
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Re: Globeinvestor Problems & Questions
For those that were not aware of the phase out, Welcome, new Watchlist users. Goodbye, Stocklist and Fundlist - The Globe and Mail. I'm not a heavy user but so far the new Watchlist has performed better than the old Stocklist and I haven't had to worry about the dependence on cookies to keep things intact.
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The announcement says nothing about GlobeInvestor - My Portfolio. Do we know if it will be affected?Peculiar_Investor wrote:For those that were not aware of the phase out, Welcome, new Watchlist users. Goodbye, Stocklist and Fundlist - The Globe and Mail. I'm not a heavy user but so far the new Watchlist has performed better than the old Stocklist and I haven't had to worry about the dependence on cookies to keep things intact.
I haven't had time to explore the new Watchlist - is it in a format that can be interrogated with an Excel query?
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I haven't read anything about Portfolios being affected.pmj wrote:The announcement says nothing about GlobeInvestor - My Portfolio. Do we know if it will be affected?
I haven't had time to explore the new Watchlist - is it in a format that can be interrogated with an Excel query?
With regard to the Watchlist, about all you can do is an external web query and download the whole page. Excel cannot resolve it into tables. Myself, I gave up on GlobeInvestor when getting any web data for Excel and switched to Yahoo.
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Thanks - I had that impression from an early review of the Watchlist. I use specific portfolios within My Portfolio as the source data for excel downloads. I haven't nailed dividends - but I haven't tried too hard 'cos they don't change too often.like_to_retire wrote:With regard to the Watchlist, about all you can do is an external web query and download the whole page. Excel cannot resolve it into tables. Myself, I gave up on GlobeInvestor when getting any web data for Excel and switched to Yahoo.
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You can export Watchlists to Excel directly. Lots of data points.
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I find that GlobeInvestorGold is really slow to download recently. i don't have any problem with sites like this forum and my banks. Any thoughts?
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Regular Globe Investor is also painfully slow at times lately. I would be miffed if I had to pay for it.biker wrote:I find that GlobeInvestorGold is really slow to download recently. i don't have any problem with sites like this forum and my banks. Any thoughts?
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Not very impressive according to Google's tools -- PageSpeed Insights for G&M vs PageSpeed Insights for FWF
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I continue to have slow boot up of this site. A message appears statingbiker wrote:I find that GlobeInvestorGold is really slow to download recently. i don't have any problem with sites like this forum and my banks. Any thoughts?
"globeinvestor.com is not responding due to a long running script".I have never had a message like this when clicking on any other sites......Any ideas as to what his means?
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Re: Globeinvestor Problems & Questions
We get this when loading graphs on tmx site sometimes. I think is related to the amount of 'stuff' being loaded onto the webpage you are trying to view. Haven't tried to fix it as it is infrequent. We use IE9. Below is a link related to IE8. Have not tried this fix, so no promises that this will help. Could also try 'googling' your error message to see if a solution can be found.
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/f ... ef5be3aa7b
http://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/ie/f ... ef5be3aa7b