1. New Features in the Online SSG
BetterInvesting’s Online Tools
Suzi Artzberger
Director of Information Services, BetterInvesting

2. Disclaimer
The information in this presentation is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be a recommendation to purchase or sell any of the stocks, mutual funds, or other securities that may be referenced.

3. The stock market today is in turmoil.
Online Tools Subscriber Access
The stock market today is in turmoil.

4. Every stock investor has countless options.
Online Tools Subscriber Access
Every stock investor has countless options.

5. How to Use the Online SSG
But (you may ask yourself), how do I do a study with the Online SSG?
And the answer is right at the top of the Online SSG – and that answer is:

6. Set User Mode
Important to take screen shots, or show the live tool with the correct User Mode – base on the audience you are talking to.

7. Step-by-Step
Moving from left to right, for each tab (red circles, 1 to 5) complete all the steps under each
Current tab is light blue
Current step is red
Simply,
Step-by-step
We’re going to go through 5 distinct sections, then I’m going to show you how to save and print your study and that’s all it takes
May not look like the SSG we are used to (a la Toolkit) but CONCEPTUALLY it is exactly the same – and in many ways clearer.
Each concept is presented individually for consideration.

8. Graphical display of data Tabular display of data
Navigation
SSG Basics
Graphical display of data
Help your student with the “lay of the land.”
Tabular display of data

9. Preferred Procedure Option Available in Enhanced User Mode

10. Scroll Down We estimate EPS on the 3rd tab – Forecast Sales/Earnings
Step 2 is where we focus on the Earnings
I have highlighted the path in yellow.
Here we are looking at the graph of EPS.
Scroll down a bit …

11. Options to Forecast EPS
And here you see all the options that are available to you.
Your pick.
Analyst estimates –
The analyst estimate data is a consensus earnings estimate provided by Thomson Financial. The number of analysts providing estimates for a particular ticker varies according to the size and popularity of the company. For example, larger company estimates may be an aggregate of estimates from up to 20 analysts whereas a smaller company may be only covered by 2 or 3 analysts.
And finally the preferred procedure…
So let’s take a closer look.

12. Check the Most Recent Trend
That is all annual data that we have look at – and it really is a good idea to check out the most recent quarterly data. You want to see what the most recent trend.
You can access a graph of the PTP margins – including the recent Q data by clicking on the little graph icon next to the label.

13. Check the Most Recent Trend
Here is the graph. – I will point out tha tif you hover your cursor over the open bubbles – and those are the recent quarterly data you can see the values for the most recent data.
So I see that the profit margin has been continuing to improve over the past several Q.

14. Low Price Options Two options in Basic User Mode
Low P/E Forecast x Low EPS
Recent Market Low Price
Two more in Enhance User Mode
Average low price
Price dividend will support
More about user modes soon.

16. Basic Low Price Options

17. Enhanced Low Price Options

18. Research Center

19. General and Company Specific Links

20. BetterInvesting Member Sentiment

22. Member Sentiment and More

23. Trial Version Access on the Public Page

24. Trial Version Direct access:
Includes the full features of the Online SSG, excluding the ability to save
No login required – open to non-members
No credit card or signup required
Limited to 20 tickers

26. Questions? If you have comments for the instructor, please see the
classroom assistant for a
comment card.
Seminar ID: 1C