The ISI Emerging Markets Help Pages


Table of Contents

I. Introduction

II. Getting Started

    bb.gif (155 bytes) System Requirements
    bb.gif (155 bytes) Home page URL
    bb.gif (155 bytes) Your User name and Password
    bb.gif (155 bytes) Bookmarking our homepage
    bb.gif (155 bytes) Make ISI Emerging Markets your homepage

III. Accessing ISI Emerging Markets

    bb.gif (155 bytes) The Navigation and Message area
    bb.gif (155 bytes) The News page (or the country homepage)
    bb.gif (155 bytes) The Company Page
      yb.gif (154 bytes) Sample Company Profile
      yb.gif (154 bytes) Accessing Financial Statements
    bb.gif (155 bytes) The Industry Page
    bb.gif (155 bytes) Macroeconomic Information
    bb.gif (155 bytes) Financial Markets Information
    bb.gif (155 bytes) Research Information
    bb.gif (155 bytes) The Sources Page
    bb.gif (155 bytes) MyISI

IV. IntelliFindTM
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Selecting countries
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Searching in foreign languages
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Entering search terms in foreign languages
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Setting up your browser to display foreign languages
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Searching by publication date
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Understanding the default settings
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Search results
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Retrieving PDF articles
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Viewing PDF articles
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Case Insensitive search
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Multiple phrases and wildcards
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Refining your search
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Stopwords
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Reserved Words
    yb.gif (154 bytes) Examples of bad queries

I. Introduction

ISI Emerging Markets offers critical information from various emerging markets across the globe.
This user-guide is designed to help you navigate in a clear, step-by-step manner through the ISI Emerging Markets services.

In particular, the guide is intended to help you:

This guide also answers some FAQs and provides a list of worldwide subscriber support contacts. Please note that Internet Securities Inc. continually enhances the ISI Emerging Market Service by offering new time-saving and innovative features and adding new and hard-to-find content regularly. If you notice that a particular product or feature is not reviewed here or need immediate assistance, please contact your local customer service representative.

II. Getting started

The ISI Home Page (http://www.securities.com)

System Requirements

Internet Securities Inc supports the following browsers, you will need to upgrade olders browsers to fully experience all our features and tools. Additionally, your browser must be Java & Javascript enabled.

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Home page URL

For our regular subscribers, the URL to access the ISI Emerging Markets service is: http://www.securities.com
Our site license users are automatically  authenicated (using IP addresses) on this custom site: http://site.securities.com

Your User name and Password
When prompted for a username & password (case sensitive) do the following:

bb.gif (155 bytes) Enter user name in appropriate box. Use mouse or press TAB key to select password box.

bb.gif (155 bytes) Enter your password and then press enter or click OK using the mouse.

Book marking our homepage

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                yb.gif (154 bytes) Go to home page http://www.securities.com/. Select  “Bookmarks” in the Windows menu and click on “Bookmark This Page” to bookmark the site.

                yb.gif (154 bytes) For quicker access in future, click on “bookmarks” and select   “ISI Emerging Markets” from the pull down menu.

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                yb.gif (154 bytes) Go to http://www.securities.com/. Select  “Favorites” in the Windows menu and click on “Add to Favorites”.

                yb.gif (154 bytes) For quicker access in future, select “Favorites” and select ISI Emerging Markets from the pull down menu.

Make ISI Emerging Markets your home page

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                yb.gif (154 bytes) Select “Edit” on windows menu and click on “Preferences”.

                yb.gif (154 bytes) Go to “Navigator” category and select “Home Page” radio button.

                yb.gif (154 bytes) Type http://www.securities.com/ in text box that appears next to it.

            bb.gif (155 bytes) In Internet Explorer

                yb.gif (154 bytes) Select “Tools” on windows menu and click on “Internet Options”

                yb.gif (154 bytes) Type in http://www.securities.com/ in text box that appears under “General” category.

III. Accessing ISI Emerging Markets

The Navigation and Message area

   bb.gif (155 bytes) Once you are on a country home page and you want to switch to another country product (you may need an additional subscription) simply select the country from the drop-down menu.

   bb.gif (155 bytes) Important product related messages are displayed in the area above the navigation bar.

   bb.gif (155 bytes) You can perform searches using the IntelliFindTM described later.

   bb.gif (155 bytes) The ISI Emerging Markets service offers nine primary categories for all country products. These categories are consistent and also comprise the primary navigation bar and will appear on every page.To access information from any of the categories, simply click on the appropriate tab.

The News page (or the country homepage)

a.jpg (5983 bytes)Latest News / NewsWatch: Access to most important news stories for the day. Headlines are prioritized by our Content Editors and updated several times a day.
b.jpg (5942 bytes)Latest News By Publications: Access to the most important news stories for the day sorted by publications.
c.jpg (5959 bytes)News By Type: Access to the latest news by type of information (Economic, Political...).
c.jpg (5959 bytes)Newswires: Latest news stories from newswires.
e.jpgNewspapers: Latest news stories from newspapers.
f.jpg (5883 bytes)Magazines: Latest news stories from magazines.
g.jpg (5883 bytes)News Publications: List of all the news publications available for the country.

newarrow.gif (1046 bytes) You can now add news articles to MyDocuments (MyISI), think of it as your personal clipping service.
MyDocuments can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

The Company page

a.jpg (5983 bytes)Company Search: Search most of the actively traded and private companies in the country.
b.jpg (5942 bytes)Select Companies by Industry: Quick access to companies by the sectors they are in.
c.jpg (5959 bytes)Listed Companies: View and search the complete list of companies covered.
d.jpg (5935 bytes)Companies by Alphabetical listing: Click on a letter or number to locate a company.
e.jpg (5944 bytes)Company Publications: Click on specific publication to view latest reports published by that publication.
f.jpg (5883 bytes)Latest company analysis: View latest analysis and reports from various sources.
NewsWatch (Company News): Access important and latest news about companies.

newarrow.gif (1046 bytes) You can now track companies by adding them to MyISI.
Select and add companies to the  “MyCompanies” folder, which can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

bb.gif (155 bytes) Sample Company Profile
News, analysis, and financial statements of a company can be viewed after selecting a company name.


bb.gif (155 bytes) Accessing Financial Statements
Click on "Financial Statements" on a company profile page to access the complete financial statements for that company.

The Industry Page

a.jpg (5983 bytes)Industry Search: Search for a particular industry.
b.jpg (5942 bytes)Search Industry by Sector: Quick access to industries by the sector they are in.
c.jpg (5959 bytes)Search by Industry: Access alphabetical listing of all industries.
d.jpg (5935 bytes)Industry Research: View latest analysis and research reports from various sources.
e.jpg (5944 bytes)Industry News: Access important and latest news about featured industries for each market. Coverage may vary from product to product.
Industry Publications: Click on specific publication to view latest reports published by that publication.

newarrow.gif (1046 bytes) You can now track industries by adding industries to MyISI.
Select and add an industry to the “MyIndustries” folder, which can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

Macroeconomic Information

a.jpg (5983 bytes)Actuals: View various actual macroeconomic parameters of the country.
b.jpg (5942 bytes)Consensus Forecast: View various forecast macroeconomic parameters of the country from multiple sources.
c.jpg (5959 bytes)Indicators Definitions: View basic definitions of various indicators.
d.jpg (5935 bytes)Export Table to Excel: Allows you to download the table, data, graphics, etc. into Excel.
NewsWatch: Latest headlines chosen by our Content Editors covering the economy of the country. Coverage may vary from country to country.
Macroeconomic Analysis: View latest analysis and research reports from various sources.
Macroeconomic publications: Click on specific publication to view latest reports published by that publication.

newarrow.gif (1046 bytes) You can now track Publications from this category by adding to MyPublications.
Select and add publications in the “MyPublications” folder which can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

 Financial Markets Information

a.jpg (5983 bytes)Symbol lookup: View charts and figures of various securities by entering stock market symbols. For more search options click Symbol Lookup link.
b.jpg (5942 bytes)Market Segments: View details of stock quotes.
Instrument Types: View details of share market indices, common types stocks under this option.
Market Summary: Quick overview of financial market of the country is available on this page.
Currency rates: View details of the country's currency rates.
Market Indices: View up to date market information from key stock markets in the country.
Financial Markets Analysis: View latest analysis and research reports from various sources.
Financial Market publications: View latest financial market reports published by key publication from the country.
Market Calendar: Calendar of market events and special announcements.
Charts: View stock market charts with 3 months, 1 year and maximum available history.
NewsWatch: Latest Headlines chosen by our Content Editors covering the financial markets of the country. Coverage may vary from country to country.
Movers and Shakers: View top gainers and losers of market. Click on Symbols for details.
Advances and Declines: View the "Advances" and "Declines" for the last trading day.

Research Information

Get Reports: There are various options that let you access research. Retrieve research reports by choosing report types, selecting a language, selecting a company, and industry or a specific publication. Click on "Clear Selections" for a new search or to reset previous selections.
b.jpg (5942 bytes)Company analysis: View latest company analysis and reports from various sources.
Industry Research: View latest industry analysis and research reports from various sources.
Research Publications: Key research publications covering the market. You can add these publications to "MySources" folder which can be viewed on your custom "MyISI" page. Coverage may vary from country to country.
Research reports: Latest research reports from the best local and global research firms, brokerage houses and analysts. Some reports are in PDF format, you may need to download Adobe Acrobat.

newarrow.gif (1046 bytes) You can now track sources from this category by adding to MySources.
Select and add publications in the “MySources” folder which can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

The Sources Page

Publication Search: Search for a specific publication by entering the name or a part of the name.
Publications by providers: Select providers to view list of publications published by them.
Publications By Category: Access to publications sorted under various categories such as news agencies, government, academic institutions etc.
Discontinued and Beta Publications: Click here to access issues that have been discontinued or are in Beta/testing phase.
Publications from news agencies, research firms, academic institutes, governments etc are listed on this page. By clicking on specific publication, you can view latest from the publication.
Recently Updated Publications: View the list of the most recently updated publications.

newarrow.gif (1046 bytes) You can now track Publications from this category by adding to MyPublications.
Select and add publications in the “MyPublications” folder which can be viewed on your custom MyISI page.

 MyISI - custom access to Companies, Industries, Documents, Searches, Publications, Clippings, Projects and Account

MyISI is a new and powerful way to create your ISI Emerging Markets Portfolio. You will be able to:
Add various documents, articles, publications, companies, searches, and industries of your interest to MyISI Emerging Market Services portfolio.

View all information added to My ISI on one My ISI page.

Remove contents from MyISI.

MyISI: Includes MyCompanies, MyIndustries, MyPublications, MySearches, MyDocuments, MyClippings, MyProject and MyAccount.

MyPublications: Add your favorite publications to this list for quick access.

You can also remove sources from your list and select your viewing options.

Search in MyPublications: Search for a specific term/article in your publications.

While using the ISI Emerging Market service you will come across following links:

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Add to MyCompanies

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Add to MyIndustries

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Add to MyPublications

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Add to MySearches

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Add to MyDocuments

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Add to MyClippings

If you select an item from ISI Emerging Market services and click on the appropriate link, the item will be added to the respective folder in your portfolio.You can view all items added to MyISI on MyISI page. Contents of MyISI will be unchanged unless you remove or add an item.
To remove an item from My ISI, select the item and click remove from link. Items added to My ISI can be stored up to 3 years.

IV. IntelliFindTM - our powerful search engine

Selecting countries
IntelliFind allows you to search through all ISI Emerging Markets' country products. The countries you have access to depends on the country products to which you currently subscribe. If you wish to receive access to additional products, please email
info @ s e c u r i t i e s . c o m or call your local ISI Emerging Markets representative.

To select multiple countries hold down the Ctrl-key and select the relevant countries with your mouse button. If you do not select a country, IntelliFind will automatically default to the current country product.

Searching in foreign languages
IntelliFind allows you to search in English and local languages. To select multiple languages hold down the Ctrl-key and select the languages with your mouse button. Should you select languages with conflicting character sets, IntelliFind will ask you to confirm or change your current character set.

Note: IntelliFind configures each local language with its corresponding character set. If you select multiple languages that have conflicting character sets, you will be asked to verify the character set you are using. Each character set corresponds to a language:

     bb.gif (155 bytes) Latin_1 (English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, German)

     bb.gif (155 bytes) Latin_9 (Turkish)

     bb.gif (155 bytes) cp1250 (Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Romanian, Slovakian, Estonian, Latvian)

     bb.gif (155 bytes)   cp1251 (Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian)

     bb.gif (155 bytes) Chinese (Chinese)

IntelliFind automatically defaults to English if you do not select a language.
Note: If you subscribe China country product, you would be able to search in Chinese. Click on the link saying: Search in Chinese

Entering search terms in foreign languages
You can enter search terms in foreign languages by:

     bb.gif (155 bytes) Using your keyboard (Your technical department can help you set this up)

     bb.gif (155 bytes) Cutting and pasting text from your browser

     bb.gif (155 bytes) For Latin character sets, you can use the common smashed version of the term(s)

Setting up your browser to display foreign languages

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Netscape Navigator (4.0 and higher)

        yb.gif (154 bytes) Go to the View menu for Netscape

        yb.gif (154 bytes) Select Character Encoding

        yb.gif (154 bytes) Select the relevant encoding for the language you are using

    bb.gif (155 bytes) Microsoft Internet Explorer (4.0 and higher)

        bb.gif (155 bytes) Go to the View menu for Explorer

        bb.gif (155 bytes) Select Encoding

        bb.gif (155 bytes) Select the appropriate encoding for the language you are using

Searching by publication dates
IntelliFind gives you the flexibility to search by publication date. Simply select from one of the following options:
   
bb.gif (155 bytes) Today: searches for articles published today.
   
bb.gif (155 bytes) Last 7 days: searches for articles published during the last 7 days.
   
bb.gif (155 bytes) Last 30 days: searches for articles published during the last 30 days.
   
bb.gif (155 bytes) Last year: searches for articles published during the last year.
   
bb.gif (155 bytes) Date range: searched through a specific date range in yyyy/mm/dd format. For example:
         to search for articles published between February 01, 2001 and May 30,2001 enter the following into the date box:

Range from to (yyyy/mm/dd)

If you do not specify a date, IntelliFind will search articles published during the last year.

Understanding the default settings
IntelliFind will automatically default to the following settings if you leave them blank or don't change them:

Country/Region

The country product you are currently using

Language

English

Content types

All

Publication Date

Last year

Search Term

Exact Phrase

Search Results
After you submit your search, IntelliFind conveniently lists the results of your query in the following format:

 You can view articles by:

 bb.gif (155 bytes) Selecting individual links to articles

 bb.gif (155 bytes) Using the check boxes to select multiple articles

 bb.gif (155 bytes) Using "Select all"to see all the articles together

Results will be sorted by date.

Retrieving PDF articles
IntelliFind is able to retrieve PDF documents. If your query results in some PDF articles, you will see this icon in the results column.

Viewing PDF articles
Any article with the PDF icon next to it, can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader. Because Acrobat Reader is a plug-in, you will not be able to select multiple PDF articles at the same time. You will have to view them one by one.

If you can not view PDF documents, you will need to install Adobe Acrobat Reader:
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Case Insensitive Search
With IntelliFind you will be able to enter terms in either case (lower or upper) and get the same results.


Multiple phrases and wildcards
To locate exact or context-specific phrases, use quotation marks (single or double), brackets, or parentheses around words or phrases that must appear together. For example:
To find articles about energy and crude oil, type the words "energy" and "crude oil" in the search box.

If you do not use quotation marks, the search engine will not recognize the separate phrases.

Wildcards may also be used to broaden your search. By typing an asterisk (*) after a root word, IntelliFind will search for all words containing that root word. For example:
Type tele* to find articles containing any words with the root or wildcard tele, such as "telecommunications", "telecom", Telebras", "telephones" or "television".

Refining your search (Logical Operators: AND, OR, NOT, EQUIVALENCE )
At it's simplest, a search query may have one word, but you also have the option to refine your search by using the following operators:

Operator

Search term(s)

Result

AND emerging & markets
emerging and markets
Returns documents that contain the terms "emerging" and "markets". 
OR emerging | markets
emerging or markets
Returns documents that contain either the word "emerging" or "markets".

NOT

emerging~markets
emerging not markets

Returns documents that contain the word "emerging" and not "markets".

EQUIVALENCE oil=gas
oil equiv gas
Specifies that "oil" is an acceptable substitution for "gas" within a document.

Stopwords

Stopwords are common words like "and", "the", "of"  etc. that are not considered significant query terms by themselves because they occur frequently within an article. Stopwords can be queried when used in conjunction with other significant search terms. Click here to view the complete stop-words list.

Reserved Words

Oracle Reserved Words - The following words are reserved by Oracle. That is, they have a special meaning to Oracle and so cannot be redefined. For this reason, you cannot use them to name database objects such as columns, tables, or indexes. Click here to view the complete reserved words list.

Examples of bad queries  

Inefficient queries

Recommended queries

Morgan and Stanley

morgan stanley; "morgan stanley"

el and paso and energy

el paso energy ; "el paso" and energy

mergers and & and acquisitions

merger* and acquisition*

Garments and industry or garments and sector

(garment* and industry) or (garment* and sector)

Deposits

deposit*

telecommunications OR telecom OR wireless OR GSM

telecom* or wireless or gsm

investments and in and infrastructure

investment* and infrastructure