can you give us a choice?

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glworld
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evidently someone is in love with his SA layout and thought these 'improvements' would be welcomed by all...

i hate it and wonder what you guys were thinking?  was anyone pushing for a new look?  common sense would AT LEAST have you give us an option to try out the new layout but always having the old one available.

this is financial information...data and news that help us make decisions on our investments...this isn't a video game or kids sight...(although it seems they are more capable of finding out FIRST what their users prefer)

whoever 'conned' management into thinking this was better and everyone would just be so thrilled...needs to get real...

this is crappy...without warning...right in the middle of a market crisis...are you guys nuts?

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SA Admin Kushal Mehrotra

Hi Mark Ferry,

you can select 'All Portfolios' as indicated in the image below to view all your portfolios on a single page. you can expand or collapse individual portfolios as per your liking and you can use the 'view headlines' button on the top right, to quickly jump down to articles/news related to your portfolio.


I hope this helped, feel free to reach out in case further assistance is required.

Regards,
Kushal Mehrotra

Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha

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Latimer Light
Quote from SA Admin Kushal Mehrotra

Hi Mark Ferry,

you can select 'All Portfolios' as indicated in the image below to view all your portfolios on a single page. you can expand or collapse individual portfolios as per your liking and you can use the 'view headlines' button on the top right, to quickly jump down to articles/news related to your portfolio.


I hope this helped, feel free to reach out in case further assistance is required.

Regards,
Kushal Mehrotra

Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha

Can we have it changed back so we see portfolio on the left and relevant news next to it. Very much missing that. Much more useful than the new version. Thanks

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msoku

The old portfolio screen was terrific.  I could see ALL HOLDINGS of ALL PORTFOLIOS on ONE screen.  The new one is unusable.

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Mark Ferry
Quote from SA Admin Kushal Mehrotra

Hi Mark Ferry,

you can select 'All Portfolios' as indicated in the image below to view all your portfolios on a single page. you can expand or collapse individual portfolios as per your liking and you can use the 'view headlines' button on the top right, to quickly jump down to articles/news related to your portfolio.


I hope this helped, feel free to reach out in case further assistance is required.

Regards,
Kushal Mehrotra

Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha

Hi Kushal,

It does NOT help at all.  Not one iota. 


With the old format I didn't have to click individual portfolios.  Once I logged in to SA, I could see ALL HOLDINGS IN ALL PORTFOLIOS AT ALL TIMES. We don't want to see the total for each portfolio, we want to see

ALL HOLDINGS IN ALL PORTFOLIOS AT ALL TIMES. Plus the page would automatically refresh so I could just leave that page open all the time and monitor everything without having to click anything.  That's the part that SA is not getting- the best thing about the old format was the ability to continuously see ALL HOLDINGS IN ALL PORTFOLIOS AT ALL TIMES.  By eliminating that feature, you have ruined the entire platform.  

Thanks.

Mark

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glworld

back to my ORIGINAL request...

now i'm sure no one is that numb to destroy the old format as you launch the new format.

so i'm assuming that what a LOT of us want is still there, you just won't let us have it.

would it be UNREASONABLE to give us an option to use the older format?

when i have the time, i can 'tinker' with the new format and it seems YOU GUYS need to tinker with it too...not ready for prime time...

you had a great website...i find myself going to Yahoo more...what would be the downside to just let us choose old or new?  cause i really can't see any downside

the REAL downside is having NO CHOICE and you lose a lot of traffic...

Don't be smug...there's a lot of investing websites out there...its competitive...you had an edge but you are losing it by your apparent arrogance...

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Quote from Latimer Light

Can we have it changed back so we see portfolio on the left and relevant news next to it. Very much missing that. Much more useful than the new version. Thanks

Yes! The old version was far superior. This "improvement" sucks.

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assetman07

Editing the portfolios has become a pain in the ass, quite frankly.

Deleting names from the portfolios... you go to "Edit Portfolio"

But in adding names to the portfolio... you go somewhere different???? WTH? 

Also... it would be *VERY* nice if you went to 'Edit Portfolio'...and at least the tickers are all in alphabetical order.  Why listing the newest edits with names in alpha order doesn't make any sense... and you've made it very time consuming to move the tickers into the Alpha order.

UGH!

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khanjar24

Garbage mobile centric, ultra-bloated design philosophy.

I go to my brokerage to find out stats on my portfolio. I come here for just singular price and news articles, but mostly the news articles. I go to Yahoo Finance or my brokerage to get better stats.

Know your customer, know your place.

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glworld
Quote from SA Admin Kushal Mehrotra

Hi,

Please share the issues you're facing with the new layout. We have attempted to enable new features with the new portfolio page while keeping everything you Liked about the old portfolio.
I will try to assist you if you're getting stuck somewhere or if you want a quicker way to do something.

For example, you can click on 'view headlines' on the far right of the portfolio page, to fast scroll down to news and analysis pertaining yo your portfolio.

Regards,
Kushal Mehrotra

Data QA Analyst, Seeking Alpha



thanks for trying to help out Kushai but here's the thing...

you responded to my question 'can give us a choice?' with...

"Please share the issues you're facing with the new layout. We have attempted to enable new features with the new portfolio page while keeping everything you Liked about the old portfolio."


i know u trying to help and i appreciate that and if i was the only one unhappy with the new format then i guess the burden of proof that the new format is crap would be on me.

but i'm not the only one!!!

i'm reading the comments and lots of people unhappy.

i'm stuck at home like most people...market volume is heavy...2 factors that could increase lots of traffic, even new traffic to SA.

the timing of your new layout is crazy...

and i NEVER asked go trash the new one and go back to the old one (i certainly don't want the EGO of your web team to get bent out of shape at my expense)

i just want a choice...i wanna be able to log in and CHOOSE either to use the new format or stay with the old format.

so if you really are the guy who responds to questions, THAT'S the question...can you give us a choice?


simple question with a yes or no...

i'm beginning to feel like will ferrell on celebrity jeopardy... :)

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Mark Ferry
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don't think they care at all - F5 refuse to load the page again.. need to press the "my portfolio" to reload the page. A page that does not update by itself anymore.. A page that is so badly designed and so fucking slow.

This change suck so much that one need to go back to Yahoo. OMG

Bil,

The new platform sucks I agree but F5 works to refresh on my laptop. Try hitting the refresh icon instead of F5.