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The MarketScreener IT team has updated its search system.

According to IT Team (Geek) member Magnus (first name changed), the system is "more intuitive, less cluttered, with a strong ergonomic correction on iOS devices that tended to zoom on the input.". Magnus adds, "We now use an EdgeNGram 2/25 Tokenizer coupled with two LowerCase & ASCIIFolding filters for indexing. For searching, we use HMax10 on these fields: Mnemo (*x2), name, tag, isin x0.5, text x0.1 wkn x0.1."

We didn't get it either. Fortunately, the power of AI came to our rescue. We asked a conversational AI to explain Magnus's gibberish to a 7-year-old child. Here's the answer:

"Imagine you have a magic box that can find hidden toys using special words. For the magic box to work properly, it has to learn to recognize the words, even if they're a bit jumbled or spelled differently.

The "Tokenizer EdgeNGram 2/25" is like a cutting game that takes a word and cuts it into small pieces. For example, if you have the word "balloon", it cuts it into "ba","bal" "ball", "ballo", "balloo", and "balloon". This helps the Magic Box find the toy even if you only remember a small part of the word.

The "LowerCase & ASCIIFolding" filters are like rules that say it doesn't matter if you write the words in upper or lower case, and that even if you use special or different letters, the magic box will know it's the same word.

To find the toys, the Magic Box uses a special game called "HMax10". It's like a detective who knows which clues are the most important to find the toy. "Mnemo" is like the toy's secret name, so if you know it, the Magic Box will search for it twice as hard. Names, tags and "isin" are like clues on the toy's packaging. If you know the "text" or "wkn", which are like little words written on the box, the magic box will use them too, but it knows they're not as important as the secret name in finding the toy.

So, basically, the magic box is very clever and uses all these tricks to help you find the toy you're looking for, even if you can't remember exactly what it's called."

Well, thank you AI!

The English version of Marketscreener, 100% dedicated to the Indian market, is now available. You'll find all the key sections of the world's leading financial information site: indices, portfolios, stock lists, diaries, exclusive content and exhaustive financial data, it's all there.

Indian readers and subscribers benefit from privileged access to the best sources of information, including Reuters India, MT Newswire, conference call transcripts and more.

The section dedicated to managers and insiders has been modernized. Mobile browsing is now easier, and new features have been added to the existing ones.

The relative strength chart made a comeback after you asked for it.

Example with Apple vs Microsoft

We are delighted to announce the launch of the Austrian version of MarketScreener. Until now, Austrian readers and subscribers have been using the German site. From now on, they will have their own dedicated edition.

You asked for transcripts of company earnings conference calls to be highlighted, as they provide a wealth of information for financial analysis. This has now been done.

Of course, you can also find the history of these transcriptions here.

We've added a spread chart for rate aficionados. Members of this strange but sharp community asked our great guru Yves Sanquer for one.

Here's some news that will be of particular interest to our subscribers. MT Newswires and Surperformance (the company that publishes your favorite financial news website) have strengthened their existing partnership, making MarketScreener the French relay for MT Newswires' European expansion.

Thanks to this partnership, MarketScreener customers have exclusive access, in French, to global financial information from MT Newswires, a renowned global player in the sector. As a result, our readers are guaranteed ever more comprehensive and timely information on the financial markets, giving them a head start in their decision-making.