Re: Some funds not being updated

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In Reply to: Re: Some funds not being updated posted by James Deen on June 22, 1999 at 13:49:02:

: Please do give it a try. The ticker is VTSMX (Vanguard Total Stock Market).
: Looks like now it's the only one not being updated. It doesn't even appear in the alert box as do all the others while updating.
: Can "End Dates" be floated/fixed for each investment? Not clear how to do that, although the other six investments are updating.

: Thanks
: James

: : : I have 5 funds and 2 stocks in my portfolio. When I try to update via Yahoo,
: : : 2 of the funds do not update. I know all the settings are correct, having checked them at least three times (each item is marked for Internet update), and I have gone to Yahoo and gotten current prices on the missing funds.

: : : Any idea what is wrong?

: : : Thanks
: : : James

: : : PS Terrific program!

: : Hi James,
: : Some common places to check:

: : 1) That you have the symbol recorded correctly, as desired on the quote
: : server you are requesting quotes from (Yahoo, in this case it sounds like).

: : 2) That the price is really getting updated, but you are looking at a graph
: : that has the end date fixed, rather than floating. You can revert a graph's
: : date range with "Veiw/Dates...", or some of the keyboard shortcuts, such as 'x'.
: : Use "Edit/All Data..." with the "Prices" data type selected, and sorting
: : the data by "Date" to look at what prices are actually recorded.

: : 3) The third place you have already checked, which is to make
: : sure the investment properties for each investment are set to retrieve
: : prices for that investment.

: : 4) Mutual funds do not have their prices changed during the middle of the
: : day, they only change once, usually in the evening. FM updates the price
: : for funds on the date specified by Yahoo, so if you are retrieving during
: : the middle of the day on 6/22, you are going to get the price for 6/21. You
: : can see this by visiting Yahoo with your browser and looking up a fund, and
: : noting what date the quote is specified for.

: : If none of these fixes the problem please let us know which symbols are
: : not updating, and we can give it a try.

: : Thanks,
: : Mark
: : --
: : Mark Beiley
: :
: : Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
: :
: :

I just now retrieved VTSMX from Yahoo, and it updated the price for
6/23 as 29.57, which is correct, as reported by Yahoo.

If the symbol is not showing up in the internet retrieve dialog while you
are retrieving, please check to make sure the symbol is recorded as you
expect, and that you have that investment enabled to retrieve from
the internet. See "Investment Properties".

Thanks,
Mark
--
Mark Beiley

Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT

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