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Posted by Mark on October 04, 2003 at 22:31:41:

In Reply to: Re: Importing historical mutual fund data from Canada Stickwatch posted by Jack on October 04, 2003 at 22:20:35:

: : Mark:

: : I've joined Canada Stockwatch, and I want to import historical data for my Canadian mutual funds.

: : Your "Tips & Tricks" site gives the following instructions for doing this:

: : "Canadian investors may wish to check out Canada Stockwatch. This is a fee based service which offers historical prices on Canadian stocks as well as mutual funds. The generic import command in Fund Manager can import this data. Download the "ASCII2" format, and use the format string: SYMB,MM/DD/YY,XX,HH,LL,NAV,VV. "

: : I'm unclear how exactly to perform this action. Could you please provide some more information? The "import" function (File/Import/Prices/Generic, at which point I guess I paste in the above string) seems to be for data that I've already downloaded to my computer, rather than importing it from a third party site such as Canada Stockwatch. Is that correct?

: : I'm a little confused - any help would be most appreciated.

: : Regards,

: : Jack

Hi Jack,

First, you would go onto Canada Stockwatch and download the historical
prices to a file on your local computer. Then, you would use the
"File/Import/Prices/Generic..." menu command. You may want to verify the
above format string before importing. That "tip" was written a while ago.
If you want to post a couple lines from a sample file, I can confirm what
the correct format string should be for the import.

Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley

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