Re: Dividend distribution

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In Reply to: Re: Dividend distribution posted by Daniel on March 29, 2004 at 20:42:16:

: Thank you Mark.

: Would I be able to this this for US stocks?

: : : I tried to post a message a few minutes ago, but for some reason it doesn't show up...

: : : How can I use historical information to do some analysis? Basically I would like to display the "Investment Overlay - Price + Dist" for a few stocks. What my $100 invested at a certain date in the past would be worth today if all dividends would have been re-invested? I can download historical price information, but how to account for dividends?

: : : Thank you.

: : : Daniel

: : Hi Daniel,

: : Yes, to include the dividends you would have to find a source for that data.

: : Currently, the Yahoo (Historical) server provides that for stocks, but not

: : Canadian funds. I'm not sure where to find this data. You might want

: : to check out:

: : http://www.canada-stockwatch.com/

: : They may offer the data in a format you can download/import.

: : Thanks,

: : Mark

: : --

: : Mark Beiley

: :

: : Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP

: :

Hi Daniel,

Yes, you can just use the "Yahoo (Adjusted Historical)" server. This

server downloads historical prices, back adjusted for dividends and

splits.

You wouldn't want to use the same data source on investments you own and

record distributions for, as you would be double counting the effects

of your distributions. For overlaying and comparing performance, this

is a good server to use, since it includes the effects of dividends/splits

automatically, without you having to import/enter those separately.

Thanks,

Mark

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Mark Beiley

Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP

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