Re: quote download
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Posted by jeffrey rovner on February 09, 2000 at 22:41:41:
In Reply to: Re: quote download posted by Mark on February 07, 2000 at 07:54:41:
: : : : no problem,just looking for explanation/advise re: downloading quotes. : : : : currently using yahoo-historical, split adjustment set to off, and entering dates. : : : : 1. is there a source of quotes that will somehow also indicate when splits have occurred so that i don't have to research and enter them one at a time. : : : Not really, other than the Yahoo Adjusted server. : : : : 2. what is difference between yahoo and yahoo-historical/yahoo-adjusted historical : : : The "Yahoo (Historical)" prices are the actual prices that the investment
: : : closed at on that day. The "Yahoo (Adjusted Historical)" prices have been
: : : adjusted for splits and distributions. If you are also manually recording
: : : splits and distributions, you would not want to retrieve with the adjusted
: : : prices, as you will be double counting for the splits and distributions. : : : Thanks,
: : : Mark
: : : --
: : : Mark Beiley
: : :
: : : Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
: : :
: : : : :
: : under options>internet, you show yahoo, yahoo historical, and yahoo adjusted historical. how is plain yahoo different than other two. : With "Yahoo" it retrieves only the most current price. The other two
: are "historical" servers. That means you will be prompted for a date range
: to update. There are "adjusted" and non-adjusted prices for historical quotes.
: The adjusted prices have been adjusted for splits and distributions. If you
: plan to manually enter the splits and distributions you would just use
: the regular "Yahoo (Historical)" server, so as to not double count the splits
: and distributions. : Thanks,
: Mark
: --
: Mark Beiley
:
: Fund Manager for Windows 3.1x/95/98/NT
:
:
ok. i realize there probably varying opinion about this, but...
1.if i want to start watching a stock, and want a few years of price history for it... what is the recommended approach: historical or adjusted historical, (or something else?). what are the pros and cons.
2. is there a source other than yahoo that i would be better off with.
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