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Re: Fundamental data downlaod via Yahoo ?



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Tomasz,

no problem for me. Was just curious whether this possibility exists.
Take your time.

regards
Stefan

--- In amibroker@xxxx, "Tomasz Janeczko" <amibroker@xxxx> wrote:
> Hello Stefan,
> 
> Yes, dividends and TTM earnings are available from Yahoo.
> Adding the option to download these figures to AmiBroker
> would require changes to both AmiQuote and AmiBroker (new fields
> in ASCII importer).
> 
> I will put it on my to-do list, however I can't promise to implement
> this before the end of this year. Sorry.
> 
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> ===============
> AmiBroker - the comprehensive share manager.
> http://www.amibroker.com
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <tradeshark@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, November 03, 2001 2:32 AM
> Subject: [amibroker] Fundamental data downlaod via Yahoo ?
> 
> 
> > Hi Tomasz,
> > 
> > I know, there have been severeal threads on the subject of 
importing 
> > fundamental data into AB. Haven't found a convenient solution yet.
> > 
> > Now I came across another software ( Personal Stockmonitor Gold ) 
> > which has no TA capabilities and poor charting, but is mainly 
> > intended to monitor your holdings and download delayed and 
historical 
> > data for US stocks from Yahoo and other quote-servers around the 
> > globe.
> > 
> > After having tested this software, I found out, that with 
downloading 
> > historical data from Yahoo, this program seem to retrieve also 
some 
> > fundamental data per stock : Earnings per share, Dividend.
> > 
> > It seems, it re-calculates from these values, together with most 
> > recent stockquotes, P/E ratio, dividend yield and Marketcap 
because 
> > the latter values change every time when you download fresh 
intraday 
> > data.
> > 
> > Since the data comes from Yahoo server, the question lies at 
hand, 
> > whether this would also be possible within AB , since AB uses the 
> > same quote source ( end of day download ).
> > 
> > I know, the original Yahoo historic csv files do not contain EPS 
and 
> > Dividend figures, but somehow, this program must manage it to 
> > retrieve them from Yahoo site.
> > 
> > PSM provides DDE link capabilities - maybe it's possible to link 
the 
> > quote-retrieval with AB and have the fundamantals imported 
> > automatically.
> > 
> > I know - sounds maybe a bit strange but anyway : Any ideas ?
> > 
> > see also www.dtlink.com
> > 
> > regards
> > Stefan
> > 
> > 
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