Re: [amibroker] Yahoo quote question

["mrdavis9" <mrdavis9@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I recommend  if you do give CSI a try, that 
you pay on a monthly basis.  You may not like the difficulty of 
using it.  I understand that it has been made easire to use, but I would 
stay away from paying a year untill they prove that they have cleaned up their 
act.  You are so right about their customer support. Ron 
D 
 
 
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  >From: 
  Gary 
  A. Serkhoshian 
  To: <A title=amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
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  Sent: Thursday, April 01, 2004 5:45 
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  Subject: Re: [amibroker] Yahoo quote 
  question
  
  Dave,
   
  I'm not sure how much it has changed, if any, but downloading a large 
  number of symbols via Yahoo takes quite a bit of time.  Worse yet, some 
  symbols wouldn't download at all which created data holes.
   
  So, you have to decide how much free Yahoo data will cost in terms of 
  time for care and feeding.  Also, if you are concerned about backtesting 
  completeness from a data standpoint you may want to consider CSI which carries 
  delisted tickers.
   
  Even though I complain about their customer support you can't argue with 
  the cleanliness or scope of data.  Chuck Rademacker and "b" on this board 
  can offer more insights into why accounting for delisted stocks is important 
  if you decide to go down this road.  BTW, if you get an annual 
  subscription it'll cost less than $50/mo.
   
  Hope this helps,
  Gary
   
  davelansing2004 <d.ankrapp@xxxxxxxxxxx> 
  wrote:
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  >Hello 
    all,I am currently using Reuters for my data source (stocks,indices 
    (especially the DJ indices), and mutual funds). Instead of paying 
    roughly $50 per month, I'd rather decrease my business cost and use 
    the free quotes from Yahoo. However, someone mentioned to me that the 
    quotes from Yahoo are not dividend-adjusted (important for 
    backtesting purposes?) and that there are always numerous errors in 
    their quotes. Can someone comment on this? Also, are any, or all, of 
    the mutual fund and DJ indices data available from Yahoo as 
    well?AS ALWAYS, thanks in advance!Dave AnkrappLansing, 
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