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RE: [amibroker] Re: OT: Yahoo data downloads



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> -----Original Message-----
> From: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
> [mailto:amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of brian_z321
> Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2007 10:23 PM
> To: amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [amibroker] Re: OT: Yahoo data downloads
> 
> If any one is interested let's make the first target an easy one.
> Ee could start with something simple like a script to download all of 
> the a* or a-aa listings for the NYSE.
> 
> >From there we could progress to getting all of the b* listings and 
> then try another market for the a*'s.
> 
> Possibly target2 could be to get sectors/inustries for all of the 
> NYSE a* listings.
> 
> With that info I am sure people could work their way up the ladder.
> 
> No need for anything fancy to start.
> Just get an example list and export it to a .CSV file with a script.
> 
> Any kind hearted scripters out there?
> 
> Brian.
> 
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brian_z321" <brian_z321@xxx> wrote:
> >
> > At the time of writing Yahoo!Finance lists 37,696 tickers from 
> approx 
> > 523 exchanges world wide.
> > 
> > They even list the NZ exchange when nobody, except those from Rugby 
> > Union playing nations, even know that the country exits.
> > 
> > My programming expertise doesn't extend past what I have learnt 
> from 
> > AmiBroker in one single year but I am seriously thinking that I 
> could 
> > manage to learn how to scrape that list for my own use.
> > 
> > Instead of depending on others why not do it for ourselves?
> > 
> > How about a public project, right on this site, where a community 
> > effort lays out the script, or an example of it, so that we can all 
> > learn how to do it and manage our own updates and script tuning in 
> > future.
> > 
> > Pie in the sky?
> > 
> > 
> > Positions vacant:
> > 
> > Project leader, programmers, secretary and working bees.
> > 
> > 
> > Put up now or for ever hold your peace.
> > 
> > 
> > http://biz.yahoo.com/i/
> > 
> > http://finance.yahoo.com/exchanges
> > 
> > Brian.
> > 
> > P.S. in the unlikely event that we actually do something I will be 
> > watching from the bleaches; sorry I'm too bsuy elsewhere and lack 
> the 
> > skill-set for a public effort.
> >
> 
> 
> 
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