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Whew ... thanks for that.
So to summarise; Aussie Fdata not yet available with single click in
AB, but here's hoping that one day real soon now (holding breath) .....
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "brian_z111" <brian_z111@xxx> wrote:
>
> > Brian what do you think ?
>
> I did quite a bit of homework on the subject, at the time that Tomasz
> was 'writing' the fundamental feature into AmiQuote, and shared that
> info with Tomasz.
>
> I don't recall if the .au site had Fdata at that time, or not - I
> think it did have something along those lines.
>
> Tomasz is certainly well informed on these issues and has considered
> them in the past.
>
> As it stands now:
>
> - the US stocks Fdata is supplied by CapitalIQ (or another US
> company) and is at e.g. http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=IBM
>
> - AQ accesses the US server to import current Fdata for US stocks
> (because only US stocks are in that database)
>
> - there have been changes to the .au site recently (franchised to TV7
> etc)
> - AspectHuntley is a recent addition
> - the Fdata info that is there now is quite valueable (the stability
> figures cost AUD$100's to access fully from elsewhere)
> - the limit on the value is that they are current values only and
> don't have any historical depth (useful only for screening) although
> I think the stability figures use 5 years of earnings/divs in their
> calc
> - the .au Fdata is possibly, but not necessarily, on a local server
> and is accessed from
> http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/aks?s=WBC.AX
> - the fields etc at the .au 'site' are entirely different from the US
> Fdata (it is using the underlying database that Huntley started that
> has been purchased by other co's over the years and he had his own
> thing going - I think he was an accountant, or orientated that way,
> and kept a full financial database on all Aus stock - listed and
> delisted) e.g. the sectors appear to be non-GIC, possibly ICB
> - the historical price data for .AX stocks comes from the same server
> as US stocks.
>
>
>
> Personally:
>
> I use different strategies at different times, some of them involve
> extra data (above and beyond price data).
>
> Yes, I use Yahoo data on occasions, in fact I have been at the Yahoo
> sites (USA and AUS) quite a bit this week (I have been thinking about
> a new strategy and I can open a few tabs in IE/Yahoo, use the 1 day
> or 5 day intraday charts and setup relative performance graphs for a
> few stocks then view them easily by going from tab to tab - although
> delayed it is good enough for intitial strategic thinking).
>
> I haven't used any Aus Fdata for a while but it I am using it again
> in a new strategy e.g. I am interested in Capital filtering. I am
> hunting around again for Oz sources - I do find it very frustrating
> having to work so hard to find extra data and then work hard again to
> get it into AB where I can use it.
>
> Strangely:
>
> you can get price data for .AX from yahoo.au but I have been getting
> a lot of server error messages, so I go to the US site and do that
> from there,
>
> but!
>
> the US site now uses Java charts and I prefer the old style, that you
> can still get at the .au site (you can't arrow back to previous pages
> with a Java chart),
>
> and!
>
> the US site has a new symbol search feature which is nice but doesn't
> return a good old fashioned database search list so I have to use
> the .au symbol search for some things.
>
>
> The Software/Fdatabase/Pricedatabase combo is rare - I have been
> dreaming about one for a few years.
>
> I have carried out extensive searches in the past.
> AFAIK there is still not a useable 'off the shelf' combo out there,
> not for international OR Aus trading anyway (maybe for those who stay
> in the US, which is why I keep my hand in with that market).
>
> Believe it or not, good old Yahoo (some say poor old Yahoo) is still
> the easiest place for certain types of research (if you are hopping
> from strategy to strategy, country to country, asset to asset etc it
> can be very time consuming changing providers all of the time, and
> trying to get what you want, whereas with AB/Yahoo you can often
> patch something together).
>
> brian_z
>
>
>
> --- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "pacific5_au" <pacific5_au@>
> wrote:
> >
> >
> > Alan wrote
> > > > >
> > > > > I have read the few previous threads on this, however, Yahoo
> do
> > > > > provide some of this information, eg.
> > > > > http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/aks?s=WBC.AX
> > > > >
> > > > > Anyway to utilise this in Amibroker for Aussie stocks ??
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > ------------------------------------
> >
> > I tried adding ".AX" as an alias (Symbol > Symbol Information) to
> > several leading ASX stocks (eg WBC alias becomes WBC.AX) then added
> > the ticker WBC.AX to AmiQuote, but it returns the reply "Yahoo
> Finance
> > offers no key statistics for this symbol"
> >
> > Even though, as you point out, some fundamental data IS provided
> at :
> >
> > http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/aks?s=WBC.AX and also
> > http://au.finance.yahoo.com/q/tt?s=WBC.AX
> >
> > TJ if you see this, is there anyway AQ can download that data which
> IS
> > provided ??
> >
> > Brian what do you think ?
> >
>
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