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Re: Updating MetaStock Files for Free



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Simon,

try "http://www.bourse-de-paris.fr"; and select english language.

Harald

simon baker schrieb:
> Steve,
>
> Excellent tip, but in addition, do you or any other member of the list know
> how to get hold of free data for the Paris Stock Exchange. I'm particularly
> interested in Rhone-Poulenc, since I have a long term holding that I am
> looking to sell in the near future. Is anybody following the CAC-40? Any
> assistance would be greatly appreciated.
>
> Regards
>
> Simon
>
>
>
> >Hello:
> >
> >With all this discussion of problems with downloading data from Reuters, I
> >thought I would tell everyone how to download data and update MetaStock
> >files very easily and for free. The data is very accurate as the original
> >source is S&P Comstock.
> >
> >The data comes from the Dreyfus website and you download the data for 5000+
> >stocks in one file that takes about 2 minutes. The website for this is:
> >
> >http://www.tradepbs.com/qsys/web/headers/downmenu
> >
> >You then need to purchase a cheap shareware program that can easily update
> >your MetaStock files using the text file. This is a program called TextToMS
> >written by Paul Gerhart. This website is at:
> >
> >http://www.voicenet.com/~pgerhart/_shware.html
> >
> >This is all very simple. The biggest disadvantages is that you will have to
> >download the text data file daily. So if you go on vacation, you need
> >someone to do this for you. You don't need to update your MS files daily,
> >but you must download the data. The second problem is there is no automatic
> >splits or symbol corrections. For a site that lists all the splits and
> >symbol corrections go to:
> >
> >http://www.stocksmartpro.com/ows-bin/owa/symbolchng.staticDoc
> >
> >I hope this is a help to people. You can save big money this way ($25/month
> >X 12 months = $300/year).
> >
> >Steve Brunnert
> >sbrunnert@xxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> Simon Baker
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