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Re: US Stocks - Fractions



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Minimum trading tic is 1/16 on all listed issues I know of.  Would it be
easier to quote as .375 or
6/16's?  Bonds trade in 1/32 increments.  I guess it is what one is
accustomed to using.  The Downloader will allow you to list it as you wish.

Al Taglavore
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> From: Ian Mitchell <ianm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: metastock post <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: US Stocks - Fractions
> Date: Friday, July 10, 1998 4:33 PM
> 
> I live in Australia. I read US stock prices for the few US shares I have
on
> Bigcharts. They are always expressed in fractions, and I have to convert
to
> decimal to plot and make sense of them. Why in a country which has had a
> decimal currency for longer than most are stocks still expressed this
way?
> Are there sites similar to Bigcharts which express them in decimal?
> 
> Regards
> Ian
>