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Not really, depends on interest. Would basically recover
some development costs, some for support and most for the
web space. Say USD 20 p/m, maybe less, I really doubt if
it will be more.
Any other takers? Shall we start working on the Metastock
conversion scripts for FRED? Any other database that you
would want to have included, such as BLS?
Regards
MG Ferreira
TsaTsa EOD Programmer and trading model builder
http://tsatsaeod.ferra4models.com
http://www.ferra4models.com
--- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Alexander Atreides
<alexatreides@xxxx> wrote:
> I would be interested for the US data. Any indications
> for costs ?
>
> AlexAtreides
> --- MG Ferreira <quant@xxxx> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Andrew,
> >
> > We update our internal database on a weekly basis
> > with this data
> > from the Fed. We have developed all manner of
> > scripts to import
> > the data into our database, and use our own tools to
> > view and
> > manipulate it. But if there is sufficient interest,
> > we could
> > also develop scripts to export this Fred stuff to MS
> > format, taking
> > care of the quarterly problems etc, and upload it to
> > our website
> > where you can access it. We also regularly import
> > lots of stuff from
> > South African vendors, if there is any interest in
> > that. We are
> > working on some java code that read/write stuff in
> > MS format,
> > pretty similar I guess to mansoors' utilities, which
> > we probably
> > will use in the interim.
> >
> > Regards
> > MG Ferreira
> > TsaTsa EOD Programmer and trading model builder
> > http://tsatsaeod.ferra4models.com
> > http://www.ferra4models.com
> >
> >
> > --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "MS"
> > <marketstudent@xxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > > What is the most efficient way of getting
> > economic data into
> > > Metastock?
> > >
> > > The best site I have found for US economic data is
> > the St. Louis Fed
> > > database, which also has a number of interesting
> > market price series
> > > like various bond yields available for download in
> > .csv format.
> > >
> > > Check them out here:
> > http://research.stlouisfed.org/fred2/
> > >
> > > One problem, however, is that some of the more
> > interesting series
> > > like GDP are compiled on a quarterly basis which
> > means you will need
> > > to do some creative spreadsheet work to get them
> > into a monthly MS
> > > file format.
> > >
> > > If you want more history than the Fred database
> > provides then the
> > > Economagic site is also usually worth taking a
> > look at:
> > > http://www.economagic.com/
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --- In equismetastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Andrew
> > Tomlinson"
> > > <andrew_tomlinson@xxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > What is the most efficient way of getting
> > economic data into
> > > Metastock? I am
> > > > thinking of the common US and global economic
> > statistics that move
> > > markets,
> > > > like the monthly non-farm payroll numbers, etc.
> > Most of the series
> > > can be
> > > > found in one form or another on the official
> > websites (e.g. the
> > > BLS) but the
> > > > formats are not always friendly. I don't mind
> > paying a small
> > > monthly amount
> > > > if I could get it cleanly and efficiently into
> > Metastock format.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for your thoughts
> > > > Andrew
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
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