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What makes you think that the data on a web server is any better than the data
you get from HISTORYBUNK? If I look at a site like bigcharts.com - and compare
the charts there with certain of my charts on the Fidelity Select Funds - the
charts there have certain unexplained drops in December which coincide with the
date of the annual capital gains distributions.
And assuming I found a web server that was really great - what's going to
protect me if GREATHISTORY.COM is bought out by SLOPPYCHARTS.COM? I suspect
this might not matter to someone who's just scanning for the hot stock of the
week - but for someone who's developing systems based on extensive databases -
it can be very important. Robyn
Mark Conway wrote:
> In my search for an alternative to a buggy, clumsy piece of software written
> by amateur programmers (yes TS2000i), I decided on Telescan's ProSearch
> Alerts. The best part about this product is that all my scanning is done
> remotely at the Telescan site - I don't have to worry about downloading data
> from HISTORYBUNK or DULL/DATA. But the future for this kind of software is
> obvious - deliver real-time alerts over the Internet using powerful server
> farms that can scan quickly. Don't worry about corrupt data or unadjusted
> splits. Imagine being able to test your system(s) on 9000 stocks in seconds
> without crashing your computer because you decided to add another symbol to
> your 30-symbol portfolio.
>
> In any case, here's a pointer to the site:
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> http://www.telescan.com/telescan_prod_prolerts.htm
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