Only five years of historical prices ?

[Djobydjoba]

Hi,

With Bloomerg, for all the mutual funds, I've always downloaded prices for only the last five years. It there a way to break this limitation and retrieve prices beyond this period ?

Thanks,
Djoby.

[Mark]

Hi Djoby,

If you switch to Yahoo (Historical) you can get pricing data back much further. You can get it back as far as Yahoo has available.

[Djobydjoba]

Mark,

Thanks for your prompt reply.

With Yahoo, I've never succeeded to download prices correctly. For example, the fund Templeton Asian Growth (on Bloomberg : http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/quote?ticker=TEMAAAE:LX), how can I retrieve it on Yahoo ? On page http://finance.yahoo.com/, if I enter templeton asian in the "Get Quotes" field, results are poor and NAV don't match.

Could you help me, for this fund ?

Thank you
Djoby

[Mark]

Hi Djoby,

Yes, I don't see that quote on Yahoo either under that name. I looked on Franklin Templeton's web site, and for that fund they do not list a symbol. Other funds of theirs do have a symbol, and are available on Yahoo, like Templeton World Fund with a symbol of TEMWX. I'm not sure what is different about this fund.

[Djobydjoba]

Hi Mark,

Thanks for your help.

I try to understand what i do wrong with Yahoo. It seems many FM users use it to retrieve prices, but for me it just doesn't work. I'm happy with Bloomberg anyway, except concerning the 5 years limitation.

I took the Templeton Asian Growth example because it's a very common fund, at least in France. Another widely adopted fund is "Carmignac Investissement" (CARINVT:FP on Bloomberg). I fund it on Yahoo (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=FR0010148981.PA&ql=0), but the link "Historical Prices" leads to the message "Historical quote data is unavailable for the specified date range". Does this mean download of historical prices won't work ? Indeed I've tried with the symbol FR0010148981.PA and it doesn't. I've tried with other well known mutual funds, and it's not glorious neither.

So I wonder if i do something wrong or if Yahoo is really not suitable for downloading historical prices of mutual funds. Does anyone use Yahoo with success for this investment type ?

Djoby.

[Mark]

Hi Djoby,

Correct, if you can't see historical pricing on Yahoo's website, then FM won't be able to retrieve it either. I think Yahoo may be better for more US centric mutual funds. I do believe many people use it for retrieving mutual fund pricing.