Retrieving Prices
The Price
Internet Retrieve feature in Fund Manager is one of the
most popular and time-saving features. This feature
allows you to quickly and easily update the prices for
all your investments. This feature is available as the
menu command Edit / Internet Retrieve / Prices...,
or from the toolbar with the
 button. In addition to retrieving
prices, Fund Manager can retrieve transactions directly from your broker
or mutual fund company. For more on this, see
Retrieving Transactions.
Fund Manager can retrieve prices from a
wide variety of quote servers. Select the default server with Edit / Internet
Retrieve / Settings.... If you track investments from
multiple exchanges, you can assign unique quote servers
to different investments under Investment
Properties... / Internet Retrieve. Portfolios
memorize your global quote server preference. Also, you
can use the /I and /Q
command line arguments to perform unattended price
updates. See the "User Interface / Commands / Command Line Arguments" topic
in the documentation.
The following quote servers are supported:
Fund Manager uses the
recorded ticker symbol to request price quotes from each
of these servers. If you are uncertain of the ticker
symbol for a particular investment you can go to each of
these sites (by clicking on the links above) and do a
ticker lookup. For some of the unique investments, such
as indexes, each server may utilize its own symbol, so
you may need to look up the symbol for the particular
server you choose to use for retrieving prices.
The list of supported
servers can change over time. Fund Manager has the
ability to automatically update the list of supported
servers and the retrieve functionality. By choosing Edit / Internet
Retrieve / Check for Updates... from the menu
within Fund Manager the latest server status can be
obtained. This will also cause Fund Manager to check for
any updates to the internet retrieve functionality. If an
update is available you will be given the opportunity to
automatically download the update. The
current Quote Module version number in use is available under Help / About...
from within Fund Manager.
In addition to 'retrieving' prices, you can also import prices.
This may be necessary when the quotes you're looking for are not
available on any of our supported quote servers listed above.
Importing is a two step process where you first obtain the pricing data
in some file, and then import from this file using one of the "File /
Import / Prices" menu commands. Some specific tips relating to
importing prices can be found on our Helpful Tips
page.
Some helpful, server
specific information, as well as a revision history of Quote Modules is
available. Also, a list of possible error codes is available.
Specific instructions and
details for using each of the following servers are
provided.
This is a historical
server that updates close, high, low, open, and volume
for the dates specified by the server. When retrieving
from this (or any other historical server) you will be
prompted for the date range to update. Record the ISIN as the
symbol in Fund Manager when retrieving from this server.
This server provides daily closing prices
for Canadian mutual funds. Updates are applied to the default
date.
This site updates the
close, high, low, open, and volume during market hours. After hours, only the closing price is updated. The data
is updated using the default date. (This server does not provide
volume/high/low/open once the market is closed. You may
prefer to use the Yahoo - Australia & New Zealand quote server instead.)
This server provides daily
close, high, low, open, and volume for a wide variety of stocks, funds,
and indices from around the world. Pricing data is updated for the
date provided by the server.
This server provides daily
close, high, low, open, and volume for Canadian stock and
mutual funds. The quotes are updated in Fund Manager for the date
specified by this server. This server also offers prices
from US exchanges. For a list of the available quotes and
to look up the ticker symbols go
here.
This server provides daily historical
close, high, low, open, and volume for Canadian stock and
mutual funds for the last 3 months. For a list of the available quotes and
to look up the ticker symbols go
here.
This server updates close,
high, low, open, and volume for the date specified by the
server.
This server provides daily
close, high, low, open, and volume from the Johannesburg
Stock Exchange. The quotes are updated in Fund Manager for the date
specified by this server.
By default, prices from
the Johannesburg server are updated as reported by this
server, which is in cents. If you prefer, you can have
these prices divided by 100, so your investments are
tracked in Rand instead of cents. To update in Rand,
modify the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Beiley
Software\Fund Manager\CurrentVersion\Internet Retr
Set a value for jse_adj in this registry key to the string
of "100".
The Internet
Retr key will
probably already exist, so you can just add the jse_adj value to this existing key. Registry values can be added with the "regedit"
application.
This server provides daily
historical quotes on stocks, mutual funds, and indices. When using this server selection you will be asked for
the date range to update prices. Mutual funds will have their
closing prices updated for the specified date range. Stocks will have the volume, high, low, open, and close
updated.
This server provides daily
close, high, low, open, and volume from the New Zealand
Stock Exchange. The quotes are updated in Fund Manager for the date
specified by this server. For a list of their supported
quotes, and the appropriate symbols, visit MoneyOnline.
This server provides daily historical
close, high, low, open, and volume for Canadian and US stocks for the last
20 trading days. For a list of the available quotes and
to look up the ticker symbols go
here.
This server provides daily
close, high, low, open, and volume from the Zurich stock
exchange. The quotes are updated in Fund Manager for the date
specified by this server.
This server provides daily
close for mutual funds only. The quotes are updated in Fund Manager for the date
specified by this server.
This server provides daily
close, high, low, open, and volume data for approximately the last 25
trading days. Open, high, and low are only available for some
quotes.
This is the default
server, unless specified otherwise under Options / Internet
Settings.... This server updates close, high,
low, open, and volume for the date specified by the
server.
Yahoo - Argentina:
Yahoo -
Australia & New Zealand:
Yahoo - Brazil:
Yahoo - China:
Yahoo - France:
Yahoo - Germany:
Yahoo - Hong Kong:
Yahoo - India:
Yahoo - Italy:
Yahoo - Mexico:
Yahoo - Singapore:
Yahoo - Spain:
Yahoo - Spanish:
Yahoo - Taiwan:
These servers all update
the close, high, low, open, and volume for the date
specified by the server. Note, your symbols must
be recorded with the appropriate suffix. For
example, Australian symbols end with .AX
(example: BHP.AX). Visit the appropriate server using your browser to
determine the required symbols.
This server offers quotes
from the London, Paris, Frankfurt, Madrid, Milan, Oslo,
and Stockholm exchanges. To request a quote from a
particular exchange, add the appropriate exchange
specific suffix to the Fund Manager investment symbols. The available suffixes for each exchange are .L,
.P, .F, .MAD,
.M, .O, and .S,
respectively. (For controlling whether London Stock
Exchange (.L) prices are imported in
pence or pounds see the change list for version
102.) Fund Manager
retrieves close, volume, high, low, and open data from
this source, and updates the investments for the date as
specified by the server.
This server provides daily historical
quotes on stocks, mutual funds, and indices. When using
this server selection you will be asked for the date
range to update prices. Only closing prices are updated when using this
server (no open, high, low, or volume).
Prices retrieved from this
server are adjusted for distributions and splits. This
means that prices prior to a distribution are lower than
the actual closing price on that day by the amount of the
distribution. Prices prior to a split are adjusted down
by the ratio of the split. This makes the prices useful
for comparison purposes (especially when you do not have
the distribution or split history available), but not for
updating investments with recorded splits and/or
distributions in the updated time period. When updating
investments with recorded distributions use the
Yahoo (Historical) server instead, so as to not
double count for the distributions..
This server provides daily
historical quotes on stocks, mutual funds, and indices. When using this server selection you will be asked for
the date range to update prices. Mutual funds will have their
closing prices updated for the specified date range. Stocks will have the volume, high, low, open, and close
updated.
Prices retrieved from this
server are not adjusted for distributions or splits. This
means that prices are updated with the actual closing
price on that date. To update investments that have, or
will have, recorded splits and/or distributions in the
specified time frame use this server rather than the Yahoo (Adjusted
Historical) server.
When using the
Professional or Advisor version of Fund Manager, options to retrieve
stock dividends and splits will be available with this
server. If enabled, any available dividend and split
information will automatically be retrieved with the
prices. Fund Manager will only add a dividend or split
transaction for a particular date if one isn't already
recorded. This prevents duplicate transactions from
getting recorded.
4/25/08 version 391:
Updated international Yahoo servers
1/23/08 version 390:
Updated Thailand Stock Exchange
1/8/08 version 389:
Updated Thailand Stock Exchange
11/13/07 version 388:
Updated Canada Stockwatch (3M Historical)
10/7/07 version 387:
Updated Bloomberg server
9/6/07 version 386:
Updated Yahoo servers
6/9/07 version 385:
Updated Yahoo historical servers
6/5/07 version 384:
Updated Yahoo historical servers
6/4/07 version 383:
Updated several international Yahoo servers
5/31/07 version 382:
Updated Yahoo UK & Ireland.
5/30/07 version 381:
Updated Yahoo (Historical).
5/25/07 version 380:
Updated Yahoo servers.
5/3/07 version 378 and 379:
Updated Yahoo servers.
4/30/07 version 377:
Updated Bloomberg.
3/30/07 version 376:
Removed PCQuote and CBS MarketWatch servers. Updated Bloomberg.
3/12/07 version 375:
Removed PCQuote server. Added StockHouse.ca (Historical)
server.
1/25/07 version 374:
Fixed Yahoo (Adjusted Historical)
12/29/06 version 373:
Fixed Arch Wireless pager service
12/13/06 version 372:
Fixed Swiss quote server
10/24/06 version 371:
Added new servers: Thailand Stock Exchange and Bloomberg
9/9/06 version 370:
Added support for ASX warrants and updated Canada Stockwatch for
updated index format
2/1/06 version 369:
Fixed Yahoo (Historical) server and Swiss
Quote
12/9/05 version 368:
Fixed MSN (Historical) server and added
new server: Swiss Quote (Mutuals)
11/4/05 version 367:
Fixed Swiss Quote server.
Fixed Swiss Quote server.
Fixed PC Quote server.
Fixed Australian Stock Exchange server.
Updated ABCBourse
server.
Updated Canada Stockwatch
server.
Updated CNN for a format change.
Released with Fund Manager 7.0 (Beta).
- Quote Server Module Improvements:
- Added new "MSN (Historical)"
quote server
- Added new "Advice For
Investors (Canadian Mutuals)" quote server
- Added new "Canada Stockwatch
(3M Historical)" quote server
- Improved "Yahoo
(Historical)" server:
- Eliminated 200 quote per
request limit
- Added option to control
whether retrieved dividends are recorded as reinvested or
distributed. (Professional / Advisor)
- Removed defunct quote
servers:
- Quicken
- Quicken - Canada (Canadian
mutual funds)
- Yahoo - Korea
- New module available for
Fund Manager 7.x versions only (not compatible with 6.x or
earlier)
Updated Canada Stockwatch
server.
Updated Canada Stockwatch
server.
Updated Canada Stockwatch
server.
Updated Yahoo (Historical) to use latest
server.
Updated CBS server to parse correctly for
all exchanges.
Bug fix, 338 was using wrong server in
some cases.
Removed Stock Point and BXS quote
servers, they were no longer available.
Fixed the Yahoo (Adjusted Historical)
server.
Fixed Australian Stock Exchange server
Fixed the PC Quote
server (format change).
Fixed the Yahoo (Adjusted Historical)
server.
Fixed Australian Stock Exchange server
Fixed NZSE server
Fixed NZSE server
Fixed abcbourse.com server.
This version was released with Fund Manager 6.6.
Fixed NZSE server
(skipped 327, used during
beta testing) Removed defunct quote servers. Added
support for improved internet access in Fund Manager 6.5.
(skipped 325) Changed
Yahoo server name. Fixed historical yahoo servers for 0
based month.
Fixed Quicken - Canada
server..
Fixed Yahoo (Historical)
and Yahoo (Adjusted Historical) quote servers.
Fixed the Johannesburg server (format change)
Fixed PCQuote server
Fixed NZSE server
Fixed CBS Marktet Watch
Fixed Yahoo (Historical)
Updated for ABCBourse
changes.
Updated Yahoo servers to
retrieve high/low/volume even if open is missing.
Fixed Yahoo due to a
format change. Yahoo ASX & NZ was also updated.
Fixed Quicken-CA (mutuals)
server due to a server change.
Fixed Swiss Quote for fund
support, fixed Quicken for stock support, fixed CNN and
Cyprus servers..
Fixed the Australian Stock
Exchange server
due to a URL change.
Fixed the Yahoo - Germany
server and changed to newer server for Quicken-CA,
offering more quotes.
Fixed the NZSE server due
to a format change.
Fixed Quicken-CA. Fixed
Yahoo - UK to divide the open by user preference also.
Fixed the Cyprus server when using a proxy.
Fixed the Australian Stock
Exchange server
due to a URL change.
Fixed the NZSE server due
to a format change.
Fixed the Australian Stock
Exchange server
due to a URL change.
Fixed the CBS and NZSE
servers. Improved retrieving from PC Quote and the
international Yahoo servers.
Fixed the Stock Point server.
Fixed Quicken-CA server
due to format change.
Fixed PCQuote to work with
spaces in the symbols.
Fixed the international
Yahoo servers to retrieve mutual fund prices.
Released with Fund Manager
5.0 versions. Added all new 5.x servers. Added "Open"
to existing servers. Changed the default
date operation to
always land on a weekday.
Fixed the Stock Point server.
Fixed the PC Quote server due to a format change.
Added an override option (force_def_date)
to control the use of the default date.
Fixed the Yahoo - UK server due to a format change.
Fixed the PC Quote server due to a format change.
Fixed the Johannesburg server (format change).
Fixed the Australian Stock
Exchange server (format
change).
Fixed the PC Quote server due to a format change.
Fixed the Australian Stock
Exchange server.
Some prices weren't updating.
Fixed the Yahoo -
Australia & New Zealand server (format change).
Fixed the Yahoo server (wasn't retrieving all
quotes).
Fixed the Yahoo server (format change).
Fixed the Stock Point server.
Added the Stock Point server. Removed European Investor.
Fixed the Australian Stock
Exchange server so
it retrieves properly when using a proxy server.
Added the Yahoo -
Australia & New Zealand quote server. Changed the Australian Stock
Exchange server so
that prices retrieved after market hours are updated for
the default date. During market hours the prices are
updated for the date specified by the server.
Fixed the Australian Stock
Exchange server so
it retrieves properly both during market hours, and after
close.
Fixed the European server due to a format change. Updated the Australian Stock Exchange server so it retrieves 20 minute
delayed quotes.
Fixed the European and Yahoo - UK servers due to URL and format changes.
Fixed the European server so it retrieves the volume
field correctly.
Fixed the European and JSE quote servers for format changes. Added
support for a new stock historical server, Dreyfus
(Historical).
Fixed the Yahoo quote
server so it can update investments with parenthesis in
their name
Fixed the European
Investor quote server format change.
Fixed both historical
Yahoo servers to retrieve prices past 1/1/00.
Improved the
Canada
Stockwatch server
parsing, to allow the use of symbols with the exchange
prefix, such as Z:IBM.
Added the Canada
Stockwatch server. Fixed the price request format for the
Yahoo historical servers to be compatible with dates past
January 1, 2000. Fixed the Mobilecomm internet paging.
Fixed Quicken - Canada
format change.
Fixed Yahoo-UK format
change.
Fixed Yahoo-UK and
improved Swiss quote server.
Fixed Yahoo-UK format
change.
Fixed Quicken - Canada
server, and added option to divide JSE prices by 100
before updating.
By default, prices from
the Johannesburg server are updated as reported by this
server, which is in cents. If you prefer, you can have
these prices divided by 100, so your investments are
tracked in Rand instead of cents. To update in Rand,
modify the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Beiley
Software\Fund Manager\CurrentVersion\Internet Retr
Set a value for jse_adj in this registry key to the string
of "100".
The Internet
Retr key will
probably already exist, so you can just add the jse_adj value to this existing key. Registry values can be added with the "regedit"
application.
Fixed CBS, TeleStock, and
Yahoo servers due to format/URL changes.
Fixed Checkfree server and added support for the New Zealand Stock Exchange (Global
Register).
Fixed Yahoo-UK server, fixed problem with Swiss
Quote access through a proxy server, and added support
for a new server, European Investor.
Fixed Yahoo-UK server not working with .PA quotes.
Fixed broken Swiss
Quote and CNN Financial Network servers.
Added support for 2 new
servers, Swiss Quote and Johannesburg.
Updated Yahoo - UK due to
exchange suffix change. If no suffix is specified in the
investment's symbol, .L (London Stock
Exchange) is the default.
If you desire a different
default, add a value to the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Beiley
Software\Fund Manager\CurrentVersion\Internet Retr
Set the default extension
value in the yahoo_uk_def_exch value. Examples would be ".M" or ".P".
It is not necessary to
specify this default if you have added the exchange
suffix to your investment's symbols. The suffix specified
in the investment's symbol overrides the default. The
default is only used if you do not have any exchange
suffix specified in your investment's symbol.
Released with Fund Manager
4.0. Same functionality as version 117. The 2xx versions
of the internet retrieve module work with Fund Manager 4.x
versions.
Updated Yahoo-UK and
Quicken-CA servers.
Updated Yahoo-UK (see
version 201) and removed the Quicken server. Quicken
server is available with the 2xx versions of the internet
retrieve module.
Updated Yahoo - UK due to
a hostname change.
Updated Yahoo - UK due to
a format change.
Updated Yahoo - UK due to
a format change.
Fixed the Yahoo historical
servers to be able to retrieve indexes. Also added
support for being able to adjust the default
date.
Split the previous "Yahoo
(Historical Quote)" server into Yahoo (Adjusted
Historical) and
Yahoo (Historical), to allow for retrieving prices
either adjusted for distributions and splits or not. Also, updated the Yahoo - UK server for a format change.
Added support for the Yahoo (Historical
Quote) server. Also, visit Yahoo for more information on their quotes as
well as lots of other information.
Updated Quicken due to
format change.
Fixed Yahoo - UK so it
imports prices greater than 1000 correctly.
Updated Quicken-CA due to
URL and format change.
Updated Quicken and CBS
Market Watch servers due to format changes.
Updated Quicken-CA server
and made PCQuote retrieve more robust.
Updated for CBS Market
Watch site changes in reply format.
Quicken - Canada site
changed the URL for price requests, made modifications to
reflect the new URL.
Made the retrieve more
robust for the Yahoo - UK server. Fixed a problem with
the 16 bit version of the DLL not working with the ASX
server.
Updated the Yahoo - UK
server. The reply format from the server had changed. The
prices are now updated for the date specified by the
server, rather than the computer's date.
Updated the Yahoo - UK
updating method. The default behavior was changed so that
all investments recorded in FM with the symbol suffix of .L
will always be updated in pounds. All other investments
will be updated by the price, as reported back from the
Yahoo - UK server.
If you desire a different
behavior, the behavior of this retrieve can be changed
from the default by adding a value to the following
registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Beiley
Software\Fund Manager\CurrentVersion\Internet Retr
Set a value for yahoo_uk in this registry key to the string
of "X". X must be an integer.
The Internet
Retr key will
probably already exist, so you can just add the yahoo_uk value to this existing key.
Registry values can be added with the "regedit"
application. The X in the above description should be replaced
with an integer number as described here:
X = 0 or not present: default
behavior (.L suffixed symbols updated in
pounds, all others as specified by server)
X = any integer: All prices are
divided by this integer before importing, regardless of
the recorded symbol.
A common value of X would be 1 if you want prices
updated in pence rather than the default of pounds.
Changed Quicken - CA to
request Canadian mutual fund prices, instead of Canadian
stock prices. Use the Quicken-CA mutuals
quote server to retrieve Canadian mutual fund prices. To
get started the first time, visit www.quicken.ca to search for the "fund_key"
by Baycom number or fund name. After a search, a table
will display the matching "Fund Name"
and "Fund Code" with links to
click on that will display the data for that fund. Click
on the desired link. The "fund_key" is listed
in the last part of the URL, such as "fundKey=INV*EUR".
This example "fund_key" is for Investors
European Growth Fund, with Baycom number (also
referred to as fund code) INV106. Record this
"fund_key" (INV*EUR in this
example) as the symbol for your Canadian mutual funds. (note,
the "fund_key" is case
sensitive)
First released, with the
release of Fund Manager 3.2 for Win95/NT and 10.2 for
Windows
Depending upon the server
you're using to update prices the date of the price
quotes may or may not be specified by the server. See the
server
specific information to learn which and when each server will
provide date information. When the date information is
not provided, a default date will be used to update
prices. By default this date is the last weekday on or
before your computer's system date. If you desire a
different date, you can adjust this by adding a value to
the following registry key:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Beiley
Software\Fund Manager\CurrentVersion\Internet Retr
Set a value for adjust_date in this registry key to the string
of "X"
The Internet
Retr key will
probably already exist, so you can just add the adjust_date value to this existing key. Registry values can be added with the "regedit"
application. The X in the above description should be replaced
with an integer number. It can be either a positive or
negative value. The X represents the number of days relative to
your computer's system date in which the prices should be
updated when the default date is used. For example, if
you wish for your prices to be updated using yesterday's
date, set X to -1. The default date is always set to a
weekday, so if you using the default date on a Monday
with X set to -1 the prices will be
updated for last Friday.
Under normal conditions
Fund Manage will update prices for the date specified by
the server. If the server does not specify a date with
the prices Fund Manager will update using the default
date. If you prefer to change this behavior and always
update prices using your default date you can set the force_def_date value to a string value of 1. This
value also goes under the Internet Retr key. This will affect all non-historical
quote servers.
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