is there a way to use fund manager as a scanning tool?

[dmasvar]

for example.

is there an easy way to download the entire list of stocks on an exchange and look for particular features, like PE, capitaliation, ..etc?

[Mark]

Hi dmasvar,

Not really... You can import a list of symbols and create investments for each, but Fund Manager is not really intended to be a screener. Instead it is for managing investments that you own, or are considering owning.

[dmasvar]

ok the next obvious question that follows is:

are you considering building a screener, i mean everything is basically there in fund manager to do it.. why not build something basic to allow people to even built their criteria....from the downloaded data.

also related to this ...

can you recommend a competent screener for the Australian market?

Cheers

[Mark]

Hi dmasvar,

This isn't something we plan to implement in Fund Manager. It is good at screening/sorting through your owned investments, but not well suited for screening through every available stock.

I don't know of a specific screener for the ASX market, but I know both Google and Motley Fool have nice screeners. Not sure if they support the ASX market though, you may check them out here:

http://www.google.com/finance/stockscreener
http://www.fool.com (Caps/Quotes / Screener)