Re: Price Updates
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Posted by Mark on October 17, 2003 at 10:18:59:
In Reply to: Price Updates posted by Leroy Adams on October 17, 2003 at 09:05:21:
: Thanks Mark for your previously prompt help.
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: Question: How can I stop the Yahoo Historical "Date Range" window from opening up near the end of a quote server update request for about 20 prices? I choose other quote servers but the retrieval seems to always stop on MCDT and open the date-range window for Yahoo Historical. : Also, I do not yet understand when to use Yahoo Historical or Yahoo (Adj Historical). I have read the HELP but it is not yet sinking in. TIA Hi Leroy, If the "Date Range" dialog is coming up during the middle of a retrieve
it sounds like you have the "Yahoo (Historical)" quote server assigned
to a particular investment. On the investment that it shows up for, go
to "Investment Properties.../Internet Retrieve" and see if you don't have
it assigned to this historical server, rather than just selecting the
"<Default Server>". The difference between the 2 historical Yahoo servers is that one has
adjusted the historical prices for splits and distributions. As an example,
if INTC was $30 on 10/10/03 and paid a distribution of $1/share on
10/15/03, then if you retrieve historical prices using the "Adjusted" historical
server, it would report a price of $29 on 10/10/03. If you're recording your own distribution/split transactions, you should
use the plain "Yahoo (Historical)" quote server, it reports back the
actual closing prices on each day, independent of distributions/splits. Thanks,
Mark
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Mark Beiley
Fund Manager, portfolio management software for Windows 95/98/ME/NT/00/XP
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