Re: Dividend distribution

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In Reply to: Re: Dividend distribution posted by Mark on March 29, 2004 at 19:34:23:

Thank you Mark.

Would I be able to this this for US stocks?

: : I tried to post a message a few minutes ago, but for some reason it doesn't show up...

: : How can I use historical information to do some analysis? Basically I would like to display the "Investment Overlay - Price + Dist" for a few stocks. What my $100 invested at a certain date in the past would be worth today if all dividends would have been re-invested? I can download historical price information, but how to account for dividends?

: : Thank you.

: : Daniel

: Hi Daniel,

: Yes, to include the dividends you would have to find a source for that data.
: Currently, the Yahoo (Historical) server provides that for stocks, but not
: Canadian funds. I'm not sure where to find this data. You might want
: to check out:

: http://www.canada-stockwatch.com/

: They may offer the data in a format you can download/import.

: Thanks,
: Mark
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