Re: Re: The FinancialData Function
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- Subject: [mg87059] Re: [mg87018] Re: [mg86952] The FinancialData Function
- From: Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl>
- Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 01:18:18 -0500 (EST)
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I agree that FD has fantastic potential and maintaining and developing of it and similar functionality is a far more promising aim than, for example, trying to make Mathematica notebooks a standard for academic publishing. Recently I showed this to students in a financial mathematics class and everyone looked genuinly stunned. I can't believe WRI doesn't realize what a great idea they have stumbled on. Andrzej Kozlowski On 29 Mar 2008, at 10:22, robert prince-wright wrote: > I called Wolfram and asked the same question. > > I gather the FinancialData[] information is taken from data > packlets on a Yahoo server, and other sources. This funtion has the > potential to be VERY usefull to small enterprises and individuals > like me who don't have access to realtime equities data. Now, I've > tried to use FD to monitor the performance of my stock portfolio and > ran into problems with some of the international (Canada, Australia > etc.) stocks. While this was frustrating I was able to get > information on all my US and most of my internationals. > > I presume you have looked at the Help Documentation and at the > Wolfram Site - it gives enough to make a good start, but there seems > to be a mismatch between the functionality of FinancialData[] and > information available at the servers. This means you can make calls > and get nothing back. In that regard the documentation could be > improved. > > Now one caveat. I am not so sure - having spoken to WRI - that they > realise there should be some obligation on their part to maintain > FinancialData as a core function in Mathematica. Their tech suppport > gave me the impression that FD is being trialed and that its > continuance was to some degree dependent on their having free (or > cheap) access to the data servers. This scared me a little since I > have already spent significant amounts of time writing my portfolio > tracker and I can imagine there are small enterprises out there who > are doing the same. It seems like WRI could leave us stranded if > they don't continue to provide this function in Mathematica. > > BTW - the inclusion of Curated Knowledge like FD into Mathematica > 6. is pretty stunning. I am sure McKinsey and Co would have charged > me a few hundred thousand dollars to write my portfolio tracker - > instead I spend a few evening a week for a month and bingo I am > getting the same information tha Charles Schab gives me plus the > ability to analyze - well done WRI ! > > I would be intereseted to hear from others. > > > Gregory Lypny <gregory.lypny at videotron.ca> wrote: > Can anyone tell me where I can get more information about the data > sources for Mathematica's new function FinancialData? > > Regards, > > Gregory > > > > > Robert Prince-Wright > Houston > TX, 77006 > USA > --------------------------------- > Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! > Search. > > > Robert Prince-Wright > Houston > TX, 77006 > USA
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- Re: The FinancialData Function
- From: robert prince-wright <robertprincewright@yahoo.com>
- Re: The FinancialData Function