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Re: FinancialData still broken

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  • Subject: [mg120449] Re: FinancialData still broken
  • From: James Stein <mathgroup at stein.org>
  • Date: Sat, 23 Jul 2011 02:29:09 -0400 (EDT)
  • References: <201107222344.TAA28525@smc.vnet.net>

DANA DELOUIS wrote:
I really hope they fix this soon, but I guess they never issue bug fixes.

Are these bugs in Mathematica, or bugs in Yahoo?
FWIW, I do not see the bug reported by the OP (DrMajorBob).


On Fri, Jul 22, 2011 at 4:44 PM, DANA DELOUIS <dana.del at gmail.com> wrote:

> ...> {5.03241*10^8, 72.4, 14., 10.64, 5.03241*10^8...
>
> Hi.  This function has lots of problems.
> In addition to the problems you point out, here's a slightly different
> view.
> Sometimes the Price, and Latest Price match.
> Other times, the Price is corrupt, but the latest price is correct, and
> sometimes it's the other way around.
> Sometimes the CIK codes or Exchange are missing, etc.
> Other issues are bugs in Option pricing, etc.
> I really hope they fix this soon, but I guess they never issue bug fixes.
>
>
> stocks={"ACEIX","FCNTX","JACNX","JANFX","JANWX","JMSCX","JNGIX","JNGLX",
> "JNMCX=94,
>        "JNOSX","JNSGX","JNSTX","PTTAX","RGACX","STRFX=94};
>
> Transpose[
> {
> Map[FinancialData[#,"Price"]&,stocks],
> Map[FinancialData[#,"LatestTrade"]&,stocks],
> Map[FinancialData[#,"CIK"]&,stocks],
> Map[FinancialData[#,"Company"]&,stocks]
> }][[;;6]]
>
> < Just the first 6 for posting
> < Looks better in MatrixForm, or something similar...>
>
> {5.0324*10^8,{Missing[NotAvailable],5.0324*10^8},0000080832,Van Kampen
> Equity Income Fund A}
> {5.0311*10^8,{{2011,7,20,17,11,0.},72.17},0000024238,Fidelity Contra Fund}
> {13.97,{{2011,7,20,17,50,0.},13.97},0000277751,Janus Contrarian Fund D
> Shares}
> {5.0324*10^8,{{2001,12,22,20,42,0.},5.0324*10^8},0000277751,Janus Flexible
> Bond Fund D Shar}
> {5.0324*10^8,{{2011,7,20,18,24,0.},46.74},0000277751,Janus Worldwide Fund D
> Shares}
> {12.48,{{2011,7,20,17,51,0.},12.48},Missing[NotAvailable],Janus Smart
> Portfolio Conservat}
>
> = = = = = = = = = =
> Dana DeLouis
> $Version
> 8.0 for Mac OS X x86 (64-bit) (November 6, 2010)
>
>
> On Jul 21, 5:47 am, DrMajorBob <btre... at austin.rr.com> wrote:
> > Erroneous prices are randomly returned:
> >
> > FinancialData /@ {"ACEIX", "FCNTX", "JACNX", "JANFX", "JANWX",
> >    "JMSCX", "JNGIX", "JNGLX", "JNMCX", "JNOSX", "JNSGX", "JNSTX",
> >    "PTTAX", "RGACX", "STRFX"}
> >
> > {8.81, 72.4, 14., 10.64, 46.49, 12.48,
> >   5.03202*10^8, 26.48, 23.72, 45.35, 12.48,
> >   5.03241*10^8, 11.04, 31.44, 32.47}
> >
> > FinancialData /@ {"ACEIX", "FCNTX", "JACNX", "JANFX", "JANWX",
> >    "JMSCX", "JNGIX", "JNGLX", "JNMCX", "JNOSX", "JNSGX", "JNSTX",
> >    "PTTAX", "RGACX", "STRFX"}
> >
> > {5.03241*10^8, 72.4, 14., 10.64, 5.03241*10^8,
> >   5.03168*10^8, 32.61, 26.48, 23.72, 5.03168*10^8,
> >   5.03168*10^8, 3.1, 11.04, 5.03241*10^8, 32.47}
> >
> > Bobby
> >
> > --
> > DrMajor... at yahoo.com
>
>
>
>


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