If any one is interested let's make the first target an easy one. Ee could start with something simple like a script to download all of the a* or a-aa listings for the NYSE.
>From there we could progress to getting all of the b* listings and then try another market for the a*'s. Possibly target2 could be to get sectors/inustries for all of the NYSE a* listings. With that info I am sure people could work their way up the ladder. No need for anything fancy to start. Just get an example list and export it to a .CSV file with a script. Any kind hearted scripters out there? Brian. --- In [email protected], "brian_z321" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > At the time of writing Yahoo!Finance lists 37,696 tickers from approx > 523 exchanges world wide. > > They even list the NZ exchange when nobody, except those from Rugby > Union playing nations, even know that the country exits. > > My programming expertise doesn't extend past what I have learnt from > AmiBroker in one single year but I am seriously thinking that I could > manage to learn how to scrape that list for my own use. > > Instead of depending on others why not do it for ourselves? > > How about a public project, right on this site, where a community > effort lays out the script, or an example of it, so that we can all > learn how to do it and manage our own updates and script tuning in > future. > > Pie in the sky? > > > Positions vacant: > > Project leader, programmers, secretary and working bees. > > > Put up now or for ever hold your peace. > > > http://biz.yahoo.com/i/ > > http://finance.yahoo.com/exchanges > > Brian. > > P.S. in the unlikely event that we actually do something I will be > watching from the bleaches; sorry I'm too bsuy elsewhere and lack the > skill-set for a public effort. >
