--- In [email protected], "Randy Harmelink" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm. Don't Yahoo Historical quotes get you that? > > On 7/28/07, johngalt0714 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would anyone be interested in collaborating on the development and > > maintenance of a FULLY ADJUSTED / TOTAL RETURN quotes database for > > ETFs?
Randy, Yahoo historical quotes do include some distribution adjustments. Problem is, you can't tell which ones they've omitted without doing the same research that would be involved in maintaining the database yourself. Not to mention the errors in the normal daily quotes that leave you with no recourse as far as getting corrections made. And believe me, there are errors and omissions on an almost daily basis - even when dealing with just ETFs. But I shouldn't just pick on Yahoo. I send an email to Worden (Telechart) 2-3 times per week regarding errors in their ETF quotes. It's usually an error in a daily high or low. I don't know where they source their data, but their errors are almost always the same as Yahoo's. Worden doesn't adjust for distributions as a policy also, btw. I'm fed up with the bums and would like to help put a user-supported ETF database together. We'd probably need at least 10 collaborators to make the work load manageable. Unadjusted ETF data is a real, but largely unknown problem for technical analysts. If you analyze charts using more than a couple months of data, be careful! Another possible solution is for TJ to include an "adjustments database" right in Amibroker for user-entered splits, distributions, etc. ;) Someone else has already filed a new feature suggestion.
