you would be ebst to either create symbols just for the PE data, eg if sym is ABCD then use ABCD_PE or save the data to text files for each symbol and reference this in your afl.
-- Cheers Graham Kav AFL Writing Service http://www.aflwriting.com On 12/02/2008, Super Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Can some one help with this question? Recording the PE of a security at > different times of the year is critical to do some techno-fundamental > analysis. > > Thanks, > Sam > > On Feb 8, 2008 9:06 AM, Super Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > I am trying to import historical fundamental data using ASCII import. My > > format file looks something like this > > $SKIPLINES 1 > > $NOQUOTES 1 > > $AUTOADD 1 > > # $OVERWRITE 1 > > $SEPARATOR , > > $DEBUG 1 > > $CONT 1 > > $FORMAT Ticker, Date_DMY, Open, High, Low, Close, Skip, > > PRICE_TO_EARNINGS, PRICE_TO_BV, DIVIDEND, Skip > > and the data file is something like this > > Ticker,Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Date,P/E,P/B,Div Yield,EPS > > NIFTY,30-Jan-08,5283.75,5314.3,5142.25,5167.6,30-Jan-08,22.02,5.41,0.99, > > 234.6775658 > > NIFTY,31-Jan-08,5172.25,5251.65,5071.15,5137.45,31-Jan-08,21.97,5.38, > > 0.99,233.8393264 > > NIFTY,1-Feb-08,5140.6,5339.95,5090.75,5317.25,1-Feb-08,22.68,5.57,0.96, > > 234.446649 > > NIFTY,4-Feb-08,5315.55,5545.2,5315.55,5463.5,4-Feb-08,23.31,5.72,0.94, > > 234.3843844 > > NIFTY,5-Feb-08,5463.75,5500.6,5412.95,5483.9,5-Feb-08,23.4,5.74,0.93, > > 234.3547009 > > NIFTY,6-Feb-08,5470.4,5470.4,5257.05,5322.55,6-Feb-08,22.71,5.58,0.96, > > 234.3703214 > > NIFTY,7-Feb-08,5322.55,5344.6,5113.85,5133.25,7-Feb-08,21.9,5.38,1, > > 234.3949772 > > But, when I import this data, the P/E is the same for all dates (the > > last value in the data file). I want to store the PE for the symbol NIFTY > > for every date. Is this possible? > > Thanks, > > Sam > > > > >
