Darn, I hate to make mistakes. (Sorry as I have been under the weather and am struggling to keep my eyes in focus.)
In my post before I mistakenly associated 836 as being the short part of the industry symbol ^YH0h836 but that is wrong. If you note the URL: http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/836.html on that page there is a mini intraday chart with the "correct" symbol of ^YH0h898 which is the Diversified Electronics Industry symbol. My list is complete and is still valid. I am willing to provide it to anyone who would like it. MM --- In [email protected], "marketmonk777" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Breaking away from the Jim Swindle US Database thread slightly .... > > Yahoo has 215 Industry symbols in which I have created an excel > spreadsheet with the following columns: > Sector, Industry, Name, and Symbol > for example > Basic Materials, Agricultural Chemicals, Agricultural Chemicals, ^YHOh702 > > (Industry and Name are always the same) > > Before anyone gets excited you need to know that I am not impressed > with the quality of this data. First off these symbols have no > history and are therefore available only on the "current" servers. I > am missing a few days because I waited too long before updating my > database. Second, there is no volume associated with each industry. > Third, there continues to be large spikes in the data (either out of > place high or low). Fourth, unlike TC2005 which offered a symbol for > the Sector (with volume) Yahoo offers no such symbol. > > But the biggest kicker of them all is that Yahoo has reassigned all of > them. My list is totally wrong. I have no clue what happened. For > example when you click on this link: http://biz.yahoo.com/ic/836.html > It brings you to Diversified Electronics Industry. > > That "836" use to be the Department Stores Industry. > > I know I did not make any errors as I have reviewed all of my > documents, notes, email threads with a few friends and every shred of > evidence points that those symbols (^YH0h836 Diversified Electronics > was Department Stores) have changed. > > For me I am not going to worry about using the Yahoo Industry symbols. > > I am no expert in programming nor how to query the Yahoo Profile page > which will provide the Sector and Industry that a stock is assigned to > as in: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/pr?s=belfb > > Having a program that will tell me what symbols have been added and > which symbols are no longer available is of use to me. > > Regards, > MM >
