I understand Yahoo can get frustrating. I checked it for you.
Yes, there is a problem with SBS fundamental download (as of 12/06). If you go to the AQ/Downloads folder .... make a copy of SBS.aqfe and .aqfn and then rename the extension so they open in a CSV reader (excel) you can see that there is one more data field than what is required so this is shifting all values one field to the right ... hence beta and a few others end up in the wrong place i.e. that is what AQ saved to the SBS.aqfe file I also have 235.45M,which is free cash flow, in the beta data field in AB. I haven't heard of this one before, in my time in the forum ... usually Yahoo is at fault. Since this is only happening with one stock I guess that means the trouble is at their end. Why not email their help desk? --- In [email protected], "ta" <tagro...@...> wrote: > > Ton > > > > What I pointed out was the three days ago, accidentally I discovered that > some fundamental data for three symbols(CDB, SBS & WTI) in my database did > not match the same fields on Yahoo's "key Statistics" page. So I downloaded > the data for the three symbols and I noticed that WTI downloaded correctly > and amiquote gave me the error message that "Yahoo finance offers no key > statistics for this symbol" and data for SBS continued to be erroneous. It > seems to me that something from Yahoo's "key Statistics" page , cause > amiquote to import the data into AB in incorrect sequence. Now the > significance of this issue is that what is it from Yahoo's "key Statistics" > page that causes this error and which other symbols are affected by this > problem. Below is screen shots from Yahoo vs AB. You'll notice that AB shows > 1.57 for shares outstanding (this seems to be the beta on Yahoo). AB shows > 911000 for "Shares Float" and Yahoo shows 438.49K. I have more that 3400 > stocks in my database Therefore examining them individually is a tedious > effort. > > > > SBS-Yahoo.jpgSBS-AB.jpg > > > > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Ton Sieverding > Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 12:01 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: AmiQuote 2.11 - Yahoo Fundamental - Extra > > > > > > > > > Frankly I do not see why there should be a bug in AmiQuote when WTI gives me > the correct answer. What about Yahoo Finance and a messed up database ? It's > not the first time that I see this. We have left Yahoo as our data provider > because of errors ... > > > > Regards, Ton. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: tipequity <mailto:l3...@...> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 10:01 PM > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiQuote 2.11 - Yahoo Fundamental - Extra > > > > Thanks Ton. I tried WTI today and got the correct download. However, I still > get wrong Shares Outstanding for SBS. The significant of this issue is to > find out if there is bug in certain instances amiquote or not.I get "Yahoo > finance offers no key statistics for this symbol" for CDB today. Would you > please try to download SBS. TIA > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> , "Ton > Sieverding" <ton.sieverding@> wrote: > > > > Not what I see. Everything seems to be fine with me ... > > Here you've WTI ... > > > > > > > > Regards, Ton. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: tipequity > > To: [email protected] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> > > Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:08 PM > > Subject: [amibroker] Re: AmiQuote 2.11 - Yahoo Fundamental - Extra > > > > > > > > > > > > Should I assume that nobody else has the same problem or is it that nobody > uses amiquotes to download extra fundamental data from Yahoo? > > > > --- In [email protected] <mailto:amibroker%40yahoogroups.com> , > "tipequity" <l3456@> wrote: > > > > > > Tonight I downloaded Yahoo Fundamental - Extra using Amiquote for stock > symbol CDB, SBS and WTI. I noticed that "Shares Out." field shows the value > of beta field rather than the actual "Shares Outstanding". It seems like a > bug to me. Would someelse please confirm this. TIA > > > > > >
