Hmmm....seems that all the spacing gets lost when posting....here are the columns one after another. ================================ Each row is:
Current Dividend Forward Dividend % Held by Insiders % Held by Institutions Ex-Dividend Date Dividend Date ================================ In Yahoo for KYN 1.92 N/A 0.18% 17.50% 7/2/2010 7/8/2010 ===================================== In AB after download of Basic Fundamental Data using AmiQuote 1.92 275,140 582,600,000 0.18% 7/2/2010 7/9/2010 =================================== In AB after download of Extended Fundamental Data using AmiQuote 0 275,140 582,600,000 0.18% 7/8/2010 7/9/2010 --- In [email protected], "donangiecarlson" <dcarlson...@...> wrote: > > Bill: I don't believe the problem is looking at different Yahoo servers; > because you can use AmiQuote on different days...downloading Basic and > Fundamental info and the same errors exist in AB. Here is an example of > "some" fundamental info for just one ticker KYN... there are many such data > descripencies problems that can be found: > > Yahoo AmiQuote AmiQuote > KYN Basic Extended > 1.92 1.92 0 Current Dividend > N/A 275,140 275,140 Forward Dividend > 0.18% 582,600,000% 582,600,000% % Held by Insiders > 17.50% 0.18% 0.18% % Held by Institutions > 7/2/2010 7/2/2010 7/8/2010 Ex-Dividend Date > 7/8/2010 7/9/2010 7/9/2010 Dividend Date > > o The first column are the value in Yahoo. > o The second column are the values in AB after downloading Basic Fundamental > data using AmiQuote. > o The third column are the values in AB after downloading Extended > Fundamental data using AmiQuote. > > Ton: Since you seem to use a different download program for retrieving Yahoo > fundamental data for AB...what are your results for the above example. Also, > what is the alternative program you are using to download yahoo fundamental > data into AB? > > Don > > > > > --- In [email protected], "wavemechanic" <olesmithy@> wrote: > > > > This could happen if the downloader and the viewed data are not looking at > > the same server - current and historical. Are apples and apples be > > compared or apples and oranges? > > > > Bill > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Ton Sieverding > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: August 16, 2010 3:54 AM > > Subject: Re: [amibroker] Don't use AmiQuote ver 2.12 for Fundamental Data > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi. If AmiQuote is unreliable and if Yahoo gives the correct data than I > > should not have the same errors when downloading Yahoo data with other > > downloaders. But I do ... Please prove me why AmiQuote is unreliable just > > by showing that downloading the same data from Yahoo and a different > > downloader gives different results. Not by just telling me that AmiQuote is > > unreliable ... > > > > Regards, Ton. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: donangiecarlson > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Monday, August 16, 2010 2:21 AM > > Subject: [amibroker] Don't use AmiQuote ver 2.12 for Fundamental Data > > > > > > > > The program is so bad it probably loads incorrect ticker quotes as > > well. The Basic Data changes/deletes the Extended Data and when Extended > > Data is loaded it changes/deletes Basic Data. Many people have said that > > the Yahoo data is unreliable....it's probably more because AmiQuote is > > unreliabel and doesn't load info correctly. #...@* > > >
