Ofx files typically refer to tickers (stocks, funds, etc.) by using identifiers. For example, Fidelity’s “Fidelity 500 Index Fund” with a ticker of FXAIX is referred to in Vanguard ofx files by its ISIN, “US3159117502. Worse, different brokers use different identifiers to refer to the same ticker.
In this new article, *Tickers and Identifiers* <https://reds-rants.netlify.app/personal-finance/tickers-and-identifiers/>, I write about how to manage these as automatically generated metadata in your commodity declarations, which your importers can use. The utility used is ticker-util, which I wrote about previously <https://groups.google.com/g/beancount/c/eewOW4HQKOI/m/K22cx4IYAAAJ>. You may also want to check out *Know Your Tickers* <https://reds-rants.netlify.app/personal-finance/know-your-tickers/>, which talks about how to automatically download and maintain commodity metadata with ticker-util. ticker-util ships with Fava Investor <https://github.com/redstreet/fava_investor>. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Beancount" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/beancount/7edba807-a030-4cae-adab-b62aa0d68534n%40googlegroups.com.
