that uses the symbol-ology that Yahoo uses.
For 99% of the stocks this won't be a problem. It's just a few special
cases. Some of those special cases are important stocks though.
At 04:41 PM 1/27/2004 -0600, you wrote:
>thanks. you would think that stock symbols would be standardize and
>readily available to everyone, FREE. I mean you can go to Yahoo and get
>the symbol now.
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Won Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 4:36 PM
>To: CF-Talk
>Subject: RE: OT- Stock Question
>
>At 04:16 PM 1/27/2004 -0600, you wrote:
> ><http://www.dbc.com/cgi-bin/htx.exe/FORMS/LOOKUP.HTML?SOURCE=DBCC>http://
> www.dbc.com/cgi-bin/htx.exe/FORMS/LOOKUP.HTML?SOURCE=DBCC
>
>I did a couple of spot checks. The data is not 100% correct.
>
>Maybe someone will sell a cheap RSS feed. I doubt it. Real time data for
>stock info is expensive.
>Give Reuters, Bloomberg, Thomson Financial, or S&P Comm Stock a call and
>find out.
>Most of them should have an XML feed they will give you as the exchanges
>update the quote systems.
>You have to call them to make sure. As I have not personally dealt with
>all the above companies.
>
>Also, as a side note. The ticker symbols are not universal. One quote
>provider might have a symbol as ABCd while another will list it as ABC.d
>while another will list it as ABC/D. Good luck. If you make any headway,
>please email me off the list. I am curious to get a good db too. I am
>especially interested in index compositions; ie the Russell 2000 and
>Wilshire 5000.
> _____
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