Its been a while, but I think that InvestorsFasttrack is one and Worden 2000 is another. You can check around and ask if they check the data before sending it on. Bear in mind that no service is "perfect" and you have to deal with their vagaries. Lionel
_____ From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre.Latour Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:45 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [quotes-plus] Re: Attn: investor0329 OK, what about one of those "other retail data providers" you mention? Lionel Issen wrote: > Ron your response is inappropriate. It's like telling someone if you have > problems with your Chevrolet buy a Mercedes. > > Other retail data providers check the data before sending it out. > Doing this > would not raise the cost of the service to $24,000 per year. Besides data, > WONDA provides a lot of information that isn't available elsewhere, and it > is not designed for the average individual trader. > > Lionel Issen > > _____ > > From: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> > [mailto:quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com>] On > Behalf Of Ron > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 9:21 AM > To: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> > Subject: RE: [quotes-plus] Re: Attn: investor0329 > > For those of you who are unhappy with the data, I suggest you subscribe to > WONDA, William O'Neils database. > > http://www.williamo > <http://www.williamo <http://www.williamoneil.com/InstitutionalServices/Wonda.aspx> neil.com/InstitutionalServices/Wonda.aspx > <http://www.williamo <http://www.williamoneil.com/InstitutionalServices/Wonda.aspx> neil.com/InstitutionalServices/Wonda.aspx>> > neil.com/InstitutionalServices/Wonda.aspx > > I believe the current cost is around $24,000 per year. > > Ron Brown > > _____ > > From: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > [mailto:quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of Lionel Issen > Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 8:53 AM > To: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Subject: RE: [quotes-plus] Re: Attn: investor0329 > > If QP has inaccurate data, it is the correct thing to bring it to > Gary's and > to everyone else's attention. > > By the way some retail data companies scan their data before sending it on > to their customers. > > 'Nuff said. > > Lionel Issen > > _____ > > From: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > [mailto:quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com] > On > Behalf Of investor0329 > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 11:26 PM > To: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > Subject: [quotes-plus] Re: Attn: investor0329 > > I disagree with you. > > And QP doesn't carry pink sheet stocks, so I cannot comment on > data accuracy regarding those. Did you know that? > > I care about dividend omissions..doesn't matter if you do or not. > > I think having data accuracy based on how often a stock is traded, as > you suggest, is ridiculous. My research has indicated to me that > smaller companies are more profitable than big companies. I rarely > buy sp500 companies. Small value stocks are well noted to be the most > profitable. > > And it isn't only small stocks, it is large as well. If you check > message number 17240, you will see that msft was one of them. Does > msft qualify as a highly traded company to you. In that message I > stated that msft had duplicate divvys. I just checked and that has > been fixed. > > And frankly..different people have different methods of analysis. Who > are you to judge shat I or others want or should use/do? > > I have been a long time subscriber of QP. I do not subscribe to their > service to look at graphs. I can do that for free at many internet > sites. I use them so that I can manipulate and analyze data..and use > in Excel, etc. > > And..if you have, for example, a single datapoint that is 500 points > or so away from the mainstream, it completely makes that ticker > worthless for computer analysis as it throws everything off...and the > reason i post it is because it is irritating to me that there seem to > be a growing number of these, when it is so easy to run a scan to > find them and clean them up. Whoever supplies the data to QP should > be doing this. Apparently they are not. Imagine buying a car where > there was no quality control. > > Regarding you allusion to crooked ceo's/cfo's..I agree. They are > sucking money out of American companies and ruining things for small > time investors. I think a govt org should be set up solely to track > them all down..past and present..get back the $$ they stole, and give > them jail time...but that is another matter. > > This is all i care to say about this issue. Occasionally, i will > continue to look for systematic errors and report them as it appears > no one else is. When things look fairly clean I will cease. I checked > the other day and there were still scores of divvy duplicates and > late/missing divvys. Some are small issues..some on very large issues, > some are closed end funds, etc. > > --- In quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com, > "James C. Barone" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I happen to agree with Earl. Enough is enough. > > > > It's not so much that you might find errors, it's the kind of > errors you > > complain about. I venture to say that extremely few QP subscribers > give > > a rat's --- about dividend errors on thinly traded issues. Nor do > they > > care about price errors on obscure pink sheet stocks. > > > > You need to recognize the difference between precision and accuracy. > > Once more, it's hard enough to trust earnings that QP correctly > reports > > given the myriad of tactics CFO's use even when they follow proper > > accounting practices. Investing or trading in stocks, ETF's or > whatever > > is not an exact science. > > > > I venture to say the time you spend chasing these errors might > better be > > spent on more productive work. Like money management, timing of > > trades/investments or just a walk in the park for fresh air. > > > > There is one other alternative you might consider; spend $1,200.00 > per > > month to obtain data from another source. Maybe then someone there > might > > give you a direct line to answer your questions/hold your hand. > > > > IMHO, > > > > Jim > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com > [mailto:quotes- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:plus%40yahoogroups.com> com] > > On Behalf Of investor0329 > > Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2007 6:04 PM > > To: quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> yahoogroups.com > > Subject: [quotes-plus] Re: Attn: investor0329 > > > > Perhaps you should check out some of your own posts..like #17215 > and > > #17337. > > > > Often times I do send to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sometimes i get a > > response and sometimes not...and when not, the problem is often > still > > there...so sometimes i do both. How am i to know if their email is > > working or not? Gary has already stated that sometimes he doesn't > get > > the email. > > > > If my emails bother you, ignore them. > > > > Others may find them of use and may like to know of the problems > > should it affect their own analysis. > > > > Gary said that some of the data inconsistencies would be fixed by > end > > of last month. I sent an email just asking if they were (so I could > > proceed with some of my own analysis that requires the data be > > right)..but never got a response. So I assume he didn't get it. > > By the way..i usually sent to both the [EMAIL PROTECTED] email and > to > > gary specifically. I don't know where the 'data' one goes. > > > > > > --- In quotes-plus@ <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com> > yahoogroups.com, "EAdamy" <eadamy@> wrote: > > > > > > Is there anything we could do to induce you to route your > incessant > > data > > > problems directly to quotes-plus support? Or limit your posts to > > this NG to > > > just one message a day? Or even better to give it a rest for a > > month or two? > > > The volume of your posts and data complaints goes far beyond a > > service ... > > > it is a nuisance. > > > > > > Earl > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > >---------------------------------------------------------- > >No virus found in this incoming message. >Checked by AVG Free Edition. >Version: 7.5.432 / Virus Database: 268.17.25/669 - Release Date: 04/02/2007 21:58 > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
