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Posted by ANDYA on July 12, 2007, 9:57 pm
Please log in for more thread options > Bruce bowman wrote:
> > Melvin wrote:
> >> FYI - I just wanted to mention a problem that one of my clients (ok my
> >> dad) is having with the quote server at the moment.
>
> >> He is finding that quotes for certain Canadian securities are being
> >> expressed with the decimal point in the wrong place.
>
> >> Examples of Securities Affected (all on the Canadian TSX stock exchange):
>
> >> SLF - Sun Life Financial: Quoted at $500.50; actual price is more
> >> like $50.05
> >> SU - Suncor: Quoted at $967.60; actual price is more like $96.76
> >> TA - Transalta Utilities: Quoted at $286.70; actual price is more
> >> like $28.67
> >> TRP - TransCanada Pipelines: Quoted at $367.29; actual price is more
> >> like $36.73
>
> >> Other securities affected (I won't give the details):
> >> BMO, BNS, BCE
>
> >> From what I've seen, ordinary common stocks (without dividends) are
> >> affected; other security types (mutual funds, dividend-paying
> >> securities) are not.
>
> >> When I look at historical quotes, I find that quotes for July 11, 2007
> >> (today) and June 25, 2007 (2 1/2 weeks ago) are goofed up; quotes for
> >> other dates are in the right ballpark.
>
> >> ===
> >> Anyway, if anybody knows more about this situation, please feel free
> >> to add details here.
>
> > I first noted this decimal problem on Stock quotes on June 30 - sent a
> > message to Intuit.ca and they know about it.. but apparently are not in
> > any great hurry to fix it. As I recall, my mutual funds quotes were OK
> > on that date.
>
> > Bruce
>
> I also wrote to Quicken a little over two weeks ago and received an
> automated message that I could expect a reply within 48 hours. Fat chance!
>
> MS Money is starting to look like it might be a good alternative to try
> as this delay in fixing this is becoming more and more irksome.
>
> GEB- Hide quoted text -
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> - Show quoted text -
Cannot download any Canadian mutual fund or stock quotes tonight.
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