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Quotes BeanTownSteve 11-18-2006
---> Re: Quotes John Pollard11-18-2006
---> Re: Quotes Uncle Fester11-18-2006
| |--> Re: Quotes Hank Arnold11-19-2006
| `--> Re: Quotes John Pollard11-19-2006
`--> Re: Quotes Jim - NN7K11-19-2006
Posted by BeanTownSteve on November 18, 2006, 7:44 pm
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 Seen a lot of complaints about not getting quote dwnlds at high market
activity days. Newly coming to Q2007 (and haven't yet loaded).

Is there a way to manually input quotes? I only need 10 or so.


Posted by John Pollard on November 18, 2006, 8:46 pm
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> Seen a lot of complaints about not getting quote dwnlds at
> high market
> activity days. Newly coming to Q2007 (and haven't yet
> loaded).
>
> Is there a way to manually input quotes? I only need 10 or
> so.

There are at least two ways to get prices without relying on
Quicken downloads.

1.) The slow way is to select a security in the Security Detail
view, click on Update, then Edit Price History. You can enter
prices for a given security, for a given date, one by one.

2.) Use an online source that offers comma delimited file
downloads of prices, such as Yahoo. Once you have downloaded
your prices, open Quicken to the Portfolio tab in the Investing
Center, then click File > Import > Import prices ... then key in
the name of the file of prices you downloaded. (Given the way
the process works, it pays to make sure that the file you
download is saved in the root directory with a very short name.)

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Posted by Uncle Fester on November 18, 2006, 9:50 pm
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John Pollard wrote:
> 1.) The slow way is to select a security in the Security Detail
> view, click on Update, then Edit Price History. You can enter
> prices for a given security, for a given date, one by one.

I used to do this when the quote server wasn't responding, until I
discovered that prices can be entered directly into the Portfolio
view. Just click on the price and enter the new value. This also
works in the Watch List if you have it on your home page.
Much, much easier.

> 2.) ... File > Import > Import prices ...

I have never, never been able to import prices in a csv file without
screwing up my database. The format is not documented well and
it's always trial-and-error to get it right. Be sure to have a fresh
backup of your data because it WILL be needed.


Posted by vcard on November 18, 2006, 10:33 pm
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> John Pollard wrote:
>> 1.) The slow way is to select a security in the Security Detail
>> view, click on Update, then Edit Price History. You can enter
>> prices for a given security, for a given date, one by one.
>
> I used to do this when the quote server wasn't responding, until I
> discovered that prices can be entered directly into the Portfolio
> view. Just click on the price and enter the new value. This also
> works in the Watch List if you have it on your home page.
> Much, much easier.
>

I would just suggest that you make sure you have the correct "As Of" date in
the Portfolio view, or you will end up with the right prices for the wrong
date. (Guess how I know how easy that is to do...)

vcard



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Posted by Hank Arnold on November 19, 2006, 3:43 am
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I've been importing CSV files from Yahoo! Quotes for more years than I
care to admit. Never, ever, ever had a single problem importing one
(other than typing the wrong filename).

Regards,
Hank Arnold

Uncle Fester wrote:
> John Pollard wrote:
>
> I have never, never been able to import prices in a csv file without
> screwing up my database. The format is not documented well and
> it's always trial-and-error to get it right. Be sure to have a fresh
> backup of your data because it WILL be needed.
>

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