Comments on: Yahoo Finance vs Google Finance http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/ Macro Perspective on the Capital Markets, Economy, Geopolitics, Technology, and Digital Media Tue, 14 Feb 2012 20:54:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.5 By: Twitter Trackbacks for Yahoo Finance vs Google Finance | The Big Picture [ritholtz.com] on Topsy.com http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208445 Twitter Trackbacks for Yahoo Finance vs Google Finance | The Big Picture [ritholtz.com] on Topsy.com Tue, 25 Aug 2009 06:54:42 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208445 [...] Yahoo Finance vs Google Finance | The Big Picture www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance – view page – cached Pretty interesting comparo: > Courtesy of NYT > Source: Where Yahoo Leaves Google in the Dust RANDALL STROSS NYT, August 22, — From the page [...] [...] Yahoo Finance vs Google Finance | The Big Picture http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance – view page – cached Pretty interesting comparo: > Courtesy of NYT > Source: Where Yahoo Leaves Google in the Dust RANDALL STROSS NYT, August 22, — From the page [...]

]]> By: nenmoonia http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208371 nenmoonia Tue, 25 Aug 2009 00:00:42 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208371 I used to use yahoo but switched in the last month or two because of a number of problems with yahoo such as they were reporting incorrect prices for some stocks. That's a big no no when pennies are important. I like the real time pricing on google (much better than yahoo) but the only thing I hate about google is their complete lack of customizability in their portfolio. I can't even move around my freaking columns! I can't add other columns. I can't change their looks, nothing. Its almost pathetic for a company like google who "wants to organize" the world's data and screw up something like financial data which is extremely easy and commonplace to do. I used to use yahoo but switched in the last month or two because of a number of problems with yahoo such as they were reporting incorrect prices for some stocks. That’s a big no no when pennies are important.

I like the real time pricing on google (much better than yahoo) but the only thing I hate about google is their complete lack of customizability in their portfolio. I can’t even move around my freaking columns! I can’t add other columns. I can’t change their looks, nothing. Its almost pathetic for a company like google who “wants to organize” the world’s data and screw up something like financial data which is extremely easy and commonplace to do.

]]> By: Steve Hamlin http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208356 Steve Hamlin Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:47:59 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208356 If you use Google Spreadsheet, which you publish as a dynamic webpage, you can use cool formulas like: =GoogleFinance(G9;"price") =GoogleFinance(B6,"marketcap")/1000000 =GoogleFinance(B13,"returnytd")/100 <a href="http://docs.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=54198" rel="nofollow">More GoogleFinance functions</a> For an example, I track my positions at http://stevehamlin.org/investments which is a published Google Spreadsheet that updates every 30 seconds or so with live prices, volume, etc. If you use Google Spreadsheet, which you publish as a dynamic webpage, you can use cool formulas like:

=GoogleFinance(G9;”price”)
=GoogleFinance(B6,”marketcap”)/1000000
=GoogleFinance(B13,”returnytd”)/100

More GoogleFinance functions

For an example, I track my positions at http://stevehamlin.org/investments which is a published Google Spreadsheet that updates every 30 seconds or so with live prices, volume, etc.

]]> By: tawm http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208109 tawm Mon, 24 Aug 2009 12:28:35 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208109 I agree with Fully Diluted -- I use Google F to track real time quotes against my outstanding orders. Much better than Yahoo. Constant Normal -- I tried coding Excel cells (in Windoze) to grab updated quotes from Yahoo F, but it updated ALL versions of the spreadsheet -- including older versions (i.e. past days, wiping out historical files) not just the current one. I searched unsuccessfully on the web for how to limit the update to one single file. Any leads or sources on how to correctly code that would be MUCH appreciated. swimlaps123 at hotmail.com I agree with Fully Diluted — I use Google F to track real time quotes against my outstanding orders. Much better than Yahoo.

Constant Normal — I tried coding Excel cells (in Windoze) to grab updated quotes from Yahoo F, but it updated ALL versions of the spreadsheet — including older versions (i.e. past days, wiping out historical files) not just the current one. I searched unsuccessfully on the web for how to limit the update to one single file. Any leads or sources on how to correctly code that would be MUCH appreciated.

swimlaps123 at hotmail.com

]]> By: Why Yahoo Finance continues to give Google Finance a noogie | New Rules of Investing http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208103 Why Yahoo Finance continues to give Google Finance a noogie | New Rules of Investing Mon, 24 Aug 2009 11:40:59 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208103 [...] out Barry Ritholtz’s take on the article and most interestingly, scroll down to the comments.  Most readers cite [...] [...] out Barry Ritholtz’s take on the article and most interestingly, scroll down to the comments.  Most readers cite [...]

]]> By: constantnormal http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208066 constantnormal Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:16:34 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208066 I think this is an area where Google has really dropped the ball. They have all these javascript toolkits, and don't have an API that allows a person to retrieve stock info like Yahoo does? To accomplish this same thing in Google, you pretty much have to code a screen-scraping macro and process the Google portfolio page of the stocks you are interested in. A tedious, ugly task. At least that's how I see it. So long as Yahoo exists and makes the data as easily accessed as they do, I'll continue to get it from them. I think this is an area where Google has really dropped the ball.

They have all these javascript toolkits, and don’t have an API that allows a person to retrieve stock info like Yahoo does?

To accomplish this same thing in Google, you pretty much have to code a screen-scraping macro and process the Google portfolio page of the stocks you are interested in. A tedious, ugly task. At least that’s how I see it. So long as Yahoo exists and makes the data as easily accessed as they do, I’ll continue to get it from them.

]]> By: constantnormal http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208064 constantnormal Mon, 24 Aug 2009 05:11:17 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208064 @bergsten That's a clever way to do it, avoiding using curl to capture the returned data. The parameters are in the url I referenced earlier: http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm You can mix and match all kinds of things returned from the query -- hi-lo-close, bid-ask, volume, last trade date, etc. Easy enough to experiment using that url as the cell content and play around a bit. @bergsten

That’s a clever way to do it, avoiding using curl to capture the returned data. The parameters are in the url I referenced earlier:

http://www.gummy-stuff.org/Yahoo-data.htm

You can mix and match all kinds of things returned from the query — hi-lo-close, bid-ask, volume, last trade date, etc.

Easy enough to experiment using that url as the cell content and play around a bit.

]]> By: bergsten http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208056 bergsten Mon, 24 Aug 2009 04:52:52 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208056 @batmando -- You can fill in an Excel spreadsheet cell with a "web query" that will fill that cell with data returned from a HTML request. Here's one to return Cisco's price: http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=CSCO&f=l1 The parameters are documented somewhere on the web -- would have to rediscover where. The "remainder" is an exercise for the reader. @batmando — You can fill in an Excel spreadsheet cell with a “web query” that will fill that cell with data returned from a HTML request.

Here’s one to return Cisco’s price:
http://download.finance.yahoo.com/d/quotes.csv?s=CSCO&f=l1

The parameters are documented somewhere on the web — would have to rediscover where.

The “remainder” is an exercise for the reader.

]]> By: deanscamaro http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208033 deanscamaro Mon, 24 Aug 2009 03:18:11 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208033 Put another mark up for Yahoo Finance for me. Put another mark up for Yahoo Finance for me.

]]> By: emmanuel117 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/2009/08/yahoo-finance-vs-google-finance/comment-page-1/#comment-208018 emmanuel117 Mon, 24 Aug 2009 02:26:55 +0000 http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/?p=36385#comment-208018 I wonder how much the Yahoo Finance message boards contribute? I wonder how much the Yahoo Finance message boards contribute?

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