Loading currency exchange rates for dates in the past

David Carlson carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net
Sat Jun 9 12:44:41 EDT 2012


On 6/9/2012 11:40 AM, David Carlson wrote:
> On 6/9/2012 11:20 AM, David Carlson wrote:
>> On 6/8/2012 4:19 PM, Mark wrote:
>>> Looking at the Finance::Quote source and docs, it seems like the
>>> entire library does not support querying a price or exchange rate for
>>> a certain date.
>>>
>>> Is there another way to mass-load historical prices?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Mark
>>>
>> Mark,
>>
>> I am surprised that you have not gotten a response yet.  I know that
>> there is no simple solution, but I think that there are some
>> work-arounds that usually involve downloading data to a spreadsheet then
>> importing from the spreadsheet. 
>>
>> Since that data is so easy to get, I personally think twice before
>> downloading, and only save numbers for dates and securities that I might
>> want to have in a future report. 
>>
>> If you have a security that will soon disappear due to merger or
>> whatever, that is another reason to grab it before it is gone.  I myself
>> would still use a spreadsheet for that scenario.  That has happened to
>> me several times already, and sometimes I have gone back to my old
>> records as far back as to 1992 or earlier to retrieve numbers.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>> David C
>>
>>
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> In case some of you are wondering, yes, there was an internet in 1992,
> and yes, that is roughly when I got my first legal copy of Quicken for
> DOS.  There was another program then that was much better.  It was
> called "My Money'.  It worked very nicely in DOS.  Alas, it fell by the
> wayside as Windows took over the mainstream PC business.
>
> David C
>
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Correction:  The other program was called "Managing Your Money" or MYM
for short.

David C
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