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Now where can I get some datasets that don't require me to work for a massive educational or corporate institution?
by cbetz 18y ago
Now where can I get some datasets that don't require me to work for a massive educational or corporate institution?
- lowkey 18y agoIf you know python, google 'ystockquote' It is a simple and awesome way to get historical stock data programztically from Yahoo. That should get you started. If you want fundamental data ftp.sec.gov is free, but you will need to do a bit more work to extract the data. Let me know if you get anywhere, I'm looking for fundamental data too.
- furiouslol 18y agoare there fundamental data on ftp.sec.gov? All I can find is sec filings by the listed companies.
- lowkey 18y agoThe data is there but you need to extract it from the individual 10-K and 10-Q.
- joshu 18y agoYou can actually get end of day pricing for stocks pretty reasonably. I think it's $40/mo from Multex (now Reuters) last I checked. I haven't checked this library out yet, but in a former life I was a quant...