Hi Terry,

Your suggestions sound reasonable. Could you please provide two-three
sample investments (funds and stocks) provided by MSN Money UK?

Also, if possible I'd like to see a sample CSV file that you will be
importing into AceMoney.

Thank you,

Alex
MechCAD Software.


--- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
<terry_woodward66@...> wrote:
>
> Hi Alex & thanks for your positive reply.
>
> Before answering your specific question.
>
> Can I expain a little more about my request.
>
> As I write this reply it is 7th January yet the latest price update
> for Yahoo UK & Ireland mutual Funds is 24th December. Yes I know there
> has been the Xmas period in between BUT still.... Yahoo price service
> gets worse. Over 2008 there have been changes to format affecting all
> software providers and the long periods of absence of up to date
> pricing information is turning people away in droves (Just look at the
> finance forums)
>
> To answer your questions
>
> 1) Yes any other data provider would be welcome. You mention Google
> (UK) In the medium term yes. At this moment there are whole swathes of
> Mutual funds that are listed with NO PRICES SHOWING.
>
> Another source that is pretty reliable is MSN Money UK
> http://money.uk.msn.com/
>
> 2) I would prefer csv format because my experience is that it is
> simpler. I find qfx format messy
>
> 3)I simply need to be able to download a set of prices for a given
> date (say from an online portfolio)so that my portfio is updated at
> one fell swoop (about 40 mutual fund & 20 stocks. I DO NOT need to
> update via CSV on a per investment basis. That would be using your
> resources unnecessarily. In fact I can update the odd investment on an
> ad hoc basis now.
>
> So, ideally the best route is to get the right providers so I can do
> an internet download. Yahoo is a basket case. Google will eventually
> get it right.
>
> WHAT WOULD I LIKE?
>
> A) MSN Money
>
> B) CSV price import on a per file basis, say from an on line portfolio
>
> If you can do it all UK users of your software can have at least two
> reliable options as in A & B above
>
> Thank you very much Alex
>
> Can you post your views please
>
> Terry
>
>
>
>
> --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "MechCAD Software" <acemoney@> wrote:
> >
> > Hi Terry,
> >
> > We would be happy to introduce another data source for the UK market.
> > Doesn't Google (http://finance.google.com) provide quotes from London
> > Stock Exchange?
> >
> > Could you please describe how exactly you would like AceMoney to
> > import CSV files? Should it be import per investment or single file
> > for the whole portfolio?
> >
> > At the moment AceMoney will not import historical prices from the QIF
> > files, but this import sounds like an easy thing to do. Would you
> > prefer QIF import over CSV?
> >
> > Alex
> > MechCAD Software
> >
> > --- In acemoney@yahoogroups.com, "TERRY_WOODWARD66"
> > <terry_woodward66@> wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Alex
> > >
> > > Yahoo UK has been a particular pain over the last two years in terms
> > > of the poor quality data output. Not being able to get fund
price data
> > > over extended periods. Then short term inconsistencies over long
> > > periods of time. Contrast this with web sites that allow
portfolios to
> > > be downloaded into spreadsheets consistently every week, price data
> > > spot on and no charge.
> > >
> > > Unfortunately I am tied to Yahoo UK, that is, if I want to use
> > > AceMoney, which I do.
> > >
> > > SO
> > >
> > > Questions
> > >
> > > 1) Any likelihood of being able to import fund and share price data
> > > into acemoney via CSV files
> > >
> > > 2) Can Price data be imported via a qif file into AceMoney? My
> > > experience using OO Calc 3 and a utility macro called Calc2Qif 1.03
> > > has been mixed to say the least.
> > >
> > > Which means that I have either not been able to convert, or import a
> > > qif file into AceMoney. If this could be achieved it could be a
better
> > > option than the current hand method of updating prices I have to go
> > > through at the moment
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > >
> > > Terry
> > >
> >
>