TSE ticker problems
I don't think google provides that data in a nice format (i.e. CSV) If you go to http://www.google.com/finance/historical?q=NYSEARCA:SPY you can see that on the right side of the page there is a section called "Export" with a link called "Download to spreadsheet" However, if you go the analogous page for COS, there is no such link. http://www.google.com/finance/historical?q=TSE:COS
On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Paul Gilbert <pgilbert902 at gmail.com> wrote:
My bad. Indeed the examples should have been:
getSymbols("BMO.TO", src="yahoo")
getSymbols("COS.TO", src="yahoo")
getSymbols("TSE:COS", src="google")
They lost something in translation from my code. The problem is not resolved by this correction, however the yahoo retrieval is fixed by the getSymbols.yahoo URL change suggested. The google retrieval still causes problems:
getSymbols("TSE:COS", src="google")
Error in download.file(paste(google.URL, "q=", Symbols.name, "&startdate=", : cannot open URL 'http://finance.google.com/finance/historical?q=TSE:COS&startdate=Jan+01,+2007&enddate=Jul+11,+2012&output=csv' In addition: Warning message: In download.file(paste(google.URL, "q=", Symbols.name, "&startdate=", : cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
Any further suggestions appreciated. Thanks, Paul