[R-sig-finance] Getting stock prices and annualized returns for common indexes

[Patrick Burns]

You can get data from Yahoo via the "get.hist.quote" function in
the tseries package.  Indices have strange symbols in Yahooland.

S&P 500:     ^GSPC
Nasdaq Comp:   ^IXIC
Nasdaq 100:      ^NDX

US 30yr Treasury:   ^TYX
US 10yr Treasury:   ^TNX
US   5yr Treasury:   ^FVX


Patrick Burns

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Waichler, Scott R wrote:

>Is there a way to obtain stock and mutual fund prices (previous day's
>close would be fine) 
>from R?  Can bond prices also be obtained?  How about annualized returns
>for previous calendar
>year and last 3 and 5 years for major indexes such as S&P 500, 
>Wilshire 5000, MSCI EAFE, etc.?  I am a non-professional
>who manages some family portfolios and I am looking for better ways to
>access information
>and compare investment results in annual reports I write using Sweave.
>
>Thanks,
>Scott Waichler
>scott.waichler at pnl.gov
>
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