[R-SIG-Finance] getSymbols and PD-UN

[Joshua Ulrich]

On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:26 PM, Nick Torenvliet
<n_torenvliet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Okay... I'm okay with that... why that symbol?  Its pretty widely traded.
>
It's free data, you don't get to ask "why". ;-)

It may only be a temporary issue.  However, Google *shows* historical
data but does not let you download it.  Maybe something to do with
that exchange?
http://www.google.com/finance/historical?q=TSE:PD.UN
http://www.google.com/finance/historical?q=TSE:PD.UN&output=csv

Best,
Josh
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http://www.fosstrading.com

>> From: josh.m.ulrich at gmail.com
>> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:17:40 -0600
>> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Finance] getSymbols and PD-UN
>> To: n_torenvliet at hotmail.com
>> CC: r-sig-finance at stat.math.ethz.ch
>>
>> Nick,
>>
>> The error tells you.  The page doesn't exist because there's no
>> historical data for that symbol.
>> http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=PD-UN.TO
>>
>> Best,
>> Josh
>> --
>> http://www.fosstrading.com
>>
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Nick Torenvliet
>> <n_torenvliet at hotmail.com> wrote:
>> >
>> >
>> > I've been playing around for some time with the Toronto Stock Exchange... I can't explain the following...
>> >
>> > Both
>> > atable <- getSymbols("RIM.TO",auto.assign=FALSE)
>> > atable <- getSymbols("PWT-UN.TO",auto.assign=FALSE)
>> > work fine
>> >
>> > But
>> >> atable <- getSymbols("PD-UN.TO",auto.assign=FALSE)
>> > Warning message:
>> > In download.file(paste(yahoo.URL, "s=", Symbols.name, "&a=", from.m,  :
>> >  cannot open: HTTP status was '404 Not Found'
>> > Bails
>> >
>> > PD-UN.TO is Precision Drilling Trust which can be found at http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=PD-UN.TO
>> >
>> > Any ideas as to why I can't get PD-UN.TO to work?
>> >
>> > Nick
>> >
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