
Okay... I'm okay with that... why that symbol?  Its pretty widely traded.

> From: josh.m.ulrich@gmail.com
> Date: Thu, 17 Dec 2009 19:17:40 -0600
> Subject: Re: [R-SIG-Finance] getSymbols and PD-UN
> To: n_torenvliet@hotmail.com
> CC: r-sig-finance@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
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> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, Dec 17, 2009 at 7:02 PM, Nick Torenvliet
> <n_torenvliet@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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