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Old 10-27-2006, 08:55 AM
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"FranksPlace2" <FranksPlace2[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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> I suggest you spend $30 on Quicken or Money. Then you can download
> stock prices dailey or whenever.
> Frank
> tom.berkey[at]gmail.com wrote:
> > Can anyone provide any info regarding how Google finance can be
> > employed to track the investments in a given portfolio as a function of
> > time? It seems as if the only means of doing this currently is a manual
> > cut and paste operation into an Excel spreadsheet.


Tom,

Before you spend that money look into the Web Query function in Excel.
This little-known function allows you to import stock prices directly into a
spreadsheet. It's under Tools > Import External Data.

A quick Google turns up many tutorials on Web Queries, such as this one:

http://tinyurl.com/ygqtbd

Also, the Gummy Stuff website has a some Excel files about this tool here:
http://www.gummy-stuff.org/portfolio.htm

 
Old 10-26-2006, 01:42 PM
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I suggest you spend $30 on Quicken or Money. Then you can download
stock prices dailey or whenever.

Frank

tom.berkey[at]gmail.com wrote:
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> Can anyone provide any info regarding how Google finance can be
> employed to track the investments in a given portfolio as a function of
> time? It seems as if the only means of doing this currently is a manual
> cut and paste operation into an Excel spreadsheet.


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Old 10-23-2006, 08:13 PM
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Default How to track portfolio investments over time?

Can anyone provide any info regarding how Google finance can be
employed to track the investments in a given portfolio as a function of
time? It seems as if the only means of doing this currently is a manual
cut and paste operation into an Excel spreadsheet.

 

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