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Thanks for the offer Tomasz. I set everything up last night. once I entered my
sectors and industries I used the assignments analyser to set everything up.

Tom

Tomasz Janeczko wrote:

> Tom,
>
> I could write a script for importing Industries once you have the file that lists
> ticker name and the industry to which it belongs to:
> <ticker name>, <industry name>
>
> Best regards,
> Tomasz Janeczko
> amibroker.com
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Thomas and Theresa Eyre" <tnt.eyre@xxxx>
> To: <amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2001 11:59 PM
> Subject: Re: [amibroker] Re: database setup
>
> > No. It's fairly easy to export data from MS. I have them set as the TSE300
> > has them now for each industry. But the TSE300 doesn't contain all the stocks
> > on the TSE. I was hoping that all the TSE stocks would be set up on Yahoo in
> > the industries they pertain to. Oh well, I will just have to do it the hard
> > way and look up each stock that is not in an industry and place it according
> > to the TSE's website.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Tom
> >
> > b519b@xxxx wrote:
> >
> > > Tom, I have not studied it that much, but for many companies, Yahoo
> > > just places them in the same groupings as US similar US stocks. For
> > > example, BCE is listed along with US companies in the "Fixed Line
> > > communication" industry. I don't think you will be so fortunate to
> > > find listings on Yahoo that separate Canadian stocks from US ones,
> > > especially for those Canadian stocks that are cross listed on US
> > > exchanges like BCE, TD, etc. One strange thing, I have noticed that
> > > one can get radically different market data if one asks Yahoo to
> > > research BCE and BCE.TO -- sometimes even the number of analysts
> > > following the stock is different depending on the ticker, yet it is
> > > the very same company!
> > >
> > > If categorization is important to you, I would do my own just to be
> > > confident in the result. Is it that difficult to export the
> > > information from MetaStock?
> > >
> > > b
> > >
> > > --- In amibroker@xxxx, tnt.eyre@xxxx wrote:
> > > > Is there a list of CDN sectors at Yahoo Finance. Can't find them.
> > > > I just purchased AmiBroker and also want to set up CDN industries.
> > > I
> > > > have them set up in MS but thought it would easier to download if
> > > > I set it up like Yahoo. Any assistance would be appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks
> > > > Tom
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > --- In amibroker@xxxx, bmx888@xxxx wrote:
> > > > > I think I figure this out.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In amibroker@xxxx, bmx888@xxxx wrote:
> > > > > > It may have been asked before. I just ordered AB 3.80. How to
> > > > > quickly
> > > > > > make a portfolio of all the US and Canadian symbols and sort
> > > them
> > > > > > into different sectors like in Yahoo? Thanks
> > >
> > >
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