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How to read stock quotes from Google Finance instead of Yahoo Finance for some stocks?

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Uffe

24 Apr, 2016 07:23 AM

I have an investment in a South African stock called Famous Brands Ltd.

On Google Finance the ticket symbol is FBR which shows the correct stock quote, my problem is that FBR on Yahoo Finance is a different stock. And the ticket symbols I can find on Yahoo Finance for Famous Brands does not show the correct quotes.

How do I force Moneydance and the Quotes and Exchange Rate Extension to read the data from Google Finance over Yahoo Finance for this stock?

1. 1 Posted by Ben Spencer on 25 Apr, 2016 04:46 PM

   

   I am afraid it is not possible to specify a particular quote source for a particular security. The specification of quote source applies to all prices.

   Ben Spencer
   Infinite Kind Support

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2. 2 Posted by Uffe on 26 Apr, 2016 07:03 AM

   

   Hi Ben,

   A follow-up question.

   If the majority of my ticket symbols are from Yahoo Finance and 5-10 are from Google Finance (unique ticket symbols). How do I best get the Google Finance tickets updated?

   Can I set the Quotes and Exchange Rate Extension to default use Yahoo and then manually run in again and mark the 5-10 ticket symbols in question for update?

   Thanks in advance for your help.
   Uffe

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3. 3 Posted by Tom Freeman on 26 Apr, 2016 09:21 PM

   

   You can make changes to the extension window and manually update as much as you would like.

   I am unfamiliar with using google for updating price history. If you could provide a few ticker symbols that work on google I could play with the extension and see if we can improve the extension.

   Tom Freeman
   Infinite Kind Support

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4. 4 Posted by Uffe on 27 Apr, 2016 07:15 AM

   

   Hi Tom,

   Thanks, I will let you know some tickets within a couple of days, as I am on a business trip at the moment.

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5. 5 Posted by Uffe on 03 May, 2016 06:18 PM

   

   Hi Tom,

   Sorry for the delay on my feedback, it seems that when I checked the tickets on the stocks I believed that only was valid for Google it seems that they also are valid at Yahoo.

   Sorry for the inconvenience.

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6. Ben Spencer closed this discussion on 03 May, 2016 06:23 PM.