Thanks again Howard. Is there some official product documentation that describes this?
-Steve --- In [email protected], Howard Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Steve, > > Yes for a 2 for 1 split the number of shares is doubled. Quotes Plus > only provides the number of shares outstanding. Hence you should > consider the number given by Quotes Plus to be the number of shares > outstanding after the most recent split or stock dividend. Quotes plus > does not supply an historical record of the number of shares outstanding > for prior years. This is perfectly acceptable when the only changes in > the number of shares is caused by a split or stock dividend. But it > can be misleading when a stock has a significant number of buybacks or > options exercised. > > Howard > > > xxnospamxx wrote: > > > > Howard, > > > > Is the volume also adjusted? In the case of a 2 for 1 split, I would > > expect the historical volume to double. > > > > Thanks, > > Steve > > > > --- In [email protected] > > <mailto:quotes-plus%40yahoogroups.com>, Howard Hansen <hrhan@> wrote: > > > > > > Steve, > > > > > > The share price is adjusted for splits and stock dividends. For > > example > > > a 2 for 1 stock split means all historical share prices prices prior to > > > the split are divided by 2. > > > > > > An historical record of the divisor used to adjust the stock prices of > > > each stock is kept in the SMaster.qpf Access database file. As > > reported > > > by Gary a while back the data in this file can be viewed with > > > Microsoft's Access program. Hence if you own a copy of Access you can > > > use the divisor data to verify historical share price data has been > > > corrected for splits and dividends. > > > > > > Howard > > > > > > xxnospamxx wrote: > > > > > > > > Could someone describe how the quotes plus historical data is adjusted > > > > for splits and dividends? > > > > > > > > One of my system rules is to exclude stocks with low liquidity. I want > > > > to be sure the rules will work correctly on adjusted historical data. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Steve > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
