/stockScraper

scrape google finance

Primary LanguagePython

stockScraper

scrape google finance

Input / Output

  1. Input: stocklist.txt is a list of symbols to scrape the data for. Format:
MMM
ABT
ABBV
ACN
ATVI
AYI
...
  1. Output: five_year_500.csv a matrix of log returns (every row is one date and every column is one stock symbol). Note: if the date range goes before the first historical price, then the log returns before the first historical price are left blank.

How to run

python getReturns.py