Split adjust yahoo finance hist. prices

Discussion in 'Trading' started by mishganux, Apr 7, 2008.

  1. mishganux

    mishganux

    I have downloaded the historical prices from Yahoo Finance:
    Date,Open,High,Low,Close,Volume,Adj Close
    1984-09-07,26.50,26.87,26.25,26.50,2981600,3.02

    I want to split adjust them to get (figures in Yahoo chart):
    3.3125,3.3588,3.2812,3.3125

    I see I can do it by dividing each price by 8 (ie 26.25/8=3.28125). But I don't see how to derive the devider 8 from data line(s). Any ideas ? How to make use of the "Adj Close" parameter ?
     
    #1     Apr 7, 2008
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  2. feanen

    feanen

    Divide the close by the adjusted close. The adjusted close also adjusts for dividends.
     
    #2     Apr 10, 2008
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