{smcl} {cmd:help stockquote} {hline} {title:Title} {hi: Get Time Series Stock Quotes from the net} {title:Syntax} {p 8 17 2} {cmd:stockquote} , fm(first month) fd(first day) fy(first year) lm(last month) ld(last day) ly(last year) frequency(d|w|m) {title:Description} {pstd} {cmd:stockquote} currently queries Yahoo's Finance API for ticker symbol historical values. {cmd: fm, fd, fy} stand for {cmd: first month, first day, first year} respectively, are numeric and tell {cmd:stockquote} the start date of the time series you want. Similarly {cmd:lm, ld, ly} are numeric and stand for {cmd:last month, last day, last year} respectively and tell {cmd:stockquote} the end date of the time series. {cmd:frequency} may be one of: {cmd:d, w, m} meaning: {cmd:daily, weekly, monthly}. {title:Examples} The command below {phang} {cmd:. stockquote ^GDAXI, fm(1) fd(2) fy(2000) lm(03) ld(4) ly(2008) frequency(d)}{p_end} will "use" the DAX index historical values from January 2 2000 to March 4 2008 on a daily basis, whereas {phang} {cmd:. stockquote AAPL, fm(1) fd(2) fy(2000) lm(03) ld(4) ly(2008) frequency(w)}{p_end} will do the same for Apple on a weekly basis. {title: Author} Nikos Askitas, IZA, Bonn, Germany. Email: nikos@@iza.org