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<ARTHEADER>
<TITLE>Stock Ticker</TITLE>
</ARTHEADER>
<sect1>
<TITLE>Price Sources for Automatic Price Updates</TITLE>

<PARA>To get automatic price updates from the Internet for for 
<LINK LINKEND="STOCKACCT">stock accounts</LINK>, you need to set
the price source appropriately.  This can be done in the new
account dialog box, when the account is created, or changed at
any time by selecting the account in an account window, and chosing
"edit account" from the main menu.  Both dialog boxes have a
section called "Price Quote Source".
</PARA>

<para>To enable automatic price updates, do the following:</para>

<ITEMIZEDLIST>
  <LISTITEM>
	    <para>
	      Make sure the "get online quotes" check box is checked.
	      
	    </PARA>
	  </LISTITEM>
  <LISTITEM>
    <PARA>Enter a valid ticker symbol in the text box marked "Security:"
	  A ticker symbol is the code that identifies the stock or fund - 
	  to take a familiar example, International Business Machines'
	  ticker symbol is IBM, listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
	  To take another example, McDonald's Corpororation is MCD.
	</para>
  </LISTITEM>
  <LISTITEM>
    <PARA>Select a quote source from the pull-down menu. Currently
    supported quote sources include <EMPHASIS>Yahoo</EMPHASIS>,
    <EMPHASIS>Yahoo Europe</EMPHASIS>, <EMPHASIS>Fidelity
    Investments</EMPHASIS>, <EMPHASIS>T. Rowe Price</EMPHASIS>, the
    <EMPHASIS>Vanguard Group</EMPHASIS>, <EMPHASIS>the Australian
    Stock Exchange</EMPHASIS> (ASX) and
    <EMPHASIS>TIAA-CREF</EMPHASIS>.  Note that Yahoo will provide
    price quotes for many mutual funds <EMPHASIS>including</EMPHASIS>
    Fidelity, T.Rowe Price and Vanguard, and that the quoted prices at
    Yahoo <EMPHASIS>should</EMPHASIS> be identical to those that may
    be found at the source sites (otherwise, somebody's reporting
    wrong information!). If you choose Yahoo Europe, you should append
    the market code for the security, such as PA for Paris, BE for
    Berlin, etc. Example: 12150.PA (a Peugeot security in the Paris
    market).  The table below lists the codes for the various markets.
    </PARA>
  </LISTITEM>
  <LISTITEM>
    <PARA>Ensure that the currency of the account matches the source
    of the stock you have selected. This means:

        <ITEMIZEDLIST>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>Quotes from the <EMPHASIS>Australian Stock Exchange</EMPHASIS>
          (ASX) should be in Australian dollars (AUD).

          </PARA>
</LISTITEM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>Quotes from <EMPHASIS>Yahoo Europe</EMPHASIS> should be in Euros
          (ECU)

          </PARA>
</LISTITEM>
<LISTITEM>
<PARA>Quotes from <EMPHASIS>Yahoo</EMPHASIS>, <EMPHASIS>Fidelity
      Investments</EMPHASIS>, <EMPHASIS>T. Rowe Price</EMPHASIS> 
      and the <EMPHASIS>Vanguard
      Group</EMPHASIS> should be in US Dollars (USD).
        </PARA>
</LISTITEM>
	  </itemizedlist>
	</para>
      </listitem>

<listitem>      
<para>Select the correct timezone setting (FIXME: WHAT IS THE CORRECT
TIMEZONE SETTING???)
	      </para></listitem>
	</ITEMIZEDLIST>

<note>
<para>Instructions for updating prices are found in the documentation
on the <link linkend="xacc-price-editor">price editor</link>.
</para>
</note>


    <TABLE>
<TITLE>Code List for European Markets</TITLE>
<TGROUP COLS="2">
<THEAD>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Code</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Market</ENTRY>
</ROW>
</THEAD>
<TBODY>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>PA</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Paris</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>BC</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Barcelona</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>BE</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Berlin</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>BI</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Bilbao</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>BR</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Br&ecirc;me</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>CO</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Copenhagen</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>D</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Dusseldorf</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>F</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Frankfurt</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>H</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Hamburg</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>HA</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Hanover</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>L</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>London</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>MA</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Madrid</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>MC</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Madrid (M.C.)</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>MI</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Milan</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>MU</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Munich</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>O</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Oslo</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>ST</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Stockholm</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>SG</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Stuttgart</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>VA</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Valence</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>FX</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Xetra</ENTRY>
</ROW>
</TBODY>
</TGROUP>
</TABLE>

    <TABLE>
<TITLE>Pseudo-symbols that can be used for TIAA-CREF quotes</TITLE>
<TGROUP COLS="2">
<THEAD>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Name</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>Pseudo-symbol</ENTRY>
</ROW>
</THEAD>
<TBODY>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Stock</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFstok</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Money Market</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFmony</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Equity Index</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFequi</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Inflation-Linked Bond</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFinfb</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Bond Market</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFbond</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>TIAA Real Estate</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>TIAAreal</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Social Choice</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFsoci</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Teachers PA Stock Index</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>TIAAsndx</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Global Equities</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFglob</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Teachers PA Select Stock</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>TIAAsele</ENTRY>
</ROW>
<ROW>
<ENTRY>Growth</ENTRY>
<ENTRY>CREFgrow</ENTRY>
</ROW>
</TBODY>
</TGROUP>
</TABLE>

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