Re: Security Detail Graph (?bug?)

I have a similar problem with my oldest account, and I've mentioned it
before.  Except in my case, the history for every security goes back to 1997
(as you indicated, this is true for newly-entered securities, as well as old
ones). Another MD file I manage (my elderly mother's account) was started
about 5 years ago, and it doesn't suffer from this long timeline syndrome.
I've been meaning to examine a copy of my file in a text editor, but haven't
gotten around to it.

When I change the base currency for my file, I don't see any change in the
history charts.

-Gordon

On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 2:51 AM, Kent Neier <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> My MD account is based in JPY; but, I also own several USD stocks.
>
> The problem is that the price history graph on each security detail page
> extends all the way back to the first date where I've entered a JPY/USD
> conversion rate.  Even for "new" stocks like Motorola Mobility, which just
> came into existence in January.
>
> AFAICT, the only place to say if a stock is USD or JPY or ??? is in the
> history window.
>
> When I switch MMI to display JPY, the graph behaves correctly (the earliest
> point on the graph is January); but, the prices are in yen.  Incidentally,
> past experience has shown that if this is left as JPY, and price history is
> imported from Yahoo, all sorts of fun things happen...
>
> When I switch the history back to USD, the graph extends back to 2002
> again.
>
> Has anyone else seen this problem?
>
> Regards,
> Kent
>
> --
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