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::: Nearly every finance-page lists a '''different''' DJ opening value. Channel N24's teletextpage, which you added to this page for manual use, only shows one decimal place, as does channel Pro7. If I use that value in my offline calculator, I get coordinates which are different from irc.peeron.com. Channel n-tv shows 2 decimal places, but yesterday (2008-09-17) they were slightly different from irc.peeron.com, leading to very different coordinates. This either means that there are multiple correct coordinates for every day (which I think is not a good idea) or that only the official implementation's coordinates (i.e. the finance.google.com opening value, which seems to be identical to finance.yahoo.com's) may be used. [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] 15:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC) | ::: Nearly every finance-page lists a '''different''' DJ opening value. Channel N24's teletextpage, which you added to this page for manual use, only shows one decimal place, as does channel Pro7. If I use that value in my offline calculator, I get coordinates which are different from irc.peeron.com. Channel n-tv shows 2 decimal places, but yesterday (2008-09-17) they were slightly different from irc.peeron.com, leading to very different coordinates. This either means that there are multiple correct coordinates for every day (which I think is not a good idea) or that only the official implementation's coordinates (i.e. the finance.google.com opening value, which seems to be identical to finance.yahoo.com's) may be used. [[User:Danatar|Danatar]] 15:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC) | ||
:::: Ack, and as we found out the hard way, the value is still being adjusted after its initial posting. -- [[User:Relet|Relet]] 20:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC) | :::: Ack, and as we found out the hard way, the value is still being adjusted after its initial posting. -- [[User:Relet|Relet]] 20:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC) | ||
| − | :::: The comic itself reserves space for two decimal places. Do sources agree on the value of these at least? -- [[User:Relet|Relet]] 20:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC) | + | :::: The comic itself reserves space for two decimal places. <s>Do sources agree on the value of these at least?</s> Let's find out how that opening value is actually calculated. -- [[User:Relet|Relet]] 20:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC) |
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This phrase "Opening of the Dow Jones" seems to be used very loosely. Could it be made somewhat more explicit? Whose figure is used? I complain because [1] effectively says that there's no such thing as the "opening" of the Dow - instead it's the NYSE that opens, and the Dow is just computed from that. For the time calculation, how about less ambiguity like referring directly to 9:30am New York Time (if that's correct), or something? 130.194.80.156 08:32, 20 June 2008 (UTC)
- Nearly every finance-page lists the value for the DOW's "Opening". No matter how it is defined internally, that's simply the value used for the calculation. --Hermann 22:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
- Nearly every finance-page lists a different DJ opening value. Channel N24's teletextpage, which you added to this page for manual use, only shows one decimal place, as does channel Pro7. If I use that value in my offline calculator, I get coordinates which are different from irc.peeron.com. Channel n-tv shows 2 decimal places, but yesterday (2008-09-17) they were slightly different from irc.peeron.com, leading to very different coordinates. This either means that there are multiple correct coordinates for every day (which I think is not a good idea) or that only the official implementation's coordinates (i.e. the finance.google.com opening value, which seems to be identical to finance.yahoo.com's) may be used. Danatar 15:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- Ack, and as we found out the hard way, the value is still being adjusted after its initial posting. -- Relet 20:00, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- The comic itself reserves space for two decimal places.
Do sources agree on the value of these at least?Let's find out how that opening value is actually calculated. -- Relet 20:49, 30 September 2008 (UTC)
- Nearly every finance-page lists a different DJ opening value. Channel N24's teletextpage, which you added to this page for manual use, only shows one decimal place, as does channel Pro7. If I use that value in my offline calculator, I get coordinates which are different from irc.peeron.com. Channel n-tv shows 2 decimal places, but yesterday (2008-09-17) they were slightly different from irc.peeron.com, leading to very different coordinates. This either means that there are multiple correct coordinates for every day (which I think is not a good idea) or that only the official implementation's coordinates (i.e. the finance.google.com opening value, which seems to be identical to finance.yahoo.com's) may be used. Danatar 15:11, 18 September 2008 (UTC)
- Nearly every finance-page lists the value for the DOW's "Opening". No matter how it is defined internally, that's simply the value used for the calculation. --Hermann 22:58, 3 July 2008 (UTC)
