Cron jobs are a linux/unix based program that will run every so often. You can write a simple VB script in Excel to run also. But, I am a long-term investor. I work during the day, so I can't watch the stock price go up and down throughout the day. So, I would only need to run this at the end of the week, or maybe during the week at night if I ave time. I would rather have the data in a csv or dat file on my computer, rather than parse some webpage.
Here is another list with the volume for the previous month for each share.
http://www.nyse.com/attachment/vol1205.htm
From this page with some other data on it:
http://www.nyse.com/marketinfo/datal...221393023.html
And the thing is, there is always some uncertainty and risk. I would just like this program to run my equation to see what the history and expectations of this company are in plain english and compared to their competitors.
For example, I just sold my Intel shares on Dec 30, 2005. I got lucky. Luck shouldn't have that much to do with it. But, nobody knew that they weren't going to meet expectations this past quarter. And it is humans that are buying and selling, and everyone wants to make money.