Bad Data Questions
June 27, 2008 12:12 AM
I am getting grossly different lows in the market depending on where I look. Does anyone know a reason for this? I have tried to determine if there is an official site with official data before, with no luck. Yahoo finance is showing the 52 week low on the Dow at 11,431.90. BigCharts is showing it at 11,508. Why in the world would this be? I have noticed far different opening price data before, but this is extreme. It is impossible to call direction without correct data.
Here is a what i am seeing on Yahoo Finance right now and the low totally seems wrong:
DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE
(DJI: ^DJI)
| Index Value: | 11,453.42 |
| Trade Time: | Jun 26 |
| Change: |  358.41 (3.03%) |
| Prev Close: | 11,811.83 |
| Open: | 11,808.57 |
| Day’s Range: | 11453.42 - 11808.73 |
| 52wk Range: | 11,431.90 - 14,280.00 |
A low of 11,431.90? When? What day? This makes no sense.
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I looked at Yahoo charts and see no indication of a low even resembling that number. i “think” it is wrong. I just cannot believe there is not an official site to show official price date, as they do differ, and have noticed it before, but generally it is the open price that differs, not the high/low.The market works on numbers, but i do not get the real numbers…how clever, ha.