US Funds dataset from Yahoo Finance
Creators:
(Leone, Stefano)
Publication Date:
2018
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Dataset Description:
The US Funds dataset from Yahoo Finance collects data on 24,821 mutual funds and 1,680 exchange-traded funds (ETFs). This contains detailed information on various aspects of each fund, including general characteristics, portfolio indicators, returns, and financial ratios. A notable feature of this dataset is its extensive coverage, offering insights into both mutual funds and ETFs, which can be instrumental for comparative analyses and investment research. The dataset was published in 2018 and contains data up to November 2020, providing a temporal coverage that spans several years leading up to that point. In total, it covers 1.7 GB.
The dataset includes various variables for each fund, such as:
- fund_symbol: Symbol of the ETF.
- price_date: Date of the price (in YYYY-MM-DD format).
- open: Open daily price.
- high: Highest daily price.
- low: Lowest daily price.
- close: Close daily price.
- adj_close: Adjusted close daily price, which considers elements that have impacted the price such as share splits, dividends, etc.
- volume: Daily traded volume.
- nav_per_share: Daily Net Asset Value (NAV) per share.
- region: Name of the region in which the fund has the domicile.
- initial_investment: Minimum amount for initial investment.
- subsequent_investment: Minimum amount for subsequent investments.
- exchange_code: Code of the exchange where the fund is traded.
- exchange_name: Name of the exchange where the fund is traded
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