Re: Access to Philadephia Exchange-based Indices
We are taking the necessary steps to ensure that our users continue to have access to the various indices that you mentioned. At this point, we do not anticipate any interruption in their availability.
Even though our data vendor is Thomson Financial, we do not get any special break or discount from the arrangement mentioned in the press release. Basically, the press release is saying that the Philadelphia exchange now has the ability to charge for index data that it used to provide for free.
As you can see from the press release (and Ameritrade's problems), staying on top of the ever-changing world of indices is a challenge - one that we have to deal with constantly. This is not the first time an exchange has decided to charge seperately for data that used to be free and it won't be the last. Note however that Stockcharts.com has not changed its fee structure in years. While it is possible that we may be forced to pass along these odious fees in the future, we are doing our darnest to avoid that for now. Unfortunately, because the exchanges are monopolies, all we can do is continue to hope that the people who publish this data stop trying to unfairly profit from it. The recent trend in this area is not promising however.
- Chip
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