Kea Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Client's broker sold stock client inherited. Of course client knows nothing about investments and had little info. She inherited shares of North Fork Bank which was acquired by Capital One. I just got the date of death this morning. I usually use Yahoo Finance, Bigcharts or similar to get historical stock prices. But since North Fork Bank (NFB) no longer exists, I am having trouble finding the price from 6/27/99. My google searches are only coming up with pay sites or other not-so-useful info. Anyone have any suggestions? Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max W Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 There used to be a publication of historic stock prices going back 60 years that was available in the reference section at any good public library. You might try calling around and see if a library has it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted October 15, 2012 Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Did you try Capital One's investor relations department? I've also called a librarian at a library with a good business department. And, I've found old companies on Big Charts, but you have to try various years to get within the range for that company. Charge your client for your research. Or, have him pay for one of the pay services. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kea Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Capital One's web site says they don't have the historical price for North Fork. And nothing at all came up on Bigcharts for either the name or the symbol. Didn't even get to try a date. I may try the library route or maybe even my own broker (but that will probably involve phone tag). I just really prefer the internet when possible. And, oh yes, the client is paying for this research time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kea Posted October 15, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 15, 2012 Well my broker found an average for 6/28 - 6/30. Not perfect but it will have to do! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Randall Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Lion, how do you search on BigCharts for companies who are bought out? I've had difficulty with this in the past. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kea Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Agreed - Inquiring minds want to know. :P Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Didn't have to search for any this year, so don't remember clearly. Do remember it was a lot of trial and error. Knowing the symbol helps. Or doing a search for the symbol and then picking the right one from the list of possibilities, trying a few until one works for the dates I'm searching. Once you have the symbol, you go to the Historical section, not the home page. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kea Posted October 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 I tried that, but no luck. I went to the "Historical Quotes" tab Entered the symbol and date It came back and said "Symbol NFB not found" (NFB was the old symbol before it got bought) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Max W Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 Big Charts only goes back about *12 years, so it is of no help if the transactions was prior to that. Companies that have gone out of business, have been merged, or delisted from the exchanges will not be found either. This includes companies reorganized after a Chapter 9 bankruptcy; ie General Motors. You will not find any quotes for GM prior to Nov 2010. *checked GE and could only find quotes from 2000 on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lion EA Posted October 16, 2012 Report Share Posted October 16, 2012 My clients say, "Can't you find that on your computer?" I have sometimes leaned on my own personal broker (actually her assistant) for research. I worry that our clients will think we have everything we need from their brokers now, even though they don't have to provide anything for purchases before 2011 and not even everything after. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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