Historical & market data download and analysis

From Quandl you can download free ASX index data of the past 14 months. Steps for downloading ASX market data Step1 : visit Quandl's ASX index data download page ( http://www.quandl.com/ASX-Australian-Securities-Exchange/TRADE_VOL_D-Trading-Volumes-Daily ) It may happen that you meet Quandl's tutorial first (see below). Press " Skip "! (Tutorial introduces all features of Quandl – a lot of them is not required for getting data.)

The Euro (EUR) has been introduced first on 1 January 1999. From Quandl you can download free EUR/USD historical data back until 7 September 1999. Steps for downloading EUR / USD market data Step1 : visit Quandl's EUR / USD download page ( http://www.quandl.com/QUANDL-Quandl/EURUSD-Currency-Exchange-Rates-EUR-vs-USD ) It may happen that you meet Quandl's tutorial first (see below). Press " Skip "! (Tutorial introduces all features of Quandl – a lot of them is not required for getting data.)

We have discovered a new website that makes getting market data a lot easier than it used to be. It is called Quandl.com. How can Quandl help you? Downloading data Most importantly, Quandl provides a standard way to access almost any kind of financial data you can imagine.

The Standard and Poor's 500 (S&P 500) index has been introduced in its current form on 4 March 1957, but it existed previously as well. From Quandl you can download free S&P 500 data back until 3 January 1950. Steps for downloading S&P 500 market data Step1 : visit Quandl'sS&P 500 data download page ( http://www.quandl.com/YAHOO-Yahoo-Finance/INDEX_GSPC-S-P-500-Index ) It may happen that you meet Quandl's tutorial first (see below). Press " Skip "! (Tutorial introduces all features of Quandl – a lot of them is not required for getting data.)

CPI (Consumer Price Index) measures the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. The annual change of CPI expressed as percentage is called inflation .  If you would rather download inflation data, follow this guide . Thanks to US Bureau of Labor Statistics we can download historical US CPI data for free back until 1913. (Longest timeframe is only available for data that is not adjusted with seasonality.)

Inflation is the annual change of CPI expressed as percentage. CPI (Consumer Price Index) measures the price level of a market basket of consumer goods and services purchased by households. If you would rather download CPI data, follow this guide . Thanks to US Bureau of Labor Statistics we can download historical US inflation and CPI data for free back until 1913. (Longest timeframe is only available for data that is not adjusted with seasonality.)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average index has been introduced on 26 May 1896 at the base level near 30. From Stooq.com you can download DJIA data back until 27 May 1896!  Of course you can not await full EOD data for the 19th century (data must have been recorded manually from old newspapers), but it is still quite interesting... Stooq.com is a Polish website, but some parts of it is transleted into English. Do not be afraid of it, you can download Dow Jones data without knowing anything about Polish language! (You can also try using Google translate. Google Chrome will offer automatic translation as soon as you visit Stooq.com.) Alternatively, you can check out  Dow Jones's 5 year chart  or Dow Jones's 10 year chart . You can also find a quick guide for Dow Jones' 10 years historical data here .