Downloading Mutual Fund Databases

The Mutual Fund segment of Best Choice contains over 16,000 Mutual Funds. This database contains the 10-year history for all the funds. You can view Mutual Funds in the long-term charting portion where growth rates are displayed. You can also use the wizard to search through all 16,000 Funds. Mutual funds do not have an open/high/low/close like a stock, so you cannot create a candlestick chart. Also, there is no daily volume for Mutual Funds.

Please note that the mutual funds are an additional charge besides the cost of Best Choice, and your computer must be licensed to see them. Also, Dial Data charges extra for the data. If you purchased the Mutual Fund package, be sure Sunny Decker has licensed your computer before you attempt to download the Mutual Fund Databases.

If you have a high-speed modem you can connect to our website to download the files. These files are compressed and are about 180 megabytes in size. They expand to about 700 megabytes of storage space on your hard drive. They are too large to be downloaded on a 56K modem. If you have a 56k or dial up modem, you must use a Best Choice cdrom that is dated within the last 90 days. If you do not have a current cdrom or you wish to purchase a Mutual Fund license, please call our office (941-747-5858).

Installation for high speed internet users (cable, dsl, satelite) only.

  1. If you have a 56k modem, do not attempt to download these databases over the internet, as it will never finish. These databases are too large to download.
  2. In the Best Choice program, click on the Help menu at the top, and then click Utilities.
  3. When the Utilities window opens, click the second tab, "Downloads"
  4. On the left side of the Utilities window, there is a dropdown box with an arrow on the right side of it. Click on the arrow to show the list, and click on "6. Mutual Fund Databases"
  5. Click on the "Download from the Internet" button. This will start the download.
  6. This may take up to 30 to 50 minutes depending on your internet connection.
  7. Once this is finished, close the Best Choice program, and then re-run it to enable the updates.
  8. The way to confirm whether the databases were installed correctly is to click on the user list drop down box in the upper right corner of the Best Choice program.
  9. You should "Mutual Funds" in the upper part of the list in alphabetical order. They will not be in the lower part of the list with your user lists created in the wizard.
  10. If you are still having problems with this, call tech support at 941-792-7776.
  11. See Updating The Databases at the bottom of this page.

Installation for 56k users with a cd-rom disk.

  1. If you do not have a recent cd-rom disk, you will have to contact Sunny Decker at 941-747-5858.
  2. Place your cdrom disk in your disk drive of your computer.
  3. In the Best Choice program, click on the Help menu at the top, and then click Utilities.
  4. When the Utilities window opens, click the second tab, "Downloads"
  5. On the left side of the Utilities window, there is a dropdown box with an arrow on the right side of it. Click on the arrow to show the list, and click on "5. Canadian Databases" if you are installing the Canadian Databases. If you are installing the Mutual Fund databases, click "6. Mutual Fund Databases"
  6. Also on the left side of the Utilities window is another dropdown box which initially has the "c:" drive in it. Click on the arrow on the right side of this dropdown box and select the proper drive letter that is your cdrom drive with the Best Choice CD in it.
  7. Once you have selected the proper drive, click on the "Load From CDROM" button.
  8. This will start copying the databases from your cdrom drive.
  9. Once this is finished, close the Best Choice program, and then re-run it to enable the updates.
  10. The way to confirm whether the databases were installed correctly is to click on the user list drop down box in the upper right corner of the Best Choice program.
  11. You should see "Mutual Funds" in the upper part of the list in alphabetical order. They will not be in the lower part of the list with your user lists created in the wizard.
  12. If you are still having problems with this, call tech support at 941-792-7776.

Updating The Databases

Once you have downloaded the databases, you will most likely have to update the Mutual Fund data. After you have re-run the Best Choice program, select a Mutual Fund such as the Janus Fund (symbol JANSX) and set it for "All Data" on the time frame. Notice the date on the chart in the lower right hand corner. This is the last day of data from the downloaded database.

If it is not the last trading date (yesterday unless it is after 9pm eastern), then you will have to update the Mutual Fund data by downloading from the day after the last date till today. You will do this by going to the download window by clicking in the yellow telephone icon in the top left of the toolbar. The first calendar date (Start Date) should be the day after the last day in the chart. The second calendar date (End Date) should be one or two days after the first date. It is ok if you redownload US stock data that you have previously downloaded. Dont try to download more than a few days at a time. If you need more information on how to download, click here.

After you have updated your Mutual Funds to the latest date of data available, it will probably be a good idea to re-index. If you are unsure of how to do this, click here.

If you need additional assistance, call our support office at 941-792-7776

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