Hamburgers & Cicadas - What HBO’s Silicon Valley Got Right About Historical Data
Inside Investing | Nov 05, 2018 03:13AM ET
In the first season of the HBO series Silicon Valley, Peter Gregory - an eccentric owner of a VC, orders a bunch of hamburgers, but instead of eating them, he just stares at them.
When we finally get back to him later in the episode, Peter states that he wants to invest in sesame seeds.
A confused aid asks him why, and Peter replies that a certain species of cicada that only emerges every 18 years is about to emerge again, and this species favors sesame as food, leading to a world shortage in sesame, which means that the price of the tiny seeds is about to skyrocket.
You may not get that Peter Gregory moment, but investors with a keen eye and attention to details will be able to find trends and possibly even predict upcoming financial events (it’s almost like knowing the lottery numbers in advance).
Using our Historical Data tool, users can check any financial instrument on Investing.com and see the related historical data (going back as far as 1980). Registered users can download this data into an Excel file for later review and analysis.
Need help finding the historical data? - Simply select the financial instrument you’re interested in, in this case, we chose the Amazon.com stock:
Select the ‘Historical Data’ option, choose your desired dates range, hit ‘Apply’ and review the data on our site, or download it to your device.
And there you have it - as far as 30+ years of historical data on stocks, bonds, indices and cryptocurrencies at your fingertips.
Now, imagine what you may be able to figure out on your own...
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