GetSP500Stocks {BatchGetSymbols} | R Documentation |
Function to download the current components of the SP500 index from Wikipedia
Description
This function scrapes the stocks that constitute the SP500 index from the wikipedia page at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_S
Usage
GetSP500Stocks(
do.cache = TRUE,
cache.folder = file.path(tempdir(), "BGS_Cache")
)
Arguments
do.cache |
Use cache system? (default = TRUE) |
cache.folder |
Where to save cache files? (default = file.path(tempdir(), 'BGS_Cache') ) |
Value
A dataframe that includes a column with the list of tickers of companies that belong to the SP500 index
Examples
## Not run:
df.SP500 <- GetSP500Stocks()
print(df.SP500$tickers)
## End(Not run)
[Package BatchGetSymbols version 2.6.4 Index]