Quote Originally Posted by mscott View Post
It would take a lot of time each day to hand compile S&P statistics so I remain rooted in the old definition.
What stopped me was the compilation of historical data, which would be time consuming and more difficult in some cases where companies have since gone out of business, gone private, and so on.

Once the history is set up a simple Excel program can keep up with the downloads and conversions, albeit with occasional updates due to index composition changes.

I decided the setup time was not worth the potential reward. It would be a nice addition however.