/********************************************************************************************************************/ /* Newsletter: State Of The Stock Market v1.0 README */ /********************************************************************************************************************/ /* This Program will automatically download the current closing value of the S&P 500, determine wheter the economy has improved or not that day, create a graphic in excel and format all the information to be sent in a newsletter utilizing Outlook. */ /* Please keep in mind that the Program should be preconfigured to function properly. */ /* All related files are stored in C:\users\public\ and are created after running the Program the first time. */ /* Mails.txt stores all e-mail adresses, feel free to copy the desired participants in, giving each a seperate line or use the Program to add them */ /* If adding is done manually, please make sure that the last line in the txt file is an empty one, so after the last e-mail hit enter. */ /* For the Program to work, you need to be logged into an e-mail account in Outlook, which should be opened in the background. */ /* data.csv gets downloaded and overwritten every time the Program is run, data is retrieved from from Yahoo Finance */ /* Main.xlsx is used to create the graph and store S&P 500 Values, Yahoo Finance only allows to retrieve a single value, therefore before starting the program for the first time, it is highly recommended to fill A1 to A19 by hand, simply choose the S&P 500 closing values for the last 20 days. Afterwards a new value is added each day and the oldest deleted, the program operates fully autonomous. If this is not done, random values for those cells are created! */ /* The historical stock data is saved as C:\users\public\pic.jpg */ /* Excel operations are executed invisibly (excel will be closed after its no longer needed). */ /* Thanks to https://www.asciiart.eu for the textart at the beginning of the program. */