Overview | Required Packages | 1. Dashboard Anatomy | 2. Designing the User Interface | 3. Reactive Data Layer | 4. Quote Cards | 5. Price History Chart | 6. Minimal Reproducible Example | 7. Summary | 8. Going Further
Package: yahoofinancer 0.6.1
Aravind Hebbali
yahoofinancer: Fetch Data from Yahoo Finance API
Obtain historical and near real time data related to stocks, index and currencies from the Yahoo Finance API. This package is community maintained and is not officially supported by 'Yahoo'. The accuracy of data is only as correct as provided on <https://finance.yahoo.com/>.
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manual.pdf |manual.html✨
DESCRIPTION |NEWS
card.svg |card.png
yahoofinancer/json (API)
| # Install 'yahoofinancer' in R: |
| install.packages('yahoofinancer', repos = c('https://rsquaredacademy.r-universe.dev', 'https://cloud.r-project.org')) |
Bug tracker:https://github.com/rsquaredacademy/yahoofinancer/issues
Pkgdown/docs site:https://yahoofinancer.rsquaredacademy.com
apiapi-wrapperfinancemarket-datastock-marketyahoo-financeyahoo-finance-api
Last updated from:35a745ac4d. Checks:9 OK. Indexed: yes.
| Target | Result | Time | Files | Syslog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| linux-devel | OK | 141 | ||
| source / vignettes | OK | 200 | ||
| linux-release | OK | 132 | ||
| macos-release | OK | 106 | ||
| macos-oldrel | OK | 87 | ||
| windows-devel | OK | 87 | ||
| windows-release | OK | 92 | ||
| windows-oldrel | OK | 93 | ||
| wasm-release | OK | 131 |
Exports:currency_converterget_currenciesget_market_summaryget_trendingIndexTickerTickersvalidateyf_download_pricesyf_get_financialsyf_get_index_quotesyf_get_market_stats
Dependencies:askpassclicpp11curldplyrgenericsgluehttr2jsonlitelifecyclelubridatemagrittropensslpillarpkgconfigpurrrR6rlangsystibbletidyselecttimechangeutf8vctrswithr
Building a Live Market Dashboard with Shiny
Last update: 2026-09-16
Started: 2026-08-26
Comparing a Portfolio of Stocks
Overview | Required Packages | 1. Fetching Prices for Multiple Tickers | 2. Normalizing Prices for Comparison | 3. Plotting Side-by-Side with ggplot2 | 4. Minimal Reproducible Example | 5. Summary | 6. Going Further | Keep only symbols that Yahoo recognizes
Last update: 2026-09-16
Started: 2026-08-21
Event Study: Earnings Announcements and Price Reactions
Overview | Required Packages | 1. Define Events and Fetch Windows | 2. Compute Abnormal Returns | 3. Daily Abnormal Returns Around One Announcement | 4. Average CAR Across All Events | 5. Reading the Results | 6. Minimal Reproducible Example | 7. Summary | 8. Going Further
Last update: 2026-09-16
Started: 2026-08-26
Fundamental Analysis and Stock Screening
Overview | Required Packages | 1. Downloading Financial Statements | Income Statement | Cash Flow Statement | Balance Sheet | 2. Computing Profitability & Solvency Ratios | 3. Valuation Measures Across Peers | 4. Multi-Factor Stock Screening Scorecard | 5. Visualizing Peer Comparisons | Operating Margin Trends | Valuation vs. Operating Profitability | 6. Minimal Reproducible Example | 7. Summary | 8. Going Further
Last update: 2026-09-16
Started: 2026-08-26
Related-Symbol Recommendations and Technical Insights
Overview | Required Packages | 1. Related-Symbol Recommendations | 2. The Technical Insights Snapshot | 3. Company Scorecard vs. Sector | 4. Research Rating and Target Price | 5. Comparing Related Symbols Across a Watchlist | 6. Minimal Reproducible Example | 7. Summary | 8. Going Further
Last update: 2026-09-16
Started: 2026-08-26
Your First Stock Analysis with yahoofinancer
Overview | Required Packages | 1. Download Historical Stock Prices | Understanding the Data Columns | 2. Compute a 50-Day Moving Average | 3. Visualize Price and Trend with ggplot2 | 4. Minimal Reproducible Example | 5. Summary | 6. Going Further
Last update: 2026-09-16
Started: 2026-08-20
Currency Conversion and Forex Data
Overview | Required Packages | 1. Discovering Supported Currencies | 2. Fetching Historical Exchange Rates | 3. Comparing Two Pairs | 4. Plotting GBP/USD vs EUR/USD | 5. Minimal Reproducible Example | 6. Summary | 7. Going Further
Last update: 2026-09-08
Started: 2026-08-25
yahoofinancer Cookbook: 15 Practical Recipes
Overview | Required Packages | 1. Download Historical Equity Prices | Variations & Tips | 2. Batch Download Multiple Tickers | 3. Intraday Price Series & Timeframes | 4. Real-Time Market Overview & Regional Filtering | 5. Download Benchmark Index History | 6. Historical Currency & Forex Conversions | 7. Validate Ticker Symbols Before Pipelines | 8. Calculate Daily Percentage Returns | 9. Multi-Asset Return Correlation Matrix | 10. Compute Moving Averages & Trend Crossovers | 11. Calculate Historical & Maximum Drawdown (MDD) | 12. Calculate Stock Beta & CAPM Alpha | 13. Portfolio Cumulative Returns & Wealth Index (Growth of $10,000) | 14. Calculate Sharpe Ratio & Risk-Adjusted Metrics | 15. Compute Bollinger Bands & Volatility Envelopes
Last update: 2026-09-08
Started: 2026-08-18
Readme and manuals
Help Manual
| Help page | Topics |
|---|---|
| Currency Converter | currency_converter |
| Get Supported Currencies | get_currencies |
| Get Real-Time Market Summary | get_market_summary |
| Get Trending Securities | get_trending |
| R6 Class Representing an Index | Index Index-class Indice-class |
| R6 Class Representing a Ticker | Ticker Ticker-class |
| Symbol validation | validate |
| Download Historical Prices | yf_download_prices |
| Get Financial Statements | yf_get_financials |
| Get Index Quotes | yf_get_index_quotes |
| Get Market Statistics | yf_get_market_stats |