Google Sheets GOOGLEFINANCE and Currency Table for Education Only
Learn how to pull price and exchange data into a sheet without giving advice.
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I want to learn how to use GOOGLEFINANCE in Google Sheets for a learning exercise on exchange rates and public prices. What I want to track: [ITEMS]. Time period: [PERIOD]. Explain the function and its arguments in plain words and give example formulas with placeholders for currency pairs and tickers. Show how to build a small table with the latest value and a history table, and how to calculate percentage change with the arithmetic: a rate moving from 1.10 to 1.21 has changed by 0.11, and 0.11 divided by 1.10 is 10 percent. Explain that a percentage change is always measured against the starting value and show a formula that does not fail when the starting cell is empty. Mention that data may be delayed, may not exist for every item, and must not be used for trading decisions [VERIFY current limitations]. Add checks: compare a value with an official source and note the time of the last refresh. This is a spreadsheet exercise only. Give no investment advice, predictions, or recommendations about what to buy or sell.
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