Subject: Re: Value Line data
I'm afraid not. The return fields are off for 13-Wk, 26-Wk and YTD.

You're right - the dead giveaway is that the three values are identical for each stock. That works only if the stock market is closed for six months.

FWIW, on my few checks, the one week figures are wrong too.
By Value Line convention, the one week returns for the file with the name Feb 14 released on Monday morning Feb 10 should be returns from close Friday night Jan 31 to close Friday night Feb 7.
e.g, the return for Amazon in that period was -3.59%, and the VL one week return is reported as 1.79%.
I only hand checked one other stock, and it too was bad.

Customer support at VL does not reply to problems by email, and apparently their phone system is on the fritz they say. They can't transfer you, and the phone line goes dead if you try for the tech support department.

Jim