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In May of this year, StockCharts.com added 15-minute delayed coverage for the two major European exchanges - the Euronext and the London Stock Exchange - to our website.

In July, we added Deutsche Borse stocks on an End-of-Day basis.

In August, we announced our new ExtraRT/EU realtime service with realtime coverage for Euronext and LSE stocks and 15-minute delayed coverage of German stocks.

So far - I have to be honest here - the response from European investors have been very underwhelming.  We aren't quite sure why.  Prior to the rollout, we received tons of messages from investors in the UK and Europe asking us for various European charts.  Now that we've delivered that capability, we're not seeing those investors signing up for the service.

So I'd like to take a moment and ask for feedback from the European readers of this blog.  If you are based in Europe, please let me know whether or not you signed up for our ExtraRT/EU service.  If you did, is it delivering for you?  If you didn't, what has held you back so far?

Feel free to enter whatever thoughts you have - I will read the comments myself but I won't post them so people can be free to speak their mind on this issue.

We need to understand what the key issues are with our European charting service so we can address them.  Otherwise, the service will have to be shuttered due to the high data expenses involved and the low subscription rate.

Thank you for any and all feedback on this issue.

Chip Anderson
President, StockCharts.com, Inc. 

P.S. Please let your friends know about this post so we can get as much feedback as possible.  Thanks!

I am extremely happy to announce that StockCharts.com is now working with the good folks at Security Research Company (S.R.C.) to bring you high-quality historical financial charts based on their huge database of financial information.  In case you are not familiar with SRC's work, they've been publishing their amazing charts since they started back in 1933(!) primarily in printed form and more recently in online format.  You can learn more about SRC by clicking this link.

The first result of our new association with SRC is an amazing new wall chart that is only available to StockCharts.com users like you.  Called the "New Century" chart, this huge printed chart lets you trace the history of the stock market back to 1906 via the Dow, the S&P 500, the NYSE and later the NASAQ.  It includes recessions, presidents, major historical events, and the gross domestic product of the US for comparison purposes.  Here's a thumbnail:

Did I mention this thing is big?  24" tall by 36" wide makes is perfect for framing and displaying anywhere.

Now, this poster normally goes for $89.00.  However, because this is the start of a new relationship between SRC and StockCharts.com, we got permission to offer it at an amazing discount for THIS WEEKEND ONLY!  If you order this chart before Tuesday, it will only cost you $29.95 plus $4.95 shipping.  Click here to order your copy today.

(I'm sorry I sound like a car salesman here but I really love big historical charts and this really is an amazing deal that I hope everyone takes advantage of.)

Anyway, regardless of if you get this wall chart or not, everyone can look forward to more great collaborations between SRC and StockCharts.com in the weeks and months to come.  Some of the things we are working on will be truly stunning.  I can't wait to show them to you.  Stay tuned...

- Chip