Wallstreetlocal
Finance and crypto
investment filings data
SHOW HN2024
299points
54comments
#207of 3,515 in 2024
Top 6%of 2024 by points
How HN took it
DebatedReal support and real criticism
8 positive, 4 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 7 critical, out of 20 comments about the project. Thread score +0.07.
Idea: 3 for, 1 againstExecution: 0 for, 4 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
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What HN said
What people liked
Clear pitch and useful open-source data project
From 3 comments
I have learned something today, thank you for that! The pitch is clear and the fact that you put so much work in open sourcing it is really impressive.
greatNespresso on HNThis is a cool concept, great job on the project so far!
ramathornn on HNThis is a fantastic project. Thank you for releasing it! Do you have a plan to expand with new features and are you looking for contribution? Will the database be updated…
jzebedee on HN
Encouragement for the young maker
From 2 comments
Nice job! Working on things is really the only way to get better and this is a great project to sink your teeth into. My advice is: Keep working, keep learning. If you love…
seanhunter on HNGreat work, keep going!
bigfatfrock on HN
Objections
Title claims every US company files with SEC, which is inaccurate
From 2 comments
Very interesting project, I like the overview. I also really like that you took the finance industry as a theme for your project. >> Every company in the United States Sorry for…
multicast on HN> The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) keeps record of every company in the United States. No. SEC keeps tabs on publicly traded companies, large institutional investors…
simpletone on HN
Stock split and bonus prices are not adjusted
From 2 comments
Impressive work. Just a small comment - It seems to not able to track the prices after bonus or a stock split. If you can adjust the paid price for stock to account for that.…
ashish10 on HNsame with AMZN (Berkshire Hataway holdings for example), 1kUSD -> 100 USD because of stock split (eventually shows -90% performance)
rvnx on HN
Site crashed under traffic from HN
From 2 comments
I think your site may be getting hugged to death right now. I have a feeling you'll learn a lot more about scalability after being on the front page of HN :-)
thecosas on HN``` 504: GATEWAY_TIMEOUT Code: FUNCTION_INVOCATION_TIMEOUT ``` If the data changes irregularly, you’re probably better off making it a static site and having a script update it…
Tijdreiziger on HN
Requests
Add spreadsheet, sorting, or CSV export
From 2 comments
> The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) keeps record of every company in the United States. No. SEC keeps tabs on publicly traded companies, large institutional investors…
simpletone on HNBoth offer premium memberships, and can often be really restricting when viewing/downloading data. The main feature I added because of WhaleWisdom was the data download. For any…
anonyonoor on HN
Fix missing Vanguard in top filers list
From 1 comment
Strange, suddenly Vanguard Group doesn't show up anymore under top filers: https://www.wallstreetlocal.com/recommended/top But they should be the same amount of assets like Black…
amai on HN
Package as a library processing 13F files
From 1 comment
Feedback is: by making this an npm thing, you reduce the pool of people that will use this. This should really be a lib that takes a folder of 13F forms and outputs a csv, or…
bdjsiqoocwk on HN
Questions
Will the database be updated automatically?
From 1 comment
This is a fantastic project. Thank you for releasing it! Do you have a plan to expand with new features and are you looking for contribution? Will the database be updated…
jzebedee on HN
Alternatives named
WhaleWisdom
From 2 comments
Lots of competition here as services like WhaleWisdom are quite powerful at the basics around 13F. Some ideas: * Cluster the 13Fs into buckets. Performance buckets and volatility…
bklyn11201 on HNWhalewisdom and gurufocus have similar offerings. Not sure if they are 100% free.
ProjectArcturis on HN
GuruFocus
From 1 comment
Whalewisdom and gurufocus have similar offerings. Not sure if they are 100% free.
ProjectArcturis on HN
13f.info
From 1 comment
There's actually a couple of libraries that already do this, and this project can probably function like a libary if edited here and there. The problem I found though is that you…
anonyonoor on HN
Last10K
From 1 comment
Yeah, I'll throw my SEC Filings site https://Last10K.com into the mix too that has a free feature on how a manager's portfolio changed by tagging which stocks are new / sold /…
hbcondo714 on HN