Renaming of some US industry indexes not reflected in Fidelity data
Author: superticker
Creation Date: 10/6/2018 4:42 PM
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superticker

#1
Some US industry indexes have recently been renamed:

.GSPMDIA (Media Industry) --> .GSPMDA (Media Industry)
.GSPINTS (Software & Services Industry) --> .GSPIMS (Interactive Media & Services)

But when I click on the new symbol name in Wealth-Lab, I don't see the new name. (It works fine on the Fidelity website.) Do I need to do something to update the name description for these new symbols in WL?

UPDATE: The above works fine on a "standard" WL chart. I'm retracting the above problem report. (There's a reporting problem with my own strategy when only a couple daily bars are available for a new symbol, but that's not a WL problem.)

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A slightly different issue, but the name for the Fidelity Select Sector mutual fund, FSELX, has been changed from "Fidelity Select Sector Electronics" to "Fidelity Select Sector Semiconductors" some years ago, but WL still displays the old name. Do I need to be doing something to update this?

UPDATE: Hmmm. I just tested it, and the correct name for FSELX is working now too. Amazing. :)
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Eugene

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But when I click on the new symbol name in Wealth-Lab, I don't see the new name.

When you click on it in the DataSets tree, the new chart window doesn't show the company name or the symbol's data is missing i.e. "No data available"? Otherwise be precise please.

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but WL still displays the old name

I'd try to "Reload Chart History" or delete the .WL file (in the original, not compressed bar scale). If this won't update the security name then you might want to call Fidelity about a data issue on their end.
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