Stocks List

INTRODUCTION

This is a Python script to list all the stocks held by a Mutual Fund, using the stocks listed in the detailed portfolio in Morningstar India website.

REQUIREMENTS

This scipt requires the following:

• python
• python requests, BeautifulSoup modules

INPUT PARAMETERS

The input is a list of URL's specified in the input.json file. These URL's are the links to the detailed portfolio listing in Morningstar. For example, the detailed portfolio URL for Franklin India Prima Plus Fund is http://www.morningstar.in/mutualfunds/f0gbr06si1/franklin-india-prima-plus-fund-growth/detailed-portfolio.aspx.

INSTALLATION

LINUX

• Install python
  sudo apt-get install python

• Install pip
  sudo apt-get install python-pip

• Install requests module
  sudo pip install requests

• Install BeautifulSoup module
  sudo pip install beautifulsoup4

EXECUTION

LINUX

From the root directory of codebase, after setting the URL values in input.json, run:

python getStocksList.py

OUTPUT

The output is a json file named 'stocks-list.json', with key names as the fund name as present in url, and value is an object with list of stocks held by the fund as present in morningstar website, and also asset allocation data. e.g. For fund "Franklin India Prima Plus Fund", URL should be provided as "http://www.morningstar.in/mutualfunds/f0gbr06si1/franklin-india-prima-plus-fund-growth/detailed-portfolio.aspx".

In the output, key: franklin-india-prima-plus-fund-growth
value: an object with following attributes
stocks-data: [{'sector': STOCK_SECTOR, 'stock': STOCK_NAME}]
miscellaneous: {'cash_allocation': CASH_ALLOCATION, 'stock_allocation': STOCK_ALLOCATION,
'number_of_stocks': NUMBER_OF_STOCKS_HELD}