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I am trying the following code:

Stocks = FinancialData["DE:AA*", "Lookup"];
Prices = ConstantArray[0, Length[Stocks]];
Parallelize[For[i = 1, i <= Length[Stocks], i++,
Prices[[i]] = FinancialData[Stocks[[i]], "Jan. 1, 2000"]]]

Why does parallelize not work here? It should be straightforward to distribute the preallocated List to different cores. Or am I wrong?

Best, Max

Edit:

I also tried the following to no avail:

Stocks = FinancialData["DE:AA*", "Lookup"];
Prices = {};
ParallelDo[
AppendTo[Prices, FinancialData[Stocks[[i]], "Jan. 1, 2000"]], {i, 
Length[Stocks]}]
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    $\begingroup$ What about prices = ParallelMap[FinancialData[#, "Jan. 1, 2000"] &, FinancialData["DE:AA*", "Lookup"]]? $\endgroup$
    – BlacKow
    Dec 12, 2016 at 21:26

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Answer: The second approach works if I make Prices a shared Variable:

Stocks = FinancialData["DE:A*", "Lookup"];
Prices = {};
Length[Stocks]
SetSharedVariable[Prices]
SetSharedVariable[j]
Monitor[ParallelDo[j = i;
 AppendTo[Prices, FinancialData[Stocks[[i]], "Jan. 1, 2000"]], {i, 
  Length[Stocks]}], j]
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