I’ve discussed before that you shouldn’t panic on outrageous headlines. Because people do, you can take advantage of this. Bad news could be a good time to add to your portfolio. Do your homework and be sure that the bad news in only temporary. Buy the stock as it recovers from the downward surge. You don’t need hit the exact bottom; in fact it is better to buy when you see the stock recover.
Bad news isn’t always bad news for your portfolio. Happy Trading!
This is a free service offered by Yahoo!. To get the most out of the service is best to have a Yahoo! account which will include free e-mail.
This service offers:
• News
• Stock quotes (opening and closing amounts, 52-week range and day’s range, last trade amount)
• Charts
• Company fundamentals (dividend, EPS, P/E, etc.)
• Investing information (stocks, bonds, ETF’s, etc.)
• Personal finance
• Personal portfolio tracking
Stock research
This is a good resource to research new stocks. Yahoo finance gives current news about the company from respectable sources like the Wall Street Journal, Fools, and Investment Business Daily (among others). The charts have a variety of settings including daily, three-month, six-month, year-to-date and max date ranges. You can compare stocks, show events (stock splits, dividend, etc.), and use a variety of technical indicators (simple moving average, volume, etc.).
Portfolio
The service allows you to create different stock portfolios. You can create one for your holdings and one for your watch list. The portfolio page gives a nice grid layout of your stocks with a variety of information like last trade amount, percent change, volume and details about your shares (number of shares, priced paid, gain/loss, etc.). The downside of this service is that the stock price has a 20 minute delay.
This is an excellent resource to use when you’re getting started investing. I have personally used the service for several years and would recommend it to anyone just starting out.