I gave this free app a spin for a week and used it to do most of my stock research on my lunch break. For a freebie, it’s got a few good features.
Features:
• Major Indices
• Top News
• Imports existing Yahoo! Finance portfolio (very nice feature!)
• Good break down of categories in the research tab
• Videos
The stock quote part of the app included:
• Last trade amount (delayed by 15 minutes)
• News
• Stock fundamentals (open price, high, low, 52 week high/low, EPS, etc.)
• Industry news and competition
• Twist for a full screen chart (1d,5d,1m,6m,1y,2y)
Pros:
• Good easy to use interface.
• Can rearrange stocks and give different details for each of your stocks in your portfolio.
• 15 minutes delay isn’t bad.
• Stable (only crashed once in the week I used it).
• Remembered previous stocks that I looked up.
Cons:
• Doesn’t remember my chart preference. I had to choose 6m each time I looked at the chart.
• No Loss/Gain information.
• Slight delay on searching for new stocks I had not previously searched for.
• Basic chart information. Does not have any market indicators like simple moving average.
• Had some trouble with the video playing on a Wi-Fi network.
Overall it’s a nice IPhone application. Could improve by adding some basic features like gain/loss and chart preference. It’s free, so no harm in trying. If you already use Yahoo! Finance, then you can skip the horrible part of having to manually enter your stocks on the IPhone.
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.
