IPhone App Review – Yahoo! Finance
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.
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