Chapter 16. Managing Your Portfolio with Google Finance
Introducing Google Finance
Use Google Financial News to stay on top of the market
Review detailed company information using Google Finance and related services
Participate in discussions and blogs about companies and stocks
Manage your financial portfolio with Google’s Portfolio Manager
Google Finance combines information it retrieves from the Web with data that it licenses from financial data sources. The Google Finance home page provides timely financial data in an easy-to-read format. Point your browser to http://finance.google.com to get started toward your next couple million bucks.
Learn detailed information about company stocks and mutual funds, but Google Finance does not cover bond information or option quotes.
Reading the Finance Page
Google Finance homepage, http://finance.google.com, displays a summary of the U.S. stock market based on the top indices, a list of your most recently requested quotes, today’s headlines, and related news (see Figure 16.1). At the top is the familiar Google Search box, but with a few twists.
Figure 16.1. See up-to-the-minute financial information on Google Finance.
Market Summary
The Market Summary is the first section displayed on the Google Finance home page. Listed in the Market Summary section are the four top U.S. market indices: the Dow Industrials, ...
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