Pros: Good information on finance, personalized services Cons: Appearance isn't the best; some services carry a fee
Stock quotes, corporate financial data, company news….these things can now be found all over the world wide web. Financial web services are in great abundance in cyberspace. Most of them offer basically the same information, in a different format. This...
by mrisch in Personal Finance, - Top 500, Aug 26 '01
Pros: Has everything you could ever need Cons: Can it last forever?
Come now, as we explore the exciting world of financial websites. By far the best free site (and probably best among pay sites) is the Yahoo! finance site. You can get anything, everything, and then some at finance.yahoo.com. The site is so good, I...
Pros: simple, powerful, easy-to-use, great news, research, so many features, etc. Cons: delayed quotes!
Yahoo! Finance <http://finance.yahoo.com or http://quote.yahoo.com> is one of the premiere financial websites offering loads of content in a very navigable, efficient, easy-to-use site.
Pros: Complete, easy to access company information, inexpensive online bill paying Cons: For the serious investor or researcher, none at all
I confess. Where Web sites are concerned, I am a shallow person. Yes, it's too true. The glitz of beautifully designed site like CNBC sucks me right in. I love their scrolling, multicolor custom stock ticker. I am grabbed by the stylish graphics. I...
Pros: a lot of information, great sources, easy to use Cons: none
Yahoo! Finance is a great place for financial novices, intermediates, experts to learn more about the subject of finance and investments. I love this portion of Yahoo! because it is very easy to use and navigate, the pages download very quickly, and the...
Pros: lots of information, analyst's reports, investment challenge, individual and portfolio-style quotes Cons: only semi-intuitive to navigate, plain layout, not personalized by default
When investing in the stock market, my opinion is that long-term investing is best. However, even in my long-term approach (but even more so for short and medium-term investors), I still need to determine the best price points to buy into a given stock...
Pros: Great information and resources are abundant. Cons: Limited research on thinly traded issues.
This review will be on two aspects of Yahoo!'s financial information website; the information provided on equities (stock quotes, portfolios, research) and also on Yahoo's specific Fund Transfer service.
Pros: custom-build, easy to use, complete information Cons: rare service delays
I've been using the Yahoo! Finance site for almost four years now, and having tried many of their competitors, I have to say this is the best overall financial site on the Web right now.
You can get the 15-minute delay quotes, the charts, the...
Pros: Simple, fast, reliable, full-featured Cons: No Free Real Time Quotes
There have been many complaints that people have in regards to Yahoo! in general, for its difficulty in navigating, the proliferation of shoddy websites in its directory listing, and its relatively antiquated search technology.
Pros: Great Free Information and Portfolio Tracking Tools Cons: None to speak of
When you need to track your investments online, there are few better tools to use than Yahoo! Finance. This free service provided by a name you already know is amongst the best available on the 'net at any price. It's easy to find, simple to...
Pros: Great main page, portfolio monitoring, and entertaining finance articles Cons: Portfolio entries are a little old-school compared to the rest of the website
Ive used a number of different sources for financial research and Yahoo Finance continues to outshine the rest. When it comes to a single source that one would want to check daily for finance related data, it continues to be the most comprehensive ...
Pros: Many tools and resources, tied well with my yahoo! Cons: None
Yahoo! Finance is a site that has lots of links to investment info. It has links to many Yahoo! regions of the world such as Yahoo! Finance UK, Yahoo! Finance HK, Yahoo! Finance Australia, etc with each region dealing with the local markets and local...
Pros: A wealth of information Cons: Lack of real-time quotes
Yahoo! in general is a great site with many different facets. Yahoo! Finance is no different, representing Yahoo! well. It is a premiere site for the personal investor. The site is user friendly and easy to use. Yahoo members can integrate their...
Pros: Easy to customize Cons: Pay services are extra.
Yahoo! Finance - a Super Finance Site!
I have been using Yahoo! Finance since I started trading on the Internet. Therefore, I can honestly say that this site is great for beginners as well as more advanced traders. If you are just starting...
Pros: Great tools, profile and insider sections are wonderful, charts and extended quotes are very good Cons: Boards are useless and news is not in depth
I know how people look at Yahoo- a big site that is not really great at one thing, but good at a lot of different things. Well, not so when it comes to stock tools. Yahoo is great at a lot of things when it comes to researching stocks.
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