2.0 is not what they call it, but I am starting to see some major improvements and innovations with the service that is slowly but surely becoming worthy of the Google name.
First of all, today the Official Google Blog announced the incorporation of real-time quotes for NASDAQ stocks on its finance site. Rather than having to log into a brokerage account to get such quotes, any investor can access this real-time information via Google.
Also, Google has an incredible stock screener, which is a fairly new feature to the Google site. This screener allows investors to screen stocks for a number of different customizable metrics. Do you want a stock with a price-to-book ratio that's less than one and a dividend yield that's greater than 5%? Well, the stock screener can give it (them) to you.
However, Google Finance still has a long way to go. The news feed on the right hand side of the stock pages leaves out some very relevant articles that appear on Yahoo! Finance.
Another bothersome aspect to Google Finance is the prominence of the Discussion board, which is often loaded with senseless commentary.
All in all, the service is becoming a worthy rival to Yahoo! Finance, but still falls short of the incumbent #1 in finance.
Monday, June 2, 2008
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