Does Yahoo! Finance Make You Yell Yahoo?
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Yahoo! Finance Review: Is Yahoo! Finance Helpful?
The Yahoo! Finance page offers stock quotes, company news, currency calculators and more. Just about everything found on the Yahoo! Finance page can be found at other sites on the web but that's the bonus factor for Yahoo! Finance that it offers everything "financial" in one place. Another plus for Yahoo! Finance is that users find the site to be up to date and offering timely information. While there are services for a fee available, there are many useful services and tools at Yahoo! Finance that are free.
What Can You Find at Yahoo! Finance?
Yahoo! Finance has a home page as well pages for:
*Investing
*News and Opinion
*Personal Finance
*My Portfolios
*Tech Ticker
At a glance you can find up to date market information including:
*Market index averages for the day including the DOW, NASDAQ, S&P 500 and more.
*Graph showing the trend in these averages for the most recent working day.
*Market summary
"Investing" at Yahoo! Finance:
Today's Markets: You'll find recent earnings statements, recent stock splits and more.
You'll also find comprehensive sections on Mutual Funds, Stocks, ETFs, Options, Industries and Currencies.
International: World stock index levels, world news and exchange rates are followed under International.
Research and Education: There's a business term glossary as well as personal tutorials on finance and investing.
Community: This is a section where you can chat, ask questions or join groups.
"Personal Finance" Category at Yahoo! Finance:
Banking and Budgeting: Online bill pay and more are free for three months and later kick in $4.95 per month.
Insurance: Look up questions and answers about all kinds of insurance including renters, auto, life, health and home owner's insurance.
Taxes: Get answers to your questions about taxes and find dozens of up to date articles on taxes, tax credit and tax services.
Loans: There's information about loans as well loan calculators and places to directly apply for loans.
There are also pages for Real Estate, Family & Income, and Retirement.
News and Opinion at Yahoo! Finance:
Here you'll find articles on industry news, new technology, trend, top picks by the experts and more.
Creating a Yahoo! Finance Account:
Creating an account at Yahoo! Finance is easy and free. Once you've created an account, you can personalize your logon so that the information that is important to you will be displayed including stock prices and relevant news pertaining to companies you are interested in.
The pros of Yahoo! Finance:
Users enjoy that there's so much financial information in one place and that the articles and financial charts on Yahoo! Finance are kept up to date. They also enjoy that so many of the services available are free. Users also say they like that Yahoo! Finance has limited ads, on the top and side.
Any cons to Yahoo! Finance?
Some users find the appearance to be "drab," citing that they use only two basic colors, black and blue. Others find it to be "too busy," but others still say that although there's lots of information on each page, the tabs and clearly labeled.
Yahoo! Finance is recommended as being educational, informative, helpful and for the most part, free.
Posted by Lisa Carey on February 4, 2010 09:33 PM | Permalink
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