Google Finance Launches
Applying essentially the same technologies they used to revolutionize maps on the web, Google launched Google Finance today. You can read about the launch on the official Google Blog
Play around with the tool and you’ll see a few new things going on. Of course, you can search for stock symbols or company names. But the charts are where the application really shines. Use your mouse to track a stock’s activity in one-minute increments. Click on the chart and drag it to move backwards in time, or use the links at the top of the chart to zoom in or out in time. You can also use the additional chart handles to set beginning and ending points in time for the chart, allowing you to isolate a specific range of hours, days, or weeks, and analyze the stock’s activity during that time period.
You’ll see different news articles graphed along the linear chart, and mousing over them will highlight the various news items on the right. Those news clips, collected by Google News, can be read in full via external links.
If you have a Google account, you can build and track a stock portfolio. Click on the “Add to portfolio” link at the top of the stock’s page, then enter in your buy price and the amount of shares you own. You can track your net gains and losses for up to 200 stocks or mutual funds in your personal portfolio.
Monkey Bites reader Anthony notes that Google Finance is the coolest stock watch tool he’s seen seen since SmartMoney created the Map of the Market years ago.
[link via the Google Blog, and thanks to Anthony B.]
