July 30, 2008

Google Finance – Excellent New Website For Financial Information

By IdeaMan21

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Google has gotten into the Financial side of the web recently. Actually they have been in it for a while but it is still in Beta. Not to worry, it is still functional. Beta to Google is like 95% done to most companies. The only thing Beta means is that they are still coming up with new ideas and new ways to present the information easily to the average visitor. Click the pic below to see a Full Size view.

One thing for sure is that Google will bring the strength of their search engine to Google Finance. I read an interview in SFO Magazine the other day and it mentioned that they will be trying to bring together stock market charts and news that possibly caused the move. This is done sometimes on other websites but usually weeks later by someone writing an article on it. You can bet that Google wants it to be real time or as close to it as possible.

Another cool thing that Google Finance is going to do is have much more information on OTC or Penny Stocks on the site. I can’t find it on there now but thats one of the reasons they are still in Beta. Things come and go and come back better or easier.

I like that the Euro and the U.S. Dollar information is right on the top righthand section. If you click on USD-Euro it will take you to a chart with News Items labeled A through Z on the chart itself. I’ve always liked having that sort of information correlated, since it tend to be cyclical in currencies.

All in all I look forward to Google Finance being completed and fully functional with all of the bells and whistles that Google has stated will be.

Check it out at http://finance.google.com/finance

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