When Google Finance first came out towards the beginning of the year it was a little rough around the edges, to say the very least. It didn’t offer much in the way of quotes just a quick quote with some basic financial statistics, it didn’t allow people to search elsewhere for information which is standard with Google Products, and it didn’t offer any insight into the financials of the quoted companies like balance sheet etc.I really didn’t intend on visiting it again because my initial experience was lack luster. I wanted more information and could easily get that from Yahoo Finance.
In just a few short months all of that has changed.
Keeping with the spirit of what Google is, a simple, easy to use, very intuitive wealth of information, Google Finance has been transformed into a one stop shop for all your financial information. You have easy access to detailed quotes. Charts that follow news and are linked to news articles. You have an abundance of company information from financials to officers to insider trading.
Best part of all is you have an easy access point to all the other major financial reporting sites like, Yahoo Finance, The Street, Market Watch, and more. All the information you need is in one spot and organized in a way that makes sense.
Great job again Google for offering a wonderful product.
I find Google Finance severely lacking… it sends me to Reuters for too much, and doesn’t provide simple things like dividend information, so I end up at Yahoo finance anyway.
I completely agree. Although Google Finance has that very unique ease of use that Google provides with all it’s products, I think they’re trying to be too much “Not like the others” and end up not providing enough information.
They should try to not reinvent the wheel so much and just do what works. I like google too much to not use their products but when they lack information why would anyone use them.