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Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Post by steakknife »

woodpanel wrote: post #52
danielaxelsen wrote: post #15

Hi - I'm the creator of https://bravos.co , a replacement for Google Finance. (I didn't have anything to do with this article being posted.) I actually left my job two months ago to work on this full-time... Google Finance used to be a "home page tab" for me and it was just killing me that I couldn't find a good alternative. Bravos.co features a clean interface for tracking public companies, cryptocurrencies, and eve…

Hi Daniel, neat site and I'm really happy someone is taking this on! As the OP noted, the killer feature for me to choose GoogleFinance (GF) above all other "free equities tracking websites" [1] was its portfolio. I've just tried to see if your site addresses those pain points and it doesn't - but I think you're halfway there. What OP's "hypothetical portfolio" means is basically the tracking of a whole set of select…

As of right now, Yahoo Finance has the same watchlist functionality, but with more data than Google Finance including options and crypto and much more powerful charting and native mobile apps. You can even link your real brokerage account for real-time portfolio tracking and trading directly from their apps and site.

(If I sound like a shill, I work for https://trade.it which provides broker API functionality to Yahoo Finance, but I have also been trading and using Yahoo Finance for over a decade, way before I ever became technologically involved with them)

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Post by steakknife »

bitxbit wrote: post #143
docker_up wrote: post #4

It is mind boggling to me that both Google and Yahoo have thrown away their finance sites. It's utter garbage. And on the phone, Google Finance is even worse. They don't even use the same site or the same behavior, even though I'm pointing to the same URL. It's insane. Why would they completely disregard finance? Are they really not able to make a profitable site using ads?

It’s because the mobile free alternatives are so much better.

Do you have any examples you recommend?

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Post by steakknife »

docker_up wrote: post #4

It is mind boggling to me that both Google and Yahoo have thrown away their finance sites. It's utter garbage. And on the phone, Google Finance is even worse. They don't even use the same site or the same behavior, even though I'm pointing to the same URL. It's insane. Why would they completely disregard finance? Are they really not able to make a profitable site using ads?

I know you mentioned below that you don't like their current news feed, but for what it's worth, Yahoo Finance is going the opposite direction of Google, upgrading and adding features and integrations, not removing stuff. For example, apropos of the article, Y!Fi not only has the same watchlist functionality that everyone is angry Google removed, but you can now link your live brokerage account for real-time portfolio tracking across their apps/site. If you reach out to them with constructive feedback they are pretty receptive.

(Full disclosure: I work for https://trade.it which provides the aforementioned broker API functionality to Yahoo Finance)

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Post by steakknife »

arrty88 wrote: post #84

Its a shame Google/Yahoo finance couldnt pivot to become Robinhood. It was so close.

You can now link your RH account (and many other brokers) directly to Yahoo Finance and trade and track your portfolio in real-time, so really it's even better than them becoming a broker.

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Post by pmikesell »

spo13 wrote: post #158
pmikesell wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd also like to echo that having a portfolio tracker would be for me a the killer feature. I have a mix of equities and mutual funds purchased at different times and different prices and I really just want to input the purchase dates / amounts and then have a single place to track performance. GF had this and now it's all gone. I'd pay some amount of $ per month (or year or whatever) to just have a reasonable portfo…

If you don't mind using a windows application you can give https://www.stockportfolioorganizer.com a go it does what you need and much more like allowing you to paper trade, divide into different groups, write formulas etc. Disclaimer: I am the author.

Thanks for the reply. I really only use windows for video games at this point. Looks like a cool app though. Have you thought about converting it? Some of these web frameworks have higher level wimp apis now.

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Post by pmikesell »

rcar1046 wrote: post #131
pmikesell wrote: post #126

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'd also like to echo that having a portfolio tracker would be for me a the killer feature. I have a mix of equities and mutual funds purchased at different times and different prices and I really just want to input the purchase dates / amounts and then have a single place to track performance. GF had this and now it's all gone. I'd pay some amount of $ per month (or year or whatever) to just have a reasonable portfo…

This is more portfolio tracking centered... https://stockdaddy.io/

Thanks - this is exactly what I was looking for. They never show up in search results - some SEO would be great for them.

Re: Google throws away 12 years of work by investors (Portfolios in Google Finance)

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Post by pm90 »

pantheon wrote: post #177
pm90 wrote: post #174

Earlier quoted context omitted.

No but they shouldn't single her out either. I don't see him slamming any number of male tech executives who made mistakes.

You can single out whoever you want. It is not sexist. What is wrong with the world?!

Consistently singling out a certain group of people betrays bias and likely animus towards that group. For this author, that group seems to be women.
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