Ho John Lee’s Weblog

Google launched Google Finance today. Lots of people have written about it already, generally nonplussed. Here’s my quick reaction.

I like:

• News events plotted on the stock chart timeline. I wish they’d add this to Yahoo Finance.
• Ajax UI for scrolling the stock chart around and changing the time window
• Recent blog search results on the right sidebar (although they seem to be a few hours behind)

I wish for:

• More charting features. There basically aren’t any right now.
• Better integration of the “More Resources” features. Things like SEC filings, institutional holders, and earning estimates are all provided by 3rd parties via outbound links, making it hard to flip through.

Technical charting and research reports are provided via Yahoo Finance, although the discussions are hosted at Google Groups.

The feature I’d really like to see is an intelligently filtered view of the Yahoo Finance discussion boards. There is some interesting and useful information there, but a far larger quantity of rants, spam, and trolling in between.

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