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Widget Watch: Fidelity Market Monitor
If you are like me and have a burning desire to check on your stock portfolio compulsively throughout the day, there are many options in the world of Dashboard widgets, Apple's own included stock widget amongst them. But I just downloaded the Fidelity Market Monitor - a natural since I have accounts with Fidelity - and I'm really digging it.
The widget lets you personalize your watchlists, track your stocks and stay current on the latest symbol-specific and overall market news and conditions. It loads fast and is very easy to customize. It's easy on the eyes, too. Did I mention it's free? Well it is. Bulls and bears alike should be pleased.
Update: Alternate link download link.
Thanks, Hadley!
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Gandhi said 10:12PM on 11-06-2006
This is nice. Better then the one provided by Apple, IMO.
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Sherman Homan said 7:10AM on 11-07-2006
Ah ha! Fidelity discovers the Mac!
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Hamlet said 2:09AM on 11-08-2006
Nice Find, I have been using the one by Apple but it is great to see a better one. Off I go to get it.
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mooton said 12:35PM on 11-08-2006
Am I missing something? There is no download link for the Market Widget. Does one need to be a Fidelity customer?
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Laurie said 12:54PM on 11-08-2006
mooton - I suspect it's just a temporary issue on Fidelity's site. You don't need to be a customer to use the widget. I posted an alternate download link above, from Apple's site. http://www.apple.com/downloads/dashboard/business/fidelitymarketmonitorwidget.html
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Joe Merchant said 2:44PM on 11-21-2006
I love the color and sorting capabilities, but hate the 25 stock limit.... is there a similar tool (sorts quotes by % change) that does not have this limit? I watch about 100 issues with Yahoo, but it doesn't do the sorting....
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