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Google to Offer Real-Time Stock Quotes

Posted by kdawson on

Apro+im writes "Today, Google announced that Google Finance will report real-time prices on NASDAQ-listed securities. While real-time stock quotes are not new, they have long encumbered with subscriptions, legal agreements, or pay software. This may be the first free source for real-time quotes."

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  1. Re:Real time or delayed? by Clover_Kicker · · Score: 5, Funny

    If only the article contained this information...

  2. Who needs real time stock quotes? by ForestGrump · · Score: 5, Funny

    First it was "15 minutes delayed" stock quotes being all the rage.

    Now people are getting excited over "real time"? bah!

    Give me "In 10 Minutes" stock quotes and I'll pay for that!

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    1. Re:Who needs real time stock quotes? by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


      Give me "In 10 Minutes" stock quotes and I'll pay for that!

      I just bought several hundred thousand shares of some stocks that are supposed to go through the roof next week. Many emails from good friends who's names I don't recognize recommended them!

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  3. Re:Simpsons already did it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Jesus, what fucktard mod labeled this "flamebait"?

  4. Welp by Ritontor · · Score: 5, Funny

    I feel a great disturbance on the Internet. As if millions of tenuous business models suddenly cried out in terror, and were suddenly silenced.

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  5. Screw Stock Quotes by Joebert · · Score: 2, Funny
    Screw real time stock quotes, I want real time feeds to video cameras in the 50th floor offices of investment bankers when the US economy completely tanks.

    Bill: $50 says he jumps.
    Johnny: You're on !

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  6. Re:Real time or delayed? by nmb3000 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If only the article contained this information...

    I think I can speak for everyone when I say that nobody who values their time RTFA, after all it's just superfluous details that aren't needed to post comments. In fact, based on a lot of the comments I read, I assume that many people are so busy they cannot even RTFS. This too is understandable to some extent since the summary is just a wordy version of the article title. This is, however, the first time I've met somebody who couldn't bother to RTFT.

    Short version: RTFT.

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  7. Re:Yahoo users - don't be fooled by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Hey, I just did it - in FireFox 2.0.0.14 (Win XP), I went to http://finance.yahoo.com/ and typed fdrxx into the "get quotes" box and got 2.56% for a second, then it magically updated to 122,816.10% Wow! where do I invest!

  8. Re:holy cow by Ethanol-fueled · · Score: 1, Funny

    What dumbfuck mod labelled this "Troll"?

  9. Re:holy cow by Starburnt · · Score: 1, Funny

    What dicksmoker didn't mod this at all?

  10. Re:How would they open a window? by Joebert · · Score: 2, Funny

    Aren't the windows sealed after a certain level? I mean how would they even open a window to jump in the first place? And the glass is pretty tough as well so breaking it wouldn't be too easy.

    I laughed for two days when the dog I adopted from the shelter ran fullspeed into the fullsize window next to the sliding glass door on our way out.

    The stock quotes could be win or lose, but a video feed will always be entertaining.
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  11. FIRST POST!!!! by flyingsquid · · Score: 4, Funny
    First post!!!

    All post data delayed 15 minutes for Slashdot. Sigs are updated automatically, but will be turned off after 25 minutes of inactivity.

  12. Re:Simpsons already did it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Imagine Safeway asking you to buy stake based on the price it was sold for 20 minutes ago. Safeway doesn't sell stakes, you illiterate idiot. Maybe try a hardware store or somewhere like that.

    Please moderate me -1 flame, not flame bait because this is truly a flame and a single digit IQ idiot like the poster deserved it.
  13. Re:holy cow by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    I think that may have been you...

  14. Re:Simpsons already did it. by sammy+baby · · Score: 3, Funny

    Imagine Safeway asking you to buy stake based on the price it was sold for 20 minutes ago. . Seriously? That's a pretty bad comparison. I mean... it's not like steak prices are prone to precipitous drops because, say, the CEO of Angus International was caught siphoning off corporate funds to build a love nest for his heifer mistress.

    Or something. Look, my point is that stock prices are a lot more volatile than food prices. If you want a good analogy, go to an analogy... making... person.
  15. Re:Simpsons already did it. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    I'm more interested in researching the 20-year future of a stock, mutual fund, index (with dividend reinvestment), or futures contract. How the hell else would I be guaranteed to make money?