Google Finance Blog: Shhh...testing in progress

Shhh...testing in progress

Friday, March 27, 2009 at 2:26 PM

Posted by Ayan Mandal, Product Manager

Over the course of the next few weeks, you might notice a few changes to Google Finance. We will be running some experiments on the look and feel of our site, based on an accumulation of user research and feedback. They will only be visible to a small number of random Google Finance users. (In case you're wondering, experiments are selected randomly, so we can't give you any advice for how to get in!)

It's pretty normal for us to run this kind of test, as we're always working to improve the experience of using Google Finance . In fact, experiments like these are a cornerstone of Google's development process - here's a post on the Official Google Blog explaining this practice for our search results.

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arthuro said...: Are you people on drugs or just taking lessons from Yahoo... Just give my old interface back!!!

Geeez get somebody that knows something about systems engineering and knows how people use this site on the team...; March 27, 2009 4:24 PM
IDEASeth said...: This is terrible. I am outraged. Your left column takes up so much space that each entry in the portfolio now takes 2 lines. That makes it much harder to read and now even a short portfolio scrolls off my screen. And the left column is not real useful.

Bring the old interface back. BTW how do I opt out of being a non-volunteer tester..; March 27, 2009 7:29 PM
Schultzter said...: I guess I've still got the old interface cuz looks like usual - and I LIKE IT!!!

But these experiments mean we'll finally be seeing dividend & yield information for Canadian stocks?

What about API access to the cash in our portfolio? For Cash and Cash-linked transactions.; March 28, 2009 10:25 AM
Dion Loy said...: Sorry about the portfolio rows on non-widescreen displays. We'll be fixing that (and other issues that come up) this week.; March 28, 2009 10:46 AM
elham said...: I wish people in google would appreciate the desire of google finance users and give the opportunity to use the old interface as well. Would be grate if point out such a link if already exists!!!!
I am about to switch and find a replacement. I do not know what is wrong with the currecnt style of interfaces. First it was BBC who changed the interface to this "aggregated style", which stoped me from reading the news from their websites, as there are plenty of replacement available. Now it is time to switch from Google finance for me.; March 29, 2009 6:57 AM
Schultzter said...: Does anyone have a screenshot of the new interface? I'd like to see what it looks like.

The big advantage of GFin is the API. I wish other portfolios had an API!; March 29, 2009 4:44 PM
Christopher said...: I want my old interface back!; March 29, 2009 1:18 PM
Chad T said...: I don't like that I have to refresh my portfolio page to see if the stock price has changed any. I did like the old interface a little better but am not against change. Maybe you can give each account the option to have the new or old interface?; March 31, 2009 9:42 AM
brian said...: You can get the old interface back by deleted your cookies and cache.; March 31, 2009 11:17 AM
.::Chris::. said...: Terrible.

Harder to read, the "other currencies" listing is at the bottom in a stack-view format and those long news-article threads hurt my eyes.

No wait, maybe i just need glasses. Nope, they really do hurt my eyes.; April 1, 2009 9:38 AM
que said...: @Schultzter - info on the new layout is here: http://www.google.com/support/finance/bin/answer.py?answer=141381

On my portfolio page, some of the colors that should be green are red instead. For example, some positive values in the gains column are colored red. Also, on the portfolio value totals line, all totals are Red even though most of the totals are positive.

I guess the left column navigation works well on wide screen monitors, but it seems to waste a lot of space on square shaped screens.

My suggestion would be to have an option for a toolbar navigation system (like Google Docs) with drop down menus.; April 2, 2009 8:34 AM
Brad said...: Not related to the testing, but I can't compare stocks across different markets. For example, if I try to overlay TPE:2376 on INDEXDJX:.DJI - not even possible.

"Ticker symbol "TPE:2376" unknown "; April 2, 2009 10:22 AM
Trey said...: Put it back like it was. This layout is horrible and takes up too much screen space...

I was able to track all my stocks in my portfolio on one screen and now I have to scroll up and down constantly and then side to side as the screen has been made wider.

Please put it back the way it was. It was not broken, there was no need to fix anything..; April 2, 2009 1:46 PM
Joe said...: I hate this new interface!! Really, how can I get the old interface back??

Change is good, but not on something I have accustomed myself to using every day. I want out!!; April 2, 2009 2:23 PM
OMEGASTOCKS said...: hey GOOGLE...if you want to change then add more info and tools but do not change the interface that people been working with for long time. Do not make the mistake of microsoft...changing the interface just for the hick of it to and killing the content.
Please we love google and we do not want to go to another finance site.....bring back the OLD INTERFACE....thanks; April 3, 2009 8:29 AM
snapshooter said...: I have some problems with this new interface.
1) Details of short-sold securities are not fully displayed. Only their symbols, last prices and changes are there. Share, cost basis, gain... columns are empty.
2) Name column is removed. This column is helpful when viewing a "watching" portfolio containing a lot of stocks for example.
3) During the first few days of this new interface, in the main GF page, at the bottom of each portfolio there is a row showing the portfolio value and the day's gain. It is very helpful since I don't have to click on a portfolio just to see this value. Unfortunately, this feature has disappeared. Could you please bring it back ?

Besides these issues, I actually prefer the look of the new interface. I just wish I could custom different views (Overview, Fundamentals, Performance) for each portfolio.; April 3, 2009 9:24 AM
driftking27 said...: Give us back our daily bread for trading now.

Over and out.
Scott; April 3, 2009 12:35 PM
Patrick said...: UUUHHHH, I thought the change was for good. If I knew they were experamenting on me I would have taken the opertunity to see if they finally changed the stuff I go to other sites for, like STOCASTICS, MACD, NON-AVERAGED HISTORICAL CHARTS. I use GF because all the info in on one page, and all the info is always in the same place. I like the additional detail, but I need it all on one page, with tabed browsing, okay? Keep up the good work.; April 5, 2009 8:31 PM
Ralph said...: Never mind the interface, there's a HUGE bug in the data on Google finance UK. Share prices are assumed to be in British pounds (GBP), whereas in fact they are quoted in British pence. This means some things like market capitalisations are out by a factor of 100, portfolio values are out by a factor of 100, and so on.
How can Google have got this so wrong for so long? I can only assume it is because there is no official channel for reporting bugs to Google finance, seemingly.; April 6, 2009 6:46 AM
cris said...: I have been trading and investing for ~10 years. I liked the old site better. the new site gives you less room for the chart. not goog.; April 6, 2009 8:46 PM
Matt said...: I think the new layout is nice. Like anything, it is a little annoying at first but then after you use it a while you realize it is superior to the old way. Thanks.; April 8, 2009 6:43 AM
driftking27 said...: In reply to Matts latest comment: '...How can you say it is nice when you CAN'T track the daily price of one's investment in that chosen share!

Scott; April 8, 2009 12:06 PM
Mr. Thomas A. Anderson said...: I like the new layout even if it does look like yahoo finance.

But there is one legacy issue that irks me. 1) your dividend data feeds are weak. Anything associated with an ETf or CEF never seems to show.

Also, you don't/didn't seem to track Asia and Europe overnight in real time/delay (US centric). The new 'other indexes' feature might offer this, but I've not had a chance to see it in action.; April 8, 2009 1:40 PM
Glenn said...: An issue I have recently noticed is that it seems to get dividends wrong on dual listed Canadian stocks.

For example, if I get it to quote Bank of Montreal which is listed on both the TSE (Canadian) and on the NYSE; it displays the prices appropriately (US$29.02 on the NYSE and CDN$35.61 on the TSE at the moment), but shows the dividend as being $0.70 on both graphs. That dividend is clearly not true for both of them. The dividend needs to either be converted or have the currency indicated.; April 9, 2009 10:05 AM
Kickstart70 said...: Somewhat related to Glenn's comment above, even though I have NYSE:TTM in my portfolio and once I am directly in Google Finance I have no problem, if I click on TTM in my portfolio from my Google Homepage, I always end up viewing Totem Minerals (CVE:TTM). The link from Google Homepage (http://www.google.ca/finance?client=ig&q=TTM) doesn't specify the exchange of the stock in my portfolio.; April 11, 2009 4:35 PM
Profit said...: Can't tell you what your previous interface looked like so can't critique if better before or now.

However, nothing about your current 'vision' stimulates viewer appetite for research/information.

Your interface does not 'jump off the page'. Where is your imagination?

Also... Today as the Markets opened your opening page referred to info that JPM brought down the markets. That information was true for about 5 minutes but the markets reversed and opened higher. Your opening Financial page was erroneous and as I repeatedly refreshed the page and wondered how long it would take your staff to correct the storyline. I gave up refreshing and decided to write this comment.; April 16, 2009 6:56 AM
gulicious said...: I was wondering what are some possible ways to allow dividend re-investing without going between my brokers data and re entering in fractions of stock and prices (and making sure to not cash-link it). Can this be a possible feature or unlikely?

- In the market trends box I would like to know if I could have flexibility, perhaps having it show the top 10 in each category or create my own categories that show up in that neat tabbed interface. The trends are great and I appreciate that they are for 1BN market cap + stocks but I think a little more flexibility would be helpful. Any possibilities there?; April 16, 2009 8:37 AM
Edwin said...: Does the new site show the daily gain as an amount AND a percent? I truly, truly dislike how the current site doesn't show daily gains as a percent.; April 18, 2009 4:40 PM
mw3 said...: I can't update the portfolio since last Friday. Does that caused by the ongoing test? Thx; April 20, 2009 4:28 AM
gulicious said...: while yahoo has less 'interactivity' with its charts (i cannot click/drag and zoom) like google, they have some bigger charts. I would like a chance to play with a google finance chart that is full screen, or at least able to be viewed with size options.; April 20, 2009 6:24 PM
dannyz said...: Ive noticed that you no longer publish historical prices on mobile versions of Google Finance. This is one tool that I greatly appreciate on the PC. Any chance of re-inserting this tool to the mobile versions? I have an iphone and the historical prices tab does not show up. As a result, I usually use Yahoo finance mobile. But I do prefer Google Finance for everything else.; April 22, 2009 2:29 PM
Frank said...: How do you provide feedback and ideas to the Google Finance team?; April 24, 2009 1:38 AM
Johnny said...: For the last few days I have been unable to view financial details in my Holdings page. Looks like it is trying to open but never does. Any ideas?; April 24, 2009 9:15 PM
jchickles said...: The Google Finance toolbar button now links differently. I live in Belgium and there is no finance.google.be before it used to link to finance.google.com. You get a "could not find page".

I would prefer to use finance.google.com since I am from the US. Will there be a way to change where the button links to or if no page exists to default to google.com.; April 25, 2009 12:36 AM
Dick said...: Charts stopped displaying on 4/24/2009 within my FireFox 3.0.9; April 25, 2009 12:36 PM
Tom said...: Charts - Please add moving averages and candlesticks

Feeds Tab - Please add Twitter (Stocktwits)!; April 27, 2009 11:00 AM
Finance Guide Laura said...: @jchickles

You need to change your associated domain to be www.google.com in your toolbar settings!

How?
Go to Toolbar Settings > Options > Search box Settings > Use Google Site > United States of America (.com)

Don't forget to save.

Now your Toolbar is set for .com, and your Finance link should direct you appropriately.; April 27, 2009 2:19 PM
gulicious said...: This post has been removed by the author.; April 27, 2009 2:21 PM
gulicious said...: please give us the option to try or test the new features. I am really excited to give input but if its random... I have no way to test anything.

Or, just give me access to new features or whatever, and I would be happy.; April 27, 2009 2:31 PM
Deago said...: The new interface is no good because I can no longer download the fundamentals and overview to a Microsoft excel spreadsheet for easy comparison throughout the days and weeks. Please fix that or please go back to the interface.; April 27, 2009 6:14 PM
srinath said...: hi, it should be possible for one to set volumn, price based alerts with reference to averages, cutting of upper bolinger bands, start of 3rd or 5th elliot wave etc. There should also be a provision to take intraday feeds from your site. Kindly do the needful. Else have a provision to take data programatically as csv values which can be added to database and ones one condition monitered. Regards; April 28, 2009 4:14 AM
Francis Bacon said...: stop messing about with the interface and fix the google finance UK error: the fund prices are out by a factor of 100.; April 28, 2009 5:39 AM
gus said...: Feature Suggestion: when I click on a stock's ticker on the next page I see the trend. In the top right of the trend box I see the dynamic date, price, volume for past dates (changes as I run my mouse over the trend). It would be great to see the closing value of the S&P for the same date. (or select Dow, Russel, etc) [converting and superimposing a % trend is not the same information]; April 28, 2009 9:55 AM
Steve Mandzik said...: why did u take it away!! i liked it!!!!; April 29, 2009 6:50 AM
Chad said...: Seems I can't sort my portfolio in some columns, like Change, Gain, Day's gain, etc.; April 29, 2009 8:03 AM
Chad said...: I agree on the left column though... When viewing "My Portfolio" I don't need that column on the left. I am not using a widescreen monitor, and I need that space.; April 29, 2009 8:05 AM
gk said...: This is outrageously evil and broken design (as another comment asked, 'are you trying to be like yahoo or something?').

1. It is unethical of google to 'randomly' select people to be guinea pigs - why not be nice and ask people to volunteer as beta testers? Some of us make our living trading stocks and don't appreciate this kind of unexpected abuse.

2. The 'feedback' link for those of us poor guinea pigs has no proper bug reporting interface - you don't even want to know what browser we are using? (I told you anyway but got no reply for my efforts).

3. The interface is very buggy (in Opera v. 9.64, at least):

A. I can no longer see even the basic table of current stocks/prices in my portfolio anymore!

B. The 'Performance' tab is always selected - if I click on any other tab, such as 'Overview' it does not change tabs but simply scrolls left or right a little.

The only info that is displayed is (from left to right columns):
'Recent quotes'
'Portfolio related news'
'Events'

Just give me back my basic info on what is in my Portfolio!

4. Very bad waste of screen space - the left column is useless and forces me to scroll horizontally (if there was anything other than 'news' worth scrolling to, that is).

This is sad.
Google used to have the best display of stock info on the web, in my opinion. Looks like the lunatics have taken over the asylum now.; April 29, 2009 12:27 PM
Myke said...: If I have multiple portfolios it is impossible to change the order that they appear in the right column. Once they are setup, they are fixed. Only way to re-order the portfolio groups is to delete all and start over. Please fix this. Thanks.

Why do all quotes track in real time EXCEPT the DOW? S&P does (sorta) as well as NASDAQ.

I didn't mind the new design/layout. Sorta sad I lost it after deleting my cookies (Firefox does this daily).; April 29, 2009 1:13 PM
Addict said...: I have a major problem with the new interface, namely none of my portfolio information shows up. This is using Opera 10, Linux. Thankfully in firefox it remains as the old interface and I can still utilize google finance.; April 30, 2009 7:06 AM
RetailMessiah said...: Please everyone take note:

If you want changes to Google Finance, you need to take action! Posting feedback not related to the new interface (like UK calc errors, and dividend miscalculations) will not be resolved.

If you would like to suggest a feature, you can use this form: http://finance.google.com/support/finance/bin/static.py?page=suggestions.cs

I prefer to post my suggestions to the Google Finance group on Google Groups here: http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Finance

Recently I posted a suggestion (http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Finance/t/82015dba378e8a7e) regarding the option to Show & Hide positions. By posting this to the group, it allows users and moderators to interact on a topic, and can foster 2-way communication.

Long live Google Finance!

-RM; April 30, 2009 7:21 AM
Steve said...: Very Cool. I like it a lot.; April 30, 2009 4:04 PM
Jonathan said...: I really like it, using the three tables makes everything easier to read.

I am not understanding how some have such negative opinions. It is a cleaner and less complex visualization. The old interface was boring and... well white... Change takes people out of their comfort zone and to some it will disrupt more then others.

Guaranteed that if this layout stays for months or even years and you switch back it will upset the same people.; May 1, 2009 6:04 AM
Eversor said...: Well I for one love the new interface, even though I don't have it. Sat and played with a friends that has it,.. and it's spiffy! keep up the good work!; May 1, 2009 6:06 AM
gulicious said...: I like this new stuff. A lot more 'technical' if the user is so inclined. I love ajaxy, snappy pages like this. Please allow more room for hiding, removing, adding stuff. Perhaps a drag/drop interface like G-mail has recently added in Labs.

Also, I have a widescreen monitor so I don't know how this would look to someone else, but the top of the page with the chart of the 3 major indexes is the same size as the old... it seems like it could fill 2/3 wider space in that area for me. Could this flash be customizable for screen size, to fit it in there nicely?; May 1, 2009 6:56 AM
Michael said...: Please put it back.

I love change if it's for the better. But, this is horrible.; May 1, 2009 8:37 AM
Sasha said...: This post has been removed by the author.; May 1, 2009 8:41 AM
Sasha said...: why didn't add numeration sheet for equites in portfolio? how connect cash in different portfolio?; May 1, 2009 9:27 AM
Volcano said...: Hi, I cannot see the New interface at work, but can see it at Home. Why is that?

How do I change it? Thanks,; May 1, 2009 5:58 PM
gulicious said...: goes by IP, so you wont get the same interface that way. eventually it will roll out to more users as feedback keeps coming.; May 1, 2009 10:14 PM
RetailMessiah said...: @Volcano: My guess would be that your computer at work is not using a compatable web browser. Try the latest version of Google Chrome, or Mozilla Firefox. If you still can't see it while running one of those browsers on your work computer, it may be blocked by your administrator with an internet filter, or security settings.

-RM; May 1, 2009 11:23 PM
Aditya Badami said...: Dear All,

Whenever i try to edit my portfolio and save it, i get an error message, I am in France and this is happening on quite a few ISP services; May 2, 2009 6:36 AM
hermanwest said...: where's HK version gone? cancelled?; May 2, 2009 10:52 PM
Hopeful said...: The NEW interface Sucks! Can we go back to the way things were?; May 4, 2009 4:57 PM
bonedog7 said...: The new interface stinks.

I want to see my entire portfolio of stocks I follow on the same page as well as relevant news.

I don't want the currency exchange taking up the same space as the portfolio nor do I want recent quotes.

Whoever is experimenting needs to be fired.; May 5, 2009 7:10 AM
David said...: Please, please, please allow us to add pink slips to our portfolios. The bottom line is, if I can have it in my portfolio at yahoo, why can't I have it for google? I have that I use google for everything but I have to watch my portfolio at yahoo, pain in the behind!; April 29, 2009 3:13 PM
pawlye said...: Wow. Lots of negative comments here, but primarily people stating they like the old one better. Not much substance to the complaints. As others have suggested, if you don't like it, delete your cookies.

I, for one, love the new interface. The ability to add multiple technicals, plot feeds and use both Candlestick and OHLC chart types is really fantastic. I really like the ability to choose Most Recent Quarter and Most Recent Annual from the Related Companies list. I also like the small chart in the right-hand corner showing the performance of the stock you're viewing against the Dow, S&P500 and Sector in which the stock is grouped. Awesome.

I do not like, however, that the rows in the portfolio view are so far apart. It is a pain to scroll up/down even on portfolios with <20 stocks.; May 5, 2009 8:17 AM
Rand said...: How do you get NYSE volume data.I dont see a way to do this and the page isnt easy to use; May 5, 2009 8:32 AM
Schultzter said...: Can someone post a screenshot or two of the new layout? Or if they know a link to one please share it. I'd really to know what the fuss is all about!!!; May 5, 2009 8:55 AM
Johnny said...: I hate the new interface, please give back the old one. I want %institutional owners, balance sheet (don't want link to this), the old layout (this new layout is weird..been using it for 5 days now); May 6, 2009 9:30 AM
Lycan R1 said...: I liked the new interface as I have multiple wide screen displays, it was working for about a day then I signed back in and it was gone.... aggravating.; May 6, 2009 10:10 AM
BRUCE SERETA ILLUSTRATION said...: I think you're on the right track. Keep going, already a better look and feel. . . with a few more tweaks you'll be there.; May 6, 2009 2:51 PM
rinloes said...: I have been using General Portfolio to 'Download to Spreadsheet' the end of day numbers to Excel, including Name/Last Price and Change, etc. I use a Mac, and recently when I select 'Download to Spreadsheet' I get a download instead of Name/Type/Date/Shares with no price information.

I would appreciate just having the previous functionality instead of changing everything around. Can the engineers please test what they are doing?
Thanks, rinloes; May 6, 2009 11:52 PM
Austin Lance Butler said...: Please fix the server error problem that happens when i try to make changes to a portfolio.

Going on all week.; May 7, 2009 8:38 AM
MacD said...: Lots of us moved from yahoo groups to google groups a few yrs back
because yahoo's had deteriorated into spam boards and flame
fests....now that is happening here as well. Lately, only about 1 in
every 10 msgs here have anything to do with the stock that is the
subject of any particular discussion board in Google Finance....and I
refuse to pay money to belong to a subject-dedicated forum. Sigh. I
miss the OLD internet of pioneer days...was more useful, more
relevant, less commercialized, and less people using it (because took
a little know how). Now every idiot can come and dump their crap
everywhere. Who cares about improvements when you don't do anything about the spam, pumpers & dumpers", and flamers? Reporting them is useless because you never do anything about it. They're back the next day.; May 7, 2009 8:06 AM
Dick said...: Server errors and missing graphs.

I've had both problems. The server error seem to be that there is a maximum number of transactions or portfolios. The errors stopped as I removed unused "watch" portfolios.

Missing graphs were caused by a cached .css file and fixed when I cleared my browser cache.; May 7, 2009 3:38 PM
siikow said...: I loved the new interface, how can I get it back?; May 7, 2009 5:09 PM
herrow said...: I love the new interface. only problem is that only one of my computers was randomly selected so I am stuck with the old one on my laptop. I love the stock screener the most I would say; May 8, 2009 12:05 AM
Frank said...: I really loved that technicals such as moving average, bollingers, etc were available in the charts. Incredibly convenient. Please bring that back!!!; May 8, 2009 6:49 AM
Mosaic of a Mind said...: Is this testing impacting portfolio transaction entrance? For more than two weeks, I have been unable to enter anything into my portfolio. Since I have multiple accounts, this has been the easiest way to track my total balance in real time. Does anyone else have this problem?; May 8, 2009 8:24 AM
rss said...: I see that the new google finance page is better and better. Switching back and forth to old and new interface is the only one serious missing option for the traders. If google will build a link for switching those two interfaces as soon as possible, that will be very helpful for our confusions. This is all about money. "One day, old ... the other day, new ..." is like playing the games. "Shhh...testing in progress" is totally weird! Again, this is all about money matters.; May 8, 2009 12:37 PM
William said...: I like the new interface. I wish I could access it from all of my computers.; May 8, 2009 3:22 PM
Deago said...: Hello just a thought to the editors of google finance if you guys do decide to go with the new interface which i do not like.....Please give us the option to switch between old and new interfaces. This would make both sides happy.; May 9, 2009 8:20 PM
paulo morphius said...: Hello, just a few observations from using old interface... I'm not lucky enough to use the new one yet!

1. Is there a way to edit the view more in Google Finance? I'd like a better way to filter the message boards (b/c they are covered with spam).

2. I'd like a way to display option quotes/chain also if that's allowed in my personal portfolio.

3. I'd like a better way to edit news feed for my personal portfolio. Some important stories are missed while some irrelevant ones are added.

Thanks! Please keep up the so far so good work!; May 10, 2009 1:14 AM
Drew said...: I would love to be able to export the financial statements to a spreadsheet. That will allow me to conduct analysis on them without retyping them, unless there is some other way to do this that i am missing.....; May 12, 2009 6:26 PM
David said...: After using Google Finance since last November I've logged over 400 transactions into my portfolios. I get a "Server unavailable try again in 30 seconds" error when I get to around 450-500 transactions. I need to delete older transactions in order to enter newer ones. Is there a limit on the number of portfolio transactions? Is there a premium fee based service that allows for more transactions to be enterred and tracked in Portfolios?; May 12, 2009 8:58 PM
mikecb said...: More non-stock data please! The financial times markets data (http://markets.ft.com/markets/overview.asp) is the best example of a comprehensive, well laid out, and informative solution.; May 13, 2009 7:25 AM
Finance Guide Laura said...: Hi David,

Yes, there's a limit to how many transactions you make in a portfolio. Each portfolio can hold up to 200 transactions each.

See Help Center article:
http://www.google.com/support/finance/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=72006

This is across the board. We don't offer a fee for a premium service.

Finance Guide Laura; May 13, 2009 10:26 AM
vlad said...: Ads on Google Finance is bad! just get rid of it please; May 14, 2009 8:03 PM
vlad said...: Google finance new page worst then the old one , can you make it back the old version! thanks; May 14, 2009 8:10 PM
Dennis said...: Can it be like blogger and igoogle where you can drag your frames around in the settings? I would love to see that rather than the fixed format.; May 14, 2009 8:31 PM
coeman said...: Ok seriously formatting is one thing but incorrect math is another. At the start of the year I entered one of my portfolios at $67,550.43. As of yesterday my YTD gain $0.74. Total % gained 109.51%. Someone over there is having issues with decimal points. I think you've assumed all gains in dollars and not in cents. I care less about format as correctness of numbers.; May 15, 2009 6:46 AM
paulo morphius said...: The new interface has some good points and some negative points.

Good:
1. It allows more modularity between the layouts.

2. Related companies field is really nice. As an added feature I'd like to be able to add/screen firms from that list.

Bad:
1. It appears that after-hours quotes are no longer listed? Please add them back. They are useful.

2. The mini-charts that compare the shapes should have a zoom feature.

3. The general layout of the charts and info wastes a lot of space. I wish I could sketch a more favorable layout for you. Let me know if this is possible. =)

4. The high-low of the day should auto-update.

5. Ex-div dates should be shown as well as div pay dates. Both should be on the calendar as they are pretty important.

6. The market summary is TOO truncated. It should have a scroll bar so I can scroll up and down to see ALL today's headlines.

7. The portfolio layout wastes a lot of space. It should ideally have a zoom feature or return to the way it is. IMHO users don't want something bigger; they want to be able to better manipulate and compare information.

8. Delay/disclaimer asterisks are redundant and annoying. I'm sure your lawyers are making you do it, but it clutters the appearance. Put the disclaimer someplace clear but out of the way.

9. Under discussions, I wish I could censor some users across all Google finance b/c they are mass spammers. Some ordinary (non-spam) threads I've already read I should be allowed to block as read a la e-mail.

10. Each link for a security provides all the corporate mumbo jumbo. Google is better off providing a single link summarizing all company data so that someone who wants it can easily find it, but everyone else doesn't have all that (generally useless) information wasting valuable space in the page.

I appreciate all that Google is trying to do to make Google Finance better, but a lot of works needs to be done. I'll continue to give feedback. Thanks.; May 15, 2009 7:48 PM
Abhishek said...: How do you view the Open and Close prices of the stock in this interface?; May 19, 2009 9:17 AM
David said...: I don't know if it is these changes you are talking about, but the charts (and the ticker price in the taskbar, too, which is what I like best about Google Finance) stopped showing in Chrome a few days ago, so I am back to Firefox. You'd think you would check compatibility with your own browser product!; May 19, 2009 10:34 AM
Schultzter said...: Unfortunately Google probably also works under the inevitable first rule of web development: most people use IE so make it work there first, then release it, then fix-up the rest (Firefox, Chrome, Opera, Safari, Konquerer, and Lynx).; May 19, 2009 11:26 AM
NK said...: To the Google Finance Team:

For me, one of the best features of Google is to be able to get info on something from all over the world.

But you guys are going too slow here with stock prices. It seems that the last addition was the Bombay exchange, almost one year ago!

C'mon, time to show the world what you can do!

Best; May 20, 2009 4:48 AM
Harendra said...: I want google finance for japan.; May 20, 2009 11:40 PM
Eric said...: Please fix the site as it no longer renders properly in Firefox 3.0.10.

Some errors:

window.google is undefined

stylesheet "suchandsuch" not loaded because the MIME type is "text/html" and not "text/css"; May 21, 2009 1:36 PM
squeakywheel said...: I liked the old interface. Cant even find the quotes easily. Whoever created this mess needs to get a new job. Sounds like new coke compared to coke classic. Bring it back.; May 21, 2009 9:17 PM
Jack Attaxi Quaffer said...: The interface I've had for the last week has been one step above a simple txt file. Its not at all useful or user friendly. I've begun looking for a alternative interface then the one google has reverted to the last week. I can't believe this is planned I keep thinking it is a server error that will hopefully be corrected soon. I like the old interface and the new one is a couple days away from forcing me to a different provider of finance information. Will someone at google please wake up and fix this.; May 22, 2009 7:11 AM
Mcosta26 said...: How about you try to fix the fact that all the information about my company on Google Finance is terribly inaccurate before you go and try to make the inaccuracies look pretty. Thanks.; May 22, 2009 1:20 PM
Myke said...: i really liked the new interface. the technical analysis additions were great, although i wish i could draw simple lines on the charts.

when i shut down firefox i delete all my cookies. with this, i lost my access to the new design. my beta access status... gone! boooo!; May 25, 2009 2:00 AM
scottfree1 said...: Clear your cache het kicked out of the beta. Brilliant! whatever will you come up with next? Hopefully some day you will invent something you could press to turn the interface on and off? You could call it a LINK!

Google has officially lost its right to make cracks about MS, go sit in the corner and think about what you've done...; May 27, 2009 5:12 AM
Dav said...: Google is not contestant at all. I am going back to yahoo finance. KEEP THE OLD GOOGLE finance.; May 28, 2009 5:55 AM
Gaurav said...: i think this is really terrible to follow after while i m reading this; May 29, 2009 12:46 AM
Aaron said...: I like the candlesticks/technicals etc that can be added. However i see i sometimes at home but not at work. Can i have the same setting in both places.; May 29, 2009 11:31 AM
GTF said...: Does the new interface still auto-refresh (in other words do the stock prices change without having to refresh the page?) Mine did not. Is this a "feature" or do I need to change my settings. I just want to be able to monitor my stocks without manually refreshing the page; May 29, 2009 3:06 PM
Lynn said...: I don't like the face I can't see the Related Companies listed below the chart. I really liked that feature to quickly compare how my stock was performing against it's peers. Even when you click the Industry link you see less related companies plus other stats that are not relevant (IMO).

I like the old one better...; June 1, 2009 8:21 AM
Jack said...: GIVE ME BACK THE NEW INTERFACE!!!!!

IT ROCKS!!!!!; May 31, 2009 4:49 PM
greengod said...: How do I get the new interface back? i deleted my cookies, and now its back to the same old.; June 1, 2009 10:49 AM
Charles said...: Have you added a way to access Google Finance data through, e.g., an API?; June 1, 2009 11:33 AM
Schultzter said...: @Charles There already is a GData API for GFin but it's not complete - i.e.: you don't get everything you see on the screen, like cash linked transactions.

Check-out http://code.google.com/apis/finance/; June 1, 2009 12:45 PM
Peter Hollin said...: Where did the technicals go? Am I missing something? Or have "user experience" charlatans and quantitative ad-pushers taken over here? Near-time technicals were the only reason I came here - if they're gone then so am I.; June 1, 2009 12:24 PM
gulicious said...: yeah i had the new interface on and off a few times. every time it happened i was excited but dont know why it left. is there any way to please let this be voluntary?

does anyone actually read this? please let us have options here!; June 1, 2009 12:48 PM
Singh Family Blogg said...: New or OLD... do not care... I cannot access anything in my portfolio... whats up>>>>>; June 2, 2009 3:25 PM
Al. said...: I can't really understand all that destructive criticism that's going on here but here are my 2cent
I was lucky enough to have a glimpse of the new interface, i've used it for a couple of days but then it reverted back to the current interface leaving me very dissatisfied. I loved the candle sticks as well as all the technical functions that i could plot. I would be using google finance much more if all those options were available
It is a nice try and I can't wait for new finance to roll out. Are there any expected release dates on this ?; June 2, 2009 5:10 PM
Sean said...: Hey what gives,
When I look at an individul stock I used to get a list of similar stocks blelow and to the left. Now I just get this huge disertation about the company. Put my interface back.; June 3, 2009 3:11 PM
Martin R said...: I agree with the last comment about the list of similiar companies. It made me aware of other companies that I may not have known about, good and bad. Every other site and ones trading account has the financials and summary, but they didn't have the comparison, especially those companies trading on mult exchanges. Bring it back, pls.; June 3, 2009 3:36 PM
dimension123 said...: Hi,
Does anyon know if it is possible to download historical breadth data from google finance? These would include:

-Daily TICK data
-NYSE and Nasdaq UP/DOwn volume
-NYSE and Nasdaq Advancers and Decliners
-CBOE/EQUITY/INDEX PUT/CALL RATION
-TRIN (Arms Index)

thanks; June 3, 2009 9:10 PM
Steve said...: If the new interface means no more charts then no thank you. I don't have any access to charts as of this morning.; June 4, 2009 7:41 AM
Doug said...: I hate the new interface ... please bring back the old ... or at least give us an option.; June 4, 2009 4:42 PM
jdizzle1337 said...: Ummm i started noticing some changes today with the banner at the top, looks a bit diff; meh looks better and more professional than the old one.

However the asc/desc sort feature of the columns is not working in Chrome, nor are the ads showing (yay !), nor are the charts. Everything works fine in IE8.

Now really honestly GOOG pull it together. Why would GOOGLE Finance not work with GOOGLE Chrome? That is fail on an epic scale.

I am used to Chrome not working with some .aspx pages that have functionality, but if you guys are using .asp all i can say is shame on you and FAIL. Hopefully this is just temporary or you will come out and blame it on Flash; either way lets finish the job GOOG.; June 4, 2009 6:16 PM
greengod said...: How do I get the new interface back? I deleted my cookies, and now its back to the same old..; June 1, 2009 10:49 AM
salvo said...: Hi,
I'm a software developer and I'm developing an application to get financial market datas.
May I use the Goolge Finance API to get that informations? is it for free or i have to pay some fee?my application is for commercial use.
can anyone help me? many thanks; May 30, 2009 7:34 AM
Hurley's Hotties said...: I liked the new page I saw.

PUT IT BACK UP!!!!!!; May 29, 2009 3:57 PM
Google Finance Team said...: @ jdizzle1337

Sorry for the inconvenience. If you clear the browser cache on Chrome, the pages should load fine again.

Google Finance Team; June 4, 2009 8:28 PM
dpotter said...: Anyone know why Chrome isn't displaying graphs for google finance?; June 5, 2009 3:00 AM
Google Finance Team said...: @dpotter

Sorry for the inconvenience. If you clear the browser cache on Chrome, the pages should load fine again.

Google Finance Team; June 5, 2009 7:04 AM
Bob said...: This post has been removed by the author.; June 5, 2009 7:59 AM
adam said...: I had the new interface when I used chrome while logged into my google finance page. I must say at first I did not like it, but I also did not have enough time to get use to it or try it out. I think you should offer the ability to change back to different themed interfaces if possible. I'm always open to trying the new interfaces in the future. Kind Regards; June 5, 2009 12:35 PM
tech_sick said...: I got up in the morning with an idea of trading few stocks and saw that I can not even see the charts. [:()] I have tried on IE, chrome but no luck as such.

I would suggest to have more accurate functionality of back button, it should not give my previous page but also give me exactly to the place on the page where I was before. I hate scrolling down to my previous page from where I clicked before.

If there is something you can do about charts then its fantastic. May be allowing user an check box option to draw trend lines for a particular stock.

There is one link broken in beta also. If you click go on more discussion link on any stock and click on BIG top left icon to google finance, it takes me to igoogle page which I think it should be google finance home page.; June 5, 2009 2:41 PM
tech_sick said...: @ Google Finance Team
For me clearing cache works only once, if I again check the other stocks, charts disappears.
I think clearing cache may be a solution but to be honest I do not want to chose that options. I am a chrome fan and I do like to get my links by one key press (caching) which capability others like IE, FOX does not show. If I use that option there I will loose most of my things that I liked to get in one shot.; June 5, 2009 2:55 PM
Google Finance Team said...: @Chrome users experiencing issues

Unfortunately as some of you have noted clearing cookies is not a permanent solution. To fix this, update Chrome to the latest version using the About Chrome under the Settings menu item.

Google Finance Team; June 5, 2009 3:04 PM
Amruth said...: New google finance is PATHETIC ... so much cluttered and messy ... Please keep the old one back. Its like classic google.com and iGoogle .. everyone(or atleast me) like clean and neat interface dont mess with that; June 5, 2009 9:09 PM
SuperBuffett said...: Hi, I am a value investor and I love Google Finance!!
Thanks you guys for all your hard work to help us, investor.
There are some suggestion to improve for stock screening
which will help me and other people as well. If you add this feature,
believe me, you will attrack more investor to google finance.

1. You should add the criteria of price/(annualize earning of the last five years)
This means criteria = price/(eps_currentyear + eps_lastyear + eps_yearbeforelastyear + ... ), do the addition in the denominator for 5 years
This will give some approximate the P/E ratio which does not depend
only on the current year. This is because, if a very good firm has done
extremely well but current year. The P/E ratio will misinteprete this
firm.

2. You should add price/book value ratio. This will give some good indicator
which many investor uses.

3. There is one criteria which is crucial for any business, ROIC
which is net income/(long term debt + equity) this will tell if the
business is capital intensive or not. If you can do this like you do
for return on equity over five years, that will be great!

The only competitive advantage that I use Google screen right now is because
there is a P/E of five years over. If you add these features I suggest, I will
stick with google finance forever!!! Hope you get my ideas.; June 5, 2009 9:14 PM
dimension123 said...: Good lord! how do i unsubscribe to this bloody thread? i made the mistake about asking a question pertaining to breadth indicators with the expectation it wouldn't have been answered, and now i can't stop hearing about all the bitchin and moaning! helllllp google! u don't have to answer my question, but unsubscribe to this thread please!; June 6, 2009 12:13 AM
Nick said...: I got to see the new interface briefly today, and I love it! Please bring it back soon, it was so much more streamlined and had more general information. No clue why some people are so resistant to change, good job google.; June 6, 2009 2:12 AM
salvo said...: @ Schultzter: I'm developing an application for iphone. Can I use the G finance API integrating it in the application?my app is for a commercial use. many thanks; June 6, 2009 8:06 AM
Schultzter said...: @salvo No idea - I don't work for Google. Follow the link I posted, there should be more information there or contact Google directly.; June 8, 2009 8:32 AM
dimension123 said...: ATTENTION: Second time i'm asking this. ANYONE KNOW HOW TO STOP THESE NOTIFICATIONS? I don't need to get an email everytime someone responds to this thread. Was just looking for answers (of which none was posted), not nuisance!

thanks much; June 8, 2009 11:07 AM
ago2guy said...: This post has been removed by the author.; June 2, 2009 7:09 AM
Schultzter said...: @dimension123 Click the Post a Comment link at the bottom of the posts and down the right side (under the Captcha Word Verification) you should see your e-mail address and an un-subscribe link.

You're welcome.; June 8, 2009 1:30 PM
ago2guy said...: @dimension123

"ATTENTION: Second time i'm asking this. ANYONE KNOW HOW TO STOP THESE
NOTIFICATIONS?"

Just click on the unsubscribe link in the same email.; June 8, 2009 3:29 PM
Mark said...: Really would like to be able to sort my portfolio... I have WAY too much inforamation to want to delete even one of them)...; June 8, 2009 5:14 PM
Billy said...: This post has been removed by the author.; June 8, 2009 4:13 PM
Billy said...: This post has been removed by the author.; June 7, 2009 8:12 AM
techphets said...: Since Google broke their finance page in Chrome, their own browser, I have had to go back to using IE. How depressing.; June 8, 2009 7:41 PM
kpr500 said...: Is it me? Over the last few days, in google/finance.com, the graphic charts are not working and the links to the right in news (latest, for example) are not working. They do work in firefox???; June 9, 2009 3:07 AM
Michael said...: I think I'll use IE instead of Mozilla firefox during your testing
On firefox your ads do not finish loading,(pagead2.googlesyndication.com),(csi.gstatic.com)
Please hurry, I do not like IE; June 9, 2009 3:05 PM
Mary said...: I can no longer use Google Finance to find outstanding shares, on your new display - has this information been removed? If so, I'm highly disappointed - I'd rather use Google than anything else, but I need this information, so I'm having to go to a competitor for now.; June 10, 2009 12:13 PM
victor said...: give us a way to volunteer out of these tests. I like the old design better but I cant figure out how to change it back. If I load up IE, it shows the old design but I hate using IE.; June 10, 2009 12:44 PM
Chris said...: OPT out???
Delete Cache - Delete Cache and history and cookies - delete delete

guess what - i use google Chrome .... and my GRAPHS completely DISAPPEARED!!! HAHAHAHA

FOOOOOOLS

fire and hire fire and hire; June 11, 2009 12:30 AM
tech_sick said...: @Google team,

Hey there, whts wrong with the closing prices??? It's showing me the wrong closing price for every stock, I can get actual closing price by zooming the chart to the today's day.; June 10, 2009 4:28 PM
randomboy said...: Will you do something about all the spam in the discussion forums? A simple 'report spam' button and a filter similar to Gmail's should be possible, no?; June 11, 2009 10:37 AM
Bluez said...: i wanted to say i am having the same experience as chris... i use chrome as my browser and all the google finance graphs have been missing since last night. can i have them back, please?; June 11, 2009 11:17 AM
Vic said...: Does anybody know how long "server error" will effect the add and delete to stock list? I have been waiting about a week for this fix.; June 12, 2009 8:08 AM
AndrewGreenBull said...: Google is spending money for worse, I m really upset for the new interface, ugly and inconvenient!Could you please give me back my old interface?; June 14, 2009 9:34 PM
Bharath S H said...: Hey.. I want to try this new interface.. How can i get it?

Thanks in Advance.
BHARATH S H; June 15, 2009 2:26 AM
Jimmy Tham said...: more ommhh for the interactive chart would be great. Serious and amateur investors alike look at different type of fundamental and technical analysis in our investment i.e. ratios and candlestick

for technical analysis, I suggest you guys to hop over to freestockcharts.com and have a look at their interface.

All in all, I prefer yahoo finance to google. We need more data and information mate.; June 15, 2009 6:50 PM
andy said...: The new layout is a huge improvement. I hope you implement all of the changes soon. I'm always bummed when it reverts back to the old layout.; June 16, 2009 9:01 AM
Schultzter said...: @Jimmy Tham Okay, its get weirder, Silverlight is clearly in my list of Add/Remove programs but now IE8 is complaining too about missing the plug-in!!!

I love how technology makes our lives so much easier...; June 16, 2009 9:25 AM
NJ Steve said...: What happened to the technical analysis that you could add to the charts? Unless I'm missing something, it seems like you can no longer add simple moving averages and other stuff to the Google stock charts. Or am I missing something? This info is a must have for me and not having it would require me to switch to Yahoo.; June 16, 2009 3:05 PM
naz said...: can you allow for a separator/comment row within a portfolio. As an example, I may have a portfolio called transport which would have a bunch of airline, shipping and train operators stocks. But rather then create 3 portfolios I would prefer to seem them all in the single portfolio but with the ability to add a comment to separate them into groups, e.g.

**comment:Airline stocks
Delta Air Lines
Air France – KLM
**comment:shipping Stocks
Teekay Corporation
Frontline Ltd. (USA)
**comment:train bus operators
FirstGroup plc
TOKYU CORPORATION; June 16, 2009 4:23 PM
jdizzle1337 said...: I just wanted to leave a follow up post and state that for the last week or so Gfinance has been working fine for me. The "clear cookies" fix was not working i would have to continually do it after every page refresh. This was fixed with whatever update was done to Chrome.

I have not noticed anything different other than "finance" is written in a different font, other than that everything else is the same and that is just fine by me.

My only other hope is that we will get accurate dividend info for ETFs and foreign stocks because i currently have to use Yahoo Finance to get that info. Interactive charts and candlestick option would be nice, but are not as necessary for longer term investing.

All in all Gfinance is nice, clean, and lightweight; which is what i need it to be, but it would be nice to see continual upgrades and added functionality made to it.; June 21, 2009 12:37 PM
Ak Kino said...: is this blog own by google.com?; June 23, 2009 9:44 AM
The Coach said...: PLEASE !! Add 200 day and 50 day moving averages and maybe even Bollinger Bands or other technical tools !!; June 23, 2009 9:04 PM
Schultzter said...: @Jimmy Tham unfortunately your web site requires silverlight, and when I click on the link Firefox can't find a suitable plug-in. Silverlight is installed on my machine though.; June 16, 2009 9:17 AM
Mike said...: I'm all for experimenting with new ideas. But why not add a little drop down menu in the upper right of the screen where a user can select which interface they want to use. Also give users a place to comment on the current interface.

This way if a specific user wants to help google give them the best interface they can review each in turn and give google free input.

Then if a user just wants to get their information quick with an interface they already know they can do that too.

Even with this option you can still randomize the initial interface someone sees.; June 26, 2009 7:48 AM
Eric said...: Aaaaauuuugggghhhh!!! I reset Safari and now I can no longer see the new Google Finance Interface! Is there any way to get it back???

At first I was a little disoriented because everything was different, but I REALLY liked how you could look back at intraday price movements from a month ago for any given stock. I had just begun using it and would love to contribute more feedback! I use Google Finance every day; in fact, it's my home page. How can I get the new version back?; June 9, 2009 7:37 AM
Farshid said...: If a graphical representation of My Portfolio is added to the setting features, that would greatly enhance users' evaluation of their stocks.; June 30, 2009 10:34 AM
Kim said...: I don't know if these problems are caused by these tests, but for a week I have not been able to enter transactions. I get "SERVER ERROR: The service you have requested is not available yet. Try again in 30 seconds." So do several others on the discussion board. Also, The Overall Return column now has 0.00 were the holding currently has no owned stock. Finally, why does this column disappear when you enter a transaction on the Performanc page? Why don't you monitor the discussion boards?; July 2, 2009 8:04 AM
Rob Grothe said...: I've read that Google has, on occasion, intentionally added small delays to their site to examine how it would affect the volume of search queries.

Perhaps the goal of this experiment is to see how much annoyance loyal users of Google Finance will tolerate before switching to another site.

It's working. I've started using Yahoo Finance after losing Recent Quotes and Market Top Stories functionality on my desktop at work. I REALLY liked these functions and hope they will return soon. This experiment has gone on for at least 2 weeks now.

Until I saw this blog, I couldn't understand why I still had full functionality on my home computer, but not on my work computer. I tried updating Explorer and other things in frustration.

Not happy!; July 2, 2009 9:31 AM
IdolWatcher said...: wow, still lots of sh*tty spam all over the stock discussion areas though.... boooooooooo; July 2, 2009 12:19 PM
driftking27 said...: Give us back the line of truth so that we can also get a price for specific dates....at least!; April 3, 2009 12:38 PM
tech_sick said...: @Google team,

Hey there, whts wrong with the closing prices??? It's showing me the wrong closing price for every stock, I can get actual closing price by zooming the chart to the today's day.; June 10, 2009 4:35 PM
Al. said...: I would love to see technical indicator charts; July 5, 2009 11:00 AM
Carlos F. Alonzo said...: I love the new interface. I know it was kind of shocking at first, trying to figure out where everything was but after test driving it I think it is quite an improvement. Keep up the good work Google.

I was wondering when we were going to be able add candlestick plots and moving averages, glad to see this and I was pleasantly surprised to see that the chart settings can be saved so I don't have to reset this every time with a new stock or between sessions.

In terms of suggestions, I would like to see more up to date information regarding Dividend, Yields, P/E, etc. Maybe this is already happening, it just seems that in the past Yahoo had more recent information.

I think the new interface is a more efficient way of presenting the information once you get use to it.

I used to go back and forth between Yahoo, Reuters, Google, Bloomberg, WSJ, etc., now with the direct link to Reuters ratios for each stock maybe I won't have to go back and forth as much.; June 9, 2009 7:27 AM
siikow said...: I loved the new look, please let me get it back.; May 7, 2009 5:09 PM
Addict said...: Interface is useless in Opera 10, Linux. All my portfolio information cannot be seen. Thankfully in Firefox, it still utilizes the old interface.; April 30, 2009 7:08 AM
Joe said...: I had the "new" interface and it was recently taken away from me. Here's what I think:

- The Charts on the new interace were BETTER (i LOVE the technical indicator options, PLEASE GIVE THEM BACK!)

- Graphical representation of portfolio performance would be awesome

- Fullscreen Option for Charts

- The left hand navigation column was good, some people might have smaller screens though so we should be able to turn it "off"

- Overall it had more information to look at on one screen, but finance isn't exactly color by numbers, so you need to see the whole picture; July 3, 2009 7:14 PM
dannyz said...: Ive noticed that you no longer publish historical prices on mobile versions of Google Finance. This is one tool that I greatly appreciate on the PC. Any chance of re-inserting this tool to the mobile versions? I have an iphone and the historical prices tab does not show up. As a result, I usually use Yahoo finance mobile. But I do prefer Google Finance for everything else.; April 22, 2009 2:31 PM
Artem said...: I liked it a lot - the new design for Safari (test version). Detailed one month preview is a good feature. In general, the face became more useful! Thanks! Please put it back! 8); July 4, 2009 8:25 PM
GaryRW said...: Finance DOA for me. Am I one of the "lucky" ones?; July 6, 2009 6:46 AM
SuperBuffett said...: Hi, I am a value investor and I love Google Finance!!
Thanks you guys for all your hard work to help us, investor.
There are some suggestion to improve for stock screening
which will help me and other people as well. If you add this feature,
believe me, you will attrack more investor to google finance.

1. You should add the criteria of price/(annualize earning of the last five years)
This means criteria = price/(eps_currentyear + eps_lastyear + eps_yearbeforelastyear + ... ), do the addition in the denominator for 5 years
This will give some approximate the P/E ratio which does not depend
only on the current year. This is because, if a very good firm has done
extremely well but current year. The P/E ratio will misinteprete this
firm.

2. You should add price/book value ratio. This will give some good indicator
which many investor uses.

3. There is one criteria which is crucial for any business, ROIC
which is net income/(long term debt + equity) this will tell if the
business is capital intensive or not. If you can do this like you do
for return on equity over five years, that will be great!

The only competitive advantage that I use Google screen right now is because
there is a P/E of five years over. If you add these features I suggest, I will
stick with google finance forever!!! Hope you get my ideas.; June 5, 2009 9:15 PM
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xadious said...: Where the heck has Historical Prices gone??

Has one of the most important aspects of the site been removed on purpose?! That is a very silly move imo. Looks like i'll have to use Yahoo Finance for a while until Google no doubt put that feature back.; July 7, 2009 2:01 PM
cfvarandas said...: First of all I would like to congratule you for the excelent improvement made in google finance. I mean it, really!! It's completely different and has a lot of new stuff very useful!

Finally, I would like to suggest another feature that I think it could be a major improvement. It is the existence of pre-defined alarms for each stock/portefolio. For instance, an alarm that could be sent to the gmail or presented at the google finance main page related to a stock that surpassed a predefined value. But, once you already identifed that new feature I'm sure that in short term it will be implemented. :)

Nice job, and congratulations.; July 7, 2009 3:27 PM
Alexis said...: I liked the new interface, but now its gone??? Maybe have an opt in system, where users can choose to use the new interface and can revert back at any time.; July 8, 2009 2:29 AM
Colin said...: Anyone from Google Finance team realize that July 6 historical data are missing in the HK Stocks!!; July 8, 2009 3:10 AM
Mehdi said...: To be honest, I really like the new Google Finance look and feel. Good Job Google. =]; July 8, 2009 10:21 AM
Jynn said...: I like it especially plot feeds and moving averages; July 8, 2009 7:21 PM
gmail said...: I wish the portfolio was on the left side and the recent quotes was on the right. It seems like the recent quotes spot is more important (next to the menu, etc). Or move the advertisement (like thats going to happen).

Also we need the ability to keep things minimized. If I minimize a section and refresh the screen, it comes back (and I don't want that to happen).

I wish you were able to move sections by dragging and dropping. This technology is used for gmail with the new labels features and igoogle. Hope its implemented here too.

Overall I like it, and especially the daily percentage for my portfolio.; July 13, 2009 1:28 PM
west Africa said...: Thanks Google for implementing all bright ideas which are very innovative and fresh.
In Google finance is there any way we could access Live active Tenders. In Africa most countries have what is called "National Tender Board". It is a real pain to go to each of them individually and try to access info.Wish we had something like Google News where tender details would come one below the other. Thanks

George Marshall; July 11, 2009 1:33 AM
Salt said...: Please give me back the old version. This new version does not give me enough information and is not user friendly.; July 13, 2009 4:35 PM
S said...: Hello, I am begging you guys to have a dual interface with the old and the new. The new interface doesn't work with Microsoft excel very well and keeps me from being productive since I use google for just about everything. Please add that feature for Fundamentals to be downloaded to the spreadsheet!!! And also open and close prices!; July 13, 2009 5:10 PM
jdizzle1337 said...: Well i had the new interface today when i got home :D overall very nice.

I like the shiny new layout and all the additional info on individual charts and the ability to interact with charts... BONUS ! You have some nice stuff going on here Gfinance team, keep up the good work. This layout and the additional functionality and info is a huge upgrade in the right direction, please make it permanent.

A few gripes, first off please please please get a feed that gives accurate dividend info for ETFs and foreign stocks, if you do nothing else other than this i will use Gfinance forever. Also i think the left sidebar needs to be layed out long ways across the top and the "recent quotes" and "recent activity" sections need to be closeable. I understand a lot of people use it but i dont and it would be nice if my screen was useable at the immediate left side and my additional stuff off to the right. Again please get everything off of the left side, or make it an option so that users can layout their sections how they want them, it will make people a lot happier because everyone has their certain "way" that they like things.

All in all, nice work GOOG i am impressed.; July 13, 2009 8:12 PM
Dick said...: I'd like ALL negative numbers to display the same. Currently some have negative signs, some in red, some in parens, and various mixes of those.

Look at "Over all return" and "Portfolio Value" areas.; July 13, 2009 9:46 PM
The Reynolds Family said...: My portfolio is gone within a new interface when I logged on today. How do I get it back? I had info on there I can't duplicate or remember accurately.; July 14, 2009 12:21 PM
kida_452 said...: Does anyone know how to add a company to google finance? I would like to add my own. Some companies that are listed do not necessarily have a stock and are not public. Can anyone help?; July 24, 2009 6:13 PM
Pro America/Not Anti-Israel said...: I'm not a big fan of the change. I use a mini pc--have to make a lot of moves to get basic portfolio info. Please at least put the inst. owned percent back; July 24, 2009 6:20 PM

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