With the Dow Jones Industrial average at an all time high, almost half of Americans are investing in the stock market according to a recent NBC poll. Providing individual investors with access to the same kinds of investment tools used by Wall Street professionals, Quicken.com, recently ranked the #1 finance site on the web* (http://www.quicken.com), today announced state-of-the-art, free investment features including Portfolio Analysis, Portfolio Alerts, and News on the Web.
"Appealing to novice and sophisticated investors, these new investment features further enhance Quicken.com's presence as the leading site for investments and personal finance on the Web," said Tapan Bhat, Quicken.com's senior product manager. "Quicken.com's free investment offerings empower today's investor to make better, more informed investment decisions."
The new investment features are also available through Excite Business and Investing Channel by Quicken.com (http://www.quicken.excite.com).
State-Of-The-Art Features Include:
Quicken.com Portfolio Analysis: Calculates users' asset allocation and target return, then creates an efficient model portfolio online, based on the users' current allocation. The Quicken.com Portfolio Analysis helps you evaluate the overall risk-return characteristics of your portfolio and develops an efficient model portfolio online from which you can make better decisions about how to allocate investments.
Quicken.com Alerts: A state-of-the-art free service that helps you stay on top of your investments and get the up-to-date information on the stocks in your portfolio. Information includes company news, analyst actions, stock splits, earnings, dividend announcements, and unusual price and volume changes. Consumers can choose which alerts they want as well as the form of notification, such as a pop up window appearing when they access their portfolio or an "Alert" sign after the ticker symbols in their portfolio.
News On The Web: Helps you find the relevant articles on stocks you are tracking and brings them to you, so you don't have to worry about missing important news. It searches the Web for articles on stocks several times a day, sifting through thousands of articles from over 300 of the Web's top newspapers and magazines including The New York Times, Business Week, and The Economist.
Other New Features Include:
Quicken.com College Planner: Helping parents plan for college, it provides information on college costs, shows how savings will grow, and suggests ways to get a college savings plan started.
Quicken.com Bonds: Helps you stay on top of one of the biggest and most important securities markets in the world with a combination of data -- including prices and yields -- and commentary on the fixed income markets, including: U.S. Treasury Market, mortgage-backed securities, money markets, and foreign exchange.
