Top 10 iPhone and iPad Apps For the Investment Savy

August 20, 2010 by Vic
Filed under Credit Cards

The following blog entry is a guest post from Money Choices.

With mobile banking becoming the norm, mobile investment tracking is quickly following suit. The number of investment apps is rapidly growing, making sorting through them to find the perfect app that does exactly what you want it to do increasingly difficult. Following is the list of our choices for the ten best investment tracking tools available for the iPhone and iPad.

1. Stock TickerPicker (MF Software) priced at 14.99 is a powerful investment tool that allows the user to watch real time information. Support for NYSE/Nasdaq, international markets, a variety of chart views, customizable listing of favorite stocks, and Bollinger bands make this the app to use if you want to both keep a close eye on the market, and plan your future stock purchases.

2. DailyFinance (AOL) is compared to some of the most costly paid apps, yet this one is free. With real-time quotes and stock news, as well as a large selection of data available, this is one app that is worth your time to check out.

3. Morningstar (Morningstar, Inc.) is another free app that is useful for the research phase of your investment strategy. This app features market research and syncing with your Morningstar.com account.

4. FX360 (FX360) offers insight and tracking of the Forex market, as well as US Currencies and oil markets. This app features commentary from Kathy Lein and Boris Schlossberg, an economic calendar and the ability to sign up for FX News Alerts.

5. Forbes Intelligent Investing (Forbes) will keep you in the look of investing. While this app does not feature any real-time information, it does offer video of interviews, panel discussions and articles related to the word of investing. A free app that does not require any investment on your part to stay informed.

6. iStockManager (iStockManager) is a free app that allows you to link with your Ameritrade account and trade directly from your phone. If you do not have an Ameritrade account, you can still use this app for watching current market prices.

7. E*Trade Mobile Pro (E*TRADE Securities) This is a free app that allows the user to access their E*Trade account and also offers real-time trading, investment news and commentary and cash transfers to and from any banking institution.

8. Mint (Mint.com) is an all-around finance tracking tool that not only allows you to view your banking accounts, but your investment accounts, and it does this all for free. US only.

9. iFutures (Toughturtle) allows you to keep track of 100 different contracts in eight of the main markets. This flexible app, priced at 2.99, lets the commodities investor have the market at their fingertips.

10. BlackGold (Toughturtle) is free, but not feature free. This app tracks the current pricing of crude oil, and other commodities and includes a clean and easy to understand interface.

Whether you are a seasoned investor, or just getting your feet wet with penny stocks, these iPhone and iPad apps can help you to keep on top of the market.

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