okay app, untrustworthy operator
UPDATE (mid December 2024): News tab now has articles again so rating increased by one star. Yahoo is still generally unreliable and untrustworthy though. Too many privacy breaches over the years to put any faith in this service operator.
UPDATE (early December 2024): News tab is blank, displays no stories Yahoo Finance is one of the best finance sites online. Some of the app's UI changes are a step forward, some are a step back, but it's better than many other apps and it is backed by the great Yahoo Finance service. I stopped using Yahoo Finance to track my watch list because of all of Yahoo's security breaches over the past few years. It is doubtful that Yahoo will ever regain my confidence in their ability to protect my data which is a shame since I really like the service, I like using the app, I just don't feel comfortable with Yahoo anymore
UPDATE (early December 2024): News tab is blank, displays no stories Yahoo Finance is one of the best finance sites online. Some of the app's UI changes are a step forward, some are a step back, but it's better than many other apps and it is backed by the great Yahoo Finance service. I stopped using Yahoo Finance to track my watch list because of all of Yahoo's security breaches over the past few years. It is doubtful that Yahoo will ever regain my confidence in their ability to protect my data which is a shame since I really like the service, I like using the app, I just don't feel comfortable with Yahoo anymore
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Response from developer
We're really sorry to hear that you're disappointed with our app :( We have noted your feedback and will be exploring further. In the meantime, please check for any updates in the app store for the app. Thanks! ~ Yahoo Finance Team
Great App
I have been using Yahoo Finance for some months now for my US stock research and found to be the best till date after using few others. Unfortunately the premium is not available in Australia but the free version is having adequate information for a robust research and analysis
Free app - lots of data
Lots of other apps that do a little and then try to charge for extra
This app has it all
Graphing is more consistent than on the website that I found challenging to use due to being unable to match data ranges when multiple graphs are overlayed
This app has it all
Graphing is more consistent than on the website that I found challenging to use due to being unable to match data ranges when multiple graphs are overlayed
Great updates
This app has become an invaluable adjunct to my dealer account, with great updates in recent months. For me the killer feature is pre market trading prices. I would like the ability to share video for bookmarking and platform shifting, I sometimes want to continue on my laptop.
Stock splits and other disfunction
After the AVGO (10% of portfolio) split my historical portfolio value is off by ~100% due to the app’s inability to properly deal with the change in ex-split share price (it treats it as a 90% decline in share price rather than a split adjustment). The result is that my current portfolio value is correct but my pre-split portfolio value is approximately 2x what it was, and as a result all of my performance is showing large declines.
The 1D and 5D performance is okay, but 1M and longer all include this error.
Nvidia split had a similar problem earlier this year but that resolved itself within a day.
Other user comments about upgrading to portfolio 2.0 already had me wondering whether I should just give up on Yahoo Finance (after a decade), and this problem is pushing me more in that direction. I don’t want to switch to something else because of the enormous inconvenience, but as the problems stack up it is getting harder to stay.
This is a big miss. Please fix.
The 1D and 5D performance is okay, but 1M and longer all include this error.
Nvidia split had a similar problem earlier this year but that resolved itself within a day.
Other user comments about upgrading to portfolio 2.0 already had me wondering whether I should just give up on Yahoo Finance (after a decade), and this problem is pushing me more in that direction. I don’t want to switch to something else because of the enormous inconvenience, but as the problems stack up it is getting harder to stay.
This is a big miss. Please fix.
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Response from developer
Our apologies! This issue has been fixed in our latest release. Please update to version 6.10.2 or greater, then go to My Holdings and select the menu in the upper right corner. Tap “Customize columns” and enable “Market Value” to see that field again. Sorry for the inconvenience and thanks for using Yahoo Finance! -BR
Portfolio 2.0 Rekd it all
The new portfolio 2.0, that nobody wanted turned every sell into a short transaction. Just a bloated mess of a product now and too time consuming to manually fix hundreds of transactions. Now I’m looking for a new app
Good but there are better ones to track investments
For starters, can't track dividends, can't show a widget in % to avoid showing my real numbers, don't have enough integrations, web UI is from 1990... 🤦♂️
Good bones, bad app
Pros
Stock data and presentation is good
Watchlists are customizable
Alerts and custom alerts
Cons
Ads. Embedded all over the feed of articles!
Not just ads, but some of the internets worse garbage ads that lie as a marketing strategy. Bankrupt practices.
Premium articles that also clog up article feed that are not truly premium as the naming suggests. Just normal articles behind a pay wall.
Articles are biased and poorly authored. Just your usual clickbait garbage telling you something that was true perhaps yesterday or that was grossly over exaggerated.
Feedback feature is useless. I took the time to provide feedback only to have an email sent to me telling me how to provide feedback in the exact way I already had.
This is usable if you ignore the articles. That’s why I’ll give it a 2/5.
Sick and tired of companies just writing robotic apologies when their products are doing exactly what they were designed to do. Sure they might be nose blind to their own stench, however you can’t tell me the ad and premium systems aren’t doing exactly what they were planned for. They just didn’t expect someone to take the time to call them out on it.
Like many companies before them, they’ll likely do nothing. In the event they do anything it’ll only be if enough backlash occurs. Not if a solo person’s opinion doesn’t align with their product
Stock data and presentation is good
Watchlists are customizable
Alerts and custom alerts
Cons
Ads. Embedded all over the feed of articles!
Not just ads, but some of the internets worse garbage ads that lie as a marketing strategy. Bankrupt practices.
Premium articles that also clog up article feed that are not truly premium as the naming suggests. Just normal articles behind a pay wall.
Articles are biased and poorly authored. Just your usual clickbait garbage telling you something that was true perhaps yesterday or that was grossly over exaggerated.
Feedback feature is useless. I took the time to provide feedback only to have an email sent to me telling me how to provide feedback in the exact way I already had.
This is usable if you ignore the articles. That’s why I’ll give it a 2/5.
Sick and tired of companies just writing robotic apologies when their products are doing exactly what they were designed to do. Sure they might be nose blind to their own stench, however you can’t tell me the ad and premium systems aren’t doing exactly what they were planned for. They just didn’t expect someone to take the time to call them out on it.
Like many companies before them, they’ll likely do nothing. In the event they do anything it’ll only be if enough backlash occurs. Not if a solo person’s opinion doesn’t align with their product
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Response from developer
We're really sorry to hear that you're disappointed with our app :( We have noted your feedback and will be exploring further. Thanks! ~ Yahoo Finance Team
Syncing Issues
I use this app daily and am so grateful to have access to it, however, for the last year there has been a syncing issue that has gotten progressively worse. Since I don’t make big changes it wasn’t a big deal at first. But over time I have made some new acquisitions and lately a few reallocations. These shifts in funds have not been accurately demonstrated in the app. This means that the app is showing a totally different portfolio than what I have. I’ve had to manually add the new assets into a separate folder to follow them. This does not give me an accurate portrayal of my finances. I’ve searched for a fix but only seem to come up with things that place the burden on my end. For example, clear my cache. I find that to be the most basic response when a company isn’t working to solve the issue. There are so many people frustrated with this issue. Additionally, if you are aiming towards having all parties paying customers, it seems a better tactic to have an extremely good working app and charge in tiers. Personally, I would consider paying a small subscription fee for a working app over an app that doesn’t work. As it stands now, I would not pay for this app service. It is very unfortunate because this app is vital with the information it provides. I’m hopeful a fix or some support for this issue can be provided.
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Response from developer
Thanks so much for sending us this great feedback. We have noted it and will be exploring further. Thanks! ~ Yahoo Finance Team
Like the new update and look
I only ever do bad reviews on here so thought I should review a good one! I’ve used this for ages to track my portfolio and monitor news, prices and trends. The new update is really good it looks much tidier and can now view pre and post market. The ads aren’t intrusive. It’s a great app to be fair!
One thing that could be improved is dividend calendar and data for selected holdings
One thing that could be improved is dividend calendar and data for selected holdings
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