Times have gone where we need to visit the stock market or dial our broker to know about companies. The advent of technology has empowered almost everyone with the internet to look at worldwide financial news quickly. But, with hundreds of news websites and apps available providing the same, how would one choose the best one?
So here we researched the best and most reliable financial news apps that let you track companies, serve with the latest news about markets, and even give tips on performing in the stock market realm. Thus, read on and try them to know how good our suggestions are;
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Best Financial News Apps for Android and iOS
1. Bloomberg
Bloomberg is among the most acceptable financial news sources because of its extensive network. The company’s app lets you integrate and track your Portfolio, check market statistics, and even watch the news. In addition, it has Bloomberg TV embedded within to stream content. Also, it has an instant messenger to let traders share tips regarding trading.
2. TradingView
TradingView is highly recommended for technical traders who rely extensively on charts to make predictions. TradingView gives you hundreds of trading tools to learn about stock movements with its advanced graphs and charts.
It will also update traders with news about the companies they’re interested in and allow them to sync accounts on the web and app.
3. CNBC
CNBC is smart enough to send news and price alerts regarding the companies you set on your Watchlist. In addition, you can track global companies and their news collected from a wide range of ground reporters. Also, CNBC manages its financial news channel equally, integrated into the app to let users live stream. Also, the best thing here is to classify your portfolio based on sectors.
4. Wall Street Journal
Like others, the Wall Street Journal maintains an extensive network of ground reporters to procure the latest market news and update it in the app. In addition, it provides financial and political news between countries to show how such variations can affect the stock market.
5. MarketWatch
Prepared by Dow Jones, MarketWatch has a simple interface with articles from around the globe. The app is categorized into three sections: Articles (news), Markets, and Watchlist. Users can also look up the desired company through a universal search at the top.
6. Fox Business
Since the Fox network maintains both the news channel and the app, it has integrated the former into the latter. As a result, users can look up some exclusive market analysis videos by interviewing notable persons. In addition, it has a simple interface, dark mode, and adjustable fonts to make it easier to consume the content.
7. Mint Business
While it has no live streams or portfolio tracking, it’s one of the reliable sources for financial news. Though it’s focused on Indian markets, it serves news of global companies in an exciting way, like the story mode type.
With dark mode and exploring options, looking up desired companies is easy. The best feature here is the “My Reads” section, where users can check their reading history and bookmark their favorite articles to read later.
8. Barron’s
Besides serving real-time market data, Barron’s app is applauded for serving relevant news to users. When installed (customizable later), it lets you pick interesting topics (customizable later) and sends you articles based on them.
Also, you can search, put some in the Watchlist, and there’s a Magazine section for curated news.
9. Financial Times
Dividing the app into Feed, Saved Articles, Manage Topics, and Portfolio, The Financial Times would let users save articles for later reading and even share some (articles from paid subscriptions) with others using their gift credits. It’s a simple, lightweight app with market data that is updated almost instantly.
10. Seeking Alpha
Besides having general sections for Portfolio and news articles, it maintains a Trending area to serve the hot topics regarding the market and companies. Also, users can follow other specific news topics and people to hear first from them.
Seeking Alpha divides the push notifications into general and breaking news to let users act accordingly.
