Yahoo+Finance

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 * Yahoo Finance **
 * Sponsoring Organization:** Yahoo
 * Date of Last Update:** Everyday


 * Authority:** Yahoo. All breaking news comes across the wire from the Associated Press. The stock market is tracked based on current selling prices of the securities listed. The opinion pieces and articles are written mostly by professionals/doctors in that particular field.


 * Content:** Provides financial information to consumers from many different realms of the financial world. One could receive information about their stocks, bonds, mutual funds, housing information, interest rates, receive financial advice and opinions from experts and much more. Students can check their stock prices.


 * Currency:** This site is updated continually throughout the day.


 * Purpose:** To provide financial information to consumers.


 * Organization:** There is a bevy of information provided on each page. The initial set-up provides infomation on how the stock market is doing that particular day as well as major headlines for that day in the financial world. Located at the top of the page are six tabs that can be used to narrow searches quickly and navigate through the website.


 * Strengths:** The main strength of this website would be the wealth of financial information available to consumers. Another strength would the brand name/company name Yahoo tied to this website, therefore, bringing it popularity and more searches.


 * Weaknesses:** One weakness of this site could be its overwhelming amount of information on each page, therefore, also overwhelming one who is not financially savvy. Also, navigating through each page to the infromation you actually want can take a lot of time and research because of the amount of informatio provided on each page.


 * Instructional Uses:** I use this site when I have my stock market game in Personal Finance, when I discuss home loans, and other financial topics throughout the quarter as a source of information. Students spend a portion of three days researching stocks, bonds, mutual funds to invest in using Yahoo Finance, then based on that research the students choose their stocks. After selecting the stocks, the students will then track their stocks throughout the semester using Yahoo Finance and either sell or buy stocks according to their growth/loss.


 * Benefits to Students:** Provides students with a wealth of financial information that can be explained in class and used for the student's benefits. I feel navigating through this website and understanding how it works will greatly benefit students after they graduate and become players in the financial industry.