Chapter 44. Watching the Stock Market

Many people invest in the stock market. While some people buy stocks and forget about them, many more actively enjoy watching a stock's price go up (hopefully) or down. By carefully tracking the price of your stocks, you can decide the best time to buy or sell.

In the old days, you'd check a stock listing in the newspaper or visit a financial website and type in the stock name to view current prices. If you were following several stocks, typing and retyping stock symbols could get annoying; your iPhone lets you type the symbols of the stocks you want to track once, and then you can view the latest prices at any time as often as you want. From the convenience of your iPhone, you can check to see if you've made ...

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