Finance

The Finance app is Windows 8’s one-stop shop for business, economic, and investing news and statistics, gathered by Bing Finance. The main Finance app screen is divided horizontally into eight sections:

Today—The top story of the day as well as recent values of market indices such as the Dow and the NASDAQ.

Indices—Current values and daily, weekly, monthly, or yearly charts for four market indices: Dow, S&P 500, NASDAQ, and Russell 2000 (see Figure 5.3).

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Figure 5.3. The Indices section of the main Finance app screen.

News—The latest news stories from the world of finance.

Watchlist—A list of stocks that you’re watching. Note that ...

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