New Features at Google Finance

Hot on the heels of Yahoo Finance’s new features announcement, Google Finance has some of its own:

And in response to these requests, we’re pleased to announce a few small new features, including a stock-market module on the business section of Google News and support for multiple portfolios. We’ve also added an auto-suggest feature to the search box to help you find the companies and funds you’re searching for more quickly, as well as an auto-refresh feature that keeps the data on your portfolio page current. In addition, rumor has it that a lot of users like to have the choice of reading message boards in reverse chronological order. So we’ve made sure our discussion groups have that feature, too. Lastly, it’s earnings season, and we’ve been impressed by a small company called SeekingAlpha that offers free transcripts on many earnings calls, so we’ve added links to them.

It’s almost like a game of leap frog. You’ve gotta love competition…