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Yahoo! Finance Instructions
www.finance.yahoo.com
Want to create your own Yahoo! Finance login to begin creating your own watchlist of stocks to monitor?
My Portfolio - The name for the Yahoo! Finance toolkit that enables you to follow the collected stocks you are interested in tracking. Once you establish stocks to follow through My Portfolio, you will have access to multiple analytics across Yahoo! Finance that will afford greater insight into the stocks you’re interested in.
Watchlists - Follow Yahoo! Finance-curated watchlists of related companies, specific markets or industry sectors.
Get the Yahoo! Finance app on your smartphone and other mobile devices:
https://mobile.yahoo.com/finance
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Copy this link into your browser or go to Yahoo! Finance through Google search:
https://finance.yahoo.com/
2. Click “Sign in” 3. Click “Create an Account”
4. Fill out all the required fields, including your first and last name, username, password, birthday, and mobile number 5. Click “Continue” 6. Enter the 5-digit verification code once you have received it. Click “Verify” and then
8. You’re all set. When you click “Done,” you’ll navigate back to the Yahoo Finance homepage, where you can access your profile in the top-right corner
How to Add to Your Own Portfolio or Watchlist:
1. Click on “My Portfolio,” then “My Watchlist” then “Add Symbol”
2. Enter the tickers of any stocks you want to track (Example: AAPL for Apple)
3. If you don’t know the symbol, type in the company name and Yahoo! Finance will find the ticker for you
4. Each time you select a stock, it will appear in your watchlist
Add to Your Portfolio:
Apple (AAPL)
SPY - An ETF that tracks the S&P 500 (the 500 largest publicly-traded companies in the U.S.)
