Dawn of the Geeks

Stocks!?! is a simple portfolio management tool I use to keep track of all my real investments and fantasy investments. You can create an account for free and have as many portfolios as you want. Stock prices for all stocks are updated daily after the markets close while stocks that portfolios are tracking are updated about every 15 minutes. Yahoo’s financial tools are used to collect stock information.

There was a slight glitch in the overall gain/loss percentage calculated for the stocks. That’s fixed. It now accurately shows how much you have gained or lost percentage wise based on the amount of cash that has been put into your account. There’s a second percentage that takes into account fees and earned interest as well. This way you can see how well your stocks are doing and how much damage fees are doing.

Commission fees are included in the loss/gain calculation per stock symbol. Commission is considered added cost to buying a stock. Fees are the cost of having the account. Some types of accounts charge periodic fees. Others charge per trade commissions. Some charge both.

When I first started creating the stock portfolio site I thought it’d be simple stuff. Turns out that it’s rather complicated. There’s a lot of math involved and organizing the database properly is necessary to make sure the math comes out right. But it works great and I use it.