DISQUS

AccMan TalkBack: Google Finance (GOOG) revista, Yahoo! (YHOO) and corporate accountability

  • Dominic Jones · 3 years ago
    Blogs are potentially a valuable way to provide investors with unfiltered perspectives both from companies themselves and from anyone who has an interest in their activities.

    But I fear that Google Finance’s implementation is doing more harm than good.
  • Stuart Jones · 3 years ago
    So does that mean that if I write on my blog about the way I have been treated by <strike> Barclays </strike> a bank it will appear on Google Finance's page for that bank?

    In any case, where do I find "the ticker symbol"?
  • Dennis Howlett · 3 years ago
    At the moment it's very much a US thing but it is possible to get information on UK companies. For UK tickers, go to Hemscott (I think)
  • Seth Finkelstein · 3 years ago
    Note the original post was in error - you have to use the name, not the symbol.

    I explain this in a post of my own:

    Google Finance, Blogs, and Politics
  • Dennis Howlett · 3 years ago
    Thanks Seth - kinda crucial!