Stay On Top With Stock Alerts

Playing the stock market can be tricky when you can't watch the prices all the time. It's even worse when you don't know what your stocks closed at for the day. If you find yourself with these troubles, there's no better time than now to get stock alerts sent directly to your cell phone, pager, and email.

Stock alerts will help you keep track of your portfolio. You simply enter the stocks you invested in as well as how many of each, and you'll be kept updated on any changes in your stocks. You can even keep track of multiple portfolios if you've got more than one that you need to keep your eye on. The total dollar value of your portfolio as well as individual stock prices will be sent to you with every update.

If you're not too worried about every change your portfolio makes, you can get time-based reports instead. You can choose between hourly, daily, and weekly so you know about your stocks when you want to know and not be spammed with texts or emails. Reports will send the same information such as the last change in stocks that occurred at the time the report was sent, the amount your portfolio is currently worth and the last price of each stock you are keeping track of.

Stock tips can also be sent to you from various brokers depending on which service you go with. Some email stock alerts may be free but will usually cover basics and not your specific portfolio. A good site that offers a free stock quote service is www.TxtVox.com. Generally monthly fees for companies that offer a better quality of service is about $9.99 but this may change depending on the service provider you choose as well as how long you subscribe to the service.