FoxStocks, a free FireFox add-on by CleverTech Technologies, allows you to enter up to 10 ticker symbols and see their most recent price in the status bar of each of your browser windows. By default it updates every 60 seconds, but, this can be easily configured.
The FoxStocks website was easy to maneuver and got me where I wanted to go without any hassle. I downloaded the software with the click of a button. The installation was a bit scary. I was reminded numerous times by my computer how dangerous installing software is. I can’t blame FoxStocks for this since we live in a world of malware and viruses, but, I would think they want to become certified somehow to avoid these messages. The add-on required a reboot of the browser which was no problem since FireFox recreated all my browser windows for me.
Using the software is a snap. There is a FoxStock icon in the lower right-hand corner of each browser. Click on it and you can add up to 10 ticker symbols to follow and change the update interval. Financial data comes from the Google Finance site. Right-click on the same icon and you get to change some options. In truth, even right-clicking is unnecessary. Most of the things you can do from the right click can be done from the left click as well. If you click on one of your ticker symbols a browser window is launched with the full details of the security form Google.
The simplicity of FoxStocks is its charm. With virtually no effort I was up and running and watching my portfolio. My only complaint was the lack of a symbol search which is readily available at the Google Finance site.
