Stocks

The Stocks widget enables you to keep track of your favorite securities throughout the day.

Tips

• The Stocks widget requires an Internet connection to download security price information.

• Stock quotes, which are provided by Quote.com, are delayed up to 20 minutes.

• If you like the Stocks widget, be sure to check out the Stocks feature of Sherlock, which I discuss in Chapter 15.

To use the Stocks widget

1.	Open the Stocks widget.
2.	To see a chart for a security, click the symbol for the security in the list(Figure 25). Figure 25. The Stocks widget with my favorite investment selected. (I bought at $13 per share and it has split twice since then. Apple does reward the faithful.)
3.	To change the chart period, click one of the buttons within the chart area.
4.	To customize the list of securities, point to the bottom-right corner of the Stocks widget to display an i button (Figure 26) and click the button to flip the widget over (Figure 27). Then: Figure 26. Click the i button to access Stocks widget options. Figure 27. Use the flip side of the Stocks widget window to add and remove securities froxm its list. To add a security to the list, enter the company name or ticker symbol in the box at the top of the window and click the + button. To remove a security from the list, select the security you want to remove and click the Remove button. To display the daily value change as a percentage rather than a dollar value, turn on the Show change as a percentage check box. To save your changes, click Done.

Tip

• To view a Web page on the Quote.com Web site with information about the security, double-click the name of the security on the front side of the Stock widget window (Figure 25).