“International quotes on your Dashboard”

If you've invested in some stocks you know the importance of being able to follow them at any time, especially these days when the markets are so volatile. The iStocks widget lets you view all your stocks straight from your Dashboard.

Similar to the Apple Stock widget, iStocks displays symbols in a list with their current value and growth or fall. The bottom section shows the progression of the value in a graph, which can be set from over one day up to over two years. You can sort, reorder and rename symbols and look them up for more information and data.

All in all, iStocks is highly similar to the Apple Stocks widget, except that it connects to Yahoo! Finance meaning you can show any stock symbol from any market around the world. There are also five different color themes to choose from. If the widget is getting too crowded you can show different instances of it.

The only real limitation is that iStocks won't show you options, futures and bonds.

iStocks is an all around good widget to display stocks from all markets. Try the multiple instances to show all your stocks.

Languages:

English, German, French, Italian

Notes:

The iStocks widget is provided AS IS, without warranty of any kind, expressed or implied, including without limitation the warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose and non-infringement. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of this widget is borne by you. Should the installation or operation of the iStocks widget prove defective, you assume the entire cost of any service and repair. The provider, Martin Backschat, is not responsible for any indirect, special, incidental, or consequential damages of any character including, but not limited to, damages for loss of goodwill, work stoppage, computer failure or malfunction, or any and all other commercial damages or losses.

OS requirements for iStocks Widget:

OS: Mac OS X

Minimum requirements:

Mac OS X 10.4 or later

Pros

Clear display
Sort and reorder your symbols

Cons

Very similar to Apple Stocks widget
Options, futures and bonds not supported

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From the publisher of iStocks Widget

The iStocks Widget displays quotes and historical charts for international stocks, indices and currencies. The widget is provided as freeware and is based on Apple’s Stock widget, which is shipped with Mac OS X. This original widget is limited to US symbols only. iStocks overcomes this limitation and uses the international Yahoo services.