Investing is one of the best ways to make money. By being smart, taking a few risks, and by knowing the market, you can easily earn yourself a ton of money that you can use for all kinds of things, including the all-important goal of retirement. The pros pretty much know what they’re doing, but intermediate or beginner traders could always use a helping hand.
With that in mind, let’s take a look at the best investment apps for Android.
Acorns
[Price: Free]
Acorns is a unique business that allows you to investment money using little, tiny bits at a time. The premise is fairly simple. It takes the spare change from your everyday transactions and then invests them in various businesses and markets with the idea being to make you money. That means if you spend $15.50 on something, Acorns will grab up that other $0.50 and invest it. It’s a fun way to get into investing without having to take it too seriously.
CEO.CA
[Price: Free]
CEO.CA is a newer application with a very unique premise. It’s a chat application that can put you in touch with investment pros and CEOs of up-and-coming companies in Canada. It’s a unique premise that can really help you inform yourself before making financial decisions. The interface is simple enough to understand and you can also find charts and graphics that depict various financial information. It’s a lot of fun to use and we hope we see this open up to more countries eventually!
Feedly
[Price: Free]
Feedly is an RSS application that allows you to follow multiple news outlets at once. One of the more challenging aspects of finance is to remain educated on the goings on of the financial world and an application like Feedly can help. Using it, you can follow various blogs, news sites, and other sources of news. You can then read each source individually or have them all in a giant feed that you can scroll through. It’s a solid app that’s easy to use and it’s a great way to compile your news sources into one spot.
Get it now on Google Play!
FRED Economic Data
[Price: Free]
As we previously stated, investing is all about knowing what to invest in and when. FRED Economic Data has that in spades. At a glance, the app has over 40,000 sets of economic data from 37 regional, national, and international sources. That’s a lot of information and you’re able to track pretty much whatever facet of the economic system that you want. It has a simple design that lets you quickly navigate the data and you can also create custom graphics, store data, and more.
Get it now on Google Play!
JStock
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
JStock is a long time favorite of investors as it provides plenty of stock market information. It supports 27 different stock markets, features to analyze your stocks, and even a charted history dating back 10 years so you can see how good or bad something has done historically. If you go premium, you’ll get cloud storage integration, unlocked features, and unlimited amounts of some features from the free version. It’s definitely worth a shot.
Get it now on Google Play!
MyStocks
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
MyStocks is a more recent stock market application that provides information about various stock markets, but does so with a bit more flair. The app has complete Material Design which gives it an intuitive and good looking interface along with a laundry list of features. You can get analyst ratings, quotes, alerts, and historical data if you need it. The app also comes with Android Wear support, DashClock extensions, backup and restore to both Google Drive and external SD card, and more.
Get it now on Google Play!
NetDania Forex & Stocks
[Price: Free]
NetDania Forex & Stocks is among the highest rated and most popular investment apps on this list. With 12,000 ratings, it sports a very respectable 4.6 out of 5 rating in the Play Store. The app provides information on 10,000 stocks, 2,000 currency pairs, and 20,000 financial instruments overall. With this app, you can also set alerts, see country-specific economic news, and save information on the stuff in your portfolio. It’s also cleanly designed and efficient.
Get it now on Google Play!
SigFig Investment Optimizer
[Price: Free]
SigFig is kind of a mix between Acorns and MyStocks. You can use the application to check up on stock prices and track your investments or you can simply invest with SigFig and let them manage your portfolio. They charge a 0.25% per year fee with no trading fees will seem lucrative to some people. The app itself is cleanly designed and manages to push a lot of information very efficiently without compromising good looks.
Get it now on Google Play!
Stocks, Forex, Futures & News
[Price: Free with in-app purchases]
Stocks, Forex, Futures & News does essentially what the title says it does. The name isn’t overly creative but don’t let that fool you because this is a powerful application. It boasts to give real-time information on over 40,000 financial instruments traded in over 70 global stock markets. There is also live charts you can follow, news you can read, analysis by experts, and information on emerging markets. This is a great way to get some information quickly and effectively.
Get it now on Google Play!
Yahoo Finance
[Price: Free]
Last and certainly not least on our list is Yahoo Finance. This focuses more on the news and analysis side of things but it still provides you with stock market numbers and the ability to add stocks to a watchlist for future viewing. It’s a bit more simple compared to some of these others which makes it a great entrance app for beginner investors. You can also keep track of your portfolio if you create a Yahoo account.
Get it now on Google Play!
Wrap up
If we missed any awesome investment apps, tell us all about them in the comments!
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