Finance, Forex and Investments

Why is there no time data attached to quotes on Google or Yahoo Finance?

When I access my portfolio data on Google Finance or Yahoo Finance, there is no date or time attached to the data for my stocks (I see a "Last price" column, but it doesn't say from when). Additionally, there is a "Change" column, but it doesn't say over what period. Any ideas why? Thank you.

Public Comments

1. I typically touch the stock of interest (from my Portfolio list) to see the current price. In that screen you can see (typically) both the 15 minute delayed quote and many times a more up to the minute (it shows the time as ET) realtime quote. The 1 day graph also gives a nice quick trend of the day's activity (however it is delayed by 15 minutes). The "Change" column is normally connected to the change in price from that Prior Day (Friday on Monday). The GAIN/LOSS field is nice to show overall return based on the date you associated with the Purchase Date of the stock in your portfolio. For this reason, you may have want to show the column purchase date (TRADE DATE) also to get an idea of how long the timespan for the GAIN/LOSS shown. Hope that helps a little!