"Many people want the ability to regularly check their accounts, track their performance and review the latest quotes and news," said E-Trade's Eric Johnson. It uses the Nuance voice-recognition software that is said to power Apple's Siri. It appears to be the only broker that provides voice recognition to navigate the app, look up quotes and news or even enter a stock order. It introduced an application for the BlackBerry way back in June 2008.Į-Trade also claims to be the first with an iPad app, live CNBC feeds, push notifications and an Android widget. Thanks to the relentless march of technology, you can dump yourApple ( AAPL ) shares while waiting in line at the grocery store.Į-Trade ( ETFC ) boasts of being a pioneer in online and mobile trading. The battle of the brokers today is fought fiercely on the iPhone, iPad and on Android devices. Even then, they can access the market, although it might cost them a bit. Not only are commissions at rock bottom compared with the bad old days, but also most active traders carry around streaming real-time quotes, charts and news in their pockets, unless they're in the middle of the ocean or on the summit of Mount Everest. The revolution in computers, the Internet, trading algorithms, market structure, broadband, smartphones and tablets have brought that day happily to an end. Or you called your broker, who was glad to take your call since you were paying him $100 a trade. If you wanted to figure your portfolio's value, you did the math yourself.
Investors of a certain age recall a time when you checked your portfolio by picking up the morning newspaper and rummaging through the stock tables in the back of the business section to see how you did the day before.
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