Highest Rated Review by the Community
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Nov 19 '03
Pros: The charting mechanism, especially the java charts; Very timely
Cons: Some pages load slowly
Summary: Bigcharts.com is a service of marketwatch.com, a company that owns and operates both this service and CBSmarketwatch.com. Bigcharts.com specializes in financial research, offering its users the ability to lookup data on corporations, stock quotes, ... read more
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Feb 09 '01
Pros: Big Charts is a dependable and easy to use stock chart site.
Cons: The quotes are delayed.
Summary: BigCharts.com is the first place I go when checking on the stock market. Unless you are a day trader who needs instant quotes, this site can be of great value to you.
I am a somewhat active investor. I use BigCharts.com during the day, ... read more
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Jan 07 '01
Pros: Allows comparisons between many different investments, easy to use, plenty of precise information
Cons: None worth mentioning
Summary: One picture (or graph in this case) is worth ...., well you remember the old saying. If you are serious about investing or trading, you'll want to keep Bigcharts as part of your researching repertoire. Bigcharts allows you to look at the price ... read more
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Nov 14 '00
Pros: NAME BRAND
Cons: TOO SPECIALIZED CHARTS
Summary: BIG CHARTS IS NOT FOR STOCK MARKET NOVICES. IT HAS SOME VERY SOPHISTICATED CHARTS INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WITH MORE THAN A CURSORY KNOWLEDGE OF THE STOCK MARKET. YOU HAVE TO ARRIVE ON THE SITE WITH SOME INKLING OF TECHNICAL ANALYSIS. IF YOU HAPPEN TO NEED ... read more
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Jun 07 '00
Pros: More customizable, quick loads
Cons: Would be even quicker without the ads
Summary: I must confess that I’m a creature of web habit, and when I find a site that works I tend to stop looking around. That explains my approach to Big Charts. I found it last year and just stopped checking other charting sites. (So if you’ve heard of ... read more
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Apr 01 '00
Pros: Historical stock prices, charts show a company's performance relative to its industry
Cons: Intrusive flashing ads ruin the site, many charts are hard to read
Summary: Big Charts is just plain annoying. Never I have seen more blinking, flashing ads. Figuring out the charts is not all the easy in the first place, and trying to do so while a galaxy of blue stars blinks madly on the Video Fun banner ad is, well, no fun ... read more
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Mar 30 '00
Pros: Great options, easy to use
Cons: No real time quotes
Summary: Bigcharts doesn't offer anything extraordinary. The only thing they do offer is charts for almost any stock you are looking for. Because their focus is so presise, they are the best at offering it in my opinion.
Whether you are looking for ... read more
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Feb 09 '00
Pros: Charting utilities
Cons: Lacks stock utilities other then charting
Summary: The charting on big charts is exceptional as it should be as per the name. But the rest of the site was not of too much value. I felt they could have done more in terms of stock analysis and news. Big Charts is a subsidiary of my favorite site CBS ... read more
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Feb 05 '00
Pros: Easy readability
Cons: Navigation is somewhat cumbersome
Summary: Big Charts has an excellent site for the beginning investor to the professional investor. This is a voluminous amount of information available to facilitate making those important investment decisions.
BEST ASPECT OF THE WEBSITE
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Jan 22 '00
Pros: Very useful
Cons: can be slow on a modem
Summary: BigCharts has been a wonderful resource in maintaining
my portfolio. I use it for tracking most aspects of the
equity and mutual funds side whenever I trade. Try it, its
really great, maybe BigCharts should be called
GreatCharts ... read more
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Jan 20 '00
Pros: Great Resources, Best Technicals
Cons: none
Summary: BigCharts has been a wonderful resource in maintaining my portfolio. I use it for tracking most aspects of the equity and mutual funds side whenever I trade. Try it, its really great, maybe BigCharts should be called GreatCharts because that is what it ... read more
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Jan 16 '00
Pros: Quotes, Charting, News services
Cons: slow loading
Summary: BigCharts.com is by far the best financial portal on the web for stock quotes, technical analysis, and financial info. The site can be used for accessing historical quotes, comparisons of one stock to another, or comparisons against an index. ... read more
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Jan 14 '00
Pros: multiple stocks on one chart
Cons: interactive chart interface could be improved
Summary: For those of you who are interested in the technical side of picking stocks, then without a doubt bigcharts.com is the place for you. You will be able to lose yourself in graphing the fast stochastic against the 50- and 200-day simple moving average. ... read more
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Jan 10 '00
Pros: free historical quotes, value added news
Cons: The Reuters wire is nice, but more value-added features would be nice
Summary: You can't beat a freebie.
But when the offering is hard-to-find financial data, you've struck pay dirt.
Big Charts, which is known in financial reporting circles as the place to go for stock fever charts, has recently updated its ... read more
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