The best websites and apps for following the stock market today

Information is one of the most important factors in stock investing. One of the biggest challenges for investors new to the market is finding reliable, up-to-date sources of information about the market and individual stocks to support their investment decisions, especially today, when genuine news and tabloid noise are thoroughly mixed together.

In this article, Green Chart introduces some of the best websites and apps for following stock market information in Vietnam and around the world, most of which are completely free.

News websites

Cafef.vn

Ranked among the 20 most popular websites in Vietnam according to Alexa (then an Amazon subsidiary), CafeF is the most influential economic, financial and stock market news site in Vietnam

Strengths: Besides delivering fast, up-to-date news, CafeF provides a large database on companies, tickers, stock indices, commodities and more, built right into the site, making it easy for investors to find the information they need for analysis.

CafeF also supplies data for AmiBroker – technical analysis software used by many stock traders in Vietnam. In addition, CafeF provides companies’ financial statements, giving investors an up-to-date, accurate data source for research and analysis.

Vietstock.vn

You can’t mention CafeF without mentioning Vietstock. This online portal updates economic and financial news and events 24/7, especially on the stock market and other investment channels, along with market commentary and research reports by experienced, long-established analysts and experts.

Strengths: Like CafeF, Vietstock has a huge amount of company data, and the Vietstock investor community is large and very active on Facebook. It is certainly a reputable, free and easy-to-use stock website for every investor.

Ndh.vn

Founded by Nguyen Duy Hung, owner of SSI, one of Vietnam’s oldest and most reputable brokerage firms, NDH – Nguoi Dong Hanh (“The Companion”) also delivers fast, up-to-date economic, financial and stock market news to investors and has received positive feedback from readers.

Strengths: Fast, up-to-date news, especially about changes at listed companies. NDH.vn also covers trading in commodities on global markets. With professional support from SSI’s team of experts, it is a reputable source of economic news.

Stockbiz.vn

With many valuable research reports and a large amount of stock data, Stockbiz is another reliable destination for investors looking for information on companies and stocks. Its market data section in particular offers a wide range of information and is very user-friendly.

Tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn and Baodautu.vn

Bao Dau Tu (Vietnam Investment Review), a publication of the Ministry of Planning and Investment, launched 2 online sites providing economic and financial news: Tinnhanhchungkhoan.vn and Baodautu.vn. These two websites give investors another reliable, up-to-date news channel for their investing.

Strengths: Because they belong to the Ministry of Planning and Investment, news on state investment projects is updated continuously and accurately, making them a useful reference for investors in the market.

Bloomberg.com

Bloomberg.com is the business news website of the well-known US media company Bloomberg. It is one of the most trusted websites for the US stock market and the world, covering all kinds of economic and market information, including stocks, bonds, fund certificates and commodity prices.

Bloomberg also has a worldwide network of reporters, contributors and experts, delivering the latest news on global business and finance. If you had to pick one website to keep up with the world economy as quickly as possible, Bloomberg would probably be the top choice. Note, however, that Bloomberg is a paid website.

WSJ.com

The Wall Street Journal – the most prestigious daily newspaper at the heart of global finance – is the next trusted source investors can turn to for market news and analysis. By following the WSJ, investors will never miss a move in the world’s largest financial market, and can analyse and forecast how the US economy may affect Vietnam. Like Bloomberg, it is a paid website.

Company ranking websites

VNR500.com.vn

Launched in 2007 by Vietnamnet.vn on the model of the Fortune 500 ranking, VNR 500 compiles, analyses and ranks companies to select the top 500 largest, fastest-growing and most profitable companies, the largest private companies and so on in Vietnam. VNR500 thus gives both domestic and foreign investors an objective ranking of the standing of Vietnamese companies.

It also gives many companies more opportunities to attract investment from backers and improves their access to credit. Investors, in turn, have a chance to find good stocks with strong positions and high creditworthiness, and deploy their capital effectively.

FiinGroup Rating

FiinGroup is one of Vietnam’s leading providers of financial information, company information and reputable industry research. In partnership with Nikkei Inc. and QUICK Corp., companies with long experience in credit assessment, FiinGroup rating shows investors the credit ratings of joint-stock companies on the Vietnamese stock market, so they can gauge these companies’ creditworthiness and risk. Of course, investors have to pay a service fee to use this product.

Stock data websites and apps

Most domestic stock data is available on sites such as CafeF, Vietstock and Stockbiz. There are also many other websites that investors like to use specifically for looking up data, and they have received very positive feedback.

FiinTrade

Developed by FiinGroup, FiinTrade is a platform suited to individual investors, offering financial data, price charts and stock screeners. FiinTrade is currently offered as a platform with a 1-month free trial of the premium version, which includes the full set of features to help investors pick the best stocks.

Fialda

Professional and good-looking: that sums up the Fialda platform. Its web design lets users easily set up display panels for the stocks they follow and access a huge database on the market, sectors, financial ratios and valuation. The Green Chart team rates it as a very good fit for individual investors in Vietnam, at a relatively low cost.

FireAnt

Like Fialda, FireAnt offers users many display options, but it leans more towards technical analysis data. Its strength is that it gives completely free access to stock charts, and makes it easy to look up intraday volume and market moves.

Websites for learning about stock investing

Nhadautu.srtc.org.vn

This is the website of the Securities Research and Training Centre (SRTC). It is a reputable site that offers basic investment knowledge for investors in an easy-to-understand way, though it is rather theoretical and best suited to academic study and reference. SRTC is also the only provider of securities professional certificate courses for people planning a specialist career in the industry.

Investopedia.com

Often described as the Wikipedia of finance, Investopedia covers fundamental and technical analysis comprehensively and in great detail. For investors with good English, it is a genuinely useful website for looking up any stock market or investment term.

greenchart.vn/

This website was set up to give readers stock market knowledge in the most practical, understandable, accessible and complete way. The Stock Market Library section of Green Chart gives readers a complete roadmap for their journey in stock investing and trading. Green Chart is also one of the few providers that focuses on hands-on trading practice in the market, alongside theory courses.

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