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Stocks for Mac: The ultimate guide

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With the release ofmacOS Mojave comes the Stocks app for Mac. Like on iPhone, you'll be able to search for all of the stocks you're invested or interested in, checking out updates in real time, as well as business news as it comes down the pipe.

Here's how to do all the things in Stocks for Mac!

How to add stocks to your Watchlist

If you want to open the Stocks app and immediately view all of the stocks that are most important to you, you can add them to your stocks Watchlist.

  1. Launch theStocks app from the Finder.
  2. Click theSearch bar on the top left of the window.
  3. Type in thename of a company orstock.
  4. Click thestock you'd like to add.
  5. Click thegreen add button next to the name of the stock.

Launch Stocks, type the name of a stock into the search bar, click the stock, click the add button next to the stock's name

How to view stock trends over time

The Stocks app lets you change the time period for which you can view every stock. You can view trends from the last day to the last 10 years to the stock's entire history.

  1. Launch theStocks app from the Finder.
  2. Click aStock in your Watchlist orfind a stock.
  3. Click atime period above the line graph on the right:
    • 1 day
    • 1 week
    • 1 month
    • 3 months
    • 6 months
    • 1 year
    • 2 years
    • 5 years
    • 10 years
    • All: The stock's entire lifespan

Launch the Stocks app, click a stock in your Watchlist, click a time period on the graph

How to view price changes and company worth

  1. Launch theStocks app from the Finder.
  2. Click thegreen or red value to the right of the stock name in yourWatchlist.

Launch Stocks, click the green or red value next to a stock in your Watchlist

You can view the company's worth, price-per-share increase or decrease, and percentage increase or decrease.

How to view business news in the Stocks app

You can check out all the latest on the stocks in your Watchlist with business news pulled straight from Yahoo.

  1. Launch theStocks app from the Finder. Business News will be the first window you see upon launch.
  2. Click astory to read more on yahoo's site.

Launch Stocks, click a news story to read more about it on Yahoo

How to rearrange stocks in your Watchlist

Want your most important stocks at the top of your Watchlist? Here's how to move them there:

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  1. Launch theStocks app from the Finder.
  2. Click thelist button on the bottom right of theWatchlist.
  3. Click and hold thereorder button next to the stock you want to move. It's three horizontal lines.
  4. Drag thestock up or down to where you'd like it and release.
  5. ClickDone.

Launch Stocks, click the list button in your Watchlist, click and drag the reorder button next to the stock you want to move

How to remove stocks from your Watchlist

  1. Launch theStocks app from the Finder.
  2. Click thelist button on the bottom right of your Watchlist.
  3. Click thedelete button next to the stock you want to remove. It's a red circle with a white line in it.
  4. ClickRemove.

Launch Stocks, click the list button in your Watchlist, click the delete button next to a stock, click Remove

Updated September 2018: Updated for the official launch of macOS Mojave.

Mick is a staff writer who's as frugal as they come, so he always does extensive research (much to the exhaustion of his wife) before making a purchase. If it's not worth the price, Mick ain't buying.