In today's global economy financial data is a necessity, and when that financial data is free, on-line, accurate and up to date then it is invaluable; and that's why Google Finance is so important - with Google Finance anyone can access current stock quote information for any company on every stock market around the world.
Accessing Google Finance
Google Finance is, of course, available on Google's web site at http://finance.google.com, and once there the potential financial wizard can start using Google Finance's company search box to start looking for stock quotes.
Viewing Stock Quotes with Google Finance
Google Finance has a simple input box into which the use types the name of the company to be viewed - it's an intelligent input box and will give suitable alternatives for the possible company names, for example when typing in vod a drop-down will appear showing (amongst others):
