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That has changed today, as Google, CNBC, and The Wall Street Journal have launched real-time quotes for free on their respective web sites, with no registration required. These new services are made possible through the launch of NASDAQ Last Sale, a new service from the tech-heavy stock exchange baring the same name. Separately, Yahoo has signed a deal with BATS Trading to launch its own real-time quotes as well.
This news probably would’ve been a lot cooler 10 years ago, when it wasn’t so easy and inexpensive to open an online brokerage account. Nonetheless, free real time quotes will let you take advantage of some of the other features the various finance portals offer and spares you logging into your brokerage account.