VOL. XCIV, NO. 247
★ A CURATED DIRECTORY OF FINANCIAL TOOLS AND RESOURCES ★
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Saturday, January 17, 2026
Seeking Alpha Review, Pricing, and Features
Investing research platform combining real-time market news, crowdsourced analysis, Quant/author/sell-side ratings, screeners, comparisons, and portfolio tracking. Premium unlocks unlimited articles/transcripts and advanced tools; PRO adds curated access to top-analyst ideas/content.
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Key features
- Real-time financial news and market-moving analysis with alerting controls (content + ratings/price + portfolio digests).
- Portfolio tracker supports manual lot entry (shares, price, date, transaction type) and downloads/export to Excel (.xlsx).
- Premium/PRO: broker-linked portfolios via Plaid/SnapTrade; holdings can auto-update (daily) with MFA/OTP caveats.
- Symbol-page ratings: Quant Rating + SA Author rating + Wall Street (sell-side) rating, plus factor grades (Value/Growth/Profitability/Momentum/EPS Revisions).
- Stock & ETF screening with advanced filters (~100 criteria) and key-stats comparisons; comparisons can be downloaded as spreadsheet/PDF.
- Earnings workflow: portfolio earnings calendar + symbol earnings tabs with estimates/revisions/surprises, transcripts, and “Earnings Calls Insights” (AI-generated transcript summaries).
- Disclosed data sources: quotes via Quodd (formerly Xignite); fundamentals/estimates/sell-side ratings via S&P Global Market Intelligence; some sector/industry via GICS; backtest data & historical ratings performance via ClariFI.
- Quotes can be real-time or delayed; after-hours quotes are delayed 15 minutes.
- Public status page for operational updates.
- Plan gating: Basic is free with limited premium-article access; Premium unlocks unlimited articles/transcripts + tools; PRO adds curated top-analyst content/ideas.
Data partners
Real-time and delayed quotes provider.
Source for real-time quotes.
Source for delayed quotes.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Fundamentals, estimates, and Wall Street analyst ratings provider.
Some sector and industry data.
Backtest data and historical ratings performance.
Broker-linking partner used for portfolio sync.
Broker-linking partner used for portfolio sync.
FAQ
Is Seeking Alpha free?
Not entirely. Seeking Alpha includes a free tier, but its paid subscription options unlock more capacity. Visit the vendor site for current limits and pricing.
Who is Seeking Alpha best for?
Seeking Alpha is built for Retail Traders and Pro Retail. It suits beginner, intermediate, and advanced users.
What platforms and connections does Seeking Alpha support?
You can use Seeking Alpha on Web and Mobile. Integrations include Plaid and SnapTrade.
Which markets does Seeking Alpha cover?
It tracks Stocks, ETFs, Mutual Funds, Commodities, and Cryptos. Identifiers include Ticker.
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About Me
Hey! Thanks for stopping by. I'm an independent investor with a soft spot for coding and the stock market - especially value investing (as you can probably tell from the tools I've collected here, haha). Hopefully you'll find something useful or interesting along the way.
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- Substack: Jera Value
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