Investopedia vs Yahoo Finance comparison

Investopedia focuses on Education, Blogs, and News while Yahoo Finance specializes in News, Alerts, and Calendar. They overlap in 3 categories, so choose based on your preferred workflow and pricing.

Good news—both Investopedia and Yahoo Finance offer free plans. You can try each platform without commitment and only pay when you need premium features.

Yahoo Finance has a mobile app so you can check your research on the go. Investopedia is web-only, so you'll need a browser to access it from mobile devices.

Choose Investopedia if you need Large education library: 36,000+ articles including 14,000+ definitions of financial terms; editorial standards emphasize education (no buy/sell/hold recommendations)., and Dedicated market news coverage (e.g., markets, companies, earnings, crypto, personal finance).. Go with Yahoo Finance if Global exchange coverage with explicit exchange suffixes, delay tables, and data-provider attributions (e.g., ICE Data Services; CoinMarketCap for crypto)., and Portfolios + watchlists to track holdings/performance; supports importing holdings via CSV. better fits how you invest.

Both cover Stocks, ETFs, Options, Commodities, and Cryptos. Investopedia also includes Bonds. Yahoo Finance adds coverage for Mutual Funds, Futures, and Currencies.

Yahoo Finance offers real-time data feeds, which is essential for active traders. Investopedia uses delayed or end-of-day data, which works fine for longer-term investors who don't need up-to-the-second quotes.

Yahoo Finance supports data exports to CSV. Investopedia has more limited export options.

Both Investopedia and Yahoo Finance include stock screeners. Try each to see which filtering options and interface you prefer.

Both platforms include portfolio tracking, so you can monitor your holdings, performance, and allocation in one place.