CHICAGO, Nov. 30, 2010 /PRNewswire/ -- To help investors
track their portfolios and monitor the markets from any location,
Morningstar, Inc. (Nasdaq: MORN), a leading provider of independent
investment research, has launched its latest free mobile
Morningstar.com application for smartphones and devices running on
Google's Android platform.
The Android app also shares the major features of other
Morningstar.com mobile applications, including investing ideas,
company information and tickers, a quick search function, and the
ability to view Morningstar's ratings for stocks and funds.
"Being on the go shouldn't keep an investor from accessing the
Morningstar data, research, and analysis needed to help make better
investment decisions," said Kunal
Kapoor, president of individual software at Morningstar.
"We've worked with our customers to deliver a mobile app for
Android that meets their needs and offers new functionality in
addition to the popular features of our Apple and BlackBerry mobile
applications."
Users can also view performance charts for stocks, funds,
exchange-traded funds and indexes; access the Morningstar Market
Barometer(SM) and data on each of the Morningstar fund categories;
and track securities from global markets with listings of gainers,
losers and most active. Additionally, users may sync to, create,
and edit their Morningstar.com portfolios and watch lists and
research both U.S. and Canadian securities and Asian and European
indexes. Morningstar.com Premium subscribers can access
Morningstar's independent analyst research reports through a
subscriber log-in portal.
Designed specifically for the Android platform, the
Morningstar.com mobile app allows users to tap ticker names on the
screen to access real-time quotes and find the latest news articles
related to their portfolios. A horizontal view of the screen
reveals additional data points and information about holdings, and
tapping on column headers enables sorting of holdings by that data
point. The app is supported on all Android devices with Firmware
version 1.5 or higher.
Morningstar now has mobile applications available for all three
major mobile device platforms—Android, BlackBerry, and Apple iPhone
and iPod Touch. Morningstar's iPhone app was launched in 2009 and
has been downloaded more than 115,000 times, while approximately
95,000 users have downloaded Morningstar's BlackBerry application,
which was released in the spring of 2010. The BlackBerry app was
recently honored as one of the top "Regional Selections" in the
2010 BlackBerry Partners Fund Super Apps Developer Challenge.
Morningstar is developing another application designed
specifically for the Apple iPad and expects to release it during
the first half of 2011.
Investors can download the app at no cost from the Android
Market or from Morningstar's site. Instructions to download the app
via text, e-mail or web browser, along with additional information,
can be found at:
http://mobileapps.morningstar.com/mobile2/android.aspx.
About Morningstar, Inc.
Morningstar, Inc. is a leading provider of independent
investment research in North
America, Europe,
Australia, and Asia. The company offers an extensive line of
Internet, software, and print-based products and services for
individuals, financial advisors, and institutions. Morningstar
provides data on approximately 370,000 investment offerings,
including stocks, mutual funds, and similar vehicles, along with
real-time global market data on more than 4 million equities,
indexes, futures, options, commodities, and precious metals, in
addition to foreign exchange and Treasury markets. The company has
operations in 26 countries.
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