• Watch the progress of your stocks with these stock monitoring tools.Stock Market image by Paul Heasman from Fotolia.com
  
  If you own stock, you need to be able to monitor the stock quickly and conveniently. This can help you catch changes in the stock and know when to buy and sell. These stock monitoring tools provide real time stock updates sent directly to your computer and phone. You can also contact your stockbroker for stock updates and trend information.
  
  

Easy Stock Alerts

• Easy Stock Alerts is a service that sends stock news to your email and RSS feeds. When registering for the service, you can enter the information for your stocks at the Easy Stock Alerts website so that you will only receive information for the stocks that matter to you. In addition to sending out emails about the stocks, Easy Stock Alerts will notify you of blog posts related to your stocks, news from stockbrokers and Wall Street analysts, and information about who is purchasing the stock. Easy Stock Alerts is free for up to seven stocks, but has a monthly fee for receiving information on an unlimited number of stocks.
  
  

Google Stock Gadget

• The Google Stock Gadget can be added to an iGoogle page and gives up-to-date information on the stocks that you assign to the gadget. This is especially useful if you already have an iGoogle page that you check during the workday because you can look at all the vital information you need in one place, including news, RSS feed updates and more. The Google Stock Gadget and iGoogle can be used with a free Google or Gmail account.
  
  

SaneBull Live Stock Market Manager

• The Live Stock Market Manager from SaneBull helps you monitor your stocks through an online application interface. Sanebull stock plugins allow you to use the application on multiple platforms, including your computer desktop, iPhone, smart phone, Wordpress and Facebook. The Stock Manager, in addition to monitoring stocks through a live feed, comes with a customizable news feed, stock portfolio creation tools, live quotes and market indices. SaneBull requires no registration to use the market manager, but registration allows you to save the manager and use it on multiple platforms without losing information.
  
  

Ashkon Software Stock Sector Monitor

• The Stock Sector Monitor created by Ashkon Software is a desktop application that allows you to look at stocks in certain sectors that you select. For example, you can choose to display stocks in industry sectors such as automotive, foreign financial, agriculture and medicine. The Stock Sector Monitor shows you live changes in your chosen stock sectors, including top stocks, percentage changes and quotes. The application also allows you to update and control your stock portfolio and see financial reports and top stock news. A free trial can be downloaded from the Ashkon Software website. The full version can be purchased from the website.