Long-term investors — people who hold positions for months or years — have different browser needs than active traders. The goal is not tick-by-tick monitoring but periodic portfolio awareness: a morning check, a check after major news events, an end-of-day summary.
Here is a Firefox setup for long-term investors.
The core tool: Stock Market Dashboard
Stock Market and Finance Dashboard — your holdings and watchlist on the new tab.
For a long-term portfolio, a typical setup might include:
- The positions you hold (3-10 symbols)
- Key index benchmarks (S&P 500, total market, international)
- 1-2 economic indicators (10-year Treasury yield, USD index)
Each new tab shows current price and day change. No login, no account linking. The check takes 5 seconds.
News from your sources
News Widget Dashboard — RSS headlines from financial and economic sources.
Useful RSS feeds for long-term investors:
- Federal Reserve announcements (federalreserve.gov has RSS)
- BLS employment data releases
- Companies you hold (many have investor relations RSS feeds)
- Financial news publications
This surfaces relevant news without requiring you to visit news sites with their engagement-driven interfaces.
Habit tracking for investment discipline
Habit Tracker — track investment-related habits monthly.
Long-term investing habits to track:
- "Reviewed portfolio" (1×/month)
- "Read annual report for position X"
- "Rebalanced if needed"
- "Did not panic-sell" (a simple emotional discipline tracker)
Quick calculations
Quick Calculator — percentage and arithmetic calculations on the new tab.
Common investment calculations: "what percentage of my portfolio is this position?", "what return do I need to break even?", "what is 4% of this amount?" The new tab calculator handles these instantly.
Install Stock Market Dashboard for Firefox
All are part of a series of 11 Firefox extensions I built — see the full series.
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