Fidelity Launches Mobile App For Stock Research "On The Go"

Fidelity Investments today announced that it was introducing a new mobile phone application that appears to encourage investors to make decisions as they are on the go, out and about in a car.

The Fidelity Mobile application, Stocks Nearby, “is a new visual way for users of (Fidelity’s) iPhone brokerage app to generate investing ideas,” the company said in a press release.

Fidelity Mobile app allows you to buy stocks while driving

The general idea is that as someone is driving along the road and passes a corporate headquarters, the Fidelity Mobile app pulls up quotes, provides a little research and enables the user to invest in the stock. Forget texting...