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Set price alerts for stocks
Make timely investment decisions with price alerts for all the stocks you care about. Get notified when an asset falls above or below your set threshold.
Get more time to react to market events
With extended-hours trading, you get over 5 additional hours to buy and sell stocks. Access pre-market trading from 8 AM to 9:30 AM ET and after-hours trading from 4 PM to 8 PM ET.
Automatically reinvest your dividends
If you have dividend stocks in your portfolio, you can automatically reinvest your proceeds from the asset right back into the company that paid them out.
Compare stocks side by side
Power your stock analysis with Compare—our new stock comparison tool that makes it easy to analyze the fundamentals side by side.
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Take a closer look at any stock
Every stock page on Public has helpful information about the company and its performance, including key metrics, news, and recent activity from other investors.
Get daily live analysis on the markets
Each day, you can hear experts, analysts, and journalists discuss the day’s biggest market headlines—and what they mean for your portfolio—on Public Live.
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With Public Premium, you can unlock advanced data and company-specific analysis to help inform your stock-trading strategies even further.
OTC stocks
Trade select OTC stocks
Over 300 select over-the-counter (OTC) stocks are available on Public, focusing predominantly on large-cap international companies.
- Available OTC offerings focus predominantly on large-cap international companies
- Over 300 select OTC stocks are now available
- Stock pages include additional research, data, and analysis
- Additional companies will be added over time
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Are there fees to buy or sell stocks on Public?
At Public, stock and ETF trades are commission-free, meaning $0 commission trading on self-directed individual cash brokerage accounts that trade U.S. listed securities placed online. Other fees, like regulatory fees, subscription fees, wire transfer fees, and paper statement fees may apply. Review our Fee Schedule to learn more.
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