Too Much Info?

Sometimes it feels that I've surfed the very last Web site on the Internet. Other times, I can't find enough information to read on a topic. But now I have the feeling that too much information is a bad thing. Take Google's latest update to its finance Web page--live NASDAQ stock trading prices. Instead of the usual "All prices delayed at least 20 minutes," statement, when the stock market is open you will see the stock price change as trades are made--every second. If you watch Apple's stock (AAPL), for example, you'll see constant ups and downs...$184.70...71...68...73. It's just nuts. I certainly do feel connected to the Internet, and the NASDAQ specifically. But if I watched those dollars and cents changing for more than a minute, I'd have no idea whether to buy or sell. I'd just be telling myself, "Trade!" Like many situations in life, you have to step back and get a wider, and longer, view of things. In this case, check the graph, which isn't updated dynamically. Watch the trend. P.S.--Did you know that some trading companies locate their computer centers closer to the NYSE so they can have quotes faster--by milliseconds?