What are people doing that requires this?
But here is why I find this project attractive: I like to check out my watchlists and stock investments occasionally when taking a quick break. But, I want to avoid being sucked into the browser where the temptation is strong to check out reddit/hn/twitter, and then lose 15-20min.
With this, I can just keep a terminal tab that I can flip to with a hotkey. This way, I won't leave the terminal, and the risk of additional distraction is lower.
99.99% of investors should buy and hold and forget. If you have the intelligence and interest to earn your CFA, you should do your valuation analysis to set your buy and sell prices for potential targets, and ignore their price action until they near a target range.
His thinking is if he falls in love with the business while reading their financial reports, and he knows the stock is trading at $10, he’s subconsciously influenced to bias his valuation estimate over $10, because he wants to buy it.
So he waits to ensure his valuation is as unbiased as possible, and only when finished checks the price. Kind of like the excitement of opening a present at XMas, not knowing if it’s a lump of goal or new AirPods.
TL;DR don't bet all your money on one horse. stock. whichever.
(This is not financial advice, I am not a financial expert, and results from the past are not representative of future results)
Crises of this magnitude always benefit those with liquid assets / cash who can afford to buy out those who have to exit out of (financial) pressure and ride out the crisis. The 2008ff crisis was just the same - whoever bought a house at fire-sale foreclosure rates back then now has a lot of net worth.