Investor Agent vs Yahoo Finance
A side-by-side look at the Investor Agent and Yahoo Finance MCP servers: transport, auth, tools, quality signals, and the config to install either one in Claude, Cursor, Windsurf or VS Code.
Verdict: choose Investor Agent for finance & fintech work as a local process; choose Yahoo Finance for finance & fintech as a local process. You can also run both side by side in one mcpServers block.
Which MCP server should you choose?
Choose Investor Agent when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
- Its auth model fits you: No auth required.
- You want tools like
get_stock_info, historical_prices, get_options.
Choose Yahoo Finance when
- You need dedicated capabilities in the Finance & Fintech domain.
- You prefer a local stdio subprocess transport.
Feature & specification comparison
Rows where the two servers differ are marked.
| Spec | ||
|---|---|---|
| Category | Finance & Fintech | Finance & Fintech |
| Quality signal | 61/100 · Good | 45/100 · Fair |
| Install command | Confirmed | Confirmed |
| Transport | Local subprocess (stdio) | Local subprocess (stdio) |
| Auth | No auth required | Not declared |
| Pricing | Free | Not declared |
| Required env vars | None listed | None listed |
| Verified owner | Community listing | Community listing |
| GitHub stars | 347 | 22 |
| Directory activity | 4 views 0 installs 0 upvotes | 2 views 0 installs 0 upvotes |
| Tools | 7 | Not listed |
| Full listing | View Investor Agent | View Yahoo Finance |
Tools & capabilities
Investor Agent tools 7
get_stock_infoStock fundamentals — price, financials, earnings, ownership, analyst ratings, profilehistorical_pricesOHLCV price history (default: 1 year weekly, limit 100)get_optionsOptions contracts sorted by open interest (default: top 25 per type)market_moversTop gaining, losing, or most active stocksearnings_calendarUpcoming earnings reports from NASDAQfear_greed_indexCNN stock market or crypto Fear & Greed indextechnical_indicatorSMA, EMA, RSI, MACD, or Bollinger Bands
Yahoo Finance tools
No tool names declared yet. Check the project README from the listing page.
Ready-to-paste client configs
Paste either block (or both) into your client config, e.g. claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json. We only show a config when the install command is confirmed.
Investor Agent
{
"mcpServers": {
"ferdousbhai-investor-agent": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"investor-agent"
]
}
}
}
Yahoo Finance
{
"mcpServers": {
"yahoo-finance": {
"command": "npx",
"args": [
"-y",
"yahoo-finance-mcp-server"
]
}
}
}
Frequently asked questions
Investor Agent is categorized under Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Yahoo Finance belongs to Finance & Fintech and uses a local stdio subprocess. Pick Investor Agent for finance & fintech work and Yahoo Finance for finance & fintech.
Copy the mcpServers block from the config section on this page into your client's config (for example claude_desktop_config.json or ~/.cursor/mcp.json), then fully restart the client.
Investor Agent is listed as free. Auth: no auth required. Yahoo Finance has no declared pricing — check the project's own site. If a server needs environment variables such as API keys, define them under the env key in your client's MCP config.
Yes. MCP clients support multiple servers: add ferdousbhai-investor-agent and yahoo-finance as separate keys in the same mcpServers object, and your assistant will call tools from either one.
On AllMCPs, Investor Agent has a quality signal of 61/100 (Good) with 4 views, 0 installs and 347 GitHub stars. Yahoo Finance has 45/100 (Fair) with 2 views, 0 installs and 22 GitHub stars.