Investors are generally advised to ignore the day-to-day noise that dominates the financial headlines.

But given the increasing mobile availability of information, most investors can't resist.

We went through more than 90 finance-related mobile apps and these are the best ones we found.

Everyone from novice investors to veterans of the market will find these apps handy–these days, you can trade virtual portfolios, draw on stock charts, get real-time streaming price and economic data, and chart FRED data series, all from your smartphone or tablet.

Most of the apps listed here are either free or pretty inexpensive, too.