This is a Rainmeter fileset to allow stocks to be a dynamic desktop, self-updating throughout the day. Instead of having to navigate to a website for a particular day's closing prices or indexes, all one now has to do is minimize their windows. Aesthetics definitely do matter, so there will be a stock ticker, a watchlist, and a notes panel on the side, all in the same theme.
Stocks.txt is how you can add new stocks to your desktop. Add the exchange, a colon, and the stock ticker, and refresh rainmeter so it will show up. Be careful not to add too many, rainmeter can respond in adverse ways.
This program is a permutation of Mordasius's work. All credit for the original logic goes to him. Honestly, really impressive stuff.