Search the App Store on an Apple TV for "stocks" and the first surprise is what is missing: Apple does not make a Stocks app for Apple TV. Its own Stocks app runs on iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple Watch and Vision Pro, and the TV is left to everyone else. We build MarketCast for Apple TV, Fire TV and Google TV, so we know this App Store well, and our opinion is simple: an investor needs two things on an Apple TV, a channel with people talking about the market and a screen with the actual numbers.
Every app below was listed for Apple TV in the US App Store when we checked on October 31, 2026. We say plainly where you need a cable login or a subscription, and we left out anything we could not confirm. We make one of the apps on this list, and we will tell you exactly where it fits.
Free business news channels on Apple TV
Pluto TV, for Bloomberg TV+. Pluto TV is free and supported by ads, with no subscription. In the US it carries Bloomberg TV+, which Pluto describes as a live, 24-hour global business and financial news channel. It is Bloomberg's streaming channel rather than the cable feed, but it is the easiest free way to keep Bloomberg on in the background.
Haystack News, for Yahoo Finance. Haystack (listed as "Local News & Weather: Haystack") is a free news app with live channels, and Yahoo! Finance is one of its named partners. Yahoo's own help pages point Apple TV owners to Haystack, Plex, Local Now and YouTube to watch its coverage, so that is where we would go for Yahoo's market shows. The app is free with ads, and an optional Premium subscription is sold inside it.
YouTube. Yahoo Finance streams its live market coverage on YouTube. The YouTube app on Apple TV plays live streams well, and it is already on most Apple TVs.
How to watch CNBC on Apple TV with CNBC+
The CNBC app ("CNBC: Stock Market & Business") is free to download on Apple TV and needs tvOS 17 or later. Without paying anything you get a daily free preview of the live TV stream, plus clips. If you have a TV provider that includes CNBC, you can sign in and watch the channel live.
If you do not have cable, the answer is CNBC+, a subscription sold inside the same app. Apple TV was one of its first two TV platforms when CNBC brought it to the living room in April 2025. CNBC announced it at $14.99 a month, and the App Store listing still shows CNBC+ at $14.99 (and $149.99, the yearly option) as we write this. Per CNBC, you get two livestreams: one carries live business day programming from the US, Europe and Asia, such as Squawk Box Asia, Squawk Box Europe and Closing Bell, and the other is a market data stream with stock charts and headlines. US business day shows are also on demand for up to seven days after they air. It is built around the trading day, so think of it as CNBC from the open to the close rather than the whole cable channel.
One thing office readers should know before they put it on a lobby TV: CNBC's own supplemental terms say CNBC+ is for personal use unless you have a commercial subscription, and is not permitted in public viewing spaces like a lobby, bar or restaurant.
Fox Business and Bloomberg on Apple TV
Fox Business. The Fox Business app ("Fox Business: Invested In You") runs on Apple TV, and its listing is direct about the live channel: US only, and an authorized pay TV subscription and TV provider login are required. The other legal route is FOX One, Fox's own streaming app, which includes FOX Business live. You can sign in with a TV provider or subscribe inside the app. FOX One needs tvOS 18.1 or later, so update an older Apple TV before you subscribe.
Bloomberg. The Bloomberg app ("Bloomberg: Business News Daily") is free to download, runs on Apple TV with tvOS 15 or later, and its listing says you can stream Bloomberg TV and Bloomberg Radio live. A Bloomberg subscription unlocks all of its content in the app and on the website. How much of the live channel plays without a subscription has changed over the years, so check before you count on it. For a no-strings Bloomberg channel, Pluto TV is the simpler route.
A stock market app for Apple TV that shows your stocks
News channels have one limit no app update will fix: they show the stocks their producers are talking about. The ticker along the bottom of a business channel is their list, not yours, and the market data stream on CNBC+ is still CNBC's view of the market. If you want your own holdings and watch list on the wall, you need a data app.
MarketCast (ours). On Apple TV it is listed as "MarketCast: Stream Your Stocks," and it is built around the Stream: your stocks, the major indexes, the day's movers and headlines cycling full screen on your TV on their own, with a ticker tape along the bottom. You turn it on and leave it on. You build lists of the stocks you follow, and you can add stocks by scanning a QR code with your phone instead of typing with the Siri Remote. The free version shows delayed prices and is supported by commercials and sponsors. Premium is the real-time data package: real-time stock prices, crypto around the clock, no commercials, Congress trades and more customization.
What it does not do: there are no anchors or live interviews, it does not place trades, and it does not connect to your brokerage account. You add the stocks you want to watch. It is not a replacement for CNBC+ or Bloomberg, it is the other half of the setup.
The combination we use ourselves is a news channel when we want commentary, and the Stream when we want the numbers. Apple TV makes switching painless: double press the TV button on the Siri Remote and you get the app switcher. If you have a second TV in a home office or kitchen, putting the Stream on it full time is the most useful thing we know to do with it, and our guide to turning an old TV into a market screen covers the setup.
Which Apple TV runs market apps best
Of every TV platform we build for, Apple TV 4K is the smoothest. An app that stays on screen all day, redrawing prices and charts, is a different job from playing a movie, and Apple TV handles it without the hiccups we chase on cheaper streaming sticks. If you are buying one for a market screen, the current Apple TV 4K (3rd generation, 2022) is plenty. Apple announced a 4th generation Apple TV 4K with an A19 chip on October 13, 2026, with availability starting November 13, so if you are shopping this week, that is worth knowing. Our take on the hardware question is in is Apple TV 4K worth it in 2026.
The more common problem is an older Apple TV that has not been updated. The minimums on the listings above range from tvOS 15 (Bloomberg) to tvOS 17 (CNBC) to tvOS 18 or later (Pluto TV and FOX One). Check yours in Settings, then System, then Software Updates.
Two Apple tricks make setup faster. When an app asks you to type, your iPhone shows an Apple TV Keyboard notification; tap it and type on the phone instead of hunting letters with the remote (both devices need the same Apple Account, with Bluetooth and Wi-Fi on). And if the remote itself is acting up, our Siri Remote fixes go through it by generation.
What we left out, and why
Schwab Network. It has a Fire TV app, but its App Store app lists iPhone, iPad, Mac and Vision Pro only, not Apple TV. On an Apple TV, its YouTube channel is the way to watch it.
A standalone Yahoo Finance app. Yahoo launched one for Apple TV back in 2018, but today Yahoo itself sends Apple TV viewers to Haystack, YouTube and other apps, so that is what we listed.
Apps that promise every channel free. Anything offering CNBC or Fox Business without a login or a subscription is not something we would put on a TV. Everything on this list comes from the App Store.
Trading. None of these apps place trades, ours included. They are for watching. A free tier with delayed prices also will not match your broker's screen to the penny, which we explain in why your stock price differs from your broker.
Our short list
For free market news on an Apple TV, install Pluto TV for Bloomberg TV+ and Haystack News for Yahoo Finance. If you pay for TV, add the CNBC and Fox Business apps and sign in. If you cut the cord and want CNBC during the trading day, CNBC+ is the official way. And if you want your own stocks on the screen, add a data app next to them. Using a Fire TV in another room? We wrote the Fire TV version of this list too, and for the no-cable options in more depth, read how to keep the stock market on your TV without cable.
If that sounds like MarketCast, download it free on Apple TV (it is also on Fire TV, Google TV and Android TV) and start the Stream. The Stream guide shows what plays on it, and watching your portfolio on TV covers building your lists. Setting up a screen for an office? The office stock ticker guide covers it, and our Enterprise plan (in early access) runs every TV in a firm from one desktop dashboard.