The world today is chock-full of information, far more than any one person could possibly digest or hope to read. For this weeks blog post I decided to give a list of the news sources I use and find helpful, as well as inviting others to share their ideas. So, here goes.
Best Source Of Financial News
Today we have a plethora of information at our finger tips. It can be challenging to sort the legitimate sources from the junk at times. Below is a compilation of sources from both the original post and our community at large:
General Business News
- Financial Times: The quintessential finance newspaper. Contains sections on everything from macro to geopolitics to M&A as well as lots of discussion / analysis. Most schools will provide a cheap / free subscription to this and many firms do as well. Very nicely laid out website and superb mobile app.
- Wall Street Journal: US equivalent of the FT. Highly rated although perhaps harder to find a cheap / free subscription. Personally I'm not a fan of their website but the mobile app is great.
- Reuters: Less focus on finance and more on global events which leads to a more balanced overview. Free online content.
- Bloomberg
- CNBC
- Inc.com
- Forbes
Finance Specific News Sources
- Yahoo Finance
- Zero Hedge: Many people dislike this source but some of their stuff is incredibly detailed and interesting. Just make sure to avoid the comments.... Follow on Twitter as well for additional, cynical global.
- Dealbreaker: Focuses on some of the more entertaining issues of the day. Having a great time with the whole Herbalife saga currently. Some very detailed analysis courtesy of Matt Levine as well.
- Dealbook: Classic M&A commentary, perhaps a little dry.Twitter / Mobile
- @ConvertBond: Former Lehman trader, offers a lot of market discussion and breaking news as well as some funny stuff.
- Zite: The best news aggregator I know of. Eddie and others have recommended this before and I highly suggest everyone downloads it. Takes some time to get set up but it gets better the more you use it.
- User @GoHuskies suggests:
Economist: gives you a full fledged explanation of all relevant events around a story, more so than just the highlights. Much more globally-oriented than most news sources.
And of course, no financial reading list would be complete without yours truly, Wall Street Oasis.
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In addition to the. sites you listed I usually read the following as well:
Bloomberg CNBC yahoo finance Inc.com Forbes
All above have good market updates & articles, regardless of political view
Thanks, I should add those to my Google Reader.
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Economist - gives you a full fledged explanation of all relevant events around a story, more so than just the highlights. Much more globally-oriented than most news sources
You forgot to include WSO.
As someone who gets the WSJ six days a week, I stand by it. Also, the Energy Journal that comes out every weekday is great if you're into oil, gas etc. If you're a WSJ subscriber you can get access to the Energy Journal on the WSJ website. Plus they tend to link/cite to FT articles when relevant so I can get the best of both worlds.
@GSElevator: "Reading the Wallstreet Journal is a good refresher of what you should have read on Bloomberg yesterday" (Paraphrased)
Proabably referring to what you should have what you should have read on the bloomberg terminal more than bloomberg.com
my professor found us a student barron's subscription for $52 for 52 weeks and a WSJ student subscription for 100 for a whole year. Full subscription with all the electronic app perks too.
Bloomberg>everything
wsj, the economist, and @NikkiMinaj for tech deals
BB terminal or generic (free)? b/c the latter seems pretty skimpyReuters is clearly the best for news. I'm talking about Thomson Reuters Eikon, not the website.
I'd say Barron's is great material, especially for ER
I had the whole Thomson Reuters Eikon / ONE / Banker thing set up on my laptop during at internship, and I must say that the amount of info at my fingertips was nuts. Along with CapIQ, it really made me not want to leave that internship lol.
Also I'm speaking as a trader here. Bloomberg is the best to access any information quickly though. But you won't trust Bloomberg headlines unless they're on Reuters too.
I love bloomberg and Paul krugman and seekingalpha. I read all of the above mentioned sites/blogs but these 3 are the ones I always go back to the most.
Anyone got an opinion on the Keiser Report by Max Keiser on RT?? Ive seen it a couple times, and while the guy seems pretty goofy, his commentary is pretty interesting to me. I'd be very interested to hear everyone's thoughts and opinions on it.
FT is far and away the best. Bloomberg.com is really damn good for a freely available professional news source. If you're in the US you have to read the WSJ because all the old guard swears by it, it's still the default daily. The Economist is excellent broad insight, awareness, and generally funny smug Anglo-libertarian commentary.
I find FT Alphaville to be an excellent source of expert, in-depth analysis of both niche and popular financial stories.
I'd avoid any mainstream press. Read the best blogs and follow those guys on twitter. You'll get news and info faster and way less biased. Very compehensive list here, find what interests you:
http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/24/enter-the-financial-blogosp…
[quote=HedgeHog]I'd avoid any mainstream press. Read the best blogs and follow those guys on twitter. You'll get news and info faster and way less biased. Very compehensive list here, find what interests you:
http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/24/enter-the-financial-blogosp…] I love you for this, thank you sir.
[quote=HedgeHog]I'd avoid any mainstream press. Read the best blogs and follow those guys on twitter. You'll get news and info faster and way less biased. Very compehensive list here, find what interests you:
http://www.thereformedbroker.com/2012/12/24/enter-the-financial-blogosp…]
This is pretty good. Thanks
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my zite homepage is so fit to what i want to read it's scary
FT Alphaville is pretty interesting.
Dan primack's emails every morning are good as well
Bloomberg Counterparties Debtwire CS Investing Distressed Debt Investing
The Street is pretty reliable IMO
What's a good source for news on Asian markets - specifically HK/China?
abnormalreturns. com daily compilation of some insightful blog posts, more focused on long term investing and commentary, not so much news
TechCrunch
FT ( highly recommend Martin Wolf's blog) Between the Hedge
It is basic to worship news sources like FT and WSJ, but what makes you learn are some good blogs
the daily dirtnap is also pretty good!
Investors Business Daily. I get their paper every day and access to their website investors.com They are big on growth stocks. However the paper is condensed into 2 sections and is very educational. They discuss political topics and also have inspiring stories each day as well as how to develop in your career. Great paper. Breaks down to about $1 a day.
Why Zitte isn't available on computers. It sucks
What are some bloggers that you guys follow? Both online or twitter
marketsnacks (dot) com
Awesome stuff gents
Great summary! Had not even heard of some of those.
What is that news website that is like a mini-bloomberg? It lists all the recent news on one clean page, with live updating. I have seen it on here before but now I cant find it.
Many Thanks
Any opinions on Business Insider?
CS
Does anybody have any suggestions for sites for business and political news from Europe (France, Italy, German) in English?
Best News Source (Originally Posted: 10/29/2013)
Hey fellow monkeys!
Just curious where each of you gets your news from in the morning/throughout the day? Do you use an app, traditional newspaper, television etc.?
Personally, I really like the Business Insider app as well as Flipboard.
Bloomberg and Yahoo app, WSJ app, WSJ in hardcopy only read the money and investing section. probably going to add Economist for weekend reads
Drudge, FT, WSJ
Drudge / CNN / Fox / Al Jazeera USA
Edit (since I got shit on for this): -Drudge because everyone in politics reads it, and if they all read it there's a reason -CNN for the liberal take on news (can't quite handle MSNBC) -Fox for the conservative take on things -Al Jazeera (or Reuters) to cut through the bullshit
Drudge, WSJ, Bloomberg, Zerohedge, The Onion
I starting using Bloomberg a couple of years ago and had to stop early this year because they've gotten so liberal. I mean for an outlet that made its name on reporting business news, they sure hate business.
@CorpFinanceGuy: With regards to Bloomberg/Businessweek, I agree that they are pathetically liberal, but I work in private banking and our clients read almost exclusively WSJ and Bloomberg. So unfortunately I have to suffer through it because you never know when a client might call in to ask about a Bloomberg article. At least they have Matt Levine now so that makes it a little better.
To OP: Sign up for Seeking Alpha's Wall Street Breakfast email list. Great info to start your day
WSJ, NYT, Business insider, Elite daily, Forbes, Zero hedge, Seeking alpha, II's alpha
Sorry if this offends anyone, but RT is really good, at least for the fact that it gives a different perspective to Murica.
Dealbreaker, zerohedge, Seeking alpha morning coffee
Daily: Local newspapers, WSJ (app, web), Bloomberg (newsletter, web), CFA Institute (daily brief), QZ (daily brief)
Weekly: Businessweek
Bi-weekly: Project Syndicate
WSJ and Economist for business/markets/economics news and analysis.
The Daily Caller and National Review for politics.
Also read a few publications from my college occasionally on Facebook or twitter (college newspaper, magazine, etc.)
CFAi financial brief, Bloomberg, and RBN (I work in energy industry).
Al Jazeera and Reuters are my personal favorites. I like WSJ for finance news too, and sometimes RT news for what's going on in Russia/Ukraine, and CCTV for anything Chinese related. CNN/BBC are overrated imho
I like the NYT all the way. And then comes Bloomberg, The Economist, WSJ, and The Guardian.
dealbook, FT, WSJ, Seeking alpha
Bloomberg on TV at work, then mostly WSJ and Business Insider via app/Google search. I watch ABC World News almost every evening too.
Best News Sources to stay Educated? (Originally Posted: 01/11/2015)
Hi guys, I'm fairly ignorant about markets, news about firms, global trends, and just in general.
What news sources or methods do you guys use to stay intelligent about the markets?
News sources: FT, Bloomberg, Businessweek, Barron's, WSJ Magazines: Economist Blogs: Zerohedge (good to take with a grain of salt, but gives you an extreme/non-mainstream perspective to balance everything else out. Oh, and best to tune out the overt anti-semitism); Capital Economics, FT Alphaville
Thanks a lot, here's a banana!
BBC, finviz, project syndicate. The economist.
Front page of bloomberg is trash. If you have a terminal that info is gold. BBC is great globally. Economist is a must.
International Financing Review (owned by Reuters) is the BEST source for staying up to date with what's going on in the markets, new deals, financing conditions, etc. It's entirely aimed at the professional reader, so you get a lot of technical depth without the writer taking an opinion. Bonus is that the majority of content is free too.
http://www.ifre.com
Matt Levine on Bloomberg is also great. His linkwraps cover the majority of headlines and he's one of the few financial bloggers who actually knows what they're talking about (former GS derivatives salesman, and practiced M&A law at Wachtell Lipton Rosen & Katz).
http://www.bloombergview.com/contributors/matt-levine
Oooohhh, thanks for this.
Coursera, EdX...if you're looking for free MOOCs
Global Markets:
Fed-Watch http://economistsview.typepad.com/timduy/
Mish Global Macro http://globaleconomicanalysis.blogspot.sg/
Macro Man http://macro-man.blogspot.sg/
FT Alphaville - Excellent commentaries & insights all round http://ftalphaville.ft.com/
Contrarians
Hussman - Sort of Permabear; though still highly insightful http://www.hussmanfunds.com/weeklyMarketComment.html
Michael Pettis - on China http://blog.mpettis.com/
New daily Economist app, Espresso, if you're a subscriber, is quite good. Quick reads released every morning, not too much in terms on content, but not a bad daily brief.
New daily Economist app, Espresso, if you're a subscriber, is quite good. Quick reads released every morning, not too much in terms on content, but not a bad daily brief.
My method is to look for financial forums or blogs that keep me informed on trends of investments. I like WSO, Kiplinger, GetRichSlowly, as well as others.
I also recommend Martin Armstrong's personal site, provided you can look past his political rants. His work his based on a holistic analysis of capital flows and is relatively unique. Not a lot of people analyzer markets that way. Personally I've found his forecasting to be dramatically more accurate than any mainstream source.
He's one of the best forecasters in the business but I also wouldn't mention him by name in any conversations, as he is extremely unpopular with senior BB leadership and government officials.
Best News Sources List (Originally Posted: 04/15/2013)
Like all Monkeys, I read a lot of financial news. I've been wondering recently, however, if I have been missing great news due to a lack of knowledge of all the different sources! Here's a list of the sources I read:
These cover the news from around the world, finance specific news, and good introduction to IB. What am I missing? What news sources do you read?
Basically, I want to know any red flags, like "How do you not read Blank, it's the best!
Many thanks!
This topic has been covered before. Do a search.
You forgot Twitter--has some of the best financial analysis around
The Financial Times would be another good one to add to your list.
this thread is all you need http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/blog/the-best-sources-of-financial-news-…
Dealbreaker and PEhub is all I need.
Thanks for getting back to me, and so soon! Dealbreaker seems like a great site, and that thread has some great sources as well.
I overlooked Twitter, the news comes to you, pretty great deal.
Thanks all
Most Interesting News Site? (Originally Posted: 04/22/2013)
Which website gets the most interesting articles that the others don't have? I mean general features and random news rather than national headlines and current events (e.g. mashable type sites rather than newsweek).
The Economist probably has the best long-form features and news articles about politics, world news, and the economy.
WSJ always a good querky, interesting article on A1 below the fold that covers something other people aren't talking about.
Also Reddit.
SourceFed.com definitely, they got a little webisode thing going on at their YouTube channel, they do five, 3 minute stories daily in the form of video. It's not serious or anything though.
example:
BTW, (cross promotion), post on Corporate Lending anyone? http://www.wallstreetoasis.com/forums/tomorrow-envisioning-finance
The Onion is pretty good...
xoxo
Heard Krugman went bankrupt...
I like business insider. Good combination of news, opinion, and interesting articles (like Wall Street's hottest offspring or the abandoned Six Flags park in New Orleans)
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