Thursday, November 20, 2014

Kirk Chewning on The Best Ways of Keeping up with Financial News - Cane Bay Partners VI


The world of finance is dynamic and ever-changing. At Cane Bay Partners it's important for us, to miss even a day of financial news and you risk being left behind, as mergers, acquisitions, credit upgrades and downgrades, and new laws and regulations constantly come down the pike like battalion fire.

Ask any top investment banker or financial advisor and they will tell you, almost without fail, that they start and end their day by getting themselves up to speed with the latest financial news, and that they keep a constant eye throughout the workday on the markets and other industry happenings.

Keeping up is vital if you want to succeed in finance. Luckily, technology makes this task much easier than ever before.

Here are the best ways to keep up with current finance news.

The Wall Street Journal. For decades, this newspaper has been the gold standard for reporting all things finance. Nothing has changed in that regard, and that looks to be the case for the foreseeable future.

Once again, anyone who makes their chops in the world of finance and does well at it will be quick to tell you that they have a subscription to the Wall Street Journal.

The online version of the newspaper features all the top finance stores as well as by-the-minute breaking news. Unlimited access can be obtained for a very nominal monthly fee, and it is well worth it.

Yahoo! Finance. Yahoo! Finance is my personal favorite web site for keeping tabs on all the stock and financial markets. Its interface is very clean and user-friendly, enabling me in a matter of seconds to see what's going on with the Dow, the NASDAQ, the S&P, as well as various currencies and precious metals.

While it doesn't feature near the breadth of in-depth finance stores as the WSJ, Yahoo Finance! is great for a quick snapshot of what is happening in finance at any moment in time.

Bloomberg for iPad. Apple enthusiasts voted Bloomberg for iPad as the number one mobile app for receiving stock updates and financial news on the go. The app is easy to load, clean, user-friendly, and it can be customized by individual users based on personal preferences and areas of interests. Toggle back and forth easily between stock market graphs and the latest news stories from within the industry.

Keeping up with the news is an important part of the job description for anyone in the financial field. Fortunately, there are a variety of sources that can provide you with the most up-to-date news at a minute's notice.

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