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Where you get market news is important because it may influence your investment decisions. Some market news sources are more reliable than others.
Proposed Financial Regulations May Have Dangers for Stock Investors
President Obama's proposed new financial regulations will change the financial services landscape. However, there is a potential pitfall for stock investors.
Stock Market Schedule for 2009
The stock markets follow a set holiday schedule each year. Additional closings may be added to mark special occasions or under special circumstances.
Inflation and Stocks - How Inflation Effects your Stock Investments
Inflation has reared its ugly head - what does this mean for your stock investments?
Stagflation in Dangerous for Stocks
Stagflation is when the economy is not growing, but inflation rates are high - usually two conditions that don't exist at the same time. It is a dangerous economic crisis.
Good News - Bad News for Stocks
Good news for consumers and workers may not be good news for the economy or businesses.
Market News Sources
Three top sources of market news on the Internet.
Manufacturing Indicators - What You Need to Know
Business Inventories, Industrial Production, Capacity Utilization are three important indicators of manufacturing health. They are important to investors who want to follow the business cycle.
Consumer Price Index - What the CPI Tells You About Inflation
The Consumer Price Index is the leading indicator of inflation and one of the most important indicators for investors. A rising CPI may signal rising inflation and trigger interest rate increases.
Retail Sales - Why retail sales are important to our economy
Retail sales are an important part of our economy and are watched by the market as an important economic indicator.
Holiday Shopping - Why Holiday Shopping is Important to the Market
The holiday shopping season is important because two-thirds of our economy depends on consumer spending.
WSJ.com - Login
This is the one, the foremost source of financial news. It is a paid site, but if you want the best this it.
Consumer Confidence - Why the Consumer Confidence Index is Important to Investors
The Consumer Confidence Index is one of the two most important measures of future consumer spending expectations.
CNN/Money
The financial news arm of CNN.com, this is on of my favorite sites for news and information.
Morningstar: Stocks, Mutual Funds, Investing and Personal Finance
Morningstar is a great site for news and information. They devote about half the site to mutual funds, so some of the information may not be relevant, but it is always interesting.
CBS MarketWatch - Business News - Financial Information
CBS MarketWatch does a good job of staying on top of the market and the site includes a number of other helpful tools.
MSN Money - Finance Site
MSN Money is the online version of the cable news effort of Microsoft and NBC. A good source of news, but not as focused on the markets as other sites.
Business news and International Business News | Reuters.com
Reuters is an internationally known news source that brings a different look to stock and market news.
Bloomberg.com
Bloomberg is an authorative source of information on all financial markets. Their top-level information is only available to subscribers.
Yahoo! Finance
Typical Yahoo no nonsense site with tons of links and no frills. Plenty of news if you want to wade through the text.

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