Where you get market news is important because it may influence your investment decisions. Some market news sources are more reliable than others.
The year 2006 marked the beginning of the end for the housing boom, although almost no one saw the obvious signs pointing to an unsustainable boom.
The growing importance of China as a force in the global economy was one of the more important highlights of 2005 market news.
Gasoline sold in excess of $2 per gallon, but the worse was yet to come.
Low interest rates helped set the stage for future financial crisis.
The stock market halted its deep slide into bear territory and survived more accounting scandals in 2002.
Terrorists' attacks, the on-going dot.com collapse and Wall Street scandal rocked the markets in 2001.
The popping of the dot.com bubble signaled the end to a period of wild speculation. Did we learn anything?
President Obama's proposed new financial regulations will change the financial services landscape. However, there is a potential pitfall for stock investors.
The stock markets follow a set holiday schedule each year. Additional closings may be added to mark special occasions or under special circumstances.
Inflation has reared its ugly head - what does this mean for your stock investments?
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 for consumers and workers may not be good news for the economy or businesses.
Three top sources of market news on the Internet.
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.
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 are an important part of our economy and are watched by the market as an important economic indicator.
The holiday shopping season is important because two-thirds of our economy depends on consumer spending.
This is the one, the foremost source of financial news. It is a paid site, but if you want the best this it.
The Consumer Confidence Index is one of the two most important measures of future consumer spending expectations.
The financial news arm of CNN.com, this is on of my favorite sites for news and information.
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 does a good job of staying on top of the market and the site includes a number of other helpful tools.
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.
Reuters is an internationally known news source that brings a different look to stock and market news.
Bloomberg is an authorative source of information on all financial markets. Their top-level information is only available to subscribers.
Typical Yahoo no nonsense site with tons of links and no frills. Plenty of news if you want to wade through the text.
