In a world that moves on perception, rumors, and other related news, having access to the right news and in a timely manner can be somewhat of a tricky tasks. Especially in the era of new blogs and sites starting everyday, who can we believe and who can we trust?
The obvious answer would be to to trust the “big names,” but even some of these media giants are known to have some bias/promoting ambitions of their own. So once again, who we can we trust to supply us with relevant and substantial financial news?
I remember first being introduced to the Wall Street Journal in my freshman year of college. We had to do some sort of economic analysis based on some article clipping from that paper.
Now I have admit that before that time, I had never really read any type of newspaper other than the Sunday comic section, so I wasn’t particularly feeling too positive about having to find an article to analyze from a financial related newspaper.
Maybe its just me, but reading the Journal made me feel a little richer than I really was, especially considering the fact that we had the option to receive the Weekend Edition at a different house, unfortunately I had to keep the same address. It also helped me learn more about how the financial markets work, much faster than I would have learned somewhere else. Although the name of the paper is Wall Street Journal, they do cover other topics, such as real estate, business, and even sports.
Long story short, I haven’t stopped reading the Wall Street Journal since, and subscribers do get access to the locked parts of the online version. I find their articles to be insightful, yet easy to understand. They are not coded in graduate level financial jargon, and, as far as I’ve observed, I’ve never come across articles that look bias or like they are promoting something. Basically you get real-time quality news that you can actually use to better your investing and trading.
The Journal has been around for over 100 years, and has consistently updated with the times. Too be honest, I have never really heard anything bad about the paper. Some people do say the subscription price is to high, but obviously they don’t have access to these discounts.
What are your opinions of the Wall Street Journal?
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