In Hedgehogging Barton Biggs comments that you are better of reading the Economist cover to cover every week rather than reading the WSJ/FT every day. Nassim Nicholas Taleb reads for 60 hours a week, but never a newspaper. I browse the economist, Foreign Affairs and WSJ websites and scan headlines in the physical WSJ every day, maybe reading a story if something catches my eye. Now with CFA studies over I have been brushing up on FX / Options / Swap topics that I don’t see to much on a daily basis. I also just printed out the Barton Biggs reading list and will start on a few from there shortly. http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organizations/cima/files/barton_biggs_reading_list.pdf Just curious where the majority of people on this board get their information from or what you read on a consistent basis to stay informed?
The Economist had a cover story this week about how sex offender laws in the U.S. are unfair. This should help me pass L3.
Jugs …no but seriously, Jugs.
Big 'Uns
fxguy1234 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > In Hedgehogging Barton Biggs comments that you are > better of reading the Economist cover to cover > every week rather than reading the WSJ/FT every > day. > > Nassim Nicholas Taleb reads for 60 hours a week, > but never a newspaper. > > I browse the economist, Foreign Affairs and WSJ > websites and scan headlines in the physical WSJ > every day, maybe reading a story if something > catches my eye. Now with CFA studies over I have > been brushing up on FX / Options / Swap topics > that I don’t see to much on a daily basis. > > I also just printed out the Barton Biggs reading > list and will start on a few from there shortly. > http://www0.gsb.columbia.edu/students/organization > s/cima/files/barton_biggs_reading_list.pdf > > Just curious where the majority of people on this > board get their information from or what you read > on a consistent basis to stay informed? Seriously though, do you mean keeping informed of news or do you mean keeping informed and knowledgeable on various topics in general (i.e. learning new isht)? Or both?
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daily: WSJ, FT, local paper, bloomberg repeatedly, blogs:dealbreaker, dealbook, clusterstock other: Economist, Bloomberg Markets, economic/financial newsletters from people/companies I find interesting (usually a weekly thing) sent to me.
tvPM Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > daily: WSJ, FT, local paper, bloomberg repeatedly, > > blogs:dealbreaker, dealbook, clusterstock > other: Economist, Bloomberg Markets, > economic/financial newsletters from > people/companies I find interesting (usually a > weekly thing) sent to me. This also, minus the economist (as of late) and the local paper. …and AF of course.
JP Morgan Early Look at the Market note is great I check The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet for major news
bloomberg, marketwatch…
Financial Times and bchadwick’s posts
People’s palms
used to read everything. now just yahoo finance headlines. it doesnt help returns reading all this irrelevent claptrap in my experience.
Why did Biggs recommend reading the Economist cover to cover? There are so many useless articles.
nocareer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Why did Biggs recommend reading the Economist > cover to cover? There are so many useless > articles. I met a Canadian girl in Cambodia once and we spent hours swapping interesting anecdotes about poppy cultivation in Afghanistan, the state of Council housing in London, Stephen Hawking’s new book, the civil trial facing the Mayor of São Paulo, NASA’s latest lunar module, electricity deregulation in Victoria, the new Police of SFPD, school vouchers in Nebraska, the emergence of a Green-Social Democrat coalition in Upper Saxony, the weekly performance of the Dow…it was as though I was talking to a carbon copy of myself. Turned out she read The Economist too. We would’ve had it on right there and then, except for the fact my girlfriend was sitting at the table too.
JasonU Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > JP Morgan Early Look at the Market note is great > > I check The Daily Beast Cheat Sheet for major news how do i subscribe to the Early Look note?
Am really interested in knowing, “What do you do after you are informed?” Informed not just about finance, but things in general. Is the information merely an ego booster because you know all the stuff or do you genuinely try to help with the information you received?
Economist, WSJ, Bloomberg, FT, Daveys, Independent, Times And AF/FNAAG 