stock investing information

Stock investing information resources include online forums, the companies themselves, brokers, bankers, and financial information intermediaries, such as Reuters.

Of these, online forums should be taken with a healthy dose of scepticism.

There are as many opinions on particular firms as there are commentators.

However, many online forum commentators get their basic facts right about particular companies, like the basic workings of a company, the market dynamics in particular sector, and so on.

This can alert you to look into some specific sectors that may or may not contain valuable opportunies.

However, do not depend on the market research done by others on online forums. Instead, do your own research and verify all facts that may have been presented.

Stock Investing Information - Companies

One of the most overlooked source of stock investing information are the companies themselves.

Instead of relying on middle men, like investment banking analysts, doing the research, you can get an incredible amount of information about specific companies by taking a look at their information offering directly.

Nowadays, many companies give information, through their website or otherwise, about the market dynamics on their specific fields, specifics about competition, and outlook for the investor when making an investment in the company.

Of course, the financial statements of the company are the basics for any stock investment decision that is based on fundamental trading strategy.

Stock Investing Information - Brokers, Bankers, and Analysts

Brokers, bankers, and analysts can be a vital part of your information flow about stock market.

These market participants are obliged by profession to keep up to date on the market conditions.

However, the best and deepest source for market information out of these is the analyst profession.

Analysts crunch the numbers and make predictions about different segments of the stock market as well as specific stocks.

This research is then published on different publications to the investment companies' clients or via presentations.

To get this research, you normally can't approach an analyst directly.

Instead, many have a designated broker or a banker on an investment firm, and these contacts refer your name to the analysts, who then send you their research material.

Stock Investing Information - Information Intermediaries

Finally, there are information intermediaries for financial information, such as Reuters.

These intermediaries collect the basic flow of financial data, such as stock quotes and financial information headlines.

Analysts, traders, and others in the financial market community then use this time-sensitive information to their financial gain and to advice their clients to take advantage of the information.

If you want to have a direct line to one of these information sources, at the same level as, say traders do, you may have to pay a significant sum, which may rise to even in the thousands of dollars.

With a time delay, much of this information is available online for free.


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