I wanted to share with you some market media folks and websites I use and enjoy. Places that are entertaining and/or educational. Hopefully, you’ll find someone you haven’t seen.
Websites For Novice or Informed Investors To Follow
- The Motley Fool. Been reading and listening since the beginning, so I tried to get them as an affiliate, but they turned me down. That’s cool, they still have lots of great info on what you should probably be investing in next. Regular comparisons of similar stocks so you can decide which might be best for you. They also have a good podcast, which I listen to a lot.
- CNBC. I currently do not subscribe to a TV service or APP where I can watch CNBC, live. During the times when the market is open, I used to love to have it on during my occasional days off during the week. A lot of times it was on in the background, but still. I pick up some segments from their YouTube channel, though.
- Yahoo Finance. I use the APP mostly. The desktop site is slow as heck. A good news source and alternative to CNBC.
- Simply Wall Street. I have been enjoying how the website determines whether a stock’s price is at a fair value or overvalued. Helps BTW, these guys are a new affiliate of mine. Get the most out of the site by adding your brokerage/stocks you own so you can easily analyze how you’re doing against the market.
- The Morning Brew. A good mix of youthful humor and education on what’s happening in the world of stocks, investing, and the market. I watch more of their stuff through Instagram.
As an example of how I get info for these sources, I was looking at getting into rare earth stocks and found some education on it from Simply Wall Street:
People To Follow In Finance Media
I do a decent amount of ‘finance tube’ info gathering. Here are some of my favorites:
- Kyla Scanlon. She has had an amazing past year, so I doubt I am discovering someone for you. But she clearly breaks down the events happening in the world of investing, the economy, and politics, and how they relate. She has a book out called In This Economy? that I want to read soon.
- Nolan Gouveia – Professor G. He knows his way around ETF stocks better than most and gives good investor education.
- Business With Brain. Good personal finance education and long-term stock picks. Also, ETF and emerging stocks that are long-term investments.
You may notice that I don’t mention any day traders or sites. I tried getting into it for a bit, but I came to realize there is too much time involvement and too much risk. A larger percentage of day traders are unsuccessful compared to long-term or retail investors (which is where I am at). Doesn’t mean you can’t make it work; it’s just not for me at the moment. If you want to look into day trading, I would suggest following TraderTV, I enjoy their stuff even know I don’t day trade.
Hope these help you too. I will keep an eye out and update you with more when I find them. Let me know in the comments what investor media folks you suggest.
-Mikey