For years, if you wanted to know anything about the stock market, you turned to the Wall Street Journal. Today investors turn to many other sources for stock market news.
Of course, the Wall Street Journal is still published every business day. It is very comprehensive in its coverage of the stock market. It has every stock listed on the American stock exchanges as well as many of the foreign exchanges. Additionally, many daily newspapers will carry listings for stocks when the market is open.
If you watch cable television, you will also find that many of the news channels will during their broadcasts show a ticker of some of the major stocks. Additionally, you will find channels on your cable that deal with financial news.
For the quickest news on the stock exchange, however, one has to turn no further than the internet. Prices of stocks are known immediately around the world with the advent of the World Wide Web. In addition, we can know what is happening in many of the world markets almost as soon as they happen.
Some people have little if any money invested in the market. They may wonder why they even need to know what is happening on Wall Street. The current economy has shown all of us that what happens in the market can and does effect our daily lives. The drop in the market has influence the unemployment rate and recovery will begin to take place there also.
Persons who have lost their jobs in the current economy and been forced to remove the cash that remained in the 401k will find that the amount in this retirement fund today is much less that was in the fund two years ago. That is because your money was invested in the stock market. When the economy went south, so did your money.
Follow the stock market news to make wise investments.
