Financial News Websites
🌍 Global Powerhouses
- Bloomberg (TV/digital; real-time data, global markets)
- CNBC (TV/digital; earnings reports, market analysis)
- Reuters (Breaking news, trusted for unbiased reporting)
- Financial Times (UK-based, premium global analysis; paywall)
- WSJ (WSJ; U.S. focus, corporate deep dives; paywall)
- Yahoo Finance (Free real-time quotes, earnings calendars)
- Investing.com (Global markets, forex/crypto tools)
💻 Large Sites
- MarketWatch (Basic market data free; paywall for analysis)
- Investopedia (Educational content + news summaries)
- Google Finance (Simplified portfolios, free real-time data)
- MSN Money (used to be more popular)
- Investors.com (IBD William O’Neil site)
- BusinessInsider (paywall)
- CNN Money (fear & greed index)
- Benzinga (Day-trader focus, market-moving alerts)
🎯 Niche & Specialized
- Zerohedge (Macro/political takes, contrarian views)
- Seeking Alpha (Crowdsourced analysis, earnings calls)
- Goldseek.com (Precious metals, commodities focus)
- CoinDesk (Cryptocurrency/blockchain news)
- Morningstar (Fund/ETF research, investment insights)
- Institutional Investor (Professional asset managers)
- TheStreet.com (long running site)
- TradingView News (the massively popular chart site has a bit of a news section)
- Motley Fool (aimed at newer people)
📰 Magazines
- Economist (Global affairs, big-picture trends; weekly)
- Barrons.com (Investing strategies, weekly stock picks; paywall)
- Fortune (Fortune 500, CEO profiles)
- Forbes (Business trends, billionaire rankings)
🌐 Regional Focus
- Financial Post (financial news with a Canadian twist)
- This is Money: (UK; personal finance, consumer news)
- Nikkei Asia (Japan/Asia markets)
- Caixin Global (China)
- Australian Financial Review (Australia)
- FNLondon: (Financial news)
- China Business Daily: (English language version of large Chinese paper)
📡 Aggregators & Tools
- Biztoc.com (Bills itself as “the entire business world on one page”)
- Kiosko (Global newspaper front pages)
The ones I pay for:
(Worth it for me, but not required)
- Wall Street Journal
- Financial Times
- New York Times
- CNBC (background tv with the sound down)
- Barrons
- Economist
That said, most things can be found for free if you know where to look—social media, forums, and newsletters etc