Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character - Gawker Comments

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

cassandra — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 20:41:32 EDT

@Larry Bird Flu: It is also a pretty shade and compliments most monochromatic beige interiors, while providing a daring counterpoint to black.

@Ryan Tate: You make a compelling case. And all those European, bored people appreciate you for it.

cassandra

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

Ryan Tate — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:52:27 EDT

@cassandra: Not so! Some of us just have no lives!

Ryan Tate

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

Larry Bird Flu — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 10:04:07 EDT

@cassandra: Maybe they just think it makes them seem smart. Like people who have copies of the Economist on their coffee tables but it's completely uncreased, and obviously untouched.

Larry Bird Flu

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

ADismalScience — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 08:54:13 EDT

@Ryan Tate:

They do okay. I won't go back on that site until they take the Microsoft offer and ditch their slate of columnists. Between Orman, Kiyosaki, and Stein they have by far the most overmatched, out-of-touch bunch on the web providing their color analysis.

A decent RSS-style filtration system is even better - most firms have proprietary equivalents.

ADismalScience

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

cassandra — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:32:28 EDT

@Larry Bird Flu: No one reads the FT, unless they're European or bored.

cassandra

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

drugman — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:17:58 EDT

Can we, to keep everyone sated, just embed cute Flickr photos of Julia Allison at the margins of stories like these? Best post I've read here in memory. Add to that, I get Dismal...orgy-tastic.

drugman

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

Ryan Tate — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:10:30 EDT

@ADismalScience: I don't know if this is still the case, but Yahoo Finance used to do a good job of aggregating all the wire reports (and some other stuff, like MarketWatch and TheStreet) and earnings releases by ticker, to make scanning a bit easier.

Ryan Tate

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

donmiguel — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 01:03:37 EDT

@ADismalScience: Actually, thanks! That was very good indeed.

donmiguel

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

fiveinchtaint — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:56:26 EDT

@ADismalScience: I just wish I could invest my fortune in Goonies 2. You know it'll destroy at the theaters. Andy? The girl that played her? She's aged very well. I saw her in the DVD. She's got a comeback in her.

But for real, you always have good advice. I absorb it like a sponge, but reply like a dipshit to throw others off the trail.

fiveinchtaint

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In Other News... — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:37:44 EDT

@ADismalScience: Very servicey. Thanks!

In Other News...

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

ADismalScience — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:33:32 EDT

@fiveinchtaint:

It depends on what you're looking for. If you want a good idea of what the trade is, you're either taking the temperature on the floor or you're on a fool's errand. Don't use the media (any of them) for investing advice ever. There are too many competing interests out there that will crimp your returns - get a pro.

If you want to read up on the operation of finance and the mechanics involved, the best thing you can usually do is scan the Reuters and Bloomberg wires for stuff that interests you. From there, you collate static data about relevant parties involved and basically stitch your own story together, which takes a bit of experience and ingenuity. You'll be 12 hours ahead of CNBC and days ahead of the WSJ in most cases provided your head is right and you can analyze.

ADismalScience

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

fiveinchtaint — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:22:27 EDT

@ADismalScience: So what is a proper source of news? Bloomberg.com? School me!

fiveinchtaint

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Larry Bird Flu — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:21:22 EDT

The WSJ reporters I know would rather write the longer thought pieces, but are getting squeezed by Murdoch's philosophy. Most Wall Streeters I know read the WSJ for news, and the FT for analysis anyway.

This post is not funny.

Larry Bird Flu

Wall Street Journal To Lose Still More Character

ADismalScience — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:18:58 EDT

I really haven't seen the lifestyle elements I was expecting Rupert to add to the WSJ. This is probably because it's totally pointless to read the thing and has been since the 90's. I bet they still quote in eighths.

ADismalScience