BRK IN MKE Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I am sure this topic has probably been discussed before, but what Newspapers or magazines is on everyone's must read list. Currently, I get WSJ, Economist, and Businessweek. I am thinking about subscribing to Investor's Business Daily, Harvard Business Review, and Barrons. I have not yet pulled the trigger on those subscriptions, but I figured I would poll members of the message board to see what everyone's "must read" publication(s) is/are before I sign up. *For me the one that I glean the most wisdom from is the Economist. That is a subscription that I plan to carry for a long time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myth465 Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 The economist audio edition, listen to about 90% of it each week. That plus Charlie Rose interviews, and wealth track and I am sorted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oddballstocks Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 Used to get the WSJ, dumped it, haven't missed it. Get Barrons, it's hit or miss. Some weeks are great and I read most articles, other weeks are a total miss and I read about 25%. I hate some of their ideas "Company XYZ is selling at $21, analysts see it moving to $23 over the next year." I get Businessweek, similar to Barrons, sometimes really interesting, other times a miss. Usually very good offbeat stories. Nothing really actionable but very good business news. I get SmartMoney, was offered 3 years for $10 or something when I signed up for Barrons. Surprisingly good, I've found a few articles in there I've actually cut out and saved. Used to get Forbes, don't waste your time. Read Fortune at the office sometimes, seems like the ad to article ratio is a bit high. So high in fact that I have trouble finding articles in there. I read the FT whenever I'm at the airport since it's easy to pick up a copy. I'd love to subscribe but it's pricy. I signed up for the Economist recently, should start getting it soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikazo Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 To be honest I've only had one subscription to a finance magazine so far, MoneySense in Canada. For what it's worth, it was only $1/month through Rogers, but it's really only of interest to index investors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baoxiaodao Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 I am sure this topic has probably been discussed before, but what Newspapers or magazines is on everyone's must read list. Currently, I get WSJ, Economist, and Businessweek. I am thinking about subscribing to Investor's Business Daily, Harvard Business Review, and Barrons. I have not yet pulled the trigger on those subscriptions, but I figured I would poll members of the message board to see what everyone's "must read" publication(s) is/are before I sign up. *For me the one that I glean the most wisdom from is the Economist. That is a subscription that I plan to carry for a long time. If you just want to get educated, then all those things you mentioned above is OK in my opinion. But for successful investing, there is really no need to read any of them. Even today I regretted for paying 59/year for WSJ. One thing I recommend is the Financial Times. I can be easily absorbed into this paper for more than half an hour a day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baoxiaodao Posted February 27, 2012 Share Posted February 27, 2012 An interesting side topic is the willingness of people to pay for good content. I picked up Financial Times every day last year from my school. And right after they cancelled the subscription, I missed it a lot. The subscription costs 350e or around 470 USD in Finland, but after thinking about it, I am going to subscribe. I paid 79/year for WSJ and got 20 Amazon gift card in rebate. However, even at this price, this is a totally or near totally waste of money. The newspaper, in my opinion, has failed in capturing what is happening around the world if you compare it to Financial Times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ExpectedValue Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I subscribe to the WSJ and actually like it (with a few caveats). I think the WSJ and FT try to accomplish different goals. I like to follow a lot of event driven investments and find the WSJ is great for covering these kids of things / has articles which give color on what's likely to be a future event driven scenario. Pretty much the only section I read in the WSJ is the business section. I don't read the Op-Ed, World News, or anything else. I find the FT to be better at giving a daily global perspective on what's going on with economics. It's good and high quality reporting, but I don't bother reading or subscribing to it because I don't view it as adding enough incrementally to my investing. I'd rather subscribe to the WSJ and then use the Economist and other random sources to get that global macro perspective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I really like the economist. Not necessarily very "value", but high quality nonetheless. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shalab Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 +1 on Tariq comments on WSJ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aberhound Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I have decided to cancel the Economist after reading it for 15 years. They seem to have lost their editorial independence. I am looking for a replacement without any success so far. I have always admired the quality of the writing. I pick up the FT from time to time and there is always something of interest you might not see elsewhere. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustabound Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 FWIW, both the WSJ and FT are available free online under "today's paper". The minor PITA is, any article you may want to read on the WSJ, you need to search the article title in Google news (US edition) to view it free. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baoxiaodao Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I have decided to cancel the Economist after reading it for 15 years. They seem to have lost their editorial independence. I am looking for a replacement without any success so far. I have always admired the quality of the writing. I pick up the FT from time to time and there is always something of interest you might not see elsewhere. I thought I was the only one finding this. I stopped reading the Economist a few months ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 I have decided to cancel the Economist after reading it for 15 years. They seem to have lost their editorial independence. I am looking for a replacement without any success so far. I have always admired the quality of the writing. I pick up the FT from time to time and there is always something of interest you might not see elsewhere. I thought I was the only one finding this. I stopped reading the Economist a few months ago. Could you guys elaborate with some specific examples? Are you sure that it's not your own positions that have changed over time? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SharperDingaan Posted February 28, 2012 Share Posted February 28, 2012 There is 'read' & there is 'scan'. We read the Globe and Mail, & Oil & Gas Week. We periodically scan www.straitstimes.com, www.thestandard.com/hk, www.telegraph.com.uk/, www.icenews.is, www.theportugalnews.com, & www.aljazeera.com. We scan primarily for tone, the hot business topics, & assume each publication is overtly biased. SD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baoxiaodao Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 I have decided to cancel the Economist after reading it for 15 years. They seem to have lost their editorial independence. I am looking for a replacement without any success so far. I have always admired the quality of the writing. I pick up the FT from time to time and there is always something of interest you might not see elsewhere. I thought I was the only one finding this. I stopped reading the Economist a few months ago. Could you guys elaborate with some specific examples? Are you sure that it's not your own positions that have changed over time? Liberty, I think I might exaggerate it. It is probably only me who found most publications are not worthwhile reading. With publications I meant newspapers, magazine, etc. I used to read Economist page by page, but nowadays it is getting harder to find something interesting. Maybe I read too much of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liberty Posted March 2, 2012 Share Posted March 2, 2012 Liberty, I think I might exaggerate it. It is probably only me who found most publications are not worthwhile reading. With publications I meant newspapers, magazine, etc. I used to read Economist page by page, but nowadays it is getting harder to find something interesting. Maybe I read too much of it. I also find most publications not worth reading, and I don't read The Economist page by page because with the 3-4 other books that I usually read in parallels, I'd never get through my stack. But in general I find that they are above other news sources in quality. Definitely not perfect, but better than pretty much all others I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mephistopheles Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 From what I read, the general sentiment on this thread is that WSJ is not extremely important and reading a lot of newspapers/magazines is not necessary to be a successful investor. But then what do you guys think of Buffett and Munger's opinion that newspapers are essential, and that they each read six daily in addition to the magazines and various industry publications that Buffett reads (Oil & Gas Journal, Insurance publications, etc.)? And how does reading all of that compare to reading your 10-k/10-q/8-k/conference calls? What would be the ideal way to allocate our time as investors, and why do Buffett/Munger emphasize on newspapers? (Of course, they read a ton of annual reports too.) I would love to get opinions on this, as I am a fairly new investor, and often get lost with the plethora of reading material that is available. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustabound Posted March 4, 2012 Share Posted March 4, 2012 One thing to remember about Buffett and Munger is they both own newspapers. It could be as much as keeping up with the industry as anything else. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CorpRaider Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 WSJ is running a President's Day deal for new digital subscriptions, just FYI. $1 for the first three months. I let my print subscription lapse years ago, but I think I might go for the digital only. Now that I have an iPad air, I seem to read more periodicals. I would prefer to do the FT, but I don't really care much about the global macro opinion stuff. I just want good business and investment reporting and maybe some analysis of facts on the ground. Basically, I want pre-murdoch WSJ. Oh how I wish Bloomberg would buy the FT. Edit: Here's the link to the offer: https://buy.wsj.com/offers/html/offerPres2014.html?trackCode=aaqf7cyz#pd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alpha231616967560 Posted February 16, 2014 Share Posted February 16, 2014 FWIW, both the WSJ and FT are available free online under "today's paper". The minor PITA is, any article you may want to read on the WSJ, you need to search the article title in Google news (US edition) to view it free. Really? I've tried without success to find this on the FT site. Would you mind posting a link? Thank you Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jay21 Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I'd highly recommend the blogs of FT (particularly Alphaville), which are free and have plenty of content. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yadayada Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 what about the manual of ideas. Anyone got a subscription there? I read the book and it was pretty good. And the service looks high quality. its somewhat pricey tho Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
augustabound Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 FWIW, both the WSJ and FT are available free online under "today's paper". The minor PITA is, any article you may want to read on the WSJ, you need to search the article title in Google news (US edition) to view it free. Really? I've tried without success to find this on the FT site. Would you mind posting a link? Thank you They've put up a paywall since I posted that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merkhet Posted February 17, 2014 Share Posted February 17, 2014 I read the following: WSJ FT (occasionally) Fortune Economist I would say that I have historically gotten the most out of Fortune. I bought into Bank of America after reading a particularly great interview with Brian Moynihan (something like "Can this man save Bank of America?") and I became comfortable investing in Fiat last summer when I recalled a Fortune interview with Sergio Marchionne entitled "Chrysler's Speed Merchant." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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