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Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
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Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#42I strongly suspect that a popular news resource focusing on stocks is liable to be overrun with bots or ‘sponsored content’, either with or without moderators’ blessing/compensation. It’s the niche where information asymmetry and financial gain are so awkwardly close.
Financial news is like a TV channel that plays nothing but commercials. In the sense that every story is trying to get you to do something very specific that enriches the storyteller. I don't know why anybody would want that.
> I don't know why anybody would want that.
I think the answer is probably something like gambling addiction.
While I use a very basic/standard passive investing approach myself, I do believe there are people who have genuine skill at active investing, particularly when they are handling relatively small amounts of money.
But I don't think any of them get there by absorbing walls of buy/sell recommendations.
Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#43Earlier quoted context omitted.
Looks good, but the login-mechanism is pure trash. It does not allow you to make account+password, but forces you to click a "magic link" in order to login. It was written in big letters, "dont worry we wont spam". 3 minutes later: 2 emails in my inbox. One of them "BizToc is made possible by Mark Cuban & Thomas Marban. If you’re enjoying it, please invite your friends & colleagues." This is pure spam and I do not li…
There is a difference between a single onboarding email and actual spam. Magic links — love or hate em, but more and more services use them. Klarna, Vercel, ...
Did I ask for an "onboarding email"? I certainly did not.
And yes, I chose to hate them.
Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#44I got some 502 errors
Would you mind to share some stats about current number of concurrent visitors?
Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#45FWIW I don't think that you can really do this without moderation. Financial news is one area where curation shines particularly strongly, considering how strong monetary and information gain collide. Benzinga / Motley Fool / Seeking Alpha / Business Wire / Forbes aren't places to find worthwhile information.
A few years ago 27 people were charged with fraud for being paid to pump stocks with hundred of articles these sorts of platforms under the guise of unbiased news. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg.
https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-79
>The SEC today released an investor alert warning that articles on an investment research website that appear to be an unbiased source of information or provide commentary on multiple stocks may be part of an undisclosed paid stock promotion. Investors should never make an investment based solely on information published on an investment research website. When making an investment decision, thoroughly research the company using multiple sources.
Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#46Don't know about stocks, but I'd really like this interface for a regular news site: good, bad, event, sector, country (the country interface looks particularly nice). And then use labels to indicate type of news (instead of stock symbol). Not sure what the colored dots mean though.
Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#47Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#48I have been working on a stock market analytics tool, here is the news section: https://quantale.io/dashboard/latest-news
It tracks real-time data from Reddit, Twitter, Newsmedia, SEC Filings and Financial Data of over 10000 stock tickers.
It is in super alpha right now so please be more tolerant of bugs and issues. thank you
Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#49FWIW I don't think that you can really do this without moderation. Financial news is one area where curation shines particularly strongly, considering how strong monetary and information gain collide. Benzinga / Motley Fool / Seeking Alpha / Business Wire / Forbes aren't places to find worthwhile information.
Was just going to say basically the same thing, though you are wrong about Business Wire (the source of some original press releases with high value). This site would be better with way fewer sources, paradoxically. Probably 5-7 are all you need. I pay a small fortune for Bloomberg each year and get notifications of all news on a list of stocks ~200 long. Most of the notifications are spammy lawyer press releases. Bl…
If you're long these stocks, shouldn't you ignore most of the news related to them anyway? How does it impact your decision-making? Why is the subscription worth it?
Re: Show HN: Hacker News-ish stock news, from 40+ sources
#50FWIW I don't think that you can really do this without moderation. Financial news is one area where curation shines particularly strongly, considering how strong monetary and information gain collide. Benzinga / Motley Fool / Seeking Alpha / Business Wire / Forbes aren't places to find worthwhile information.
A few years ago 27 people were charged with fraud for being paid to pump stocks with hundred of articles these sorts of platforms under the guise of unbiased news. This is probably just the tip of the iceberg. https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2017-79 >The SEC today released an investor alert warning that articles on an investment research website that appear to be an unbiased source of information or provide co…
> using multiple sources.
That recommendation of theirs is ironic considering the “scheme” consists _of_ said multiple sources.