How to Read Financial News
We all have biases and blind spots, and it helps to listen to people who see things differently.
Now more than ever we need to read the news with a clear eye about our emotions and biases.
How should you approach financial news? Robert J. Martorana, CFA, shares his advice.
How often do you say, “I read it somewhere”?
Sometimes old narratives cast a long shadow and obscure more than they reveal.
Consensus expectations are a logical starting point for putting any financial news into its proper context.
How is financial news like a crying baby? Robert J. Martorana, CFA, explains.
Reading obscure financial information may look and feel like productive work, but most of this content has little chance of leading to better results, says Robert Martorana, CFA. So portfolio managers must learn to read fast and quickly detect nonsense.