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What is a good website for CURRENT, to the MINUTE, stock and market news?

I need a website that has updated, to the minute, stock and market news. I'm tired of hearing reported earnings, then when I go to buy it's already up 10%. Thanks!!! Thanks for the replies. I have a TDAmeritrade account which gives me realtime quotes. But Yahoo! Finance is the best I have found for news. It's always 20 minutes old.

Public Comments

1. Typically you need to have an online brokerage account. I have an actual broker, but I keep a small brokerage account at an online site so that I have access to their research tools and up to date info. Most online sites have a 20 minute delay. If you open an e-trade account, or Bank of America Account etc then you should have immediate price availability. If you do not, you need to use a better site.I personally use B of A and there is no delay.
2. The last few days on Yahoo!Finance I noticed they are giving real-time quotes. This is stock price, though, and not news. Unless you have a Bloomberg terminal, I don't think you'll be able to conveniently find a site or source for a ton of recent news. When I'm at home, I found Yahoo!Finance to be the best at having the most stories pertaining to individual securities, but I don't know how good they are in terms of general market news. For individual stocks, I've bounced around Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones), WSJ online, MSN, etc. Each has their pros and cons, but to find security news I like Yahoo!. On a final note, don't be too bummed about missing a 10% run. There are 1000 professional managers (some with inside knowledge) that are watching the news for this stock from a professional service (a Bloomberg terminal is $7500 per month or something) that have the funds ready to go at a moments notice. Someone will beat you to the punch nearly every time. It doesn't matter who you are, it's just a law of large numbers. You will win some and you lose some. Professional managers are typically only right 52% of the time, which is all you need to make money.
3. Yahoo Finance is my main source of news. I've found it to be very helpful. As for earnings reports, companies report either before the market opens or after it closes. Most of the price swings you see after an earnings report come from stock trades that occur outside of the trading day. This is referred to as after hours trading. You can't control this. You really need to own the stock BEFORE earnings are reported to take advantage of these price swings. Yahoo Finance has a schedule of earnings reports. You can find it by selecting "stocks" from the Investing tab.