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Best Forex News Site that meets my criteria?

  • #1
  • First Post: Feb 25, 2010 3:50am Feb 25, 2010 3:50am
Hi,

What do you guys think is the best Forex News and/or Analysis site that meet s the following criteria:

1) timeliness (eliminates fx360, which otherwise I like)

2) mostly only important news mentioned (eliminates bloomberg, which otherwise I like)
  • #2
  • Feb 25, 2010 4:37am Feb 25, 2010 4:37am
what do you meen exactly by timeliness ?upgraded day by day or what?
  • #3
  • Feb 25, 2010 5:49am Feb 25, 2010 5:49am
once an event occurs... pretty soon after. Like 15 mins or well up to an hour. But no longer. Some places wait until the moves are pretty much over, so they can comment and analyze it after the fact. But I'm looking more for something that says "look, somethings happening" or "something just happened"

but without too much minor information. Like if something big in US or Eurozone happens that would affect markets. Or that dubai crisis when it happened. Those are big events but... something like Latvia's budget deficit, I'd rather not read about. I mean it's a country with the population of a medium-sized city.
  • #4
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:06am Feb 25, 2010 6:06am
Quoting ycomp
once an event occurs... pretty soon after. Like 15 mins or well up to an hour. But no longer. Some places wait until the moves are pretty much over, so they can comment and analyze it after the fact. But I'm looking more for something that says "look, somethings happening" or "something just happened"

but without too much minor information. Like if something big in US or Eurozone happens that would affect markets. Or that dubai crisis when it happened. Those are big events but... something like Latvia's budget deficit, I'd rather not read about....
I am assuming that you don't find Forex factory's home page useful? I mean today you have to scroll down past the calendar to see the news articles coming in from syndicated sources all over the place. I don't think I have found a better news site which is free. Try updating the homepage every few minutes. I tried Tradethenews.com and it was too detailed. Forex factory is usually only a minute or two later.
Gone to a better place
  • #5
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:17am Feb 25, 2010 6:17am
yeah I don't really like sites that just amalgamate articles.

How about people just list here their favorite 2 or 3 forex news or analysis sites? Then I can just check them all out, see which ones I like best.
  • #6
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:20am Feb 25, 2010 6:20am
fxstreet.com might do it for you.
  • #7
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:22am Feb 25, 2010 6:22am
So, you're basically looking for someone to give you a play-by-play commentary, like a sports announcer?

Rob
  • #8
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:23am Feb 25, 2010 6:23am
Quoting Rob Mondave
So, you're basically looking for someone to give you a play-by-play commentary, like a sports announcer?

Rob
no, just the important news... but not the less important news. And in a relatively timely manner. Like bloomberg would be great if you could just filter it for important events.
  • #9
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:24am Feb 25, 2010 6:24am
Quoting ycomp
yeah I don't really like sites that just amalgamate articles.

How about people just list here their favorite 2 or 3 forex news or analysis sites? Then I can just check them all out, see which ones I like best.
I find www.forexlive.com is pretty on top of things.

The only negative I find is each of their guys has a favorite pair and it's obvious in their comments. This is fine of course except that they tend to ignore news for other pairs occasionally.

Give them a go and I think you'll find they match your criteria quite well. Their comments can also be pretty funny IE Gerry earlier saying "King should shut his Gob" or something to that effect.

I'd like to quickly add that these guys also focus on the news that's not always apparent. If you follow the site for a bit you'll see what I mean.
The trend always ends.
  • #10
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:32am Feb 25, 2010 6:32am
Quoting Shamus
I find www.forexlive.com is pretty on top of things....
sounds cool, I never saw this site before
  • #11
  • Feb 25, 2010 6:37am Feb 25, 2010 6:37am
Quoting ycomp
sounds cool, I never saw this site before
http://lagwar.com/home/wp-content/up...thumbs-up.jpeg
The trend always ends.
  • #12
  • Feb 25, 2010 7:05am Feb 25, 2010 7:05am
Quoting Shamus
http://lagwar.com/home/wp-content/up...thumbs-up.jpeg




That's what I said. There's links to that chuffing site all the way through Forex factory's news feed thread.


Thank you Borat.
Gone to a better place
  • #13
  • Feb 25, 2010 7:07am Feb 25, 2010 7:07am
Quoting Shamus
I find www.forexlive.com is pretty on top of things....
thanks for the link, I never saw this site before
  • #14
  • Feb 25, 2010 7:33am Feb 25, 2010 7:33am
Tradethenews fx?

http://www.tradethenews.com/products-forex.asp
  • #15
  • Last Post: Feb 25, 2010 7:58am Feb 25, 2010 7:58am
For streaming news (not commentary) to help me make sense of sudden market movements etc. I like the DailyFX forex stream:

http://forexstream.dailyfx.com/

Stay away from their trade recommendations. By their own admittance, they have not been at all successful over the past months.

jesper
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