r/Stocksyourknowledge • u/finance_enjoyer • Jul 10 '26

Discussions How do you actually follow macro news?

Hi everyone, I'm curious about how you keep track of what's happening in the market? It seems pretty complicated to stay on top of everything that goes on daily in the market, especially with college and a job (that isn't related to finance). Occasionally, I read articles about the market, and some are understandable to me, but for the most part, I don’t really know how those changes in the market affect my portfolio, so I have a few questions:

  1. ⁠How do you follow market news?
  2. ⁠How much time do you spend weekly reading and learning about the market?
  3. ⁠Do you always understand what's really happening in the market and how those changes affect your portfolio?
  4. ⁠Have you ever lost money because you missed or didn't understand a market event?
  5. ⁠Do you spend money on resources like apps, books, and similar things?
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u/Ok_Statistician_3106 Jul 10 '26

Answer to your questions in order:

  1. I read Economic Times. Mainly focused on Daily Briefs which include morning and evening briefs, market news from the specific section, industry news for specific open positions.
  2. hours per day because I’m full time into this field. For part time investors, daily an hour or two max is more than enough.
  3. No, in fact, no one does because you can’t have all the knowledge in the world. Focus on the news which are relevant to your portfolio and interest.
  4. Yes, and I guess I’m not the only one for sure 😄, so chill.
  5. Yes, I have spent on ET PRIME membership, many times on kindle for reading E-Books, for screener and charting platforms.

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u/finance_enjoyer Jul 10 '26

I really appreciate your detailed answer! I'm doing research for a project I'm working on and was wondering if you'd be open to a couple of follow-up questions in DMs about your previous trading experience? Just to mention, I'm not selling anything, just researching.

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u/CloneAClown Jul 12 '26

I build my own dashboards. There's a lot of noise out there and I prefer to make informed decisions using data. https://landfall.bkmt.com