9. The big picture: macro, markets and news

News and media

Top stories, feeds, alerts, social, newsletters and TV.

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  • 2 lessons
  • 8 min
About this section

The stories that move prices: ranked top stories, the full feed, company and topic news, breaking alerts, and the social, newsletter, TV and tech-news panes.

What you will be able to do

  • Use TOP, N, CN, NI and FIRST, and know how fresh each is on your plan.
  • Add X, Substack, live TV and Hacker News panes, and know what they are good for.

Five words to know

headline
the title line of a news story
wire
a news service that publishes to many outlets, often press releases
topic code
a label grouping stories (M&A, central banks, energy...)
breaking news
urgent news flagged as it happens
sentiment (news)
whether a story's tone is positive or negative for a company
  1. 01The news feeds (TOP, N, CN, NI, FIRST)Gloom shows one stream of stories five ways: TOP ranks what matters, N shows everything as it arrives, CN filters a company, NI a topic, and FIRST only breaking news.4 min
  2. 02Social posts, newsletters, TV and tech news (TWIT, SUB, TV, HN)Four optional panes bring outside media next to your data: TWIT (a live X search), SUB (your newsletters), TV (live business TV) and HN (Hacker News).3 min

Educational material about reading market data, not investment advice.