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Expanded Daily News Pages

Back in December I added a feature to the site called The Daily News, a mash-up of financial news, opinion, analysis and commentary from around the web. I have expanded it now to two pages in order to provide even more sources of market updates, financial discussion and investing ideas.

The new lineup of content is as follows:
  • Seeking Alpha
  • Ticker Sense
  • Business & Finance from Digg.com
  • ETF Trends
  • DigStock.com
  • Schaeffer's Daily Market Recap
  • Market Calendars from MSN-Money and MarketWatch
  • Schaeffer's Daily Market Blog
  • Financial blog posts from Tailrank
  • Yahoo Business News
  • Motley Fool Headlines
  • MarketWatch.com - Stocks to Watch
  • Wall Street Journal - Earnings
  • Two from SmartMoney - Top Stories and Sector Patrol
  • Investors Blog Network (of which I am a member)

Read the Daily News and be prepared for your trading day. All the news and analysis in one place!

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