One of the first arguments I remember reading about investing in stocks, that made sense, was that it's basically investing in businesses, with the expectation that those businesses you selected would do well and, as a consequence, the stocks would go up. For this to happen, this selection process has to be accurate, both in making sure that the businesses are actually sound, their future prospects for growth are good, and the price they ar

https://hbr.org/1995/05/why-the-news-is-not-the-truth

Harvard Business Review

Why the News Is Not the Truth

I am not an american, but the way media/news work down here is basically the same. Also, despite the age of the article, feels like nothing really changed, other than adding other ways to deliver news (internet/social media).

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