the S/N (signal to noise) ratio of just watching CNBC or Bloomberg for financial news is limited
we’re (like it or not) in a global market and as such its helpful IMHO to get a feel for the global perspective, so personally I not only sample CNBC and Bloomberg, but the BBC, PBS, al jazeera news, and RT, etc.
anyone else have an iPad/iPhone? if so you what I did is build something akin to the news app which is part of the new iOS
basically what I do for example with RT, which has business related shows like:
is cache the latest streams of the shows (which are just .mp4 files) and play them back with the VLC media player (because it has the ability to speed up playback)
this way I can get the strategic over of what’s happening with video clips in much less time than if I just went to the web site and watched the segment with a browser
BTW showed my niece this trick and now she speeds up learning stuff published by kahn academy, etc…
one other trick I use is to watch science programs on the web by PBS like “nova” and videos published by the smithsonian channel is to use airplay which is a feature found on apple TV (basically this mirrors the .mp4 files played back with VLC on my MacBookPro and displays it on my TV which has a much bigger screen as well as a better sound system)
