Is it worth it to subscribe to Marketwatch? I usually just read the free articles on MW or Seeking Alpha (I’m an amateur investor). This seems like a good deal though, but just curious what everyone else pays for to read?

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If you're relatively new to investing and you aspire to be a long-term, business-oriented investor, our opinion is your money is probably better spent on books and other non-expiring knowledge sources.
We don't subscribe to any market news sources anymore because 98% of the articles tend to be short-term in nature.  Almost all retail investors won't have any edge by acting on short-term news.  The information tends to be more suited to short-term traders.  The usefulness of this information is irrelevant to long-term investors.  The important news about the businesses behind any stocks you follow will be adequately covered in publicly available articles and the company's own quarterly reporting.
Morgan Housel encapsulates this idea in the following quote.  It's quite brilliant.
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Jazzi Young

Great deal, but are the articles helpful?

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