Stock market news is (almost) never breaking news

Written on 19 January 2019, 12:09pm

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Did anyone notice how every drop in the stock market is reported as breaking news but the subsequent recovery is completely ignored?

3rd of Jan 2019: breaking news after the Apple shares plunge 9%
19th of Jan 2019: the Apple shares are back to the level before the plunge

Later edit, 1 October 2019:

1st of October 2019: stock news is never breaking news

The drop from 158 to 142USD was breaking news. But 9 months later the price is 226USD, thank you very much.

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