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Hi, so I am looking for some potential good investment readings via magazines. Really want to have a good overview of the markets for interviews in 6-9 months.

Anyone have any comment on Alpha and Institutional Investor other than that they are bloody expensive. I nabbed a copy of II from work, it's not bad. Considering a sub down the road perhaps... I already get the Economist, and am not a big fan of Forbes, Fortune, Smart Money etc. Being in Canada limits my ability somewhat...
 
Good question, i was thinking about this myself. I beleive garp has a Risk magazine. What about the magazine "Pensions & Investments" ? I was looking at the alpha and II subscriptions together there about 900 dollars. If one subs to II it is much cheaper but I was having trouble trying to understand why alpha by intself was 700+. One could try to read the academic journals and subscribe to them as well, II has about eight of them that complement cfa materials nicely. A realy cool magazine if one cares about the defence industry and weapons and whatnot is "Janes Defence Weekly". I would susbscribe to that if i had the extra cash floating around.

For what its worth, I'll be sticking with the Economist for now. They could do without the science section perhaps. Oh, and does anyone read the lenghty Technology Quarerly section when it comes out ?
 
Economist is great for general knowledge. Bloomberg, Latin Finance, Journal of Finance, Journal of Behavioral Finance, Journal of Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal are all journals that I find interesting and useful. I'm not saying that I find time to read any of them religiously or even regularly, but any time I have one of those on my desk and some time to read them, I'm pretty happy.

For tendencies in the market, Business Week, and just the plain old WSJ is decent.
 
smgardy Wrote:
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> Good question, i was thinking about this myself. I
> beleive garp has a Risk magazine. What about the
> magazine "Pensions & Investments" ? I was looking
> at the alpha and II subscriptions together there
> about 900 dollars. If one subs to II it is much
> cheaper but I was having trouble trying to
> understand why alpha by intself was 700+. One
> could try to read the academic journals and
> subscribe to them as well, II has about eight of
> them that complement cfa materials nicely. A realy
> cool magazine if one cares about the defence
> industry and weapons and whatnot is "Janes Defence
> Weekly". I would susbscribe to that if i had the
> extra cash floating around.
>
> For what its worth, I'll be sticking with the
> Economist for now. They could do without the
> science section perhaps. Oh, and does anyone read
> the lenghty Technology Quarerly section when it
> comes out ?

hate to say it, but I don't look too much at tech quarterly. The science section of the economist is pretty advanced...or so my science sources tell me
 
stylemog Wrote:
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> i like barrons

Of course, industry standard...

>and ibd...

...for short ideas.
 
For interviews and the like I would prefer to have a broad knowledge rather than a deep one.

I'd go for accessible and generalist stuff such as The Economist, the FT and the WSJ and something trashy like one of those 'business' magazines. I'd aim to get a big picture view clear in my head, as well as a basic awareness of the main things happening in the markets. But don�t stress over it, if you read those regularly it'll all seep in to your brain over a period of time.

Oh, and I'd avoid anything too academic such as the Journals suggested above, god knows how you would squeeze any of that into an interview.
 
agreed with DeadCat....

also, NY Times - Dealbook!!!
 
I like Barron's and Fortune.

If you are preparing for some serious discussion about investment, I recommend that you read "S&P Industry Surveys". I think S&P has done a good job summarizing the key issues, latestest developments for specific industries. For example, when you talk about the Waste Management Industry, instead of quoting something you got out of Business Week, you can mention a few statistics out of the Landfill Digest. (I forgot the exact name of the journal. It is quoted in the S&P Industry Survey. I am sure it will be a fun read.) It won't help you at the cocktail party but the interviewer may get a kick out of it.
 
I read WSJ, FT, and the Economist. Dealbook is great, but it has been so sporadic lately. I never know when they'll send it.
 
Dealbook is updated every day and you can get an RSS feed. It is highly relevant to research and essential if you are interested in IBD, PE, VC etc
 
Trader Magazine: all you need to know about cigars, cars, watches and girls.
 
wsj (every morning)
barrons (every weekend)
breakingviews.com (new fav)
the economist
dealbook & nytimes
trader magazine (agree w/ deadcat, doesnt add value)
 
bchadwick Wrote:
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> Economist is great for general knowledge.
> Bloomberg, Latin Finance, Journal of Finance,
> Journal of Behavioral Finance, Journal of
> Portfolio Management, Financial Analysts Journal
> are all journals that I find interesting and
> useful. I'm not saying that I find time to read
> any of them religiously or even regularly, but any
> time I have one of those on my desk and some time
> to read them, I'm pretty happy.
>
> For tendencies in the market, Business Week, and
> just the plain old WSJ is decent.


whats the typical proce for a subscription to those journal's. I used to love reading peer reviewed journals even on stuff like sociology and psychology back in undergrad when i had unlimited access.
 
Just read the WSJ and/or FT.

Read an academic journal directly related to where your career interest lie.

Only a fool would pay hundreds of dollars for II or Alpha. Especially when you consider you can read them for free at your local library.
 
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