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Where can I find more, relevant RSS feeds?

Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:20:14

There are many places you can find investment related RSS feeds, and, not surprisingly, Zack’s provides a target rich environment, right here:
http://www.zacks.com/external/index_feeds.php
If you are new at this technology, and who isn’t, I recommend you start with the “My Yahoo” choice.
All you need to do is create a ‘My Yahoo’ account, open a new tab, go to Zack’s click on the my yahoo RSS feed that you want.  Click the back button, and repeat. Now you have created a simple, Investment Intelligence ‘Dashboard’ which brings to you updated, relevant, and most importantly, easily accessible!
You can set it to list a headline and a short summary, and get this, move your cursor over the headline, it changes into a magnifying glass with a + sign in it. When you click on the headline, a much larger summary appears, with a link to the original article.
Invest Wisely,
MAGE
What’s your favorite Zack’s RSS feed and why?
 
Full Disclosure: I am no more affiliated with Zack’s than you are, I just happen to think they have some cool investment stuff....

Investment Intelligence Collection via RSS

Mon, 19 Dec 2011 08:17:26

Another powerful form of a Pull media is via RSS feed. (Really Simple Syndication, or Rich Site Summary). If you are not familiar with RSS, now is a good time to start.
These feeds contain headlines, links and descriptions and are updated as the website is updated with new stories. Follow these simple steps to get started with RSS.
First, you could start with news reader service where you can access all your feeds in one place. You can use popular feed readers such as Google Reader, Newsgator, NetNewsWireor Bloglines, which are free and simple to use. In a similar way you can set up a personal page such as MyYahoo!, iGoogle or MyAOL and follow their instructions to add content. 
Or, you could choose to access feeds though your web browser. If you use a browser such as Firefox, Safari, Opera or a recent version of Internet Explorer, just click on the RSS button  and choose where you want to display your feeds.
Then, To add a feed to your reader, click on the feed: right there in the upper right hand corner of this blog,
 Read InvestmentMAGE's blog in RSS
You can then either copy and paste the feed url into your reader or add the ...

Investment Intelligence Collection via Google News.

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 13:52:56

 
At the most basic level, information is acquired in three ways: osmosis, push, and pull.
Osmosis media, is that which you assimilate by being there.  As Woody Allen said, “eighty percent of success is showing up”.
Push media is controlled by whoever is doing the pushing.  School is a push technology.  Broadcast TV, as well.  You may choose which channel you pay attention to, but they’re still streaming the content to you.
Pull media places you where you ought to be, in control. You can get the information that you want.
Google News, is the most easily available form of pull media that I know.
With a Google account, you can personalize your news, to ALERT you to possible investment opportunities!
Some of my favorite alerts are:
“CFO sells”
“CEO sells”
“CFO buys”
“CEO buys”
I also like to keep track of any news or comments by various successful investors, however, this is a little more tricky.
If I put in only “Jim Rogers”, or “Warren Buffett” invariably, I get a lot of unwanted content. So to delete these, I try to pick out a unique word in the ...