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Re:The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digi... by montenegrohugo on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @04:20AM (#18227630)
Why have the financial ticker? If you own stocks, do you plan on reacting to this notification? Do you see yourself as a professional day trader?

Imo the amount of noise is extreme in stock news and there is no value in listening to it. It is wasted attention and wasted emotion. Much better is to pick a few stocks/ETF's and invest on a longer horizon.

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Re:The lost art of concentration: being distracted in a digi... by unstuckdev on Tuesday October 16, 2018 @09:44AM (#18229287)
I get the impression most stock news is generated, not written. Maybe they use the same software I heard was taking over in sports commentary.
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