News and summaries

Market news moves fast, and most of it doesn't matter for any one investor. The tools here help you follow the companies and topics you care about without reading every headline: real-time professional feeds, readers that filter many sources, AI answers that cite their sources and plain email alerts.

Decide what speed you need. Active traders pay for real-time feeds with alerts and audio, while long-term investors usually need a daily digest and a way to catch filings, results and major company news. A free alert service and a news reader cover a lot for most people.

AI summaries can save time, but check them. A summary can merge two stories, drop a detail or present a rumor as fact. Prefer tools that link each point to the article or filing it came from, and open the source before acting on anything.

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4 AI research tools for investors in news and summaries

Perplexity Finance

by Perplexity AI

Finance pages inside Perplexity with quotes, news and AI answers about companies that cite their sources.

  • Free plan or free tier

Feedly

News reader that follows sites and topics, with AI filters that pick out mentions of companies or themes you track.

  • Free plan or free tier
  • Mobile app

Google Alerts

by Google

Free email alerts from Google when new pages or news mention a company, product or phrase you choose.

  • Free plan or free tier

Benzinga Pro

by Benzinga

Real-time market news feed with alerts, filters and audio squawk for active investors.

Build a small, quiet setup. A watchlist on one finance site, alerts for results and filings on the companies you own, and a news reader for the few sources you trust cover most needs without a constant stream of notifications. Paid feeds are worth it mainly when speed changes what you do.

Check the date and the source line on every story, since old articles and rewritten press releases circulate widely. When a headline reports numbers, find the press release or filing behind it.

Nothing on this page is investment advice, and headlines are not research. Use news to decide what to read next, then go to the filing, the call or the company's own statement.

Questions about news and summaries

Is there a free way to follow news on my stocks?

Yes. Google Alerts sends free emails when new pages mention a company, and news readers and finance sites such as Yahoo Finance offer free watchlist news. Real-time professional feeds are paid.

Can I rely on AI news summaries?

Use them to scan, then check. Summaries can merge stories or drop details, so open the source article or filing before you act on anything in a summary.

Do I need a real-time news feed?

Most long-term investors don't. Real-time feeds matter mainly to active traders who act within minutes. A daily digest and alerts on filings and results are enough for many people.

Where do company announcements appear first?

Companies publish results and material news through press releases, their investor relations sites and SEC filings such as 8-Ks. News services then report on them.

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