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Wisconsin
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38 helpful votes
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Doom and gloom
March 27, 2018

Why is everything so negative on Market Watch? I think they've left the realm of responsible reporting and now they have become tabloid business news.

Date of experience: March 27, 2018
Virginia
1 review
18 helpful votes
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This has been my experience with Marketwatch website:
I have been on Marketwatch website for several years. Their website steadiness is very squirrely. When you try to stay within the Quotes RECENT section, their ads to the right, above the Quotes pops up and slows down the site. It doesn't stay steady. It happens all the time. It requires lots of scrolling back and forth to get to the section you want. Sometimes you can't open Popular Stocks. It doesn't go to that section. You have to click it several times. Sometimes the site takes forever to open. I have contacted my server and was told that the slowness is coming from Marketwatch website. I don't find this to be an issue with Yahoo, Benzinga, Morningstar and other financial sites.
Regarding their headline articles, they are manipulative and compelling only to find what is said in their headline has no merit to the article and the article is often not substantive in content or facts. It's a headline tease. Many of their articles are opinionated rather than informative and thought provoking. I have switched to Yahoo Finance website as it is easier to navigate, has fewer technical hick ups, provides some good articles and offers a lot more financial analysis.

Date of experience: July 28, 2015
Tennessee
1 review
37 helpful votes
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If you dont support anti trump activities you eventually get locked out. They write a policy but then they abhorrent and a continuum derogatory garbage about POTUS I mean you wouldnt write some this stuff about your enemies.

As for stock watching snatch grab and spit you out dont use it unless you have nothing else to do

Has to be funded by Bloombger, Schumer Cuomo, Obama, Soros, Gates, Google et al

Date of experience: October 21, 2020
Pennsylvania
1 review
5 helpful votes
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Fortune Tellers
March 11, 2021

Fake News. They are in bed with the Hedgies. They know the future before it happens. Next time they tell you a stock dropped before it happened, use it to your advantage:-)

Date of experience: March 11, 2021
Canada
1 review
9 helpful votes
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You idiots couldn't $#*! your way out of my girlfriends vagina. Thanks for publishing 30 minutes before the actual crash. We were able to sell and not be affected.

Date of experience: March 11, 2021
Virginia
1 review
3 helpful votes
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MW has always been a good quick read of news and events driving the Market. Now they have become very greedy in charging a hefty subscription for what was always free.
The news MW covers is extensively covered in many Investing newsletters and outlets, such as BLOOMBERG, Benzinga, Seeking Alpha, MSN MONEY, FORBES.
Now MW has priced out hundreds of thousands of loyal everyday readers.
I sense that some of this greed is to take advantage of the COVID enforced stay at home economy. All people need an income to survive and using Savvy many have moved to Trading Platforms like Robinhood (which is still free) to try to produce an income. But MW choose to charge this new generation of Investors shamelessly.

‘What goes around, comes around' I hope these Investors vote with their wallets.
Investing information is freely available on Investopedia, Fidelity, Vangaurd, TDAMERITRADE.

Date of experience: November 11, 2020
Nevada
1 review
0 helpful votes
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They will tell you we do not refund money and they will want you to set up a dispute through your bank. AVOID THEM LIKE THE PLAGUE!

Date of experience: November 18, 2021
Texas
1 review
4 helpful votes
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Liars and Cheats
March 11, 2021

We know the deal. Cat is out of the bag. Start looking for a new scam... we can see everything you do...

Date of experience: March 11, 2021
New York
1 review
9 helpful votes
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Won't allow user to login in even though the user is registered. Constantly down and won't update latest prices.

Date of experience: May 7, 2014
Oregon
1 review
0 helpful votes
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Horrible manipulation of news, they are very inaccurate and would not recommend to anyone! HORRIBLE DO NOT USE!

Date of experience: May 19, 2021

Overview

MarketWatch has a rating of 1.1 stars from 75 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers dissatisfied with MarketWatch most frequently mention community guidelines and financial news. MarketWatch ranks 287th among Business News sites.

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