6 of the best places to get Stock Market Information from in Australia!

6 of the best places to get Stock Market Information from in Australia!

The ASX website

Yes this is obvious, but we had to include it anyway. This is where all companies will post their announcements and so it is the best place to go for them. You could get the same information from external platforms like HotCopper, although they may require you to be a subscriber and/or download announcements altogether as pdfs. The ASX also has some basic information on investing to use as a starting guide, a directory to find a broker, and even certain market insights from certain analysts.

The AFR

Since 1951, the AFR has been the most prominent business news publication in Australia. For investors, the most prominent tool is the Markets Live section where market announcements are summarised. Certain columns can be useful to investors like

• Street Talk: Which outlines deals occurring and sometimes before it is revealed to the market
• Chanticleer: This column provides analysis on recent events and sometimes even investment advice
• Rear Window: How do we describe this one? We think it points out intricacies in corporate life, whether its CEOs making extravagant house purchases at the same time their company is struggling, stockpickers hiding away from bad calls they made, or perhaps personal relationships that have become a bit too intertwined with business relationships.
• Monday fundie: Where a fund manager is interviewed, sometimes focused on Aussie stocks, sometimes international shares or other assets…but their insights are so useful.
• Fundie Q&A: Similar, but published on a Thursday.

Bloomberg

With a price of over US$25,000 per person, typically only professionals have their own Terminal. If you do have a terminal, you could argue you wouldn’t need any other financial resource (on this list or not). However, do not discount the Bloomberg News Service (television and its website) that provides generous insights – if you have a terminal it is included, but otherwise subscriptions are more reasonably priced than buying a terminal outright. Bloomberg isn’t the only place to obtain a lot of the data it does, but it puts this information succinctly and makes it easier to find.

Your brokerage platform

This will depend on what brokerage platform you use. But we think it is very unlikely that your platform wouldn’t have basic data for individual stocks and the broader indices. Some provide access to further trading tools like institutionalised equity research or technical analysis. You may need to pay more than you otherwise would for trades, but perhaps you may get what you pay for.

Investing.com

This is a good site for investors who like looking at international stocks and markets, either because they trade in overseas companies or they are interested in how major economies influence their stock. It is no Bloomberg Terminal, but has features including calendars for earnings and economic data releases, technical tools and economic news. Moreover, investing.com has information on other asset classes including bonds and cryptocurrencies. If you are an all-round investor, and desire a one-stop shop, you won’t go wrong with this one.

Market Index

This site will be of limited use if you want news about global economies and markets (other than basic indice movements). But this site earns a spot on our list because it is one of the few places with a list of all ASX stocks. And it is the best way to see which stocks are doing well (and badly) on a long-term basis. You can also see which stocks are the biggest

Disclosure: Stocks Down Under uses these and other platforms in our stock research, but have only recommended ones we think are worth your while. 

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