Are posts related to investing news okay for this forum?

bigfreddiel

Is it okay to post about articles, news stories found elsewhere, be they positive or negative?

Is it okay to post similar news every now and then?

The answer must be yes for people to make an informed decision.

If the answer is no surely you are in denial or guilty of wanting to hide the facts.

Remember, a lot of people are turning to this forum for help because they are unsure or just don't understand financial products, and don't read newspapers, where I get these articles from.


Thanks for your time.

Regards fj

talexuser

If they're intelligent and genuinely useful, yes... if they're boringly repetitive from you, no

Kim_13

Yes

A yes from me.

The threads end up in Debate House Prices and the Economy. The majority are surely more closely linked to Savings and Investments than they are to the economy.

cloud_dog

bigfreddiel wrote: »

Is it okay to post about articles, news stories found elsewhere, be they positive or negative?

Is it okay to post similar news every now and then?

The answer must be yes for people to make an informed decision.

If the answer is no surely you are in denial or guilty of wanting to hide the facts.

Remember, a lot of people are turning to this forum for help because they are unsure or just don't understand financial products, and don't read newspapers, where I get these articles from.


Thanks for your time.

Regards fj

You're even incapable of asking a simple poll question without putting your Wail on Sunday passive aggressive slant on it.

coyrls

bigfreddiel wrote: »

The answer must be yes for people to make an informed decision.

If the answer is no surely you are in denial or guilty of wanting to hide the facts.

Hmmmmm..... I wonder which one he wants me to pick? I really don't want to read any more of the rubbish he posts but that must mean I'm in denial or guilty of wanting to hide the facts, musn't it?

And he's right, I certainly don't read the newspapers where he gets his articles from.

How selfless of him to provide such a valuable public service.

chockydavid1983

Are posts saying the same thing over and over okay for this forum?

Voyager2002

I would vote no, on the basis that news items promoting Silver are expressly prohibited.

Herbalus

Are posts saying the same thing over and over okay for this forum?

MoneyMate

Yes

Herbalus wrote: »

Are posts saying the same thing over and over okay for this forum?

NO But how can you stop them, they could be genuine mistakes or copy cats .

mapk

Yes

Herbalus wrote: »

Are posts saying the same thing over and over okay for this forum?

But seriously though, are they?

Biggles

No

No, there are - as you say - other places to find news stories.

I see this forum as being about specific savings/investment questions that people have, or are looking for an answer to.

If, for example, the 'news' was the launch of a new savings account by a particular bank (and the information hadn't already been posted on here), fine. If the 'news' is about the economy more generally, absolutely not, there are other forums for that, as you have already discovered.