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(a) Apply your analytical skills to judge if the news is important. | (a) Apply your analytical skills to judge if the news is important. | ||
(b) Some news requires you to have some knowledge about the company to assess them correctly. If you can't judge the news, consider contacting the researcher in charge of the company. However, if the researcher is unavailable, check how the market reacts to the news. If the market is not yet open, looking at the pre-market movements and the reaction of futures can tell you how important the news is. | (b) Some news requires you to have some knowledge about the company to assess them correctly. If you can't judge the news, consider contacting the researcher in charge of the company. However, if the researcher is unavailable, check how the market reacts to the news. If the market is not yet open, looking at the pre-market movements and the reaction of stock futures can tell you how important the news is. | ||
(c) Once you have assessed the news, assign them an importance rating denoted by I and the expected short-term impact on the stock represented by SI. Here is an example; | (c) Once you have assessed the news, assign them an importance rating denoted by I and the expected short-term impact on the stock represented by SI. Here is an example; | ||