Dr. Steven Covey, in his best-selling book The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, says sharpening the saw is essential for staying on top. 

For Cornerstone, sharpening the saw includes time with several financial news sources to stay abreast of trends and strategies used by the winners and losers in business.


 

Barron’s

(The weekly Dow Jones investment magazine.  Great cover stories and market data.)

Bloomberg

(Bloomberg L.P. is a financial information services, news and media company headquartered in New York with offices worldwide. Site also offers live radio and video streaming.)

Business Week

(Bloomberg’s weekly business news magazine.)

The Financial Times

(The U.S. has the Wall Street Journal, but the rest of the world relies on this strange looking and great reading pink newspaper.  Published in London, read the business news read by the rest of the world.)

Forbes

(Home of the bi-weekly business news magazine.)

Fortune

(Home of the bi-weekly business news magazine.)

Hoovers.com

(One of the Internet’s original business research sites and still one of its best.  Some content is only accessible through paid subscription.)

Kansas City Federal Reserve Bank

(This site is helpful to better understanding the economy in the Four Corners and the nation.)

PR Newswire

(Most publicly traded and privately held companies use PR Newswire to distribute their press releases.  For unedited news, use PR Newswire’s search engine.)

Reuters

(London-headquartered Reuter’s is one of the world’s leading news media companies.)

The Street.com

(Exclusively online news provider and solid source of stock market coverage and commentary.)

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission

(View the securities filings of publicly traded companies and conduct essential investment due diligence.)