Tuesday, October 29, 2019

The FT's Colby Smith: "US Federal Reserve rate decision: 4 things to watch"

I'm a reasonably astute talent spotter, which pays dividends when dodging the entreaties of the Ponzi peeps, and said this about Ms Smith back in February:

The FT's Colby Smith Is Doing Actual Financial Journalism: China, China, China
A quick tour of finance media shows so many of the players becoming nothing more than opinion platforms. I won't name names but our astute (and surprisingly attractive in so many ways) readers could infer their identities by our lack of linkage.

Who needs opinions in biz news? Readers want facts from which they can form their own opinions because, let's face it, OpEds have the lowest barriers to entry of any genre. Everybody can do it.

And that's my opinion.
Previously in fanboi, one example among many....(after the jumps)*

Here's Colby via FT Alphaville's sidebar:...

Here's her Financial Times page. 
*Nov. 16, 2018
Big Money: Consider The Humble Soybean
I'm tellin' ya, this Colby Smith is one to keep an eye on....
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... If a business/finance writer can get a grounding in the boring bits, the nuts and bolts of the matrix of connections, they can bring more and more value-added to the keyboard if and when they switch gears and pursue a flight of fancy....
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...So if someone who is doing the grunt work says en passant "beans may have bottomed" it may behoove the consumer of data/information/knowledge/wisdom to take note and be aware something might have changed and the game may be afoot:...
And how did that one turn out?
Just fine thank you for asking


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