Product Description

This daily newspaper published the latest in news from the business and finance world. Additionally, it strives to connect current domestic and international news events to business fluctuations and market changes. It also seeks to inform the educated reader about pressing economic changes and evolution.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #338 in Magazine Subscriptions
• Formats: Magazine Subscription, Print

Customer Reviews

Still The Best Paper In The USA.
First: the papers market coverage is the best in the USA. The Regular wrap-up features & the Heard On The Street column give colorful nuances to the information. The amount of information itself can be overwhelming to absorb. From the NYSE, junk bonds, to blue chips, this paper is good for both the casual, or serious investor. For me the often underpublicized & finest part of the paper is the investigations & feature reporting. The Journals reporters seem to have more freedom over their work than their competitors, & this approach pays off. Most times column four of the front page has a story that will disgust the reader, or he/she will laugh out loud. It is odd & a bit sad the WSJ's staff rarely gets their kudos when compared to the Washington Post or NYTimes.

Also, of note: the special sections the paper runs from time to time on technology, e-bussiness, international markets, mutual funds, & education are often exceptional. This is usually the part of the paper I enjoy most, because they come at the story presented from most every angle possible. Now the negatives: the paper should stick to the areas I've just described. The arts & lifestyle coverage is mediocre & is less well done & in depth than say the NYTimes. Only Joe Morgenstern's movie reviews are occasionally worth raeding. Granted, I rarely go to the movies. Lastly, the editorial pages are often the ideological opposite of those which one finds in the Times. I like them, & often agree with their "Milton Friedman" points of view. But, like the Times they give little room for opposing perspectives. Still, it is the nations best newspaper.

Price review
The journal is great. All the reviews state that. We don't need another redundant review.

But.

On the Wall Street Journal site, you can order a subscription for less than half the cost of the $215 Amazon charges.

Merry Xmas.

must be known to be loved
Question: Is there a better American English-language daily anywhere?

Answer: no.

The Times (of London) is a great and venerable paper, but not easily available in the US and focused on a different reality.

The New York Times is an institution in its own right, better than WSJ on foreign affairs, and a much more complete paper.

But the Wall Street Journal is as good as it gets for a daily newspaper reader in this country with a business bent, an appreciation for an unfailingly high standard of writing and editing, and no particular interest in 'soft' topics or the New York cultural scene.

This is one very crisp paper. The last time an article got too wordy was back in 1967 and that writer's body was never found.

Just kidding. But it would be a convenient myth for explaining WSJ's disciplined tone.

In the 'Personal Journal' section, I routinely find articles that reshape some aspect of my personal (usually financial) life and habits.

Sports news is heady and analytical. For example, as I write this review we are in the thick of the American and National League Championship Series. Today's reportage does not tell me who won and lost last night and why. Instead, the 'On Sports' column is called 'Base Instincts' and explains why so many third base coaches end up as managers. In short, apart from the players they are the most important guy on the field.

Across the page, the 'By the Numbers' column is called 'Praising Pitcher's Parks'. It asks why teams that play in pitcher-friendly parks do so well in October.

As of this moment, I still don't know who won last night. But I know a lot more about the game of baseball.

Best of all, you can generally avoid the pricey subscription if you're willing to use frequent flyer miles to subscribe.

One memorably off-kilter film moment had its protagonist emerging from his tent and declaiming, 'I love the smell of napalm in the morning.'

'Never smelled napalm and don't hanker after the carnage. But I can say that the sight of my Journal in the driveway every morning in its little blue bag is an oddly comforting experience.

Buy it.