Contribution by Saul Martin

Keeping up with the news is a big part of my job – I’m a financial planner. It’s really important for me to know what’s happening in the market and about all the outside factors that may be influencing it as well like wars overseas or currency adjustments and that sort of thing. I recently got direct.tv at my house so I can catch up on the national news while I’m getting ready for work in the morning and I’ve actually found it a really great way to stay on top of things before I go into work in the morning. My boss told me I should be reading “the Journal” which is what he calls the Wall Street Journalbut I don’t really have any patience for that and as far as I can tell he hasn’t really noticed a difference anyway so I think I’m going to keep it up with my new plan as long as I can. I know it’s silly but I spend enough time reading at work all day anyway!