About MarketWatch, Inc.

MarketWatch, Inc. is wholly-owned subsidiary of Dow Jones & Company, Inc. The company runs the syndicated MarketWatch Weekend television program. It also provides radio updates every 30 minutes. They are available on the MarketWatch.com Radio Network.

Furthermore, MarketWatch offers subscription products for individual investors.

Quality of News

There is a lot of fresh and useful financial news on the website. They are updated constantly.
Apart from common news, the website features special reports. These are full articles, which cover lots of impornant and interesting financial topics.
They were updated daily untill about the middle of September, but now the websites has only the old ones.
News, as well as special reports, are devided into such sections, as “Markets”, “Mutual Funds and ETFs” and “Personal Finance”, which, in their turn are devided into sub-sections. This is extremely convenient.

Apart from News

The website contains an extremely wide range of additional research and tools. Among the most popular tools are “Alerts”, “Portfolios”, “Interactive Charting” and “Discussions”. It’s no wonder that they are popular – they justify this popularity by quality.
Becides, the site features calendars, industry analyzer, mortage\loan rates, analyst rating and a lot of other services.
It’s impornant to mention that some journalists are stated on the website. Their pages can be found in the “Columnists” section.
Finally, there is a video section. There a visitor gets free access to various interviews and other interesting (from the financial point of view) video clips.

Site Design and Ease of Navigation Comments

There is special about the design, but the colors may seem too vivid. The front page is refreshed about every minute, which is annoying. Still, this can be explained by the constant upload of fresh news.
Becides, the sections on top of the page which must show subsections when being pointed at do not always show them. It is not convenient at all, because you have to go to the summary page first and choose a sub-section only after that.

Advantages

• MarketWatch.com is a reliable source and a product of a respectful media company
• News are being constantly updated
• A wide choice of extra tools

Disadvantages

• Navigation is sometimes poor
• Desing could be less colorful.