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Overview

MarketWatch has a rating of 1.54 stars from 84 reviews, indicating that most customers are generally dissatisfied with their purchases. Reviewers complaining about MarketWatch most frequently mention community guidelines, and financial news problems. MarketWatch ranks 311th among Business News sites.

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Top Positive Review

“I use MarketWatch every day that the markets are open”

Steve S.
10/25/13

I use MarketWatch every day that the markets are open. It has more information than I could ever use, but it is there if you need to find it. The lay out is pretty good as far as ease of navigating. It reads kind of like a news paper, with current news and market conditions always available. All in all, I like this site except for one feature. There is a row of trading site advertisements across the main page. When you move your cursor over them... and you don't even have to stop on them... those ads immediately drop down to capture your screen, which then moves what you are navigating down to look at, further down off your screen. Then when you move off the ads, they pull back up which then moves what you were looking for off your screen once again. I find this "in your face" advertising method very annoying and counter productive for the site user. If I want to see what any of those trading sites have to offer, all I need do is click on them. I don't need them hijacking my screen. Other than that, MarketWatch is a very good site.

Top Critical Review

“Worst scam”

Nasser A.
1/12/24

I paid for a subscription which is 3.99 dollars each month for 1 year then 19.99 dollars it deducted from my account and never received the subscription + i sent them and email and called them but no use they kept telling me we dont have the subscription details.

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Thumbnail of user nassera136
1 review
1 helpful vote
January 12th, 2024

I paid for a subscription which is 3.99 dollars each month for 1 year then 19.99 dollars it deducted from my account and never received the subscription + i sent them and email and called them but no use they kept telling me we dont have the subscription details.

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1 review
1 helpful vote
January 21st, 2024

MarketWatch has Cars.com as a top-rated way to sell a car. First off, I have had a car on Cars.com for almost 3 months, and only 2 emails stating that people were interested. Neither of the people from these emails contacted me back. Consumer Affairs has a 1.8 rating for Cars.com, which is much more accurate. MarketWatch must get money from and therefore spread propaganda about the companies they supposedly review. But then, MarketWatch has a 1.6 review iteself, nuff said. Do not take anything on a MarketWatch site as truthful.

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Thumbnail of user stephenl987
4 reviews
23 helpful votes
November 20th, 2023

MW is a classic steering operation. The entire focus is on retail investors (the only people who use it for investing). All the "news" and many of the articles are designed to steer investors to and away from stocks the big money wants retail investors to buy or sell.
Also, the MW "comments" on articles is a censorship operation just like all the other big online "news" outlets. If you don't agree with MW china-like corporate socialist world view your comments will be removed.

Thumbnail of user abrahamc91
1 review
22 helpful votes
February 10th, 2022

I've used market watch for awhile now and have noticed a politically fueled news feed. In their community guidelines for comments they praise being an open platform but all comments go through a editor who rejects all dissenting views. Shame on them.

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Thumbnail of user d.d5
1 review
27 helpful votes
February 7th, 2022

Marketwatch has devolved into another narrative biased censorship platform. I have lots of emails where MW "approved" the comment and then minutes, days or weeks later those exact same comments are "rejected". I made one comment arguing against student loan forgiveness and the comment was "rejected". I replied asking why the comment was rejected only to immediately get over 20 prior comments rejected. Apparently the moderator got mad.
Still enjoying intelligent interaction on other platforms.

Thumbnail of user richardo1299
2 reviews
18 helpful votes
September 1st, 2022

I used to enjoy MarketWatch as a good financial news source. Now I find most articles relate to some political issue commending the 'progressive' value or nullifying the conservative viewpoint. For example, all Congressional spending by Democrats is good, conservative ideas on (lower) spending is not. No longer is there equal reporting of both views of an issue; now they're only reporting the view that the editor supports. Sad to see MarketWatch go downhill like this.

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Thumbnail of user michaelm6999
1 review
36 helpful votes
May 18th, 2021

I have been trading for 6 years. The truth about this group is that they are directly involved with Hedge fund manipulation. The are liable. They are criminal. I will never take advice from people that manipulate the game.

Take it for what it's worth. I am a retail trader. I grind everyday. These people care more about the guys making $20M per week then they will ever care about giving you advice!

Tip for consumers:
Do the opposite of what this site recommends. Don’t let them collect and sell your data to hedge funds! Beware. Retail investor Nightmare

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Thumbnail of user charless2164
1 review
14 helpful votes
December 7th, 2021

Title says it all. Half of my comments get rejected despite not going against any community guidelines. My opinions are often against what the "popular or right" opinion being offered is, but isn't that the entire point of a public discourse? No, they much more prefer to steer the conversation to suit their narrative, real journalism.

Thumbnail of user chrisc2111
1 review
26 helpful votes
March 11th, 2021

I need them to explain to me how they had advance notice that GameStop was going to fall 30%. This is absolutely disgusting Proof of market manipulation in my eyes!

Thumbnail of user emilyp879
1 review
0 helpful votes
May 16th, 2023

They closed my account with funds in it. AVOID this platform as it is not regulated, they will eventually steal your money and won't respond to emails and phone calls. I was pissed when they didn't let me withdraw. I got back my money with the assistance of cryptocrimeinvestigation. Com.

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Thumbnail of user thomasm2200
1 review
45 helpful votes
February 20th, 2021

Market watch is nothing more than a left leaning publication, that silences any descent by blocking your posts that they do not agree with, these are fact based posts that can easily be checked, for example I posted about former C. I. A. Director John Brennan "bugging" the senate judiciary computers this can be found with a simple search BLOCKED, I can list examples like this all day, Its like watching Lawrence O'donnell for god sake! I Quit Market watch you can have your "one size fits all" thinking good riddance.

Thumbnail of user joeb2456
1 review
0 helpful votes
July 13th, 2023

Cannot connect through any browser = less than useless. Emails to the alleged tech support, etc. go unanswered. Makes me think this is nothing but a click-bait site collecting data through the WSJ.

Thumbnail of user jeffp633
3 reviews
86 helpful votes
November 7th, 2020

Awful place to find market news. They propagate a leftist narrative and censor anything that doesn't fit with in their "community guidelines." Basically you'll be censored if you have an opposing viewpoint. Moreover, I had used Marketwatch for years when all of a sudden they started to block viewing of their articles with a paywall. Will never use again nor recommend their website.

Thumbnail of user robertd1827
1 review
82 helpful votes
October 26th, 2020

So all of the news articles are blocked on MW now...

How in their right mind do they think that all of those crappy, ill -informed news articles are actually worth the subscription price of $23.99 per month. What a blatant rip-off attempt... their "news" was OK for free but certainly has no monetary value at all... especially when there are many other legitimate sources elsewhere for free... or if they do charge, at least they are actual news agencies.

Thumbnail of user robertj1212
1 review
74 helpful votes
November 7th, 2020

So - you went from ad supported to $20 a month subscription so I can read one article that says "Dow will soar in next quarter" only to be followed by another article that says "Dow about to plunge". How do your advertisers feel about the 90+% loss of internet traffic you're experiencing? There are other options for people out there, and you just shot yourself in the foot. Enjoy bankruptcy.

Thumbnail of user samimp
1 review
19 helpful votes
May 10th, 2021

Market watch is given out false news regarding the Israeli and Palestinians in Jerusalem. All other news articles are saying the same thing that Israelis are attacking the Muslim in the mosque while they were worshiping in the month of Ramadan but MarketWatch news was saying Palestinians are attacking (what with stones) no one can see guns in the Palestinian hands. Please if you can't get your story right and trying to spread lies then don't write no news. We don't want to hear your rubbish.

Thumbnail of user stuartd73
1 review
22 helpful votes
March 11th, 2021

Good night Marketwatch... yes we know you are all paid off by hedge funds to spread fear and doubt and encourage panic selling - but to accidentally post your article 35 minutes BEFORE the co-ordinated crash of a stock price actually happens is straight up $#*!ed.

Enjoy the SEC investigation...

Tip for consumers:
Avoid and destroy them.

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Thumbnail of user barts98
1 review
8 helpful votes
April 12th, 2022

Nothing but clickbait headlines to get you to pay them money and in return you get the most incredible garbage product. Do not waste your time with this... Don't even go to yahoo as they push this in their news feed... poor quality. Could do better with dixie cups and a string when it comes to getting information that is useful.

Tip for consumers:
Google what you need. Yahoo has a news feed of trash articles from scam sources.

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Tried it out as a news outlet.... Big letdown, Garbage product.

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Thumbnail of user joem1658
5 reviews
32 helpful votes
October 30th, 2020

I can't believe there is information out there saying this site is conservative. Definitely not the case. The authors there are terrible and they constantly write the same types of stories. They always have articles that contradict one another and it is just comical. The site just frustrates me every time I look at it. I'd say it's on par with Yahoo Finance..

Thumbnail of user jasperm61
1 review
24 helpful votes
March 10th, 2021

Please shut down your sad excuse for a news outlet. And if you decide not to, at the very least implement a higher standard for journalistic best-practices than what currently exist. Go write copy you hacks.

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dont

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its a "news" outlet, they dont have a product - they sell their souls to wall street instead

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Thumbnail of user wyatts31
1 review
41 helpful votes
March 5th, 2020

The website is CONSTANTLY having connection issues and at times won't let you buy or sell stocks for no reason. The site frequently doesn't update correctly and the standings in the challenge games are right only 30% of the time. The headlines are laughably negative, all the time. Know what you're getting into before diving into market watch, the site SUCKS!

Thumbnail of user ss775
1 review
18 helpful votes
March 20th, 2021

Seriously, who in their right mind would pay for opinionated news?
No way I'd pay to read what people think no matter how long they've been in the market.

Thumbnail of user kenr257
2 reviews
61 helpful votes
May 20th, 2020

These people are NOT journalists! Every article that pops up from them is totally one sided opinion pieces and generally abusive and insulting to the other viewpoint! It's basically just cyber bullying without oversight. Disgusting!

Thumbnail of user keenanv7
1 review
17 helpful votes
March 11th, 2021

How absolutely terrible of you to post that article and be on the hedge funds side. Talk about market manipulation and scare tactics at its finest. I hope you're happy with your selves.

Thumbnail of user gregr480
3 reviews
46 helpful votes
November 5th, 2020

Can no longer read articles that you can read for free on CNBC and 1000 other sites without joining their site for a ridiculous $24 a month. Can no longer make comments on articles you can no longer read. They should have stuck to ads and clickbait. Adios Marketwatch!

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