Cara Buckley of the New York Times interviews Matt Egan, who covers the stock market for Fox Business Network, about his job.
Here is an excerpt:
Early challenges: Getting beyond the businessy terms: derivatives. Mutual funds. Futures. Options contracts. I had no idea about the stock market. I wish I had taken business classes. I bought a business textbook ahead of time. I read that, and started reading The Wall Street Journal every day. We had a month and a half to prep.
How caffeinated do you get? I don’t drink coffee. I think I’m the only one on the Web team.
Daily tasks: I cover the stock market; it’s my primary responsibility. I recap why the market is up or, mostly, why it’s down.
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