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Anchor News watches every stock you own. When one moves, you find out why it moved and what it means, in words that make sense whether you started investing last month or ten years ago.
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NVDANvidia
−3.4%
Why it moved
Nvidia slid after one of its largest cloud customers said it would slow data-center spending this quarter. Investors took that as a sign of softer near-term demand for its chips. Other chipmakers fell about 1.5%, so part of the drop was industry-wide.
Reuters · 9:42 ETCompany filing
AAPLApple
+2.1%
JPMJPMorgan Chase
+1.2%
How it works
Three steps. Then it runs on its own.
Anchor watches the market
Prices, company news, filings and the economic calendar, all day. Quiet stocks stay quiet. Moves over 1% get a closer look.
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You get the why
A short, plain-English explanation of what happened and what it means for you, delivered when you want it.
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Why did it move?
Every move, explained at your level.
Anchor reads the headlines so you don't have to, keeps only the ones that plausibly moved the price, and writes 2 to 4 sentences you can actually follow. When there's no clear reason, it says so.
- Your biggest movers each day, with charts for performance, allocation and how each stock compares to the market
- Written for a beginner or an expert. You pick, and you can change it any time
- Every explanation links to the named, timestamped source
Why it moved
Illustrative example
Apple went up after it said it sold more iPhones last quarter than experts expected. When a company beats expectations, investors often become willing to pay more for its shares.
AP · 4:12 ETEarnings release
Briefs
The market, on your schedule.
A morning look ahead before the bell. A daily recap after the close. Weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly reviews that tell the story of your portfolio over time. Pick the ones you want and the times they arrive, in your own time zone.
Morning7:00 am, before the open
DailyAfter the close
WeeklyYour week in review
MonthlyTrends, not noise
QuarterlyAround earnings season
YearlyThe full story
8:30 ET
Inflation report (CPI). Your bank and tech holdings have tended to move more than usual on CPI days.
After close
Netflix reports earnings. You own it. Results usually come out around 4:05 ET.
Overnight
Futures are flat. Nothing else notable for your portfolio today.
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Explain this
Tap any word you don't know.
Finance jargon gets a dotted underline. Tap it for a one-line definition. Anchor remembers what you've learned and stops explaining a term once you've seen it twice, or as soon as you say you know it.
Why it moved · MSFT −1.6%
Microsoft dipped after it lowered its guidance for cloud revenue next quarter, even though this quarter's results were in line with forecasts.
Guidance
The forecast a company gives for its own future sales or profit. Investors watch it closely because it hints at what's coming next.
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Always watching
Important news finds you. The rest waits.
Real-time alerts, only when it matters
Anchor checks prices and news every minute while the market's open. You hear about it only when something crosses the bar you set, for a company you own or the market as a whole.
Critical · ACME Trading halted pending a company announcementCompany alert · 11:04 ET
High · Market Fed holds interest rates steady, signals one cut this yearMarket-wide alert · 2:00 ET
Medium · AMZN Saved for tonight's daily briefBelow your alert threshold
What's coming this week
Fed meetings, inflation and jobs reports, and earnings dates, with a flag on the ones that tend to move your stocks.
Tue8:30Consumer prices (CPI)Affects 5 of your holdings
Wed2:00Fed rate decisionMarket-wide
Thu4:05NFLX earningsYou own it
Charts, read for you
RSI, MACD, moving averages, Bollinger Bands, volume and key price levels, translated into a plain reading. Turn each one on or off. Never a buy or sell signal.
RSI is 72. Above 70 usually means a stock ran up quickly. It doesn't predict what happens next.
It learns from you
Anchor remembers your experience level, the companies you know, and the terms you've already learned. If an explanation misses, tell it, and the next one for that stock takes your note into account.
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Your brokerage, read-only
Sync holdings from your broker automatically each morning. Anchor can see what you own. It can never move money or place a trade.
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Investor consensus · optional
See when the investors you follow agree.
Pick up to 20 investors and public figures on X. Anchor groups their posts to find the main story, and gives you the consensus of what your favorite investors are thinking.
- Never scroll through X for hours again to figure out what they're saying
67%
of the 9 investors you follow think this will have a significant impact.
Investor A@handle · 2h
Investor B@handle · 5h
Illustrative example · names hidden
"This export story is the biggest thing for chip stocks this quarter."
Trader brief · for advanced users
A sharper pre-market read for the stuff you watch.
Add a watchlist of stocks, indexes, futures, commodities and yields. Every morning at 7:30 you get a bulleted brief: the catalyst, the chart, options positioning, and a cross-asset snapshot of gold, the dollar, the 10-year yield and the VIX.
| ES | S&P 500 futures | +0.3% |
| GC | Gold | −0.6% |
| DXY | US dollar index | +0.2% |
| 10Y | Treasury yield | +4 bps |
| VIX | Volatility index | −3.1% |
- SPY: Dealers are positioned long gamma near current prices, a setup where their hedging has tended to soften big swings.
- AMD: Trading just under its 50-day moving average after yesterday's earnings gap.
Insider & politician trades Coming soon
See what executives and Congress are trading.
When a CEO buys shares of their own company, or a senator trades a stock you own, it becomes public record. Anchor will find those filings, match them to your portfolio, and explain each one in plain English.
- Executive and director trades from SEC Form 4 filings, usually reported within 2 business days
- Stock trades by members of Congress from official disclosures, which can take up to 45 days to appear
- The context that matters: whether a sale was planned in advance, how big it was, and how often that person trades
Sold 12,000 sharesAbout $2.8M at $231.40
What it means
This sale was part of a trading plan set up months in advance. Executives often sell on a schedule for taxes or to diversify, so a planned sale alone says little about how they see the company.
Traded Mon · Filed Wed
Bought $15,001–$50,000Disclosed 31 days after the trade
What it means
Lawmakers report trades in dollar ranges, not exact amounts, and have up to 45 days to file. By the time this one was public, the stock had already moved, so the price they paid isn't today's price.
Built on trust
What Anchor will never do.
It explains. It doesn't advise. Your decisions stay yours.
Never tell you what to buy or sell
No tips, no price targets, no "good time to buy." Anchor tells you what happened and why, so you can make your own call.
Never touch your money
Broker connections are read-only. Anchor can't place trades, move funds or change anything in your account.
Never make things up
Explanations come only from real news, filings and market data from trusted providers. When there's no clear reason, you'll see that instead:
"We couldn't find a clear reason for this move. It came on light trading volume with no company news."
Never hide the source
Every claim links to a named, timestamped source. No forums, no rumors. Social posts only appear if you turn them on, and they're always marked unverified.
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