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Real-time financial news agency

About SquawkNews

Terminal-grade news. A $0 price tag.

SquawkNews is a real-time financial news agency. We deliver the same class of market-moving information that flashes on Bloomberg Terminal and LSEG (Refinitiv) Workspace - central banks, official statistics, SEC filings, earnings, sanctions, geopolitics - without the institutional contract. Built by traders, for traders.

Currently free - full access, no card, no seat license.

Cost of the news layer / per seat 2026
BBG
Bloomberg Terminal
annual contract
/ month, est.
$2,500+
LSEG
Refinitiv Workspace
enterprise license
/ month, est.
$1,800+
SQWK
SquawkNews
no contract
/ month, today
$0
Competitor figures are widely reported market estimates for full institutional seats. SquawkNews is not affiliated with Bloomberg L.P. or LSEG.
Who we are

A news agency, not a scraper.

Market-moving news does not belong to any terminal. It comes from the primary record: central bank decisions, official statistics, SEC filings, corporate releases, government schedules and professional wire reporting. SquawkNews connects to these sources directly, normalizes every headline with AI, scores its market impact, deduplicates it across sources, and publishes it to your screen and your ear in seconds - the same catalysts institutions read, minus the legacy terminal stack that makes them cost $30,000 a year.

Sources

Primary and professional

Central banks, statistical agencies, SEC EDGAR, exchange data, official schedules and live wire connectors - not reposted social rumors.

Pipeline

Low-latency by design

Collect, normalize, score, deduplicate, publish. An automated edge pipeline instead of a 40-year-old terminal architecture - that is where the cost difference comes from.

Origin

By traders, for traders

SquawkNews was built by people who trade the news, not license it. Every screen answers one question: what just happened, and does it move my market?

The comparison

What $30,000 a year actually buys - and what it doesn't have to.

Bloomberg and LSEG are exceptional platforms: execution, analytics, chat, decades of data. But if what you need is the news layer - the headlines that reprice markets - you are paying for a skyscraper to use the lobby.

SquawkNews Bloomberg Terminal LSEG Workspace Premium squawk services
Price per seat Free today - fair subscription later ~$2,500+/mo, annual contract ~$1,800+/mo, enterprise license $100–$300/mo
Breaking headlines Yes - impact-scored, deduplicated Yes Yes Voice only, no archive
Audio squawk Yes - AI voice on high-impact news No (separate vendors) No (separate vendors) Yes
Macro dashboards Yes - country data, rates, CPI, FX Yes Yes No
Politics & geopolitics wire Yes - sanctions, tariffs, leaders Yes Yes Partial
SEC filings wire Yes - Disclosure Wire, kept off the live tape Yes Yes No
Setup A browser tab Dedicated install, keyboard, contract Enterprise onboarding App / audio stream
Execution, OMS, analyst chat No - we do news, on purpose Yes Yes No

Competitor pricing reflects widely reported market estimates for full institutional seats and may vary by contract. Bloomberg® and LSEG/Refinitiv® are trademarks of their respective owners; SquawkNews is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.

Who it's for

The real alternative for everyone outside the institutional wall.

Active & prop traders

Futures, FX, equities, rates, crypto. Keep eyes on the chart - high-impact headlines reach your ear through the audio squawk while the market is still moving.

Funds & analysts

A clean, searchable, impact-scored tape with filings and macro context - without adding another five-figure seat to the budget.

Finance creators & bloggers

Terminal-grade catalysts for streams, newsletters and market recaps - sourced, timestamped and archived, so your content stands on facts.

Newsrooms & fintech teams

A professional market wire to monitor, quote and build on - with an archive trail from headline back to source.

Straight talk

What we are - and what we are not.

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We are a real-time financial news agency: headlines, macro, politics, filings, schedules, archive, audio.

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We are free today. When a subscription arrives, it will stay a small fraction of institutional pricing - and current users will be told first.

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We are not a replacement for Bloomberg's execution, analytics or IB chat. If you need an OMS, you need a terminal.

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We are not financial advice. We publish facts and context - what you trade is your call.

Common questions

The short answers.

Is SquawkNews really free?

Yes. Full access is currently free - no card, no trial timer, no seat license. A paid subscription will be introduced later, and it will stay a small fraction of institutional terminal pricing.

How can you compete with Bloomberg or LSEG?

Market-moving headlines come from the same underlying reality: central bank decisions, official statistics, SEC filings, corporate releases and wire reporting. We collect those primary and professional sources through a low-latency automated pipeline instead of a legacy terminal stack - so the news layer doesn't need a $30,000-per-year price tag.

Where do your headlines come from?

Live wire connectors, official APIs, central banks, statistical agencies, SEC EDGAR, exchange data and government schedules. Every card keeps its source history and latency trace.

Is this financial advice?

No. SquawkNews publishes factual information and context. It does not give buy or sell recommendations.

Get started

The tape is live. The price is zero. See for yourself.

Open the news for the cleanest tape, the Terminal for market context, Macro for country data - and judge the feed against whatever you pay for today.