MarketWatch at 20: What the news means for your money
October 30, 2017 at 09:13 AM EDT
MarketWatch was born in an act of rebellion. In 1997 it was radical to ask why real-time market data, news, and analysis should only be available to those wealthy enough to fork over thousands of dollars in fees. Even in those heady days of internet hype, few declared that financial information wanted to be free.