A real-time alerts app whose copyright line reads IR Agency, LLC — a paid stock-promotion shop. Who pays the newsroom is answered in the footer.
The questions people actually ask
Is Stocks.news legit?
It's a real, functioning market-news app with real features — insider-filing trackers, congressional trades, paper trading. We stamped it NOISE anyway, because the site is copyrighted to IR Agency, LLC, an investor-relations firm in the business of being paid to make stocks look interesting. You can't audit which coverage is independent and which is promotion.
Who owns Stocks.news?
The site footer credits © IR Agency, LLC. An entity by that exact name signs SEC-filed consulting agreements to provide marketing and advertising services that communicate information about paying companies to 'the financial community.'
What does Stocks.news cost?
The app is free on iOS and Android. Free news still gets paid for somehow — and the one question every newsroom has to answer is who pays for the news. Here, the copyright line answers it.
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Heard on: New Tower, Same Fine Print (2026-08-29)
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