Investor's Business Daily media bias and reliability
The rating organisations do not give Investor's Business Daily one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. We have seen it on 40 published stories of ours.
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Is Investor's Business Daily biased?
The rating organisations do not give Investor's Business Daily one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. An outlet rating describes a broad pattern in its output, not every article it publishes.
Is Investor's Business Daily left or right?
The rating organisations do not give Investor's Business Daily one shared verdict in the records we hold. Their published ratings are AllSides: Leans right; Ad Fontes Media: Leans right; Media Bias/Fact Check: Right. In the three-way grouping used on story pages, that puts it under Right.
Is Investor's Business Daily reliable?
The factual-reliability assessments we hold for Investor's Business Daily are Ad Fontes Media: Very high factuality; Media Bias/Fact Check: Mixed factuality. These are outlet-level assessments, not a guarantee that every report is correct.
What Investor's Business Daily has been covering
Our account of each story, written from every outlet that ran it, with Investor's Business Daily’s own report linked underneath.
Donald Trump has defended Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, who admitted to an affair with a woman suspected of being a Chinese spy. Reports suggest the woman may have been recruited by China's Ministry of State Security.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asCathie Wood Buys Over 90,000 Shares Of Nvidia After CEO Probe Sends Stock Down (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Donald Trump blamed Democrats and voters for a significant stock market drop on Thursday, stating the market suffered one of its worst days in history due to election results. The Nasdaq fell more than 5 percent, with AI-related companies heavily impacted.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asStock Market Today: Nasdaq Craters 5% As Chips Sell Off; Arm Misses Key Metric (Live Coverage) (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
European stock markets saw significant gains following the US midterm elections, with banking and clean energy sectors leading the advance. The dollar weakened against major currencies as Democrats secured control of both chambers of Congress.
Investor's Business Daily reported it as12 S&P 500 Stocks Gain The Most From The 'Blue Wave' (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Elon Musk posted on X that his 'election-interfering space lasers didn't work this time' following significant Democratic victories in the US midterm elections. He also suggested data centers in space are an attractive option. Musk had funded Republican candidates with hundreds of millions of dollars.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asTesla, SpaceX Dive As Elon Musk's Big GOP Election Bet Fails (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Donald Trump stated the United States is in no hurry to conclude its conflict with Iran, describing it as "not a typical war." He also claimed Iran faces financial difficulties, unable to pay its military and police, while diplomatic talks persist.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asOil Edges Lower As U.S. Bombs Iran Before Election Day (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced that Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei has granted the government "certain authorities" to negotiate with the U.S. The development comes as oil prices fell and U.S. officials indicated a preference for diplomatic resolution.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asOil Edges Lower As U.S. Bombs Iran Before Election Day (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Wall Street's main indexes opened higher on Monday, buoyed by stabilising technology and AI stocks and a sharp drop in crude oil prices. Hopes for a US-Iran peace deal were cited as a factor in the oil price decline.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asStock Market Today: Dow Rises As Oil Prices Dive; Apple Falls Ahead Of Earnings (Live Coverage) (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
An analysis by the conservative group Humans First found that deep-red counties with large data centers or proposed projects shifted more toward Democrats in the 2026 midterm elections compared to similar counties without these facilities. The study noted a drop in Republican vote totals in these host counties.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asAI Stocks Face Ballot-Box Backlash As Financing Fears Mount (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
The Labor Department will issue the September JOLTS on Tuesday, weekly unemployment claims on Thursday and the October hiring report on Friday, while major companies such as Clorox, AMD and Booking Holdings report earnings, all amid the November 3 midterm elections.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asStock Market Dives As Intel Craters, Triggers This Shift; Midterms, Jobs Report Due (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Cryptocurrency exchange Binance is investigating a potential security issue on its platform. Stablecoin issuers Tether and Circle have frozen billions of dollars in assets connected to the incident, while Binance co-founder Changpeng Zhao stated user funds remain safe.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asBinance Suffers Record $6.3 Billion Crypto Hack, Bitcoin Price Plunges (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
US stock indexes, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, opened higher on Tuesday. Easing oil prices and anticipation of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision influenced market sentiment, alongside a focus on corporate earnings, particularly those related to artificial intelligence.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asStock Market Rises On Fed Interest Rate Decision; Alphabet, Microsoft Diverge On Earnings Late (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
President Donald Trump stated he does not "give a damn" about criticism regarding the United States making a "fortune" from high oil prices. He claimed the US oil and gas industry was making "hundreds of billions of dollars" due to events in the Middle East.
Investor's Business Daily reported it as'A Freaking Fortune.' How The Iran War Rescued Big Oil's Bottom Line. (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
US stock indexes, including the S&P 500 and Nasdaq, opened higher on Tuesday. Easing oil prices and anticipation of the Federal Reserve's interest rate decision influenced market sentiment, alongside a focus on corporate earnings, particularly those related to artificial intelligence.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asTechs, Small Caps Lead The Charge As Stock Market Rallies Ahead Of Fed, Big Earnings (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
The Labor Department will issue the September JOLTS on Tuesday, weekly unemployment claims on Thursday and the October hiring report on Friday, while major companies such as Clorox, AMD and Booking Holdings report earnings, all amid the November 3 midterm elections.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asAI Stocks Will Rise Or Fall On These Key Election Races (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Asian stock markets saw a significant rise following Anthropic's initial public offering filing, which disclosed strong revenue growth alongside substantial losses. Meta Platforms' large equity fundraising also contributed to the positive sentiment.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asAnthropic Just Filed For Its Blockbuster IPO. Here's What Investors Should Know. (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has secured a fourth term as Brazil's president, defeating right-wing Senator Flavio Bolsonaro. Bolsonaro challenged the election results, while international leaders congratulated Lula on his victory and commitment to democracy.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asBrazil Stocks Dive As President Lula Wins Re-Election (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Brent crude oil prices surpassed $111 per barrel following a drone attack on a Saudi oil field that killed at least one person. The incident, attributed to Houthi rebels, has heightened fears of further disruptions to global oil supplies.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asStock Market Today: Dow Slumps 500 Points On Rising Oil Prices; 3 Oil Stocks To Watch (Live Coverage) (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Tesla has unveiled a redesigned Roadster at SpaceX's Texas facility, featuring rocket-style thrusters that enabled it to perform aerial stunts. Production is planned to begin in 2028, with claims of accelerating from 0 to 100 km/h in under a second.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asTesla Preps Roadster Demo For Rumored Flying Car. The Stock Is Sinking. (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Amazon is reportedly in negotiations to acquire the Israeli AI startup Decart for approximately $7 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The deal could be finalised soon, though previous acquisition talks with Anthropic and Nvidia did not materialise.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asAmazon Reportedly In Talks To Acquire AI Startup Decart For $7 Billion (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
European Union foreign policy chief Kaja Kallas has welcomed an announced energy truce between Russia and Ukraine but expressed doubt that Russia will abide by it. She stated that the truce would benefit Russia more than Ukraine and called for continued pressure on Moscow.
Investor's Business Daily reported it asStock Market Today: Dow Wavers Amid Trump's 'Energy Ceasefire'; Salesforce Jumps On Upgrade (Live Coverage) (opens Investor's Business Daily in a new tab)
Who says so
3 organisations have published a rating for this outlet, in their own words. Where they disagree, the disagreement is the useful part and it is left standing.
How reliably it reports fact
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High factuality
Who owns it
- Dow Jones & Companyunknowndirect owner
- News CorpMedia Conglomerateparent group
- Murdoch familyMedia Conglomerateparent group
Where it publishes from
- Publishes from
- Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, United States
- Official site
- investors.com
- Seen publishing on
- investors.com
- Access
- Free to read
- Wikipedia
- Entry
What we have seen ourselves
Counted across the stories this site has published, which is the only denominator a reader can check: every one of them has a page, and every page lists the reports it was written from.
- Stories
- 40
- Reports listed
- 43
- We could read
- 1
- First seen
- 11 August 2026
42 of those reports were paywalled or blocked to us. Our reading of this outlet is built on the 1 we could open, not on everything it published.
On 7 of those stories, outlets rated right were largely absent from the coverage and Investor's Business Daily ran the story anyway.
Across the 40 stories of ours where at least three of the reports we listed carried a time, another outlet was always ahead of Investor's Business Daily: its report arrived a median of 2 days after the earliest one we logged.
Measured 12 November 2026. Last seen in a coverage list 11 November 2026. Ratings pulled 12 November 2026.
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