While a “market trader” may not, the large banks have an army of analysts who spend all their time far beyond 40 hours of work reading everything they can about

While a “market trader” may not, the large banks have an army of analysts who spend all their time far beyond 40 hours of work reading everything they can about particular industries or market drivers. They know more about this stuff than you or I and that is why they make money ahead of anyone you know. A bunch of MBAs read that report cover to cover and delivered a summary to the trading exec before any of us even had time to flip to the first page.