| name | news-aggregation |
| description | Financial news aggregation — search via DuckDuckGo, sector-specific queries, stock-specific news, economic calendar. Free, no API key. |
| category | data-source |
News Aggregation
Overview
Aggregates financial news from free web search (DuckDuckGo) and provides an economic calendar template. No API key required for basic usage.
The module is at backtest/loaders/news.py and is also exposed as an Agent tool (financial_news).
Features
1. General Market News
from backtest.loaders.news import NewsFetcher
fetcher = NewsFetcher()
news = fetcher.fetch_market_news(max_results=10)
2. Sector News
tech_news = fetcher.fetch_sector_news("半导体", max_results=5)
energy_news = fetcher.fetch_sector_news("新能源", max_results=5)
3. Stock-Specific News
apple_news = fetcher.fetch_stock_news("AAPL.US", name="Apple", max_results=5)
moutai_news = fetcher.fetch_stock_news("600519.SH", name="茅台", max_results=5)
4. Custom Search
results = fetcher.search_news(
query="美联储 利率 决议",
max_results=10,
language="zh",
region="cn",
)
5. Economic Calendar
calendar = fetcher.get_economic_calendar(days=7)
Agent Tool
The financial_news tool is available to the AI agent:
- "最近A股有什么新闻？" →
financial_news with topic="market"
- "帮我找一下茅台的最新消息" →
financial_news with topic="stock", symbol="600519.SH"
- "这周有什么重要经济数据？" →
financial_news with topic="calendar"
Economic Calendar Coverage
| Event | Frequency | Country |
|---|
| Initial Jobless Claims | Weekly (Thu) | US |
| EIA Crude Oil Inventories | Weekly (Wed) | US |
| Non-Farm Payrolls | Monthly (1st Fri) | US |
| FOMC Minutes | ~6 weeks | US |
| China Official PMI | Monthly (end) | CN |
Note: The calendar is template-based. For real-time calendar data, consider integrating a paid API (Tradier, Financial Modeling Prep, etc.).
Limitations
- DuckDuckGo search may return limited results for niche topics
- News results are snippets, not full articles — use
read_url tool to fetch full content
- Economic calendar is template-based, not real-time
