[caminante]

I don't think you can get such a service for "average joes."

Though...Bloomberg Chat meets your criteria (ex-fee). It consists of ~300K financial users who pay ~$25K/year/terminal. Many argue this is the killer feature of Bloomberg. I agree. It's like an exclusive, digital country club.

[marbletiles]

... Though the privacy is more from non-Bloomberg users than from Bloomberg itself. Eg: https://www.theguardian.com/media/2013/may/10/bloomberg-gold...

[grenoire]

The paywall is not the only entry requirement though. You can't click 'Pay' and enter. It's more in line with academia discussion boards that require university mails.

[caminante]

Are you drawing a distinction beyond self-checkout v. calling a sales rep to setup an account?

I'm not following.

[brokenmachine]

I think he means that even if you have the money, you need to be a member of a financial institution to be allowed access.