Their coverage in the run-up to the financial crisis was excellent. When it hit the fan I knew exactly what a credit default swap was, what subprime mortgages were and why they were both possible sources of risk in the financial system and what a liquidity crisis was because TE had been covering them for years. By no means am I saying the predicted the crisis, but their coverage of the issues enabled me to have a pretty clear picture of what was happening and why.