Blogs I read on a regular basis, tell me what I'm missing:
Abnormal Returns, Tadas Viskanta
Data aggregation
http://classic.abnormalreturns.com/
China Financial Markets, Michael Pettis
China/Asia, Economics
Author is a professor of economics at Peking University
http://mpettis.com/
China First Capital Blog, Peter Furman
China/Asia, Private Equity
Author is CEO of a boutique SME investment bank in China
http://www.chinafirstcapital.com/blog
Condor Options
Options and other derivatives
http://www.condoroptions.com/
CXO Advisory Blogs (Partial pay-wall)
Technical Information
Quantitative analysis of ETFs, efficient market theorems, etc.
http://www.cxoadvisory.com/
Daily Options Report
Options and other derivatives
http://www.dailyoptionsreport.com
Dealbreaker, Bess Levin
Data aggregation and Humor
If you don't read Dealbreaker, I don't want to know you.
http://dealbreaker.com/
Distressed Debt Investing Blog
Distressed Debt, Interviews
http://www.distressed-debt-investing.com/
Epicurean Dealmaker
Anecdotes and Philosophy
Literate thoughts from an executive-level banker at a boutique-funny, insightful, sometimes rambling
http://epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com/
Empirical Finance Research Blog (Partially behind a pay-wall)
Technical information
Tests and develops trading strategies based on historical data
http://empiricalfinancellc.com/
Going Private (Defunct)
Private Equity and Anecdotes
No longer updated; formerly the blog of a VP at a MM PE firm. The author is now Marla Singer of Zerohedge and some of the stuff got a little wingnut towards the end.
http://equityprivate.typepad.com/
Leveraged Sellout (Defunct)
Humor, Banking and PE
The gold standard.
http://leveragedsellout.com/
Long or Short Capital (Semi-defunct)
Humor and Trading Ideas
"At Long or Short Capital LLC, we leverage our superior intellect and extensive investing experience to recommend explicit Long or Short positions and related abstract trades, which may or may not be possible with real world financial derivatives. We use science to improve the lives of the rich."
http://longorshortcapital.com/
Naked Capitalism, Yves Smith
Data Aggregation, Editorials
http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/
Ultimi Barbarom
Philosophy
Markets and rationality, infrequently updated
http://ultimibarbarorum.com/
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Much love for LSO and Epicurean Dealmaker. Seriously, I wish I could send that guy a gift or a puppy or something.
Dude, do you really have time for another blog haha
I like some of the ones you have listed. I also follow these:
Felix Salmon http://blogs.reuters.com/felix-salmon/
The Big Picture http://www.ritholtz.com/blog/
Awesome links guys, definitely gonna check some of these new (to me, at least) ones out. Thanks!
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Calculated Risk: http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
Econ Browser: http://www.econbrowser.com/
Ticker Sense: http://tickersense.typepad.com/
Some good ones OP, thanks.
I like http://www.businessinsider.com/clusterstock
as well as Denninger's blog from time to time: http://market-ticker.org/
I'll second The Big Picture and Abnormal Returns and add:
Market Folly: http://www.marketfolly.com/ Word Beta: http://www.mebanefaber.com/
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Thanks for the suggestions, all, they're going on my iGoogle page. A few more I forgot: The Accounting Onion, Tom Selling Accounting, Fair Value Accounting professor's blog about IFRS/GAAP and accounting/FV/FMV issues. http://accountingonion.typepad.com/theaccountingonion/
The 10-Q Detective, David Phillips Accounting, Filings, Research Former research analyst points out interesting things from company filings. Unfortunately he's been getting a little political lately (I have other blogs for that) but he still finds some interesting stuff and his style has informed who I look for details in 10-Qs and Ks. http://10qdetective.blogspot.com/
Footnoted, Michelle Leder Filings, Research Like 10-Q detective pulls interesting stuff from company filings, with a big emphasis on compensation info. Now owned by Morningstar. http://www.footnoted.com/
Going Private was one of my favorites. Very well-written.
Notes from the underground, Yra Harris http://yrah53.wordpress.com/
Aswath Damodaran's Musings on Markets http://aswathdamodaran.blogspot.com/
Eric Jackson's BreakOut Performance http://breakoutperformance.blogspot.com/
HedgeTracker's Top Hedge Fund Reports http://www.hedgetracker.com/
Simon Kerr's Hedge Fund Blog http://simonkerrhfblog.blogspot.com/
Hedge Fund Blogger http://hedgefundinvestornews.blogspot.com/
Forgot one!
Mark Mobius' Invetsment Adventures in Emerging Markets http://mobius.blog.franklintempleton.com/
What are good finance/valuation blogs? (Originally Posted: 12/21/2011)
Looking to read up on valuation/finance, maybe more just to refresh my knowledge (or expand on) what i learned in my college accounting and finance courses. any good blogs out there?
Banking/Finance satire blogs? (Originally Posted: 08/15/2012)
There used to be funny blogs like leveragedsellout, those were good reads. Are there any new ones?
What Are You Reading? 5 Great Blogs For Finance Professionals (Originally Posted: 05/08/2014)
What do you read to keep up with financial news? The vast majority of applicants for finance jobs claim to have a 'passion' for finance-but this 'passion' can be pretty easily disproven if the applicant doesn't keep a close eye on the markets. With so much information out there, merely reading The Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times may no longer be enough to stay well informed.
Luckily, there is a multitude of great blogs and websites to keep you up to date on developments in the world of finance. The websites below discuss topics ranging from macro-market movements and specific trading strategies to geopolitical events and economic theory. Regardless of your specific interests in the markets, here are five great blogs to get you started.
Finance Focused
For Fun
Your TurnLet the forum know what you focus on reading in the comment section below.
Some other sites I frequent are Sober Look, Market Folly, Quartz, Re/Code, and TechCrunch
Epicureandealmaker.blogspot.com
Written by a MD
Great read. I thought I had an impressive vocabulary but I've had to break out the dictionary a few times while reading his blog. It's quite well written though I'll give him that.
Yes, he breaks the industry down as a whole really well. Even though it is a few years old, allot of his predictions from 2007-09 are true to date.
While we are on the subject, Slashdot.com is the favored news source among my software dev friends.
Probably goes without saying but Seeking Alpha has to be one of the best finance related.
When I was in school our investment group / finance brethren thought seeking alpha was shit. I guess that was over two years ago, though. Seems like they've stepped up their game.
Theres definitely a lot of junk on there and people just writing to be able to say they were published, but Wall Street breakfast should give you a pretty good overview of the major happenings. Definitely do have to wade through a lot of crap though.
FT.com alphavile. If any of you boys read this reg.. & can speak intelligently on what they cover, I guarantee you'll get offers. Brilliant stuff
+1 for Alphaville. Nice blend of humour sometimes too, the comments are usually gold.
Thanks for the list, I will look into some of them. I generally read Bloomberg View, Seeking Alpha, and Epicurean Dealmaker apart from the obvious news sources like Bloomberg, WSJ, Dealbook, etc..
John Mauldin's two free subscriptions weekly, one of his own thoughts and one of some work(s) he has found thought provoking, almost always an interesting/relevant read, tries to cover everything but there might be a small bias towards issues in the US.
Pragmatic Capitalism, run by Cullen Roche, is where it's at. One of the few guys over the past half decade who has understood exactly what's going on. He's explained the realities of QE, what happened with the government debt debate (Hint: The USA doesn't run out of money), why interest rates are low and why the bond vigilantes never came to drive up interest rates despite record deficits (Think about it for a second, why does the USA need to borrow the currency its a monopoly supplier of, to spend? The answer is it doesn't!). He also explains what has been happening in Europe, why Japanese interest rates never seem to rise despite the highest debt in the world and terrible fundamentals (Hint: The monetary systems of Japan, USA, and the UK are NOT the same as that of Greece and Spain) etc etc.
Not your thing? Well, if you want nonsense and bullshit go read Zerohedge and listen to Peter Thiel.
Zerohedge is good for breaking news/info - biased as hell but it's good to balance out the overly positive news sources you get. Just don't get sucked in to the whole world will end idea.
I agree, I like to go there for some contrarian-style news. Don't bother posting there unless your portolfio composition is 50% gold bars 50% ammunition
Always thought macro-man.blogspot.com offered very good commentary/insight.
I like acrossthecurve.com
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
Some of my favorites (especially Long or Short Cap):
http://longorshortcapital.com/
http://ultimibarbarorum.wordpress.com/
http://scottlocklin.wordpress.com/
http://brontecapital.blogspot.com/
The EDM actually has a list of blogs and further reading on his own page.
I want to know what @"BlackHat" and @"Simple As..." are reading
A favorite not mentioned is Benedict Evans blog - fantastic reading if you are tech focused
Reformed Broker will always be my favorite for being both relevant and funny
Also:
House of Debt - Atif Mian and Amir Sufi put out pieces of their research from upcoming book
Market Folly - good links on HF manager related topics
Stratechery - Ben Thompson site - good for tech related articles
BuzzFeed
interesting list, I was not expecting blogs but I've subscribed to 3 of those to give them a try. here's my weekly reading regimen
1. daily WSJ: headlines, marketplace, money & investing, CFO journal, grand central, wealth adviser
2. local business journal (daily)
3. bloomberg first word (daily, up at 5:30 most days and can't listen to surveillance at work, so this is the best I can do) on iphone
4. John Mauldin: thoughts from frontline & outside the box. he's decidedly more bearish than I ever will be but it's always good to read someone with a different viewpoint, and he's quite smart
5. John Hussman: same as Mauldin, only a bit more arrogant.
6. internal fixed income commentary (daily, weekly & monthly). my BB has a great FI team so I get about all I can stand from them
7. updates on companies I own & follow
8. economic updates: ad hoc, from my firm's economist
as for ad hoc stuff that's less often:
1. everything by Howard Marks
2. GMO white papers
3. Tweedy Browne commentary
4. Bill Gross commentary
5. Chris Davis commentary
6. Byron Wein commentary
I also occasionally read stuff from BCG, HBS, and John Mihaljevic, all good stuff.
I casually read this opinion page about world's economics, politics, science, and culture. It's called Project Syndicate: http://www.project-syndicate.org/
@TheProfessor Change WSJ for FT from that list and you have got more or less what I read.
I also read VOXEU (the best economists often write here about their current research) and Nada es Gratis, a spanish-speaking economics blog, I definitely recommend it if you speak spanish.
My friend started a finance blog to go along with the book he's writing. I think its really good.
Www.millennialinvest.com
Also damadarans blog, brontecapital, and the corner of berkshire and fairfax forum as well.
I can't post links BC I'm so new to these forums (they think its spam). PM me. Understanding what's worth reading and what isn't is absolutely what I'm good at. I know it sounds egotistic, but hey, this is finance.
Your must-read finance blogs (Originally Posted: 11/08/2011)
I know a similar thread has been done before, but I want to start a fresh thread on this.
There's tons of blogs out there, but I read the following on almost a daily basis.
Big Picture: Barry Ritholtz's blog is excellent; it provides a good synopsis of what's going in the markets, and its macro analysis is pretty solid.
Abnormal Returns: mostly just a link to a bunch of articles and blogs. It divides them by topic, and it's a very convenient way to read stuff that may interest you.
Seeking alpha: I have my issues with this site. Way too many writers, and many of the posts are superficial in its analysis. Nonetheless, I like reading it for long-short equity analysis and etf strategy.
Pragmatic capitalism: Cullen Roche is very underrated. He's an unconventional thinker who provides excellent analysis of monetary policy, china, and the sovereign debt crisis.
Felix Salmon: Huge fan. His writing covers a wide variety of finance/business topics. Salmon understands the issues quite well and manages to distill them in an accessible way.
Best investment banking/valuation blogs (Originally Posted: 01/23/2014)
I'm trying to develop a reading list of investment banking/valuation blogs. I am a big fan of Professor Damodaran's blog (Musings on Markets). Anyone have any other recommendations?
Energy Finance or Business Blogs (Originally Posted: 12/27/2013)
Anybody have recommendations for daily reading?
Favorite Finance and Econ Blogs (Originally Posted: 12/18/2010)
After the post about igoogle pages I decided to revamp mine since I havent really organized it ever. I added the various newspapers and magazine I read on a daily/weekly basis, however I would like to add some solid blogs to the page, anyone have some good suggestions? I generally like thought out econ blogs the best, im starting in on S&T in June so any trader related finance blogs are good too. Thanks for any suggestions!
Best Finance Blogs (Rolfe Winkler, etc) (Originally Posted: 03/24/2011)
Greetings all,
I'm currently looking for a new finance blog. I used to follow Rolfe Winkler daily at http://blogs.reuters.com/rolfe-winkler/ and previously at http://optionarmageddon.ml-implode.com/ for great info, articles, and analysis.
Since he stopped blogging last year to move to WSJ, I've been looking for a good replacement. Any ideas?
Good Investing Blogs (Originally Posted: 10/31/2008)
Just curious if anyone has any good blogs that they follow - I like to hear different perspectives on the economy/investing.
Thanks
I am actally thinking about starting an investment blog myself. Perhaps finding some fellow WSO members to write? I've got the name/domain/details worked out, just working on content. Blogs are suprisingly a good source of passive income if you have enough readers.
let me know if you are anyone else would be interested.
Good ibanking blogs? (Originally Posted: 06/03/2009)
I stumbled across leveragedsellout and thought it was pretty humorous; are there any other good ones like that?
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