Financial News, Blogs, Podcasts

News

Yahoo Finance
Financial Times (FT) – best global markets reporting; Smart Money, Alphaville.
Bloomberg Markets – institutional-grade, especially macro + bonds.
WSJ Markets – reliable coverage, good for context.
Reuters Markets – fast, neutral reporting.
Barron’s – specific equities, long-form stock analysis.
Morningstar – fund research, risk ratings, FCF analysis, factor lens.

Ben Felix / Common Sense Investing
Best evidence-based investing content on YT. Explains factors, ETFs, risk premiums.
Odd Lots (Bloomberg – Joe Weisenthal & Tracy Alloway)
Deep dives into macro, market structure, liquidity, supply chains, derivatives, commodities, and weird corners of finance.
Macro Voices (Erik Townsend)
Institutional macro commentary, good guests (strategists, CIOs). Heavy emphasis on global macro, bonds, currencies.
The Journal (WSJ)
Not strictly markets, but frequent finance episodes; solid journalism.
Bloomberg Surveillance / Merryn Somerset Webb
Interviews with economists and fund managers; quite data-focused.
Animal Spirits (Ben Carlson & Michael Batnick)
Accessible but evidence-based commentary on markets and portfolios.
Prof G Markets (Ed Olson & Scott Galloway)

Top Traders Unplugged
Trend following, quant macro, systematic strategies.
The Meb Faber Show
Evidence-driven investing, global diversification, factor strategies.
Masters in Business (Barry Ritholtz)
Long-form interviews with fund managers, economists, quants, academics.
Flirting with Models (Corey Hoffstein)
One of the best quant/portfolio construction podcasts. Very technical but digestible.

A Wealth of Common Sense (Ben Carlson)
Clear explanations of long-term investing, asset allocation, and risk.
The Irrelevant Investor (Michael Batnick)
Behavioral finance, returns context, historical trends.
Jason Zweig – WSJ The Intelligent Investor
Deep data-driven examination of investor behavior and market risk.
Aswath Damodaran’s Blog (NYU)
Equity valuation, cash flows, discount rates, narrative vs numbers.
Epsilon Theory (Ben Hunt)
Market narratives, geopolitics, behavioral dynamics.

Quantocracy
Aggregates some of the best quant-focused blog posts and research.
Alpha Architect Blog
Factor investing, systematic strategies (evidence-heavy).
The Idea Farm (Meb Faber)
Curated research data and reports from institutional sources.

**The Big Picture (Ritholtz)**
Macro commentary with charts and institutional perspective.
**Of Dollars and Data (Nick Maggiulli)**
Data-driven personal finance (savings vs investing tradeoffs, drawdown analysis).

**Matt Levine – Money Stuff** (Bloomberg, but Substack-style)
The best writing on finance, derivatives, and market weirdness.
**The Overshoot (Edward Harrison)**
Macro, interest rates, global credit cycles.
The Market Ear
Short, chart-driven daily macro sentiment and flows.
**Andreas Steno Larsen – Steno Research**
Data-rich macro, inflation, liquidity, and market timing models.

Ensemble Capital’s Intrinsic Investing
Fundamental but very quantitative reasoning.
Alpha Architect – ESG, factors, replication strategies
Reputable research-style posts on factor investing, value/momentum, tax efficiency.
Newfound Research (Corey Hoffstein)
Portfolio construction, convexity, vol targeting, expected risk.

Liberty’s Highlights (LibertyRPF)
Excellent compendium of tech, markets, business models.
Humble Dollar (Jonathan Clements)
Behavioral finance + personal investing.
The Pragmatic Capitalist (Cullen Roche)
Macro, asset allocation philosophy, risk framing.