My Favorite Financial Sites
A quick list of my favorite financial sites and what I use them for. It's a fairly short list, because most financial sites are harmful.
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Reading Lists
Best Financial Reads This Week - 11 Feb 2020
My favorite article this week shows how in the past 20 years or so, the age cohort of American CEOs hasn't changed at all (i.e. baby boomers). Stay tuned…
Reading List – 5 December 2019
Great example of status quo bias in an article about the flu this week. And EU privacy laws are helping a murderer wipe his history from Google. Fun…
Reading List – 14 November 2019
The most important financial news of the past two weeks is that scientists have discovered that Jackson Pollock's technique cleverly avoided a…
Extra Spooky Reading List – 30 October 2019
OK fine, this reading list is not spooky. But it's still really good. Google posts a 23% decline in profit! And a very interesting piece by Tyler Cowen on…
Wednesday Reading List – 16 October 2019
Two articles this week on how investing is hard-- one about why rich people are bad at it and one about how everyone is bad it. Fun! - Investing for the…
Wednesday Reading List – 25 September 2019
An extra long list this week to catch up after Hurricane Dorian. Favorite quote this week: "Thus, accumulating evidence shows that over-representation of…
Wednesday Reading List – 28 August 2019
Really great post from Cliff Asness at AQR this week on bond valuations. - The 1619 Project. NY Times. - Are Health Administrators To Blame? Alex…
Wednesday Reading List – 14 August 2019
I really enjoyed the article about Google's internal culture, but the key article this week is a short blog from PIMCO on the possibility of negative…
Friday Reading List – 2 August 2019
Support for minimum wage hikes, food stamps, passive indexing, and free trade. I'm kind of all over the place this week. Plus an engraving of Adam Smith…
Friday Reading List – 26 July 2019
- 16,000 Readers Shared Their Experiences of Being Told to ‘Go Back.’ Here Are Some of Their Stories. NY Times. - New Inequality Data Is a Gift to…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 19 July 2019
- How U.S. Tech Companies are Helping Build China's Surveillance State. The Intercept. - How Iran Sees Its Standoff With the United States. Foreign…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 12 July 2019
Lots of different topics this week-- investing, Mueller, AOC, minimum wage law. If you have to pick one, read the AOC interview at New Yorker. - Should…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 5 July 2019
Really great article from Barron's this week on an upcoming 401(k) rule change. My take: this change is designed to help insurance salesmen at the expense…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 28 June 2019
- Democratic Debate Ignores Illegal Immigration’s Cause: No Visas. Cato Institute. - How China Really Sees The Trade War: Xi Still Believes He Has The…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 21 June 2019
Two of my favorite investors chat this week! Great stuff. Also an opposing take on my support of stock buybacks. - MIB: Jonathan Stein, founder and CEO of…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 14 June 2019
- SNAP Caseload and Spending Declines Have Accelerated in Recent Years. CBPP. The recovery is real but no one seems to believe it. Times are pretty good!…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 7 June 2019
Continuing a streak of going heavy on off-topic articles. But... DINOSAURS!! - Make School Hard Again. Reason. HT Tyler Cowen. - The Day the Dinosaurs…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 31 May 2019
Mostly off-topic stuff this week. Some great articles here though! - A shocking share of the public thinks randomized trials are immoral. Vox. Very…
Financial Articles I’m Reading This Week – 24 May 2019
Here are a few financial and economic articles that I found interesting this week. Lots of good stuff to read about the US - China trade dispute. - John…
Financial Articles I'm Reading This Week - 17 May 2019
Here are a few financial articles that I found interesting this week. Let me know if I missed some! - Is it True that 40% of Americans Can't Handle a $400…