Our Favorite Blogs
Blogs are a tremendous source of information. Below, we list just a few of our favorites along with a sentence from each on how those blogs describe themselves:
- Abnormal Returns: ”This blog began as an outlet for a private investor’s thoughts on all manner of investment markets.”
- Advisor Perspectives: “…provides data showing the investment trends of high- and ultra-high net worth investors, whose money is managed by fee-only independent Registered Investment Advisors.”
- The Big Picture: “[Barry Ritholz is] a frequent commentator on CNBC, Barry L. Ritholtz is a weekly guest on Kudlow & Company. He has guest-hosted Squawk Box on numerous occasions, and also appears regularly on Bloomberg, Fox, and PBS.”
- Bill Rempel a.k.a. No DooDahs: “My exploration of the broader range of equity trading – technical analysis, active trading, trend following, and systems – initially was born out of a desire to improve some of the pitfalls I came across while “value investing.” Now that I can see there is no such thing as “investing” – only “trading.”
- CXO Advisory: “CXOadvisory.com offers serious private investors, financial advisors and others information that may assist in investing and trading decisions.”
- FT Alphaville:”FT Alphaville is a free daily news and commentary service giving financial market professionals the information they need, when they need it.”
- Footnoted.org: “By plowing through hundreds of filings a day (more during certain times of the year) and delivering original insight and analysis, footnoted.org has become a must read for professional money managers and analysts, as well as sophisticated individual investors and even a few journalists who often have very nice things to say about the site.”
- Hedgeye
- HedgeFund.Blogspot.com
- Hedge Fund Compliance: “…comprehensive compliance and consulting services to hedge funds, private equity funds, broker-dealers and related industry service providers.”
- Hedge-Fund-Blogger.com: ”…straight forward educational pieces on hedge fund strategies, terms & definition, trends, book reviews and interviews.”
- Hedge Fund Appraisal: Views on various topics related to the appraisal of hedge fund products; covers subjects like investment risks, operational risk, fraud risk and regulation.
- HedgeFund-Lawyer.com: An alternative investments blog written by European lawyer, Robert Koller-Vernot, CAIA
- Information Arbitrage: ”A Wall Streeter’s ride into the World Wide Web”
- InVivo Analytics: “InVivo Analytics was founded by independent portfolio strategist and trader, Teresa Lo….[who] has helped thousands of individual investors, traders and investment advisors achieve their goals and secure their financial futures.”
- Kapital Marks: A practical look at relevant Capital Markets issues, from a long standing Hedge Fund practitioner and behavioral finance specialist. The author’s original work on Compensation Frameworks, and Capital Markets Gaming can be found here.
- Pension Pulse: “…a one stop center for information and insight pertaining to pension funds and financial markets.”
- Pension Risk Matters: “…an independent information services, research/analysis and training company for the pension community.”
- Phorgy Phynance: Where physics meets finance. An alternative view of the markets from a quant’s perspective, written by Eric Forgy, PhD, CAIA.
- QFinance: The ultimate finance resource.
- Quoin Partners “This weekly blog is an exclusive resource for both startup and expansion stage hedge fund managers, CTA/Managed Futures, and Proprietary Trading Firms for the sharing of best practices, industry commentary, and related tools.”
- The Research Puzzle: “…musings and questions that are intended to make you think about the puzzles that are in front of you, and to adopt a fresh approach to their solutions.”
- Risk Without Reward: “Operational risk is the risk arising external to the investment decision making process. When investing in hedge funds, operational risks..”
- TraderPsyches: “Leveraging Behavioral Finance with Advanced Trading Psychology”
- WorldBeta
