Top Finance Blogs of 2008
Sat, Dec 20, 2008 | Jared Woodard
In the holiday spirit, we wanted to give some link love and to say thanks to the bloggers who have consistently captured our attention this year. In no particular order, here are some sites that really deserve your time. Go ahead and add them to your RSS readers now:
- Ultimi Barbarorum is, above all, a pleasure to read. The proprietors of this blog are Spinozists, which helps a lot. We love this blog. Block out an hour or so and comb through the archives.
- Quantifiable Edges and MarketSci Blog show why quantitative analysis and rigorous testing should be your best friends. “Rob Hanna” is secretly five people – that’s the only explanation for the volume of informative studies he churns out. Michael Stokes at MarketSci has a real knack for finding novel trading ideas and distilling them into concise (and attractive) reports.
- Daily Options Report and VIX and More are key options destinations. Adam Warner isn’t just the scourge of CNBC and Lenny Dykstra, he also has valuable things to say about options and volatility. And Bill Luby has done more for education about the VIX and volatility than any other blogger.
The blogosphere keeps getting more crowded, mostly with flotsam, and with a few exceptions (Abnormal Returns, Greenfaucet) aggregators have been unhelpful or worse. Knowing where to spend your finite amount of reading time is more important and more difficult than ever. So if it sounds like we’re gushing, that’s why; these guys are all essential reading.
Whence the title of this post? Why not “top trading blogs” or somesuch? Because, in our view, the only sorts of finance writing worth reading these days have to do with managing risk, and quantitative analysis and options trading, when done right, are all about practical risk management.
Comments are turned on for this post – if we overlooked someone equally awesome, let us know.
Tags: blogs, trading blogs
December 20th, 2008 at 12:49 pm
A few others come to mind and are on my must read list:
Worldbeta: http://worldbeta.blogspot.com/
Mebane just launched a new AlphaClone product that is pretty interesting, and he has published a very interesting paper.
TraderFeed: http://traderfeed.blogspot.com/
Dr. Brett Steenbarger has excellent posts and tools. And talk about someone who doesn’t appear to sleep.
December 20th, 2008 at 1:08 pm
That’s one heck of a “top blogs” list to make it on to, and it’s a special honor coming from a fellow quant-oriented site I respect. I appreciate the mention and everything you guys do. michael
December 20th, 2008 at 5:15 pm
Jared, thanks for the kind words and recognition. Needless to say we are big fans of Condor Options and your work in particular. Thanks again and have a happy holiday season.
Jim Slagle,
Executive Editor, greenfaucet.com
December 21st, 2008 at 8:37 pm
Good list. I’d add wilmott.
December 22nd, 2008 at 1:29 am
Please check out the The Technical Take blog: http://thetechnicaltakedotcom.blogspot.com/
Quantitative approach; useable information.
December 22nd, 2008 at 8:23 am
I found your post via another news aggregator well worth checking:
http://www.newsflashr.com/feeds/business_blogs.html
December 22nd, 2008 at 10:00 am
Nice list. I’d suggest a few more that I have enjoyed.
Barry Ritholtz has had great commentary over at the Big Picture.
http://www.ritholtz.com/blog
Also Market Folly has done a great job tracking hedge fund portfolios
http://www.marketfolly.com
December 22nd, 2008 at 12:07 pm
Judging by the time of Rob’s emails he has to be at least 5 people…or has cloned himself as it appears he does not sleep.
December 24th, 2008 at 8:29 pm
I like your pick of Vix and More, and Damian’s of Mebane’s World Beta.
Another that deserves a mention has just been awesome in 2008 covering MEW rates and other interesting credit-related issues:
http://www.calculatedriskblog.com/
December 29th, 2008 at 2:44 am
This blog is fairly new but I check it out daily. It’s an option blog that I highly recommend. http://optionpremiumcollector.blogspot.com/
January 6th, 2009 at 7:37 pm
I’m surprised http://www.LearningMarkets.com didn’t make this list.
January 12th, 2009 at 6:46 am
thanks for the list..
March 2nd, 2009 at 10:15 pm
hey, is there a section just for latest news
April 19th, 2009 at 9:54 am
I wish http://blog.afraidtotrade.com is also a part of the list.
May 20th, 2009 at 2:21 pm
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June 23rd, 2009 at 10:21 am
Thank you for sharing the list,I hope It will be more for your next update.
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August 30th, 2009 at 10:33 pm
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September 3rd, 2009 at 3:11 pm
Cool site, love the info.
September 24th, 2009 at 9:36 am
many thanks for the list. will you update it shortly?
October 17th, 2009 at 8:40 am
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October 19th, 2009 at 8:47 am
the list is really very useful. thanks for sharing it!
November 6th, 2009 at 11:08 am
Have a awesome day!