Comments on: Financial crisis blog recommendations?

Question: Financial crisis blog recommendations?

vizsla — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:21:38 -0800

Recommend any financial crisis blogs written by people who are following all the relevant indicators, or by people involved in the finance industry, who are trying to make sense of the market and economy?

By: salishsea

salishsea — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:36:40 -0800

Rob Paterson used to be a senior investment banker with the Royal Bank in Canada. Knows what he is talking about, is pessimistic about the future and has predicted some of the stuff we are seeing now over the past two years.

He's also been working with KETC public TV in St. Louis to tell the story of the mortgage crisis in a way that provides a resource for homeowners.

By: pdb

pdb — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:38:26 -0800

NPR's Planet Money isn't written by the industry - but it's definitely trying to make sense of what happens, and they talk to people in the industry.

By: mcroft

mcroft — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:38:28 -0800

There's the NPR Planet Money blog that might be helpful.

By: epugachev

epugachev — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:42:09 -0800

Naked Capitalism
Calculated Risk
Nouriel Roubini

Follow the links on their blogrolls and you'll get to most of the good ones.

By: citron

citron — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:42:14 -0800

Calculated Risk
Global EconoMonitor
Naked Capitalism

[note: I am not terribly knowledgeable about this subject, but.. hope these may be helpful]

Also from MeFi just a few days ago it was recommended to check the links in fellow MeFite Mutant's profile

By: citron

citron — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 15:42:47 -0800

Haha, crosspost of the same three sites - I honestly didn't read the previous before listing that.

By: blue mustard

blue mustard — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:12:23 -0800

Dealbreaker
ClusterStock

By: Gerard Sorme

Gerard Sorme — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:28:19 -0800

Good suggestion from pdp on Planet Money from NPR. They do an great job.

Speaking of....If you hurry - before Monday 10-13-08 - you can still get the mp3 download of This American Life's special economy episode in collaboration with Planet Money - free. Again, hurry before Monday - it's excellent!

By: Durin's Bane

Durin's Bane — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:45:59 -0800

I think The Big Picture is pretty good.

By: shothotbot

shothotbot — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 19:38:04 -0800

I am a portfolio manager and I am following:

The Financial Times
Paul Krugman's blog
Brad Delong
Marginal Revolution

The FT has had the best coverage overall, but Krugman might be the best if you have no knowledge of finance.

By: mullacc

mullacc — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:25:45 -0800

Across the Curve for good insider-y credit market commentary written by an ex-trader. It's heavy on jargon, but it's worthwhile if you can get through it (coincidentally, the top entry on the blog right now is about his use of jargon and he encourages readers to email him questions).

By: shothotbot

shothotbot — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 09:02:53 -0800

Here is the same topic on Marginal Revolution today.