Substacks recommended by The Blind Squirrel

Recommended by The Blind Squirrel

A home office's search for alpha in parts of the public capital markets where most investors can't, or won't go. At least until later.

Has been hiding his knowledge in my DMs for too long! Now making it available to all.

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Damped Spring 101

Damped Spring Finance and Investing Substack

Wise counsel in choppy markets.

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TMacro06

My Personal Substack

Been around the block and back in commodities

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The Market House

By Maggie Lake

Even if you managed to catch Maggie’s show live, her wrap up reports make terrific reading. If you did not catch the show, they are invaluable!

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Global Threads with Peter Frankopan

By Today's Global Threads

Making sense of a changing world

History and geopolitical mash up joy!

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Panda Perspectives

By Leonid Mironov

My name is Leonid and I help manage a China Long-only and an Asia Pacific long/short funds with PACAT Capital Management in Hong Kong. This is my personal Substack on investing in Asia & China Not investment advice, but food for thought!

Excellent read from an expert watcher of Chinese equities.

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Oil not dead

By Oil not Dead

A journey through the oil markets from the physical perspective. We take a look at barrels moving

On the pulse of the physical markets

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SAI (Sino Auto Insights) Weekly

By Tu Le

Weekly roundup of news coming out of the 🇨🇳 (China) electric vehicle, autonomous vehicle, battery, advanced driving asist systems (ADAS) and chip / silicon sectors and what it means for rest of the world.

Tu has just migrated his excellent weekly note on Autos/Tech/China to Substack. It's a great read.

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The Job Chick

By Amanda Goodall

Lifting the hood on employment numbers. Really valuable.

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Macro Charts

30 years in markets. ex-Fund Manager, now independent. Writing about BIG trends & ideas.

Outstanding charts and analysis from a market veteran

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PauloMacro’s Substack

My thoughts on global macro, micro, and everything in between

Always enjoy the musings of The Cloud Bear

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StreetSmarts

By MarketLab

Deep-dives and financial analysis from an ex-Wall Streeter trying too hard to be funny. You get what you pay for (it's free)

Just came across StreetSmarts. An excellent daily note with original and interesting content.

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Rupak's Substack

By Rupak Ghose

Themes in business and financial market structure

Great writing from a veteran Wall Street analyst.

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Brazil Stocks

By Brazil Investor

Former Morgan Stanley Equity Research. 20 years of Brazil Stock Market Investing. Based in Brazil.

Helping me think through what I see as a fantastic long term opportunity in Brazilian equities. Thoughtful research!

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The ETF Shelf

ETF stories with engaging charts, videos, and infographics📊

Have just discovered ETF Shelf. Terrific content and graphics. The 🐿️ is a fan!

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Bruce Mehlman's Age of Disruption

This newsletter offers (1) quarterly analyses of trends in politics & policy, (2) six interesting charts from the week each Sunday morning & (3) invitations to live events with new authors & leaders.

Bruce's quarterly decks on politics and policy are a must read!

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Reminiscences of a Shrub Operator

By Le Shrub

A live book on Investing

Always want to hear what my friend Le Shrub has to say!

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Baiguan - China Insights, Data, Context

Actionable insights for successful China-related business and investment

Robert and team are a great read for anyone spending time thinking about Chinese markets. The 🐿️ is a fan!

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Motorhead

Fundamental analysis of Tesla, its major automotive rivals, and the electric vehicle supply chain.

Always enjoy Brad's excellently researched commentary on Tesla and the auto sector.

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The Merciless Trade

By Eric S Lipchus of The Merciless Trade

Weekly reports on the Market, Stocks, Bonds, Crypto, and everything trading. I am triangulating the markets, data, and events to streamline the week ahead.

Great weekly wrap with strong technical analysis.

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Serious Literary Author

By Daniel Piper

An unprecedented insight into the life of an SLA.

Makes the 🐿️ laugh. A lot.

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Misadventures in Shipping

By Edward Finley—Richardson

Publicly listed Shipping Companies in Tankers, Offshore Vessels, Dry Bulk, Gas Carriers, and more

Ed is the Meme Lord of things that float. Learn something from every post.

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Special Situation Investing

By Six Bravo

Actionable value investment write-ups and insights

Heaps of value ad in (deep) value land

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Japan Optimist

By Jesper Koll

Japan analysis and insights - capitalism that works

Marcus on AI

By Gary Marcus

"Marcus has become one of our few indispensable public intellectuals. The more people read him, the better our actions in shaping Al will be." - Kim Stanley Robinson, author of Ministry for the Future

Essential reading!

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Not Your Advisor

By not your advisor by NYUGrad

Daily Podcast on stocks w/no ads, no politics! Substack Featured 3x + Substack Best Seller! Full length podcast episodes w/ show notes | Premium chat room | Trade setups | Watch lists

Enjoy NYUGrad's sharp daily market wraps.

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fx:macro

By FXMacroGuy

Brings you up to speed on the relevant macro developments: central banks, economic data, sentiment, intermarket analysis. Every weekend. For traders, investors and everyone interested in what's going on in FX and macro.

Great weekly overview of global macro - complete with analysis of central bank statements and well argued views on key FX pairs.

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Daniel Peris on Substack

History, Finance, Russia

Always pays dividends!

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The Alethea Narrative by The Bear Traps Report

By Craig Shapiro

A newsletter that searches for the truth in financial markets while understanding how narratives can help shape investment decisions. This newsletter is for family offices, wealth advisors, and investors who don’t have time to follow every macro twitch

Craig's insights on macro and industrials markets are a terrific read.

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Curve Advisor

Focusing on tail risks.

Curve Advisor is a 'must read' for the 🐿️

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market vibes

By Alyosha

commentary and opinion on trading and markets and an occassional short story

Beautifully written pearls of wisdom twice a day from a market veteran who has seen all the tricks.

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Macro Is Dead

By Peter Farac

A detailed obituary to macro trading. A deep-dive into when, why and how it died.

Peter is one of my absolute favourite analysts on STIR markets. Beautifully written. I always learn something new.

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Super-Spiked

By Arjun Murti

Super-Spiked focuses on the mission of everyone on Earth someday becoming energy rich and what that would mean for corporate strategy and energy & environmental policy, markets and commodities

Arjun's multi-decade perspectives from covering the E&P sector are invaluable.

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Capital Flows and Asset Markets

By Russell Clark

Hedge funds, macro and short selling.

Russell's notes and videos are incredibly thoughtful. He explores differentiated macro themes which I find incredibly useful as a source of trade ideas.

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Chris Arnade Walks the World

Dispatches and photos from walks around the world

Here for the photos but the man has stories to tell

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Mateen's Newsletter - Discuss The Tape

By Mateen Chaudhry

Views on global markets and politics, with a special focus on the Japanese equity market, by a well-travelled former investment banker turned entrepreneur.

My pal know his Japanese stonks!

- The Blind Squirrel