Substacks recommended by The Blind Squirrel

Recommended by The Blind Squirrel

FT Alphaville

We're the FT's finance blog. If it's dumb, delightful or just weird and involves money we're probably interested in it.

Macro Charts

30 years in markets. ex-Fund Manager, now independent. Focus on BIG trends, actionable ideas, and execution.

Outstanding charts and analysis from a market veteran

- The Blind Squirrel

Misadventures in Shipping

By Ed 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.

- The Blind Squirrel

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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Baiguan - China Insights, Data, Context

Actionable insights for anyone who has a real stake in China

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

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Panda Perspectives

This Substack is Sage advice from a cartoon panda 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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Rupak's Substack

By Rupak Ghose

Hedge funds, trading firms, financial market structure and fintech

Great writing from a veteran Wall Street analyst.

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BakStack

By Phil Bak

Capital markets, ETFs, CRE, and the future of asset management.

Phil always makes me think and his meme game is best in class!

- The Blind Squirrel

HFI Research

Contrarian Investment Research - Energy (Oil & Natural Gas)

I am a very happy subscriber to HFI - a fabulous source of analysis and ideas on energy markets.

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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 Last Bear Standing

Original and independent financial analysis.

Great macro thinker.

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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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The Choice Engine

By Adam Butler

Writing the story we were told was finished

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.

- The Blind Squirrel

Nico AiQ

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!

- The Blind Squirrel

The Alethea Narrative

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.

- The Blind Squirrel

Pinecone Weekly Brief

By Chase Taylor

What Chase is focused on this week - a snippet from PMR's Flagship Cascade Letter

This is the free summary. I subscribe to Chase's (paid) Cascade and Emerald letters. One of the best!

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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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Capital Misallocation

Capital Markets, Capital Misallocation, Trade Ideas, and Random Musings

My pal Ben breathes markets 24/7

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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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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!

- The Blind Squirrel

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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Beltway Alpha

By Mat Casey

Open Insights

A walkthrough of market issues and actionable investment ideas by Open Square Capital, an asset management firm with a thematic investment approach.

OI has been a great resource on the energy trade

- The Blind Squirrel

Bruce Mehlman's Age of Disruption

This free newsletter offers a weekly analysis of trends in politics & policy -- six interesting charts each Sunday morning plus one video. We also share invitations to live free events with authors & leaders.

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

- The Blind Squirrel

YWR: Your Weekend Reading

By Erik@YWR

Improve your investing returns by thinking differently.

Erik defines original thinking. A must read.

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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.

- The Blind Squirrel

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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Ole Sloth Hansen

Have followed Ole for years. One of the best!

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The Transcript

At The Transcript, we read dozens of earnings call transcripts each week and take note of interesting and important quotes from management about the economy and industry trends. The best and most important quotes are compiled in The Transcript, our weekly

Cliffs Notes for earnings season. A huge timesaver.

- The Blind Squirrel

Campbell Ramble

By Alexander Campbell

Occasional observations about markets, data, and the broader world.

FX Poetry

By Andy Fately

Daily macro/FX blog

Great macro content and a welcome break from prose!

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Sinocism

By Bill Bishop

Get smarter about China

Bill is an OG on China commentary

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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!

- The Blind Squirrel

Commodity Context

By Rory Johnston

Data-centric, visualization-forward oil market research | Thematic deep-dives, monthly data reports, and a weekly market wrap-up every Friday

Rory's coverage of the oil and energy markets in encyclopedic and exceptionally well written.

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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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Curve Advisor

Focusing on tail risks.

Curve Advisor is a 'must read' for the 🐿️

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Net Interest

By Marc Rubinstein

Financial sector insights from a former hedge fund manager with 25+ years experience analysing and investing in the industry.

Multi decades of experience on the buy and sell side of the financials sector. Always a good read and the recently launched podcast series has been hugely enjoyable.

- The Blind Squirrel

Global Threads with Peter Frankopan

By Today's Global Threads

Making sense of a changing world

History and geopolitical mash up joy!

- The Blind Squirrel

DTI

By Mirko Milito

Unbiased market analysis, level-headed research, cutting-edge macro insights

The MacroTourist

By Kevin Muir

The almost daily email about markets from Kevin Muir.

Kevin's letter is funny, thoughtful, well researched and has the best pictures on the internet.

- The Blind Squirrel

Special Situation Investing

By Six Bravo

Actionable value investment write-ups and insights

Heaps of value ad in (deep) value land

- The Blind Squirrel

Serious Literary Author

By Daniel Piper

An unprecedented insight into the life of an SLA.

Makes the 🐿️ laugh. A lot.

- The Blind Squirrel

LATAM STOCKS

By LATAM Stocks by Patrick Flood

Investment analysis of publicly traded companies in Latin America. Join our community of investors interested in Latin America.

Patrick has put together some great interviews on LatAm investing. Your 🐿️ even showed up for one!

- The Blind Squirrel

Damped Spring 101

Damped Spring Finance and Investing Substack

Wise counsel in choppy markets.

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Conks

global monetary mechanics

Not Zoltan. Sexiest ninja in monetary plumbing (I know!)

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ETF Shelf

ETF stories with engaging charts, videos, and infographics📊

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

- The Blind Squirrel

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

The Coal Trader

Extractive Resource Investing... Coal, Metals and Mining; Oil & Gas; Energy and more!