In my prologue to this series, I wrote that the best blogs make me think about things I would not have otherwise thought about and point me to items I would have otherwise missed. One blog that executes well on both of those scores is Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed.
Many of the best financial blogs are written by practitioners. Paul is a technology entrepreneur, strategist for quant firm Ten Asset Management and academic. He serves as senior fellow for the Kauffman Foundation and is a frequent guest on CNBC.
Paul’s pithy posts frequently point the reader to great information they might have missed. This morning, he linked to a series of papers on the credit crisis in one post, while providing the video of former AIG CEO Hank Greenberg on Charlie Rose in another. But Paul also provides thought-provoking posts questioning the prevailing wisdom, as exemplified by another post this morning, this one arguing that the concept of moral hazard is overblown. His intellectual curiosity goes way beyond traditional finance and he often posts on weather-related issues, sports science and other esoteric issues. Paul also is a data visualization fan and frequently shares interesting visual maps.
If the definition of a successful financial blog is one which makes you think in ways you otherwise wouldn’t have, Paul Kedrosky’s Infectious Greed is surely a 10.
The Ten Best Financial Blogs:
10. 24/7 Wall Street
9. The Big Picture
8. Dealbreaker
7. Footnoted.org
6. Nouriel Roubini’s Global EconoMonitor
5. TraderFeed
4. Wallstrip
3. Paul Kedrosky's Infectious Greed
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