This year Meb Faber and I decided to ask a bunch of top finance and investment bloggers to list their favorite blog posts from the past year. Not surprisingly there was a great deal of diversity in the answers they gave. Meb has a comprehensive list here. However a few posts stood out in people’s minds. Below you can see results.
In addition we tried to get bloggers to come up with some favorite podcast episodes as well. Meb has a comprehensive list here. The consensus was that Barry Ritholtz’s Master in Business series was a must-listen. The challenge is that they could not agree on any single episode of Barry’s to recommend. So below I mention a couple episodes bloggers liked in particular.
Later this week we will publish the most clicked on blog posts by Abnormal Returns readers. In addition I will note the favorite Abnormal Returns posts we published in 2015.
Favorite blog posts
- Morgan Housel is a favorite blogger of mine and Abnormal Returns readers. This post is a great example of turning what could be rote content into something special. (fool.com)
- There is little new in the active-passive debate. However this piece by Wes Gray is a good example of how active managers should lay out their philosophy for all to see. (blog.alphaarchitect.com)
- Let's face it. Finance bloggers are a geeky lot. This post on the evolution of corporate profits margins in the "winner-take-all economy" is an important to help understand today's stock market. (philosophicaleconomics.com)
- Gary Antonacci, author of "Dual Momentum"* provided readers with a straightforward post on the differences between realative and absolute momentum and how combining the two can make sense. (dualmomentum.net)
- Josh Brown is in some ways a blogger's blogger. Many of his posts were mentioned by other bloggers. However this post that accurately identified a period of tough times for the stock market is worth re-reading. (thereformedbroker.com)
- Again like Josh, many bloggers appreciated Ben Carlson's work this year including his book "A Wealth of Common Sense."* At its best blogging is about getting people to think differently about things they already doing. This post on what people don't learn in business school is a great read. (awealthofcommonsense.com)
Favorite podcast episodes
- In a wide-ranging discussion Barry Ritholtz talked with Cliff Asness of AQR Capital Management about quantitative investing and much, much more. A great listen. (ritholtz.com)
- It's always great to hear Barry talk to some one outside the world of finance and investing. With the election season ramping up it great to hear Nate Silver, author of "The Signal and Noise" talk about his quantitative approach to politics, sports and money. (ritholtz.com)
