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Economy

Apricitas Economics

Free + paidPublisher schedule varies

Joseph Politano uses charts and economic research to explain labor markets, inflation, trade, investment, and the policy choices shaping everyday economic conditions.

Best for Readers comfortable with charts who want an evidence-led explanation of changing employment, inflation, trade, and industrial investment rather than a quick headline digest.

Economic chartsLabor marketsInflation
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Private markets

Axios Pro Rata

FreePublisher schedule varies

Dan Primack’s compact briefing on venture capital, private equity and corporate transactions, combining a reported opening perspective with a structured scan of deal activity.

Best for Investors, founders and corporate development readers who want a concise view of funding, acquisitions and the people shaping the private capital ecosystem.

Venture capitalPrivate equityM&A
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Investing

Clouded Judgement

FreeWeekly on Friday mornings

Jamin Ball's weekly analysis of AI and software companies pairs industry commentary with valuation comparisons and operating metrics for publicly traded cloud businesses.

Best for Software investors and founders who want recurring public-market benchmarks and a clearer connection between SaaS operating performance, growth expectations, and the valuations investors assign.

Cloud softwareSaaSValuation
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Markets

FT Unhedged

PaidWeekdays; accompanying Chart of the Week on Saturdays

The Financial Times examines market arguments, valuations and macroeconomic forces, helping readers test the assumptions behind prevailing investment narratives and the day’s price moves.

Best for Investors and financially curious professionals who want to question market consensus, connect economic data with asset prices and improve the quality of their reasoning.

MacroEquitiesBonds
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Investing

Memos from Howard Marks

FreePublisher schedule varies

Oaktree’s public investment memos examine risk, market cycles and investor psychology, using Howard Marks’s experience to frame difficult decisions under uncertainty for investors.

Best for Investors and finance professionals who want thoughtful frameworks for risk and market cycles, and who are comfortable reading a sustained argument before drawing conclusions.

RiskMarket cyclesInvestor psychology
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Markets

Money Stuff

Free + paidDaily

Matt Levine explores Wall Street and finance through the incentives, contracts and unusual situations behind the headlines, with room for curiosity and humor.

Best for Readers who already follow business headlines and want to understand the contracts, incentives and financial mechanics that make particular stories surprising or consequential.

Wall StreetCorporate financeMarket structure
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Business

Morning Brew

FreeDaily, seven days a week

A lively daily business briefing that mixes company and economic news with technology, culture and useful context for readers establishing a morning reading routine.

Best for Busy readers who want a broad, accessible business briefing with a strong US focus and enough variety to make daily reading a habit.

Daily briefingUS economyTechnology
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Business

Net Interest

Free + paidWeekly

Weekly stories explaining how financial businesses work, connecting banks, investors and fintech companies with the incentives and history behind their decisions and business models.

Best for Readers seeking a clearer understanding of financial company economics, especially investors and industry professionals who enjoy business history and detailed institutional stories.

BankingFinancial institutionsFintech
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Personal finance

Of Dollars And Data

FreeWeekly

Data informed essays about building wealth, understanding market risk and making financial decisions, with charts that connect investing research to everyday choices.

Best for Readers who want charts and evidence to clarify saving and investing decisions, particularly when common financial advice feels too broad for their situation.

Wealth buildingInvestor behaviorData
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Business

Reuters Newsletters

Free + paidPublisher schedule variesNewsletter collection

A collection of Reuters email briefings spanning world news, business and markets, allowing readers to choose the desks and subjects that match their interests.

Best for Readers building a dependable news routine who want to select broad or specialist Reuters briefings without treating the entire collection as a single newsletter.

News collectionGlobal newsMarkets
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Technology

Stratechery

Free + paidWeekly free articles; three subscriber updates per week

Ben Thompson analyzes the business models and competitive strategies of technology and media companies, explaining how their choices reshape markets and society.

Best for Technology executives, investors, and operators who want to understand why particular business models win and how strategic choices change the balance of power.

Business strategyBig techMedia
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Business

The Daily Upside

FreeDaily

A concise business and investing briefing that connects company developments, economic shifts and market news for readers building a dependable daily information habit.

Best for Readers who want a compact daily orientation across business and investing before deciding which company, economic or market stories deserve a closer look.

MarketsEconomicsCompanies
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Investing

A Wealth of Common Sense

FreePublisher schedule varies

Ben Carlson uses market history, charts and plain language to explain investing, personal finance and the behavioral choices that shape long term financial outcomes.

Best for Individual investors who want readable market context and behavioral perspective, with enough historical evidence to question dramatic headlines and overly tidy financial rules.

Market historyInvestor behaviorPersonal finance
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Investing

Advisor Upside

FreePublisher schedule varies

A specialist newsletter for financial advisors, combining industry developments and investment context with financial planning, practice management and the technology used to serve clients.

Best for Financial advisors and people working around advice businesses who want investment context alongside practical coverage of clients, technology and the economics of running a practice.

Financial advisorsFinancial planningPractice management
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Markets

Axios Markets

FreePublisher schedule varies

A concise markets-and-economy briefing from Emily Peck and Matt Phillips, pairing selected developments with context that helps readers understand why the financial story matters.

Best for Busy readers seeking an approachable entry into markets and the economy, especially those who prefer a few explained developments before choosing longer articles.

EconomyEquitiesFederal Reserve
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Investing

Banker on Wheels

FreeWeekly, on Saturdays

A European focused investing resource whose free Weekend Reading email curates market perspectives, portfolio ideas and practical links for people managing their own money.

Best for European and UK investors who want a useful weekly reading list alongside accessible explanations of ETFs, brokers, portfolio construction and financial independence.

ETFsEuropean investingPortfolio construction
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Technology

Benedict's Newsletter

Free + paidWeekly: Sunday premium edition; Tuesday free edition

A weekly selection of consequential technology developments, with commentary that puts individual announcements and emerging ideas into a broader business and industry context.

Best for Business leaders and curious generalists who want a selective weekly technology briefing that explains the significance of developments without requiring constant attention to news.

Technology trendsBusiness strategyAI
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Technology

Big Technology

Free + paidPublisher schedule varies

Original reporting and interviews on major technology companies, AI, and society, focused on the internal decisions and incentives that explain the public headlines.

Best for Readers who follow the technology industry and want reporting on the people, business decisions, and social consequences behind major companies and the AI race.

Big techAIOriginal reporting
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