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<blockquote data-quote="RANDOTRON" data-source="post: 144712" data-attributes="member: 16724"><p>Hi, I'm not sure if anyone has started a thread on this before (if so, sorry!). One of the main difficulties when I first started developing my commercial awareness was figuring out what sources I could use, where I should start, or even what news I should even be reading. So I want to make a thread where we can all share our commercial awareness sources. There's a wealth of information out there presented in various formats, and I figured it might be useful to have a place that everyone can refer to for sources to develop their commercial awareness.</p><p></p><p>So to kick this off, here's my list of sources with a note on if they are paid or free:</p><ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Newsletter<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FT Unhedged (paid): Critical analysis of market data and trends, and its wider implications.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FT Due Diligence (paid): More related to corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FT Asset Management (paid): Looks at news relating to asset management industry (eg, BlackRock).</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FT Lex (paid): Each newspiece is written by a group of columnists, explains why the news is happening.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Bloomberg Opinion: Money Stuff (free): Analytical commentary on interesting (at times bizarre/obscure) finance stuff.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Daily Upside (free): Offers a summary of three key news event with a brief analysis on its macro impact.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Finimize (paid): Similar to The Daily Upside.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Morning Brew (free): Similar to The Daily Upside.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Economist Weekly Briefing (paid): Nice roundup of important news event in the previous week – good for catching up or refreshing.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Youtube<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Patrick Boyle (free): Analysis on major news event explaining what, how and why – usually a long video.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Wharton School (free): Guest lecturers offer insight into various industries (eg, <a href="https://youtu.be/thyxopgzG4k" target="_blank">considerations of private equity firm acquisitions</a>) – useful for getting an understanding of how business people think (hint: look at their popular videos section).<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Pro tip: other universities/companies offer similar guests lecturers (eg, check out <a href="https://youtu.be/RpUJfW4WTKw" target="_blank">this</a> one from UoV School of Law); have a scan of the suggested videos in the right hand side column in these videos and you will in no time build a collection.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The Plain Bagel (free): Great for visualising how commercial terms work in practice (like short selling), also has videos like Boyle's and more leisurely videos like the ones critiquing TikTok finance videos.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Khan Academy (free): Another great source for learning how economics work (like bond yields and its relative movement to price/interest rate).</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Podcast<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Numbers by Barron (free): Breaks down stories by three numbers.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">FT News Briefing (free): Sums up important news stories for each day.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Goldman Sachs Exchanges (free): Commentary by people working at GS on a market trend.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Morgan Stanley Thoughts on the Market (free): Similar to GS Exchanges.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">WSJ What's News (free): Basically FT News Briefing but they deliver it twice a day (US time) – once in the morning, once in the evening.</li> </ul></li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Website<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Investopedia (free): Great for learning about commercial terms, and they also sometimes have videos to visualise the terms.</li> </ul></li> </ul><p>Quick note: I mainly use the FT Newsletters now because I prefer getting my commercial awareness this way, but I did use all these source before to varying degrees.</p><p></p><p>Feel free to expand on this thread by adding your own personal favourites!</p><p></p><p>Edit: I thought it might be more helpful to add a brief description of each source so you have a better idea of what it is; further added more to the Wharton School YouTube section with tip on exploring further sources.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="RANDOTRON, post: 144712, member: 16724"] Hi, I'm not sure if anyone has started a thread on this before (if so, sorry!). One of the main difficulties when I first started developing my commercial awareness was figuring out what sources I could use, where I should start, or even what news I should even be reading. So I want to make a thread where we can all share our commercial awareness sources. There's a wealth of information out there presented in various formats, and I figured it might be useful to have a place that everyone can refer to for sources to develop their commercial awareness. So to kick this off, here's my list of sources with a note on if they are paid or free: [LIST] [*]Newsletter [LIST] [*]FT Unhedged (paid): Critical analysis of market data and trends, and its wider implications. [*]FT Due Diligence (paid): More related to corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity. [*]FT Asset Management (paid): Looks at news relating to asset management industry (eg, BlackRock). [*]FT Lex (paid): Each newspiece is written by a group of columnists, explains why the news is happening. [*]Bloomberg Opinion: Money Stuff (free): Analytical commentary on interesting (at times bizarre/obscure) finance stuff. [*]The Daily Upside (free): Offers a summary of three key news event with a brief analysis on its macro impact. [*]Finimize (paid): Similar to The Daily Upside. [*]Morning Brew (free): Similar to The Daily Upside. [*]The Economist Weekly Briefing (paid): Nice roundup of important news event in the previous week – good for catching up or refreshing. [/LIST] [*]Youtube [LIST] [*]Patrick Boyle (free): Analysis on major news event explaining what, how and why – usually a long video. [*]Wharton School (free): Guest lecturers offer insight into various industries (eg, [URL='https://youtu.be/thyxopgzG4k']considerations of private equity firm acquisitions[/URL]) – useful for getting an understanding of how business people think (hint: look at their popular videos section). [LIST] [*]Pro tip: other universities/companies offer similar guests lecturers (eg, check out [URL='https://youtu.be/RpUJfW4WTKw']this[/URL] one from UoV School of Law); have a scan of the suggested videos in the right hand side column in these videos and you will in no time build a collection. [/LIST] [*]The Plain Bagel (free): Great for visualising how commercial terms work in practice (like short selling), also has videos like Boyle's and more leisurely videos like the ones critiquing TikTok finance videos. [*]Khan Academy (free): Another great source for learning how economics work (like bond yields and its relative movement to price/interest rate). [/LIST] [*]Podcast [LIST] [*]Numbers by Barron (free): Breaks down stories by three numbers. [*]FT News Briefing (free): Sums up important news stories for each day. [*]Goldman Sachs Exchanges (free): Commentary by people working at GS on a market trend. [*]Morgan Stanley Thoughts on the Market (free): Similar to GS Exchanges. [*]WSJ What's News (free): Basically FT News Briefing but they deliver it twice a day (US time) – once in the morning, once in the evening. [/LIST] [*]Website [LIST] [*]Investopedia (free): Great for learning about commercial terms, and they also sometimes have videos to visualise the terms. [/LIST] [/LIST] Quick note: I mainly use the FT Newsletters now because I prefer getting my commercial awareness this way, but I did use all these source before to varying degrees. Feel free to expand on this thread by adding your own personal favourites! Edit: I thought it might be more helpful to add a brief description of each source so you have a better idea of what it is; further added more to the Wharton School YouTube section with tip on exploring further sources. [/QUOTE]
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