Morning Brief: Finance
Free Alternative: The NYT Morning
First FT Americas
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Benefits: Roundup coverage of major headlines across all topics, with mild preference given to subjects in national politics and culture. One-stop newsletter to get caught up on the most pressing news of the day, regardless of sector.
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Downside: Not meant as an aid to any professional or academic interests, but rather as a substitute for cable news.
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FT’s top news stories from the Americas, plus analysis and commentary on the day's biggest global stories
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Downside: Some readers might find the dense format of the newsletter overwhelming, as it packs a substantial amount of info
GLOBAL ROUNDUP
About: These daily newsletters offer a broad view of the world. They are the starting point for morning reading, offering a sense of what’s important across countries, industries, and thematic areas.
General overviews are important to keep you well-rounded and aware of trends and events that may not be directly within your focus but are still impactful and a broader topic of conversation.
Bloomberg Economics
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Benefits: The most comprehensive assessment of key US economic data and news. Focuses on news in markets, the global economy, and US economic policy that is relevant to decision makers.
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Downside: Can drift more into financial coverage, is a good start but not complete coverage given the WSJ newsroom’s focus
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Benefits: Concise overview of Bloomberg's economic policy coverage that strikes a balance between policy and financial news.
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Downside: Summaries can lose breadth of accumulated knowledge if full stories aren't read. Selected stories can feel a bit desperate or stale, partly due to Bloomberg's naturally more financial coverage.
CORE ROUNDUP
About: Thematic overviews round up the most important stories from a news cycle on a specific region or topic. These newsletters will often summarize a publication’s most important stories for the day, giving you a sampler of what’s going on within a specific topic.
These expose you to educationally valuable stories and sub-focuses you may not otherwise click on without a significant time commitment.
FT International Morning Headlines
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
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Downside: Can be difficult to comprehend when read given the lack of context or content for any story
AGGREGATOR
About: Aggregators round-up article links, often providing just the headlines. These are useful for outsourcing the curation of niche stories aligned with your core interests. These aggregators are also useful for gaining broader situational awareness, even if it's just a trend or event that is gaining coverage.
THEMATIC TARGETED
About: Targeted newsletters are formatted similarly to thematic overviews. They are selected stories that have been synthesized into their core details, with a mixture of relevant statistics, blurbs, and by-lines from across the focus area. The major difference is that thematic overviews cover everything in a broad area, while targeted newsletters look at a specific trend, sub-region, or sector in greater depth. These are often used by professionals in specific spaces to stay up to date with their fields.
ECONOMIC POLICY
Morning Money
Axios Macro
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
FINANCIAL ECONOMICS
Aurora Macro Brief
ING Daily Roundup
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
INTERNATIONAL ECONOMICS
FT Trade Secrets
FT Free Lunch
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
Monday Morning Economist
Apricitas Economics
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Benefits: Roundup coverage of major headlines across all topics, with mild preference given to subjects in national politics and culture. One-stop newsletter to get caught up on the most pressing news of the day, regardless of sector.
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Downside: Not meant as an aid to any professional or academic interests, but rather as a substitute for cable news.
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Weekly deep dive into the most pressing economics and finance stories of the weeks. Written with by a data-centric economist with easy to follow narratives.
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Downside: Some readers might find the dense format of the newsletter overwhelming, as it packs a substantial amount of info and specifics.
ANALYSIS
Chartbook
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Benefits: Roundup coverage of major headlines across all topics, with mild preference given to subjects in national politics and culture. One-stop newsletter to get caught up on the most pressing news of the day, regardless of sector.
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Downside: Not meant as an aid to any professional or academic interests, but rather as a substitute for cable news.
About: Analyses often come from independent publishers on platforms like Substack. Niche newsletters will do deep dives into a particular field, often focusing on a single subject for extensive exploration.
These are great for gaining exposure to new ideas, impactful analysis, and combinations between areas of focus that are not typically compared. When well chosen, good horizon expanders take you from being well-informed to having interesting perspectives yourself.
Weekly Global Economic Update
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Daily roundup of headlines across the FT's different coverage areas.
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Downside: Can be difficult to comprehend when read given the lack of context or content for any story
WEEKLY OVERVIEW
About: Aggregators Weekly overviews are newsletters that come either once or twice a week and do a combination of aggregation, synthesis, and analysis for you. For the busy professional this can be a great way to tie news together or to catch up on the week if one’s day does allow them to read their newsletters entirely.