9 Best Articles in 2020
Collaborative Fund
The Psychology of Money
Collaborative Fund
551 saves · From 2018 · Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in an interesting way. Grace Groner was orphaned at age 12. She never married. She never had kids.…
The New Yorker
The Invention of Money
The New Yorker
~14 min read · 226 saves · 2019-03-13 · In three centuries, the heresies of two bankers became the basis of our modern economy.
Stratechery
How Tech Can Build
Stratechery
10 min read · 216 saves · Apr 21st · Ben Thompson · Marc Andreessen has written (another) seminal essay: It’s Time to Build. What does that mean for tech and venture capital?
McKinsey & Company
AI-bank of the future: Can banks meet the AI challenge?
McKinsey & Company
202 saves · Sep 21st · AI in banking may be the next big differentiator. Success requires a holistic transformation spanning multiple layers of the organization.
The Guardian
Paradise Papers leak reveals secrets of world elite's hidden wealth
The Guardian
6 min read · 196 saves · From 2017 · Files from offshore law firm show financial dealings of the Queen, big multinationals and members of Donald Trump’s cabinet
The Atlantic
The Looming Bank Collapse
The Atlantic
~14 min read · 194 saves · Jun 10th · Frank Partnoy · The U.S. financial system could be on the cusp of calamity. This time, we might not be able to save it.
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stephnass.com
~17 min read · 154 saves · May 3rd · Need a financial model for your startup? Fear not. I have extensively compared the top 12 templates, free and paid, so you don't have to do it.
medium.com
Warren Buffett’s Recent Explanation of How Money Now Works Is the Most Important in History
medium.com
~11 min read · 140 saves · Aug 24th · Tim Denning · The value of the money you have is changing. “Debt “and what it means is fundamentally changing.
Bloomberg
Inside a Moneymaking Machine Like No Other
Bloomberg
~19 min read · 120 saves · From 2016 · How did the highly secretive quantitative hedge fund Medallion become one of the most profitable in the world? Journalist Katherine Burton uses interviews with past employees and competitors to reveal how Renaissance Technologies achieved outrageous success since founding Medallion Fund. She gives introductions to the fund’s quirky core cadre of scientist-investors and discusses possible challenges Renaissance may face in the future. getAbstract recommends this article to everyone interested in quantitative investing or investment firm biographies.?
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5 min read · 75 saves · Dec 21st · Banks, banks, and even more banks
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How banks use AI to catch criminals and detect bias
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4 min read · 72 saves · Dec 7th · Imagine an algorithm that reviews thousands of financial transactions every second and flags the fraudulent ones. This is something that has become possible thanks to advances in artificial…
The Wall Street Journal
WSJ News Exclusive | Jack Ma Makes Ant Offer to Placate Chinese Regulators
The Wall Street Journal
5 min read · 48 saves · Dec 20th · The offer, not previously reported, appeared a mea culpa of sorts from the Chinese billionaire as he found himself face to face with officials from China’s central bank and agencies overseeing…
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The Big Ideas Fintech Will Tackle in 2021
a16z
6 min read · 43 saves · Dec 18th · Democratizing investing, embracing social+, embedding insurance, revamping distribution, empowering community, and disintermediating the banking system.
Harvard Business Review
Are We On the Verge of Another Financial Crisis?
Harvard Business Review
9 min read · 39 saves · Dec 18th · How climate change could spark a collapse in housing prices much like the one that brought down the financial system in 2008.
The Economist
Will central-bank digital currencies break the banking system?
The Economist
3 min read · 34 saves · Dec 5th · Perhaps. But that might not be so bad
Stripe
Stripe’s payments APIs: the first ten years
Stripe
20+ min read · 32 saves · Dec 15th · Abstracting away the complexity of payments has driven the evolution of our APIs over the last decade. This post provides the context, inflection points, and conceptual frameworks behind our API…
The Economist
Sold short: confessions of a young banker
The Economist
7 min read · 26 saves · Dec 17th · “Industry” gives a graphic but true picture of life on the trading floor, says The Economist’s Wall Street correspondent
Financial Times
How London grew into a financial powerhouse
Financial Times
5 min read · 26 saves · Dec 15th · Charting the growth of London’s financial centre and what the future holds after Brexit
Bloomberg
The Essex Boys: How Nine Traders Hit a Gusher With Negative Oil
Bloomberg
26 saves · Dec 10th · Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
