Dr. Brett’s “Tour of the Market Blogosphere”

This may be a bit of preaching to the choir but Dr. Brett has just written an article about stock market blogging. Here’s a snippet:

Clearly there are more blogs out there than we can hope to follow regularly. Accordingly, I thought I’d pass along a few of the ones that I have found to be particularly worthwhile. These sites offer four basic features:

1. Frequently updated content –at least daily;
2. Unique content–fresh perspectives on markets, the economy, stocks, trading, etc.
3. Knowledegable content–information based on clear reasoning, research, and experience.
4. Participation in the blogger community – linking content to broader material in the blogosphere and on the Web for enhanced depth of coverage.

What do these criteria eliminate? They filter out blogs that are mainly personal trading journals, and avoid blogs that have a primarily commercial or promotional focus. This isn’t to say that these blogs are without value; it’s just that you’re less likely to find important strategic insights there. The blogs I find of greatest value fall into four categories: research blogs, global/macro blogs, trading blogs, and aggregator blogs. Let’s look at a few examples of each: