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The best part about this board is picking up great tidbits from people who are of similar minds. On the board itself there is a lot of wisdom to follow (and unfollow) but I have also found great recommendations of things to follow outside of this board. Especially with Warren retiring there is a big void in my trustable financial advice universe. With that said, I'd like to share with you some of the people I have been filling the void with that I like and trust that perhaps can be useful to you........

1. Steve Eisman podcast. I can't recommend it enough. Eisman is straight forward and shares his opinions for free. Seems like a geniune good and decent person and is spot on with his analysis.

2. Jim Chanos. Short sellers see the world differently and that's why they're so good at spotting things that others don't see. Chanos is a lot like Eisman- straight forward and honest. Short selling is of course a lot more difficult and I would never presume to think I know enough to actually try it but Chanos's insights into nefarious doings is very helpful. He can be difficult to follow because he doesn't have a podcast or anything like that but I'll usually do a google search once a month to see if there are any interviews or articles with his insights.

3. Bloomstran. I won't spend much time on this since there's a fairly big thread going on but I really like the guy. He fits the mould of people I like to follow.

4. Andrew Ross Sorkin. This one is tough because he's of course grouped in with the other CNBC dunderheads (note Kernan, Joe especially) but I think Sorkin is great. Everything he does outside Squak Box is a must watch or read for me. I cannot recommend his new book 1929 highly enough. Just wonderful insight into that period with great parallels to today.

5. Howard Marks. I think that's fairly universal in these circles but I love his insights.

6. We Study Billionaires podcast. This one is a little more wide ranging than the other recommendations because they have on a lot of people that I generally wouldn't listen to. But the format is great- one to two hour interviews with billionaires. You just gotta pick and choose who you listen to.

Please feel free to share some of the people you like to follow as I'm always looking to broaden the scope......

Roger Lowenstein. His book “Buffett- The Making of an American Capitalist”, published in 1995, is still the best book written about Buffett.

One of the best financial journalists. You can subscribe to his free blog. He writes very rarely these days.

Aswath Damodaran - NYU Professor. The "Dean of Valuation". Easy to find his stuff and interviews

Meb Faber has a good podcast

One of the financial websites I keep up with is Wolfstreet.com

Wolf posts about interest rates, inflation, and the federal reserve.

He goes into very deep detail about the FED balance sheet, components that make up various inflation indices, the job market, housing etc. He is extremely knowledgeable and probably knows more about the ins and outs of the FED and interest rates than even some of the FED governors. He posts very regularly, usually at least one article a day, sometimes more. After reading him for a few months you will not be able to watch the talking head financial shows talk about the FED because you will realize just how they lack real knowledge. It would be like reading and listening to Buffett for a few years makes Jim Cramer unwatchable.

He is also very active in the comments section of each of his posts so he will answer questions.

Like any source of information, he does have his quirks and biases. But even when I disagree with him, I learn a lot. I am truly a far more knowledgeable person for reading his articles.

I like Sorkin and despise Kernan too. I like Becky as she's charmed Warren on the air for us for a couple decades.

Several YouTube channels I think are done well:
Erin talks money https://www.youtube.com/c/ErinTalksMoney/videos
Kevin Lum, CFP https://www.youtube.com/@foundryfinancial
James Conole (runs a very unique money management firm) https://www.youtube.com/c/rootfinancialpartners

PhD economist/early '40s FIRE achiever Karsten Jeske runs a good site, with a *very* detailed analysis of what SWRs really work. https://earlyretirementnow.com/about/

The Moneyist - covers a lot of gnarly situations when money collides with psychology/bad decisions - https://www.marketwatch.com/column/the-moneyist (he's sort of like Dave Ramsey but without the bad math and stubborn doubling down on poorly reasoned axioms)

Some youtubers I've been watching lately:

Ben Felix, who is NOT a stock picker, but I find it fascinating and informative that someone so rational almost convinces me to stick with index funds. Also lots of good financial planning advice. Talks kind of fast. Canada oriented, but that doesn't change many conclusions:
https://www.youtube.com/@BenFelixCSI

Sven Carlin, an old-school value investor who includes international stocks. He summarizes a bit too much, but at least he talks about individual stocks, which many of the well-known investors (e.g. Marks) don't do much:
https://www.youtube.com/@Value-Investing

Rachael Camp, a Certified Financial Planner who knows her stuff, IMO, and talks a lot about retirement related issues without being too boring:
https://www.youtube.com/@CampWealth

Not that youtube videos are the best education method in general, but these three are pretty calm, and sometimes I just prefer a relaxing watch to an intensive read.

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