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Riskbrew – discover and prepare for the brewing financial storm

33 points by thomasyoung99 5y ago

RONROC 5y ago
Let’s call a spade a spade: this is an HN clone for stories about the financial world and their interlocutors. Which is great! But what’s the obsession with risk here and how exactly does that (functionally*) factor into the sites ethos? Also, who said there’s a financial storm coming? Cool site, but the FUD seems disingenuous at best.
- bberenberg 5y ago
  I think they're trying to mix HN with a Bloomberg Terminal style feel. Then do some aggregation of topics into the right bar? I can see this making sense if you have this pulled up and see a topic soar to the top of the pile on the right hand side?
- netizen-936824 5y ago
  Personally, to me it sounds like some more of the same fear mongering crap. Most likely baseless and useless besides for bringing in the operators revenue
ProjectArcturis 5y ago
Who's the target user for a algorithmically curated feed of semi-random news stories?
- notpachet 5y ago
  Another feed-curating algorithm!
  - dboreham 5y ago
    Eating its tail
miles 5y ago
Looks like a worthy successor to nickb's New Mogul[0,1]. Love the speed, layout, and dark mode. But without accounts/voting, how is spam dealt with? It seems a number of stories in the current top ten aren't related to financial news. And without commenting, the most valuable part may be lost (HN comments are often much better than the linked stories). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315793 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913817
myvoiceismypass 5y ago
Huh. What does "Los Angeles Lakers Running Out Of Excuses Following Latest Losing Streak" - currently number 5 in the list - have to do with the brewing financial storm?
- saurik 5y ago
  You might want to call your pension fund manager to ask what percentage of your retirement is riding on the Lakers pulling it together this season :(...
  - chews 5y ago
    [Opens Bloomberg] [PDYPF <Equity> TRA <GO>] [Puts WSB glasses on]
  - saurik 5y ago
    (I heard they lost by seven points today, so I hope everyone's doing OK... financially speaking, of course.)
woodruffw 5y ago
I'm missing some of the "brewing financial storm" in some of the stories/linked on the front page of this site. It's also ~50% Forbes "sites" articles, which HN has repeatedly and correctly noted often lack basic editorial and factchecking oversight.
mikewarot 5y ago
The search engine is broken... it things "Tether" and the Netherlands are a match.

33 points by thomasyoung99 5y ago

Let’s call a spade a spade: this is an HN clone for stories about the financial world and their interlocutors. Which is great! But what’s the obsession with risk here and how exactly does that (functionally*) factor into the sites ethos? Also, who said there’s a financial storm coming? Cool site, but the FUD seems disingenuous at best.

bberenberg 5y ago
I think they're trying to mix HN with a Bloomberg Terminal style feel. Then do some aggregation of topics into the right bar? I can see this making sense if you have this pulled up and see a topic soar to the top of the pile on the right hand side?
netizen-936824 5y ago
Personally, to me it sounds like some more of the same fear mongering crap. Most likely baseless and useless besides for bringing in the operators revenue

ProjectArcturis 5y ago

Who's the target user for a algorithmically curated feed of semi-random news stories?

notpachet 5y ago
Another feed-curating algorithm!
- dboreham 5y ago
  Eating its tail

miles 5y ago

Looks like a worthy successor to nickb's New Mogul[0,1]. Love the speed, layout, and dark mode. But without accounts/voting, how is spam dealt with? It seems a number of stories in the current top ten aren't related to financial news. And without commenting, the most valuable part may be lost (HN comments are often much better than the linked stories). [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315793 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=315793 [1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913817 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=913817

myvoiceismypass 5y ago

Huh. What does "Los Angeles Lakers Running Out Of Excuses Following Latest Losing Streak" - currently number 5 in the list - have to do with the brewing financial storm?

saurik 5y ago
You might want to call your pension fund manager to ask what percentage of your retirement is riding on the Lakers pulling it together this season :(...
- chews 5y ago
  [Opens Bloomberg] [PDYPF <Equity> TRA <GO>] [Puts WSB glasses on]
- saurik 5y ago
  (I heard they lost by seven points today, so I hope everyone's doing OK... financially speaking, of course.)

woodruffw 5y ago

I'm missing some of the "brewing financial storm" in some of the stories/linked on the front page of this site. It's also ~50% Forbes "sites" articles, which HN has repeatedly and correctly noted often lack basic editorial and factchecking oversight.

mikewarot 5y ago

The search engine is broken... it things "Tether" and the Netherlands are a match.