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Honestly it seems like the best practice is always just "read Money Stuff". I'm not a serious follower of financial news, but various things do come across my

Honestly it seems like the best practice is always just "read Money Stuff". I'm not a serious follower of financial news, but various things do come across my radar, and since I've subbed to the email version of Money Stuff (about a year now), I always feel like I'm a week ahead of everyone else (again, at this not-serious-follower level, not a week ahead of the folks who are genuinely in the know). Like all the Twitter lawsuit stuff, all the FTX-fraud stuff, a bunch of LLMs-in-finance-and-law stuff lately... on all of those issues Levine kept me better informed, a week earlier, than every HN article put together. (Note that the HN comments are how I found out about Money Stuff in the first place) The problem is that half the time it's just frickin' boring. I guess ya pays ya nickel and ya takes ya chances. (Sometimes it is absolutely hilarious, which helps.)

DavidPeiffer 3y ago
I've always been amazed at how much content he writes every day. Typically 3 topics, often quite different, with hypothetical situations added, laymen explanations of esoteric topics, legal arguments each side is likely to bring along with some of their pitfalls. Footnotes and other articles of interest are also provided.
- quesera 3y ago
  Matt Levine often spends six dense paragraphs of background explanation (much of which is review, if you are a regular reader) before getting to actual topic of the headline. From a lesser writer, this would be disqualifying! Somehow I find myself enjoying it.
  - brookst 3y ago
    He’s one of those rare writers I read just for style. The subject matter is always interesting, but he could write that same volume of prose about the same small rock, every day, and it would be an engaging read.
- djbusby 3y ago
  The magic combination of skill, experience and good tools.
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- bravura 3y ago
  What would be the easiest way to get his work on kindle with zero recurring effort on my part ? I love Money Stuff but hate reading for pleasure on an LCD display?
  - skinnymuch 3y ago
    Interested in this too. I am trying to use Kindle Scribe more.
  - weeblewobble 3y ago
    Subscribe to his newsletter (free) + set up a script/ifttt/zapier to convert to pdf and forward to your kindle email address
  - smegger001 3y ago
    if he has a rss feed, you can use calibre to fetch it package it into a ebook format and send it to your kindle via email. each kindle account has a email address associated with it. You will have to allow the sender email that you set calibre to use in your kindle account but after that its automatic
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DavidPeiffer 3y ago

I've always been amazed at how much content he writes every day. Typically 3 topics, often quite different, with hypothetical situations added, laymen explanations of esoteric topics, legal arguments each side is likely to bring along with some of their pitfalls. Footnotes and other articles of interest are also provided.

quesera 3y ago
Matt Levine often spends six dense paragraphs of background explanation (much of which is review, if you are a regular reader) before getting to actual topic of the headline. From a lesser writer, this would be disqualifying! Somehow I find myself enjoying it.
- brookst 3y ago
  He’s one of those rare writers I read just for style. The subject matter is always interesting, but he could write that same volume of prose about the same small rock, every day, and it would be an engaging read.
djbusby 3y ago
The magic combination of skill, experience and good tools.
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bravura 3y ago
What would be the easiest way to get his work on kindle with zero recurring effort on my part ? I love Money Stuff but hate reading for pleasure on an LCD display?
- skinnymuch 3y ago
  Interested in this too. I am trying to use Kindle Scribe more.
- weeblewobble 3y ago
  Subscribe to his newsletter (free) + set up a script/ifttt/zapier to convert to pdf and forward to your kindle email address
- smegger001 3y ago
  if he has a rss feed, you can use calibre to fetch it package it into a ebook format and send it to your kindle via email. each kindle account has a email address associated with it. You will have to allow the sender email that you set calibre to use in your kindle account but after that its automatic

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