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Before he joined Bloomberg, Matt got his start at www.dealbreaker.com. During my stint on wall st (2006~2015), DealBreaker was THE industry rag of choice. Dai
by ac-swe 2y ago
Before he joined Bloomberg, Matt got his start at www.dealbreaker.com. During my stint on wall st (2006~2015), DealBreaker was THE industry rag of choice. Daily news roundups, annual bonus/compensation gossip, rumors of pending layoffs or reorgs, all in one place.
There is so much boring shit you have to read on a daily basis when working in capital markets. Breaking geopolitical news, WSJ / Financial Times / Economist / Bloomberg articles, endless internally published market commentary, all of it often written by someone who takes themselves too seriously. Matt Levine was a breath of fresh air, someone who was both technical AND irreverent.
Nobody trades off of Matt's articles. Nothing he writes about is secret. His best stuff takes the form of "this weird thing happened" or "XYZ made a dumb mistake." Matt is funny, and funny is VERY underrated in financial commentary.
https://dealbreaker.com/author/mlevine https://dealbreaker.com/author/mlevine
- steveBK123 2y agoGFC era dealbreaker was incredible stuff. Bess Levine was great was also great in a different way and its too bad she's left the Wall Street beat.
- ac-swe 2y agoFor sure Bess was the GOAT, db wasn’t the same after she left
- hardwaresofton 2y agoJust to add to this, but I've interacted with him and he is also very gracious, curious, and terminally online (in maybe the most mentally balanced way I've ever seen before). I didn't go so far as saving the emails offline but I do know they're in my inbox somewhere. We don't have more Matt Levines because it's hard to create them.
- stogot 2y agoI know a couple folks who seem to fit his personality and humor, but don’t write