finance_man_sm.jpg50 Great Corporate Finance Blogs

Many students graduate with degrees related to corporate finance every year, and many more seek ways to get into this particular work sector. Understanding corporate finance means being up-to-date on the latest economic, financial, and market news out there nationally and globally.

Twenty-first century technology has made businesses more globalized and thereby influenced by world events. This collection of blogs will offer anyone interested in corporate finance with the resources to better decision making and analytical reasoning. These blogs naturally cover a range of topics, so finding the right blogs that fit one's personal interest is necessary. Daily reading and skimming will benefit those working in corporate finance. 

Top Five

  1. Truth on the Market: Practicing corporate finance means having a good understanding of corporate law. Through this blog written by law professors with an interest in economics, people can read entries with a law slant and style. Opinions and stands are made with thoroughly researched evidence.
    • Why We Love It: The design is clean and concise, with only the hint of blue to highlight important headlines and clickable information. The daily posts are centered and written in a straightforward manner.
    • Favorite Post: What’s really motivating the pursuit of Google?
  2. I Will Teach You To Be Rich: This blog provides posts on personal finance, innovation, entrepreneurship, and many other things recent college grads interested in making money need to know.
  3. The Sports Economist: A group of economic professors have collaborated together to produce and maintain a blog focused on the financial aspects behind sports, a multibillion dollar entertainment business that includes teams from collegiate to professional athletics. The latest news and essays on sports economics are gathered on this blog for those with a mind for finance and a heart for sports.
    • Why We Love It: Running athletic programs is a money-making business, and this blog not only focuses on a specific sector of corporate finance but provides perspectives from multiple economic professors. This blog is unique in that it also offers thoughtful essays that are published in other online and print sites.
    • Favorite Post: Sport, the State and the Market
  4. Seeking Alpha: With many contributors, Seeking Alpha provides readers with an array of investment and economic articles posted by businessmen, financial consultants, and traders. This blog connects to many other blogs of the same interest sector. Seeking Alpha is organized and engaging.
    • Why We Love It: On Seeking Alpha, you can decide what you want to read. Organized in three columns, there are current market trends, daily news, and stocks graphs. Beyond that, there are articles on various ideas, recommendations, and investing resources.
    • Favorite Post: 8 Reasons Chipotle Is a Short
  5. Economist's View: University of Oregon Professor of Economics Mark Thoma provides an insightful look into current economic issues in a blog that discusses what is happening in the world of politics, banks, and many of those involved in national finance.

The Rest of the Best

  • Adam Smith Institute Blog: Philosopher and economist Adam Smith continues to bring inspiration to an institute founded on his financial wisdom. Posts discuss a wide range of economic issues that are valuable for corporate financial enthusiasts.
  • Also Sprach Analyst: The focus of this blog is on global finance and economics, especially the markets in Hong Kong/China -- an emerging economy and super power. There are essays, articles, and commentary on real estate in these international scenes.
  • An Investment Banker's Take on Life: Life and investing banking mix in this straightforward and informative blog about the various personal and professional aspects of the business. The Investment Banker writes inspirational, educational, and insightful issues regarding the job.
  • Baseline Scenario: The constantly quoted Baseline Scenario has been providing media with descriptions of global economic issues and their policy proposals. Labeled one of the best blogs for economists or anyone with an interest in this field makes this a go-to place to read up on the latest international financial news and commentary.
  • Betting the Business: This blog looks at risk management approaches in non-financial organizations. Risk management strategies in these types of firms provide an insightful look at ideas that could be somehow implemented in corporate finance. Written from an academic perspective, we get a sense of the theory and discussions that many future business professionals are being exposed to in college.
  • Big Fat Finance Blog: Here is a collection of blog posts from members of the Business Finance Expert Network. These financial leaders inspire business professionals to appreciate new ideas and practices that they can incorporate into their own companies.
  • Bubble Meter: Get the most updated news on the national real estate market. This site provides facts, data, and graphs for those following the relationship the economy has with the housing rise and fall.
  • Calculated Risk: Constant blogger Bill McBride, with a background in management, finance, and economics, shares his interests in the American real-estate market and the economic happenings within the nation. The site offers readable coverage on current economic data.
  • Capital Gains and Games: Timely and humorous, Capital Gains and Games is an engaging and entertaining blog created among various writers with the insights and the personality to make issues surrounding Washington and Wall Street interesting. There is a lot of economic and political talk on this site that will keep readers wanting to read more.
  • Capitalists at Work: This blog mixes finance with politics, trading, and energy and industry to create a site that deals with the multifaceted issues of business. The three contributors have also added a lighthearted humor section that while inspiring laughter addresses current economic events around the world.
  • Carpe Diem: Mark J. Perry is a graph-loving blogger who enjoys sharing facts with evidence. The University of Michigan finance professor takes an economic approach to blog about various sectors over a span of time. Through videos, pictures, and graphs, Perry creates a visually appealing site for readers.
  • Charts and Coffee Blog: Kuchinsky Law Firm has created a blog that inspires discussions about law, real estate, and finance. Charts and pictures work together with the facts to make this blog an engaging read for those interested in the corporate finance behind the real estate market.
  • Core Economics: For over five years, this blog has brought together the economic views of various academic scholars interested in finance, business and policy. Professor Joshua Gans founded the site in the hope to provide commentary economic strategies and innovation.
  • Credit Slips: Credit and bankruptcy are the focus of this blog. The law professors and other academics contributing to this site enjoy discussing and debating issues surrounding the process and financial institutions behind borrowing money. An understanding of the legal policies of credit and bankruptcy is useful in corporate finance.
  • Deal Book: Get all the latest national and international news on finance from a blog written by The New York Times reporters. This site is thoroughly edited to provide readers with the best information on what is going on in the world of business. Knowing and understanding corporations is the best knowledge for working in them.
  • Diary of a Mad Hedge Fund Trader: Investors in corporate finance can seek international perspectives on the market through reading the blog posts of the Mad Hedge Fund Trader who has over 40 years of experience in the global business market. This blog hopes to better articulate the complexities in today's economic institutions so readers are more equipped to piece together workable solutions and decisions regarding financial matters.
  • Dollar Collapse: Financial information on this site is clearly organized into well thought-out categories. On the top is the daily blog posts, followed below by "Best of the Web" which are interesting posts from other blogs picked out by site editor John Rubino, and finally, a "Breaking News" section with a number of economic subcategories.
  • Dr. Housing Bubble: The housing market is the hub of many issues economic in our nation. Anyone interested in corporate finance needs to be aware of what is going on with housing prices, the highs and lows, to prepare for any ups and downs in the economy.
  • Finance Professor: For over a decade, Dr. James Mahar Jr., who is a professor of finance at St. Boneventure University, has been sharing his academic and personal insights on a blog dedicated to all things finance. His entries are resourceful and concise, making the blog browsable for readers searching for interesting financial tidbits, videos, class lectures, and journals.
  • Financial Advice: Experience in financing various areas of life can help in financing corporations. This blog offers financial advice on business and investments from a chief accountant's perspective. Posts on this site make use of bold font to organize the most important information.
  • Financial Armageddon: Scholar and speaker Michael J. Panzner has been working around stocks, bonds, and the market for over 25 years. In this blog, he offers insightful perspective on the economy and the future by addressing topics such as the retirement system, debt, and government policies.
  • Financial Crisis? It's A Pyramid, Stupid.: The insightful and clever Greg Pytel blogs about the current global financial crisis in a thoroughly logical way. With graphs and clever theories, readers can enjoy different perspectives to issues surrounding corporate finance in various countries.
  • Global Economy Matters: This blog is unique in that there is an economy watch for various countries and areas in the world shown on the righthand side bar. Understanding the financial states of highly developed, emerging, and developing markets contributes to better decision making in corporate financial matters.
  • Grasping Reality with Both Hands: UC Berkeley economic professor Brad DeLong blogs almost daily on economic and political matters. This blog will get you into the mind of an economist and the kinds of financial issues worth posting.
  • Greg Mankiw's Blog: Greg Mankiw, Harvard economic professor, blogs to his students and all those interested in expanding their knowledge on economics. This is a great resource for those wanting to focus their attention on some key financial issues.
  • Interactive Investor Blog: Talking about stock markets and finance theory is the main premise of this blog. Blogger Richard Beddard aims to articulate how to profit from the stock market by understanding its financial state at different periods and looking at companies that are doing well.
  • James Cox Finance Blog: Lawyer and avid reader, James Cox writes to help people better understand the world of business and finance, from investing in stocks to marketing products online. This blog addresses corporate finance, corporate law, economic trading, investment banking, and more. Cox has even linked the site to his Twitter feed where he posts 140-character items about finance.
  • Key Trends in Globalisation: As the world gets more connected through technology and the continued rise of international corporations, it is important to have bloggers like John Ross discuss the workings behind globalization. Beyond the economics of this interconnected dependency, there are cultural and institutional consequences when countries come together to conduct business.
  • Market Folly: All those interested in hedge funds will find this site helpful in its daily tracking of what is working and what is not. The blogger has a background in economics and communications which is hoped to bring insights into the market and the mechanics behind hedge funds.
  • Money Moves Markets: Since 2007 Simon Ward, who has been an expert economist for over two decades, has been blogging about financial developments in the market. By taking a look at Europe and other world players, Ward comments and forecasts on monetary issues.
  • Naked Capitalism: Find all the latest economic news: the good, the bad, and the very wrong. Blogger Yves Smith calls out the mistakes of banks and corporations and explains how financial institutions get themselves into these tangled binds.
  • New Economic Perspectives: A group of legal and economic scholars have joined forces to blog about economic policies and the implications of the current financial downturn that is facing the global economy. In addition to descriptions of what has been going on, these bloggers offer some innovative approaches that could be taken to address the issues troubling us today.
  • Points and Figures: Anyone within the world of corporate finance knows that the business involves knowing what is going on in the realms of economics, trading, and politics. But reading up on all these issues can be time consuming, so this blog aims to address these facets in a quick and very concise way.
  • Real Time Economics: As a Wall Street Journal blog, Real Time Economics offers a focused look at economics and issues surrounding the financial world. Not only does it link to stories, it gives understandable and engaging summaries for the average browser.
  • Rogue Economist Rants: The Rogue Economist uses experience as a banker and consultant to provide blog posts on conventional and contrarian financial practices. These approaches and recommendations are taken from an international perspective of the economic scene.
  • Start Business Credit: Business credit blogger Marco Carbajo shares his two decades' worth of experience as a businessman and entrepreneur. Carbajo founded Business Credit Insiders Circle, a company focused on building credit for small businesses. In this blog, he posts articles and videos that help readers take a look at the financial workings behind companies.
  • TaxProf Blog: Tax and law come together in this blog to provide those interested in corporate finance with some interesting and useful knowledge on legal processes surrounding taxes. Law professor Paul Caron makes time to post and edit articles on this site.
  • The Accounting Onion: Tom Selling, a professor and CPA, blogs about what he knows best: accounting. In very thorough posts, he articulately lays out issues of interest to all those in business, especially in the world of corporate finance by addressing familiar case studies of firms currently in the news.
  • The Big Picture: A Wall Street money manager talks about the economy and investing through statistics, videos, and visual images. In addition to data-driven posts, this blog includes contributions, labeled the Think Tank, from other market experts. This site has been offering insightful perspectives since 2003.
  • The Enterprise Blog: The American Enterprise Institute created this blog to discuss issues surrounding financial, cultural, and political institutions in the United States. These posts are well thought out and edited by a team of writers who offer a current analysis of the relationships between firms, governments, and people.
  • The Journal Record Corporate Finance Blog: Originally named "Acquisitions, Restructuring, Corporate Finance and Turnarounds," blog writers transferred all the entries to The Journal Record, a business newspaper in Oklahoma. Blog entries provide easy-to-understand information on financial topics that are on the minds of people interested in pursuing a profession in business.
  • The Price of Everything: Tim Price, a 20-year investment specialist, posts podcasts that stir discussions about markets, value, and returns. This blog is a collection of thoughtful podcasts, articles, and quotes that are worthy of debate.
  • The Reformed Broker: Comedian and market expert Joshua Brown, the Reformed Broker, blogs about what he knows best: the current market. Brown has experience as an investor advisor and makes appearances on CNBC's Fast Money.
  • Wall St. Cheat Sheet: Ranked one of the top financial blogs on the Internet, Wall St. Cheat Sheet provides educational, insightful, lively, and entertaining news and commentary for everyone in the business: investors, analysts, consultants, and entrepreneurs. Posts on this site often find their way to many mainstream media outlets.
  • Wall Street Oasis: Wall Street Oasis is not only a blog but also a finance community viewed by millions of people each month. There are forums, guides, and other tools people interested in finance need to make career decisions regarding the business of going into corporate finance. This is a learning community that welcomes collaboration and communication among finance professionals.

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