Money Stuff by Matt Levine
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Free newsletter and podcast on finance by Matt Levine, recommended for clear, entertaining explanations of how finance works and insightful takes on financial news.
Free newsletter and podcast on finance by Matt Levine, recommended for clear, entertaining explanations of how finance works and insightful takes on financial news.
35 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 34
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 97%
Recommended in 11 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 34 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 34 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 11 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Clear, entertaining explanations of finance
“The way he writes plus his great knowledge with no BS makes him my favorite (and only) journalist I follow.”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Jane Street Hit with Terra $40B Insider Trading Suit” “Matt Levine's writing makes it seem like a sensible thing to do given the $$$ amounts involved.”
Comment from 28 Jul 2026 in “Apple Will 'Watch Everything Burn' When the AI Bubble Bursts” “funny and astonishingly good at explaining the workings of financial capitalism to laypeople”
Comment from 27 Feb 2026 in “Two Insider Cases We've Recently Closed” - Comment from 23 Feb 2026 in “Binance Fired Employees Who Found $1.7B in Crypto Was Sent to Iran”
- Comment from 28 Nov 2025 in “Credit report shows Meta keeping $27B off its books through advanced geometry”
- Comment from 12 Mar 2026 in “US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says”
Insightful takes on financial news
“I feel like the hosts have better chemistry and matt levine is one of the most read/respected financial journalists in the last 20 years.”
Comment from 9 Feb 2026 in “Every book recommended on the Odd Lots discord” “He dissects a few examples (Ayatollah Khamenei, a recent public referendum, maybe more).”
Comment from 21 May 2026 in “Who Wins and Who Loses in Prediction Markets? Evidence from Polymarket” “if you're looking for reliable financial commentary Matt Levine is indeed the goat”
Comment from 1 Sep 2026 in “How accurate have Ed Zitron's AI skeptic predictions been?” - Comment from 17 Jan 2026 in “I'm Being Prosecuted for the Opposite of Insider Trading”
- Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “Jane Street Hit with Terra $40B Insider Trading Suit”
- Comment from 29 May 2026 in “Danish Pension Blacklists SpaceX over 'Catastrophic Governance'”
- Comment from 4 May 2026 in “Feds Fine Durham Energy Efficiency Co $722M”
Free newsletter, ad-free access
“I find the money stuff newsletter by Matt Levine (bloomberg) great for this, the link is behind a paywal, but the newsletter is free.”
Comment from 12 Mar 2026 in “US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says” “you can get a lot of Levine’s writing without a paid Bloomie subscription by subscribing to his Money Stuff Newsletter”
Comment from 6 Jun 2026 in “The desperation of NYTimes” “It's worth signing up for Levine's free newsletter and listening to the podcast”
Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Feds Fine Durham Energy Efficiency Co $722M” - Comment from 9 Apr 2026 in “Who Is Satoshi Nakamoto? My Quest to Unmask Bitcoin's Creator”
Enjoyable, informative podcast episodes
“which is a lot of fun chatting about Money Stuff in an informative way”
Comment from 26 Feb 2026 in “What podcasts are you listening to?” “I learn a lot listening to the Money Stuff podcast”
Comment from 28 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: Best Podcasts of 2025?” “His newsletter (and podcast) are fantastic.”
Comment from 12 Feb 2026 in “Anthropic raises $30B in Series G funding at $380B post-money valuation” - Comment from 6 May 2026 in “Feds Fine Durham Energy Efficiency Co $722M”
What people said
31 of the 37 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Matt Levine discussed this in more detail in his last column”
“generally really enjoy it”
“Money Stuff did a great bit on this a few days ago”
“Matt Levine had a good write-up of it”
“if you're looking for reliable financial commentary Matt Levine is indeed the goat”
“Matt Levine doesn't talk about what's good in finance. Matt Levine talks about what's bad in finance.”
“Matt Levine's writing makes it seem like a sensible thing to do given the $$$ amounts involved.”
“His coverage of the downfall of FTX was hilariously good as well.”
“you can get a lot of Levine’s writing without a paid Bloomie subscription by subscribing to his Money Stuff Newsletter”
“Matt Levine described it well”
“He dissects a few examples (Ayatollah Khamenei, a recent public referendum, maybe more).”
“The Cliff Asness episode was great”
“It's worth signing up for Levine's free newsletter and listening to the podcast”
“His take is also quite good”
“excellent and ads free Money Stuff newsletter”
“Check out Matt Levine commentary, which goes into more detail”
“There was a great Money Stuff blurb about that”
“It's a lot more entertaining than most finance industry reporting.”
“I find the money stuff newsletter by Matt Levine (bloomberg) great for this, the link is behind a paywal, but the newsletter is free.”
“funny and astonishingly good at explaining the workings of financial capitalism to laypeople”
“which is a lot of fun chatting about Money Stuff in an informative way”
“The way he writes plus his great knowledge with no BS makes him my favorite (and only) journalist I follow.”
“Matt Levine has the best take on this”
“Levines newsletters at the time carry a lot of detail and quotes and historical comparison”
“I'm happy to pay $5 a month just to read Matt Levin.”
“His newsletter (and podcast) are fantastic.”
“I feel like the hosts have better chemistry and matt levine is one of the most read/respected financial journalists in the last 20 years.”
“Matt Levine has a readable, insightful take”
“I learn a lot listening to the Money Stuff podcast”
“The actual subject matter has already been covered well by good writers like Matt Levine”
“his writing is better than ChatGPT, this snarky website, and obviously mine”
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