Hello, everyone.
I wanted to wrap 2021 with a quick reading guide, including my favorite articles and resources. I highly recommend reading as many articles as possible, but the bolded are a class above.
I hope you enjoy them.
Best Articles of 2021
Business
Private Equity’s Mid-Life Crisis
Lord of the Roths: Peter Thiel
Infinity Revenue, Infinity Possibilities
SoftBank deals unleash internal compliance tensions: ‘If Masa said yes, who am I to object?’
Bloodthirsty Capitalists: An Interview with Chris Sacca
A hedge fund revival? Industry hopes a dismal decade is over
The Simple Problem That Sank Greensill’s Complex Financial Empire
A Big Pharma CEO Is Battling Wall Street’s Most Feared Fund
Where Are All The .400 Investors?
Uranium Heats Up, and Hedge Funds Score
Goldman Sachs, Ozy Media and a $40 Million Conference Call Gone Wrong
Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions?
Trillions: The Rise of Passive
How private equity came to resemble the sprawling empires it once broke up
iBuy, iRent, iLose: A New Market Structure in American Housing
Twitter Has a New CEO; What About a New Business Model?
This Banker Is Minting Money in the Fintech Boom
Archegos Was Too Busy for Margin Calls
Sports
Inside the Tampa Bay Rays’ Success
Shohei Ohtani is ‘in his own world’ … which appears to be somewhere beyond baseball’s outer limits
Gold teeth to gold jacket: The stories that made Edgerrin James a legend
Be more Dortmund and less Tottenham: How to spend a record transfer fee
NFL 100: At No. 21, Aaron Rodgers has overcome the doubters every step along his Hall of Fame path
NFL agent survey: 33 reps on Aaron Rodgers, Dak Prescott, QB power and the most trustworthy GMs
NFL agent survey, part II: 33 reps on Jerry Jones, Jon Gruden, Urban Meyer and fixing the NFL
NFL 100: At No. 4, Lawrence Taylor, the brash, lethal force and destroyer of opposing game plans
How Bishop Sycamore, the Washington Generals of high school football, conned ESPN
NFL 100: At No. 1, Tom Brady — ‘He’s the winner of all winners’
The talent, the work ethic and the ego: what’s it like to manage Cristiano Ronaldo?
Explained: Manchester United, the Glazers and £660m of debt
‘You either improve or you die’ – What it’s like to play for Antonio Conte
The Craziest Sports Story of 2021 Is FC Sheriff
Gaze at the stars, reject Harvard, embrace the suck: Colts’ Jonathan Taylor is blasting off
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, the final weeks – the fall of a Manchester United legend
No brakes, no breaks: An exhilarating, exhausting NFL Sunday with RedZone’s Scott Hanson
The rise of Ralf Rangnick, godfather of German coaching, manager of Manchester United
Hate NFL analytics-based decisions? The math adds up more often than you might think
NBA 75: At No. 45, Walt ‘Clyde’ Frazier showcased his cool style on and off the court
Other
Cracking the Case of London’s Elusive, Acrobatic Rare-Book Thieves
The Secrets of the World's Greatest Jailbreak Artist
Best Newsletters for 2022
Business
Money Stuff — Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering finance
The Technology Letter — Interviews with CEOs & CFOs of technology companies
Richard Chu — Dives into emerging technology companies
The Bear Cave — Analysis and commentary on potential shorts
Chinese Characteristics — Insights into the Chinese technology sector
Net Interest — Digestable breakdowns on financial themes and companies
Not Boring — Dives into emerging startups
The Profile — Profiles on the most successful and interesting people and companies in business, entertainment, tech, sports, and more
Technically — Simple explanations of technical concepts
The Generalist — Writeups on startups and technology themes
Bits about Money — On the modern financial infrastructure that the world sits atop of
Strictly VC — Daily recaps on the world of Venture Capital
Napkin Math — Business breakdowns by their numbers
Dror Poleg — Information on the future of work, finance, and cities
Stratechery — Analysis of the strategy and business side of technology and media, plus the impact of technology on society
Unhedged — Dissects the most important market trends
Due Diligence — Daily briefing on corporate finance, mergers & acquisitions, and private equity
Exec Summary — Humorous commentary on daily market themes and movements
The Fintech Blueprint — Impacts of emerging technologies, Big Tech’s revolutionizing industries, and the prospects for decentralized finance
Fintech Takes — Future of financial services
Fintech Brain Food — Digestible Fintech rants
Sports
Fútbol with Grant Wahl — Quality journalism, discussion, and analysis from one of the world’s leading soccer journalists
Go Long — Daily newsletter publication covering professional football in a unique way
Grace on Football — Enjoyable soccer analysis through the lens of stats and tactics
Huddle Up — Daily newsletter capturing the business and money behind sports