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Byrne Hobart

Byrne Hobart

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Writer, The Diff

Austin

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Human Rights, data journalism development, politics investigations, transparency environment, ecologyEconomics

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I prefer to stay away from personal gossip.

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Total articles 1943

  • Why Markets Crash Faster Than They Rise

    By Byrne Hobart| The Diff@ Know someone who might like Capital Gains? Use the referral program to gain access to my database of book reviews (1), an invite to the Capital Gains Discord (2), stickers (10), and a mug (25).

    By Byrne Hobart · The Diff

    Apr. 08, 2025

  • There's More Than One Efficient Market Paradox

    By Byrne Hobart| The Diff@ In this issue:There's More Than One Efficient Market Paradox—Most apparent market inefficiencies have an explanation about market efficiency somewhere else, whether it's transaction costs, borrow costs, or even the cost of sourcing information. Which means that the more you believe the market is efficient, the harder it is to measure exactly what you mean by that. Reciprocal Tariffs—Part of fighting a trade war is admitting that you were already doing it.

    By Byrne Hobart · The Diff

    Mar. 24, 2025

  • Longreads + Open Thread

    By Byrne Hobart| The Diff@ LongreadsDoidge, Karolyi, Shen, Stulz: why does the US have so few publicly-listed firms? In the late 90s, the US was widely seen as a nation of investors, with widespread equity ownership, pop culture references to the market, multiple news channels entirely devoted to stocks, etc. But now, relative to the size of its economy, the US has relatively few public companies.

    By Byrne Hobart · The Diff

    Mar. 15, 2025

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The Diff

The Diff is a newsletter covering inflections in finance and technology, read by 49,000+ VCs, founders & investors.

Austin, United States

Founded: 2020