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Subscribers (thousands, nightly)
27K on Sep 10, 2026 → 27K on Oct 20, 2026
Followers (thousands, nightly)
Rank in Substack’s finance leaderboard: #87 today · #111 a week ago · #294 a month ago
Stats worth sharing
Tracked since Sep 10, 2026 — 41 daily snapshots so far. The card below is built from what we track and refreshes nightly.
- Percentile
- Top 17%
- Best rank seen
- #87
- Rank, 7 days
- +24 places
- Rank, 30 days
- +207 places
- Followers added
- −18
- Posts
- 2
- Reactions per post
- 72
- Reactions tracked
- 1.0K
of 525 ranked finance newsletters
on Oct 20, 2026
since tracking began
last 30 days
average, recent posts
across 14 posts
Most-reacted post we have seen: Model Portfolios | January Update — 107 reactions on Jan 1, 2026.
Recent posts
- Annual Social Security Update
On October 14, the Social Security Administration (SSA) announced that Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits will increase by 3.6% in 2027, up from 2.8% in 2026 and the largest increase since 2023 . The adjustment applies to benefits for December 2026, which are paid in January 2027 , while higher SSI payments begin December 31, 2026. SSA estimates that the average monthly retirement benefit will increase by about $75, from $2,095 to $2,170 , in January 2027. For beneficiaries below full retirement age throughout 2027, the annual earnings limit rises to $25,560 from…
- Model Portfolios | October Update
“If something cannot go on forever, it will stop.” - Herbert Stein COMMENTARY The S&P 500 index closed at 7,651.54 on September 30, 2026, down 1.9% from its record close of 7,798.99 on August 13. Elevated oil prices, along with the FOMC’s decision to raise the federal funds rate, led to a brief 2.5% pullback in mid-September, from which the market rebounded over the following two weeks. Following its April and May rally, the S&P 500 has traded roughly flat since June 1. The tech-weighted Nasdaq Composite set a new all-time high of 27,244.28 on September 22 and closed September at 26,861.06…
- Model Portfolios | September Update
“The best way to keep something bad from happening is to see it ahead of time... and you can’t see it if you refuse to face the possibility.” -William S. Burroughs COMMENTARY The S&P 500 closed at 7,686.14 on August 31, 2026, 1.4% below its record close of 7,798.99 set on August 13. After a first-week rally amid strong second-quarter earnings growth, the index moved sideways through the remainder of the month. The Nasdaq Composite Index closed 2.7% below its record close of 27,093.90, achieved nearly three months ago on June 2. The New York Fed Staff Nowcast estimates third-quarter real GDP…
- Series I Bonds & TIPS Update
- Model Portfolios | August Update
- Treasuries, CDs, and Munis | July Update
- Model Portfolios | July Update
- Model Portfolios | June Update
- Model Portfolios | May Update
- Model Portfolios | April Update
- Treasuries and CDs | March Rates Update
- Model Portfolios | March Update
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