About Us

About New Financial Miscellany: The Cabinet of Curiosities for Finance

Welcome to the internet’s most intriguing financial curiosity shop. We don’t just analyze markets—we dissect their DNA, resurrect forgotten financial histories, and connect dots others haven’t even noticed.

Our Unconventional Origin Story

In 2023, a group of finance professionals, historians, and data storytellers grew tired of the same recycled market commentary. We noticed:

  • The 24-hour news cycle reduced complex systems to soundbites

  • Financial education had become either dry textbooks or get-rich-quick schemes

  • Nobody was asking why modern stock certificates still carry medieval design elements

So we built this: Part research lab, part time machine, entirely unique.

What Makes Us Different?

1. The “Miscellany” Method
We approach finance like anthropologists:

  • Reverse-engineering financial folklore (Why do we say “blue chip”? How did ticker tape change Wall Street psychology?)

  • Resurrecting dead financial instruments (Learn why 18th-century “sea insurance” contracts read like adventure novels)

  • Decoding financial subcultures (From quant trader slang to the secret symbols in annual reports)

2. Our Content Philosophy

  • 30% rigorous analysis – Fed policy through the lens of game theory

  • 30% historical detective work – The 1929 crash as told through restaurant menus

  • 30% future-gazing – How AI might reinvent the concept of “money”

  • 10% delightful absurdity – Annotating Warren Buffett’s grocery receipts

3. The Stories Behind the Systems
We believe you truly understand finance when you can:

  • Explain derivatives using only 17th-century agricultural examples

  • Predict crypto trends by studying Renaissance merchant guilds

  • Spot how TikTok trading trends echo 1720s pamphlet wars

Meet the Minds Behind the Miscellany

Our team includes:

  • A former hedge fund analyst who now collects antique stock certificates

  • An economic historian specializing in financial frauds of the 1800s

  • A data visualization designer who turns SEC filings into art

  • Several recovering finance bros who found redemption in storytelling

“We’re what happens when financial professionals escape the spreadsheet matrix.”

Why Engage With Us?

For Readers:

  • Weekly “Financial Oddities” newsletters (Last edition: *How Bond Yields Predicted 19th-Century Theater Attendance*)

  • Deep-dive PDF guides (Accounting Scandals: From Tulip Mania to FTX)

  • Interactive historical financial models (Trade like a 1920s floor trader)

For Contributors:
We pay for:

  • Obscure financial research (The Influence of Alchemy on Modern Accounting)

  • Satirical financial fiction (My Year as a Medieval Money Lender)

  • Visual essays (Infographic: 500 Years of Banking Fashion)

For Partners:

  • Custom research combining historical data with modern analytics

  • Unconventional keynote speeches (“What Jane Austen Knew About Portfolio Diversification”)

  • Collaborations with museums/fintech firms

Join Our Exploration

We’re building a community for those who think:

  • The most interesting part of the annual report is the paper it’s printed on

  • Financial literacy should include knowing why stock tickers exist

  • Money is a story we’ve all agreed to believe

Start the conversation:
📧 [email protected]
🔗 Ask us about our “Financial Archaeology” webinar series

“Most finance sites tell you what happened. We show you why it was always going to happen.”