We built the briefing
we always wanted.

Why we built this

Markets generate more noise than signal. Every morning, thousands of headlines compete for your attention, most of them recycled, hedged, or written to generate clicks rather than clarity.

We got tired of it. So we built something different.

Oxford Equity Research started as a question: could AI-assisted analysis, guided by people who actually understand markets, produce research that's genuinely useful to serious investors? Not summaries. Not sentiment trackers. Real analysis, with a point of view, delivered before the market opens.

The team

Gregor Becker

Gregor Becker

Founder & Lead Economist

M.Phil Economics, University of Oxford. Former Head of Strategy at Hubert Burda Media and Looping Group. Founded and scaled MorningCrunch GmbH to 200,000+ subscribers. Gregor writes the Top of the Morning and signs off every briefing.

Jordan Bittencourt

Jordan Bittencourt

Equity Analyst

Jordan covers the pre-market movers and takes the bull side of every Debate. His conviction threshold is high — when Jordan says buy, we listen.

Jess Langley

Jess Langley

Macro Researcher

Jess brings the bear case. Every rally has a ceiling, every thesis has a flaw, and Jess finds it. She keeps the briefing honest.

Our principles

1

Opinions over summaries.

Anyone can aggregate headlines. We tell you what we actually think — and we put our model portfolio on the line to prove it.

2

Brevity is a feature.

The Morning Brief takes five minutes. That is not a limitation. It is the entire point. If we cannot say it in five minutes, we have not thought about it hard enough.

3

AI as amplifier, not author.

Our analysis is AI-assisted, not AI-generated. The models surface data and draft structure. The judgments are ours. The mistakes are ours too.

What readers say

Sarah K

Sarah K.

Private investor, New York

Finally a briefing with an actual opinion. Most finance newsletters just repeat the news. This one tells you what to do with it.

Marcus L

Marcus L.

Portfolio manager, London

The Debate section alone is worth it. Two smart people actually disagreeing, in writing, every day. Rare and valuable.

Julia B

Julia B.

Founder, Berlin

I used to spend an hour every morning catching up on markets. Now five minutes and I know more than I did.

David C

David C.

Angel investor, Amsterdam

The analysis is genuinely better than most human research I've paid for. And this is free.

Anna T

Anna T.

Equity trader, Zurich

Sharp, fast, no filler. Exactly what I want before the market opens at 9am.

Robert H

Robert H.

Finance director, Munich

The market snapshot table alone saves me 20 minutes every morning. I don't start my day without it.

Claire M

Claire M.

Retired fund manager, Vienna

I forwarded issue 3 to my entire investment club. Everyone subscribed by end of day.

James O

James O.

MBA student, Oxford

The Oxford voice makes it feel authoritative without being stuffy. Rare combination in finance writing.

Wei L

Wei L.

Self-directed investor, Singapore

The alpha on the model portfolio is what got me. Hard to argue with +44 points over SPY.

Sophie R

Sophie R.

Tech entrepreneur, San Francisco

Best finance email in my inbox and it is completely free. I keep waiting for the catch.

Thomas N

Thomas N.

CFA, Frankfurt

Covering macro, individual stocks and a model portfolio in five minutes is genuinely impressive. The team clearly knows what matters.

Priya S

Priya S.

VC analyst, London

The Debate format is addictive. I find myself picking a side before I finish reading, which means I am actually thinking about markets.

Henrik B

Henrik B.

Day trader, Stockholm

Pre-market movers with actual context. Not just numbers — someone telling me why. That is what I needed.

Elena V

Elena V.

Economics PhD, Paris

Rigorous without being inaccessible. I recommend it to students who want to understand how markets actually work.

Michael A

Michael A.

Family office, Dubai

The thematic portfolio briefing is what we use to sanity-check our own positioning. Surprisingly useful.

Yuki T

Yuki T.

Quant analyst, Tokyo

I was skeptical of AI-generated research. This changed my view. The macro analysis is consistently on point.

Fatima K

Fatima K.

Investment banker, Zurich

Sent this to my MD. He asked who wrote it. When I said it was AI-assisted he did not believe me.

Lars E

Lars E.

Pension fund trustee, Oslo

We reference the weekly portfolio briefing in our own quarterly reviews. That tells you something.

Isabella C

Isabella C.

Financial journalist, Milan

Covers what I would cover if I had time. The Situational Awareness section is consistently the most interesting five items in my inbox.

Ryan P

Ryan P.

Retail investor, Chicago

I have tried every finance newsletter. This is the first one I have not unsubscribed from after a week.

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