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Although I started as a single stock trader my trading has become nearly 100% macro now (i.e. I trade indices or ETF on gold, bonds etc) I find better liquidity, spreads and can control risk better so can have bigger positions. So therefore not too much input on that list / idea I'm afraid but I just had to comment as a zerohedge follower. Totally agree that they were well ahead of the HFT topic, well before the 'Flash boys' book. I'm surprised by the way how little regulators have picked up on the topic and next to nothing has changed still even after all that publicity. As much as I appreciate their insights I would maintain that they are always bearish. You say fundamentals justify that view - I would argue the picture is rarely all bullish or all bearish and they have a very biased view - you never find any positive research/views on anything there. So oil was crashing they argued against the 'more money in the pocket of the consumer' view and kept citing job losses at oil companies and the negative effects on the U.S. Economy and when it recovered all of a sudden that was bad for the U.S. consumer... But as most other media has a bullish bias you can look at ZH whenever you feel too bullish and they make it entertaining (if you appreciate a bit of cynicism) so I still rate them highly and read their tweets and articles pretty much every day