Research Recap Unveils Top Blog Posts of 2007

When we launched Research Recap last year, we had few preconceptions about the specific topics which we’d cover.  By its charter, Research Recap editors track research across many categories, writing posts on those reports they find most compelling.

By early fall, it became clear that a recurring topic would be the subprime mortgage defaults and its spillover into related sectors and eventually the economy as a whole.  Looking back at 2007, eight of the ten most widely-read Research Recap posts were focused on the subprime mortgage market implosion.

And while the assumption is that most people stop paying attention to the market by mid-December, our most widely read post, US “Housing Bust” Effects to Linger Until 2009, based upon a report issued by Moody's Economy.com, was published December 20.  Other posts among our top 10 highlighted reports issued by CreditSights, the International Monetary Fund, Fitch Research,  the Wharton School of Business, Standard & Poor's and  Salary.com among others.   

The full top-10 list is available on the Research Recap site and can also be found here.

So, once a topic such as subprime mortgages has been picked up by the mainstream media, is there still a need for coverage from specialized services like Research Recap?  We think the answer is yes.  In fact, time and time again in 2007, Research Recap surfaced research reports on topics that were later picked up in the mainstream media.  For example, in October, Research Recap highlighted several reports suggesting the possibility of the subprime crisis spilling over into commercial real estate.  That same topic was covered two months later by major business publications.  Similarly, Research Recap has been out in front on topics such as the questionable wisdom of using food crops for biofuels and bailout plans for complex financial instruments such as SIVs. 

For those unfamiliar with it, Research Recap is a free service that highlights and abstracts compelling credit, investment, economic, market and industry research.  Research Recap is published in blog format and is also available as a free RSS feed.  Much of the underlying research is available free of charge, while some is available for a fee, either through the Alacra Store or from individual content provider sites. 

Each Friday, Research Recap publishes a Research Zeitgeist post, highlighting the most widely read and other notable posts from the prior week.  Another regular feature of Research Recap are our highly alliterative Research Recap Research Roundups, which provide quick links and summaries to multiple views on a given topic.

Publishers seeking to have their content reviewed by Research Recap may contact the Research Recap editor at editor-at-researchrecap-dot-com.