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Capital markets

The world’s first meme bond (ish)?

Evaporating half a yard is a good start at least

Anatomy of an AIG payday

Getting judged by your peers has never been so lucrative

US Treasury bonds

Don’t stress about the trillion-dollar TGA rebuild

Nothing to see here, says DB

Corporate bonds

Boom and bust is back, baby!

Workplace pensions

About that Dutch pension plan overhaul

The “truth” about 0DTE those Wall Street fat cats *want* you to know

FTAV’s further reading

Dollars; pop stars; deepfakes; gestures; Kid Cop; Republicans; emerging markets; Denmark Street; overdue library books; and bonnacons

Capital markets

Suboptimus Prime

When is a prime RMBS deal not actually that prime?

Retail & Consumer industry

The idiocy of food price controls — uncut

Doctor Black on the Multiverse of Madness

Property sector

The NYC CRE bloodbath

Rentiers, look away now

Eurozone economy

Don’t underestimate Europe’s northern debt exposure

What’s the opposite of hygge?

The supply chain demons have been (mostly) banished

Sløk chartfest

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FTAV’s further reading
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Tuesday, 30 May, 2023

US economy
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Clap along if you feel like a room without a roof
Tuesday, 30 May, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Nigeria; Winklevii; data; London stocks; Shanghai; Guinness World Records; tic-tac-toe; rules; and sand
Monday, 29 May, 2023

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Deflation tsunami; $1,000,000,000,000 coins; Cohodes rides again; beautiful underground train stations
Sunday, 28 May, 2023

US Treasury bonds
Après debt ceiling deal, le T-bill déluge
Gird yourselves
Friday, 26 May, 2023

US politics & policy
Don’t break the Treasury market while trying to save it
Unilateral action could be disastrous
Friday, 26 May, 2023

Starling Bank Ltd
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Skinned in the game
Friday, 26 May, 2023

Automobiles
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Friday, 26 May, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Cat killers; Tesla Files; AI police; Guinness World Records, DeSantis’ failure to launch
Thursday, 25 May, 2023

R-star rises again
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Thursday, 25 May, 2023

Technology sector
Investors are so horny for AI that they’ve invested $175mn in OpenAI’s VC fund
Summer of Sam Altman
Thursday, 25 May, 2023

UK energy
Ofgem wants your energy supplier to make more money (update)
Regressive taxation for a brighter future
Thursday, 25 May, 2023

Sovereign bonds
PSA: no one should care about the US credit rating
Wake us up when it’s SD*
Thursday, 25 May, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Trash samurai; R**; long-term dinosaurs; corporate earnings guidance; and Quackonomics
Thursday, 25 May, 2023

US banks
SVB’s biggest customers, revealed. Kinda
Saved by the bell
Wednesday, 24 May, 2023

US politics & policy
‘Passing the debt ceiling is like passing a kidney stone’
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Wednesday, 24 May, 2023

Meet the pizza-loving diplomat behind Antigua News’s big Credit Suisse scoop
Flamboyant owner of obscure website claims files were “absolutely not secret”
Wednesday, 24 May, 2023

Sovereign bonds
Pray for gilt traders
Nightmare on Threadneedle Street
Wednesday, 24 May, 2023

Chinese employment
The Chinese youth unemployment phenomenon
One in five is now out of work
Wednesday, 24 May, 2023

Financial fraud
A beginner’s guide to getting away with accounting fraud, part two
Unbelievable receivables
Wednesday, 24 May, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Debt ceilings; Binance; average people; PornHub; Manchester City; clearing; climate litigations; and long movies
Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

UK Finance
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Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

Global Economy
R Star Star Wars: The Phantom Menace
Fun with asterisks
Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

Sovereign bonds
T-bill debt ceiling watch
Politicians negotiating, T-bill yields moving, someone please stop the ride we want to get off
Tuesday, 23 May, 2023

FTAV’s further reading
Stan the man; Lego bandits; black holes; Libor fixing; Apollo’s big test