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IB vs AI
Pickeball wars; Gary Gensler; peak pods; AT1 boom; George Santos
The Bank of England takes a stab at a global estimate
Bank reserves should in theory be declining with QT, but they’re not
Beware what year of direct loans you buy, says Pimco
Nothing matters
And US economic data is especially important for monetary policy right now
Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results, but it does make for some neat charts
Stop worrying about limits, start imagining possibilities
If you at first don’t succeed, try, try again
Er, not quite. But new highs anyway ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Not just a cyclical blip?
Truth Social; Yaccarino’s mess; controlling evolution; Paris Hilton
Whale superpoop; JFK; AI music; and the worst job in investing
Sam Bankman-Fried; Jim Chanos; Tom Cruise; and Sequoia’s gravity-defying marks
Bondholders SHOULD offer much more relief
🥁
Less. A lot less
Lego; Scotch; Guts; Chefs; and a comparative study of the Nordic region’s cultural traits
Always judge a global outlook by its cover
Yes, we have one
Unimportant answers to unimportant questions
Cellar’s remorse
Regard numbers, acquire garments
Crab consciousness; SBF; Binance; King Charles; sweet potatoes; Google; money; and Chinese anonymity
Moar leverage!
🚩🚩🚩
Everything you never wanted to know about central clearing in the world’s benchmark market
Maximising the freelance-rider problem
Well that was a let-down
The Pope; incognito mode; Taco Bell sex party; liberalism; mansion blocks; Harry Maguire; and China
Short manager syndrome
When the Office for Budget Responsibility gets nasty
New challenger approaching
Shiti just got real
Inflation; more inflation; Richard III; cities4techies; offshore wind; Milei; Musk; and Netflix
Binance founder said to catch charges
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