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And will Betteridge’s law finally be defeated???
In a strictly inflation-targeting-regime context
Not great, Bob
It’s tough to negotiate a budget in public with a glitchy CMS
Russia’s retaliatory restrictions on exports to the US have yet to hit prices
VIXplaining the events of August 5
Tracking; Dunbarton FC; Cormac McCarthy; Google Scholar; Disney World; American roads; Bluesky; and blandness
The Deed of Indemnity is published at last
The ‘original Coke’ of risk parity is getting bottled up
An interview with one half of the duo who underwrote Donald Trump’s media Spac
People aren’t as worried about bond market liquidity \o/
(for now at least)
Armenians; economists; Democrats; GenAI; platforms; Italian spyware; Canada-US oil; Pokémon Go; and Sanora Babb
Shenanigans; OpenAI; olive oil; Japan; Bhutan; the Bubonic plague; and mathematical thinking
Sustainability; Masa Son; influencers; ‘skiplagging’; Windows 95; Federal debt; New York; and skeets
Good craic
Buy a floating piece of history
How about just getting macro policy right and ignore the dollar?
Trade; MercadoLibre; Infowars; girl math; Ukraine; etc
Parsing HSBC’s slightly dated Global Entrepreneurial Wealth Report for 2024
Trump vs Basel III
Our library returns’ lateness are measured in (half) centuries
High frequency of correct answers
Inflation; AI; market structure; Soviet swamp rat; etc
Bridger Aerospace gains adjusted altitude heading into winter
Bay Area man loses boat, keeps freedom
At-the-market equity offering; in-your-face bitcoin evangelism
Bank Rate works in mysterious ways
Prophesy; piracy; penalties; president & Powell; etc
Notional trading value of Tesla options hit $245bn on Friday
The answer is probably ‘yes’, but not for the reasons you think
Cross my chart and hope to die
Whatcha gonna do when they come for you?
Fiduciary rule; Dominic Cummings; arguing LLMs; start-up testosterone; ‘you’ve got mail’
Libation revelation
Wages up, margins down
St Chartholomew the Apostle