We love financial plumbing, debt crises, balance sheets, margin calls, economic puns and snark.
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Compare and contrast
Wimple life; sperm whale alphabet; stupid markets;
Do it for the dove
How Great Thou Chart
Once more unto the breach
Last Action hero
With charts, data and vibes, we will prove: eh, probably not, but maybe more than they used to be
Striking a chord (diagram)
Saving humanity’s a costly business
Landlord of the dance
Could Figgie be Pit the younger?
And venture capital and hedge funds, naturally
Dictators; books; Russia; gambling; more gambling; Ackman; EVs; sperm whales; Neom; and another book
Music; machines; more machines; rap beef; Europe; tax; panhandle fauna; after Ozempic; smart plants; and one (1) weather-appropriate banger
Oil; Gen Z; budgets; liberalism; Tesla; green growth; batteries; and t’interwebs
Furries; the yen; Jar Jar Binks; media swagger and Louisbait
‘Brickell Bay North’ is shooting itself in the foot
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And can US mortgages be made portable or assumable?
Pizza; activism; Munger; bacteria; CVC; Larry
The bell tolls for Big Ben
The ungrateful deadhead
The only chartbreaker
Carbon removal; art; Dave Courtney; 6%; California man; teenagers; and orangutan self-care
Ft. Bad some news for the non-US Anglosphere
Finance blog (glamorous, ∞ pixels tall, GSOH), looking for event partner
Capital loss
Panic rooms; meal deals; watch calendars; Murdoch; *gestures at world*; salt; and messianic pedicure
“How big a threat is cannabis legalisation to alcohol sales?” — not answered here
Crowding fears vs FOMO
Time to ease the squeeze
Might a STOLI cocktail leave a $20bn hangover?
NBIM; private capital; term premia; capital ratios; food barons; tipping; IMEI numbers; homelessness; and drinking fountains
The worker insecurity hypothesis versus Lina Khan
Tape, measured
Private equity; AI factors; AI’s limits; intergalactic AI; AI in the building; insurance; Icelandic UX; Hermes; music; and rocks
Sofa, so good
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