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Rules are made to be broken
Chart Garfunkel
JPMorgan loves to say they told you so
Going with the flows
And we have the charts to prove it
It’s over. Maybe
Shameless summer content beg 👇
China; SpaceX; a boiler room script; home advantage; new video games; old video games; and fossils
It’s all about the gilt tilt
40 per cent potato, 100 per cent controversial
Carry fissure
Bottoms up
Sahm; Intel; the US trade deficit; Swiss francenstein’s monster; AI slop; empathy punishments; and Winamp skins
China; growth and inequality; ending poverty; workplace violence; stablecoins; frugality; and Appalachia
Net interest margins; yen carry trades; private equity; government debt; shorts; restaurant reviews; and Creed
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Riots; inequality; espionage; electric cables; coinage; American leadership; food delivery; Trumpcoin; and introversion
Don’t chart now
The Bank of England; libel; focus; the Cotswolds; table tennis; prime numbers; money; and New Towns
Hello uptiers, trapdoors, dropdowns, and double dips
Jobs a bad ’un
How higher rates really can drive higher inflation
Ack-man of La Mancha
Bill Gross; Mario and Sonic; the capital markets union; China; LDI; cookies; CrowdStrike; and love songs
Blonde ambition
“Well-positioned businesses are pricing their IPOs above price talk and are trading well in the aftermarket”
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Let’s lyft drivers out of compensation darkness
Sorry!
Russia; Olympic cost overruns; crypto; Los Angeles; walking; dinosaurs; and lobster
Macro cuts
And changing its nature in the process
OpenAI; the almighty dollar; US Treasuries; austerity; introversion; SNES; and Hussites
Reverse reserve reservation reservations
That won’t stop Sri Lanka though
Butter luck next time
AI shenanigans; Revolut; t’interwebs; Great Salt Lake; m e n; US debt; insurance x private credit; and streaming x healthcare