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Timing the market versus time in the market
Cats; MrBeast; Fry on AI; Evernote; cyberspace governance; Intel x PlayStation; the EU; and nothing
‘NOTHING in this steroidal, Frankenstein — cycle has been normal’
Hedge fund replication ahoy
And investors don’t care
T+1 settlement
Bank M&A; BoE; philosophy; anatomy; Freakonomics; Nintendo; shakes; and Jewish Currents
Charti XCX
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Hot new macro research just dropped
Online dating; nuclear power; OnlyFans; China; central bank independence; Celeb #6; xAI; and tacos
Bespoke banking can never be nine-to-five
Chasing the ‘pot of gold’ at the end of the passive investing rainbow
Cooperation offers Venezuela a way back
Deficits; technical analysis; ageing companies; Mars colonisation; philosophy; mental health; and Bluey
What is the truth behind the inequality campaigner’s Citigroup memoir?
Small caps, big problems
American inflation is down. Employment might be next
Wall Street cop channels Plato in fresh stay-safe ad blitz
Interest rate cuts; Tether; Marx; jobs; Pascal's wager; more Marx; and QE
Don’t take everything on Truss
A look at some pesky rebalancing flows
Accelerating cash flows is no silver bullet
Finance; economics; short selling; social skills; job ads; grocery inflation; EV batteries; and Disney
And lets have a European SEC while we’re at it