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America’s endangered ‘exorbitant privilege’

Et tu, Goldman?

FTAV’s Friday chart quiz

Sharp charts, spitting masters

Powell: In it until the bitter (?) end

The Fed Chair says he plans to serve out his term

Swiss cheesemakers should hope there’s no ‘Liberation Day 2’

Garbage in, tariffs out

Yesterday was a big day for BTFD

Liberating retail traders of their money

Retail & Consumer industry

The American consumer’s identity crisis

A vibe shift, heralded by a sea of red

FTAV’s further reading

Tariffs; tariffs; tariffs; tariffs; ETFs; tariffs; tariffs; Tesla; tariffs; tariffs; AI; tariffs; and tariffs

O dirang, Donald?

That’s Sesotho, and this is a post on that Lesotho tariff

Why does Trump’s tariff explainer reference a paper it doesn't cite?

And cite a different paper it doesn't reference?

‘Beware a dollar confidence crisis’ — DB

Taking another look at the puzzling greenback puke

Trump’s new rules (of origin)

It ain’t where you’re at, it’s where you’re from

Wall Street analysts anguish over ‘Liberation Day’

Everyone needs a drink

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