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A 1990s vibe shift
GLWT
The $2.5tn Jenmageddon
Clickbait, Alphaville-style
How the Oracle of Omaha embarrassed his own industry
We have an alternative culprit though
Blood; the CIA; PCs; critical minerals; RFK; AI friends; pyramids; and wine animals
Bill Gross and the chart spray
‘Trading has been hectic’
Asset-liability mismatches FTW
Wall Street has a new captain
The Strategy strategy will keep working until it doesn't
Daft Punk; Elon Musk; daydreaming; eternal life; Vikings; life insurers; buildings; and Dua Lipa
TM SGNL; film tariffs; Texas; lit crit; crypto taxes; Buffett; South Korea; more Buffett
Bunkers; helplines; Tolkien; the NYC subway; interval funds; Brian Steel; neurodivergence; and archers
I chart in your general direction
Fertility; Huawei; Schrodinger’s cat; RIP Polygon: App Store
Myprotein, Glanbia, and a parting of the wheys
A legendary round goes into (temporary?!?) retirement
Number rabbit hole; phones in schools; ETFs; Margin Call; Martian magnetism
A few annual report lowlights from the former northern powerhouse
Once more unto the breach, says Barclays
Cognitive error
Opec’s last dance to keep inventory under control
Gandalf; quote thieves; authoritarian brains; Monty Python and the Holy Grail; nuclear energy
CPI in the rear-view mirror
To be taken with a grain of salt
Group chats; Silicon Valley; bullshit jobs; obituaries; Pope Francis; and yes, more Liverpool
A tariff is a tax, but a tax is not a tariff
Tee pain
Perk it out
Liverpool; more Liverpool; then a bit more Liverpool; and yes, even more Liverpool
No Más Málaga
Throw your hands up for Soulpower
Diagrammstein
Delisting dangers
Trade wars; the US exodus; exorbitant privilege; a metaverse startup; San Francisco; sex work; long 1990s; and gang tattoos