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A dispatch from FT Alphaville’s maritime correspondent
Easter eggs‚ spy cats; quant credit, synched brains
Some of this is just getting silly
Chart-Shaped Box
But is ChatGPT better at day trading than you? Probably
Get set . . . go liquefy ageing loans
Rogues’ gallery, revisited
But why?
Escaping the ouroboros
The thin line between priceless and worthless
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The Bank of England can learn from history
Musical harmonies; crypto villains; wearables etiquette; AI beer
Silent protagonists; tariff-dodging; tipping; EJMR
Sagrada Finalised; Trump bankruptcy; the US army at SXSW; Duolingo
They’re being too loud
How green is your railway?
smh
Premium puzzles
LSO + Cypress Hill; Al-Yamamah; Christian influencers; Bill Gross - time traveler
And other financial market monsters
Lets get some plumbers on the scene
🎵 Listen to your chart . . . when it’s calling for you 🎵
Wine scam; living standards; feral hogs; Pitchfork; Excel; Adderall; Bowie; etc
The Fed simply cannot even
The spice is right
Trade secrets and nonce sense
What signals is söta bror sending?
Honduras; aircraft insurance; Capote’s ashes; intangibles; “bloodbath”; smash and grab; etc
Once more unto the Vix discourse
It’s content, ok?
You can’t extend and pretend forever, as it turns out
BOJ; life insurance; Shrimp Jesus; coffee machine; Blowhole innocent; job opportunity; Damien Hirst; etc
Domino’s fall
‘When honey is not honey’
Passive beneficiaries, aggressive margins
Boeing whistleblower; ancient cattle; for-profit hospitals; social media; ‘American Jagoff’; etc
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