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Demand, on the other hand, is not helping US housing markets
Boeing whistleblower; ancient cattle; for-profit hospitals; social media; ‘American Jagoff’; etc
Beware machine learning nonsense
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Immigrants get the job done
JPMorgan says companies’ pricing decisions will be ‘key’ for the economic outlook
The inversion will continue until morale deteriorates
If it’s not the crash, that is
Redefining the future once again
Unfortunately, services inflation may be here to stay
Enjoy the benefits of being small and imperfectly formed
Tricky exits
House-eating mushrooms; the ECB; Jaws Mustang; healthcare roll-ups; EV infrastructure; AI doomerism; etc
Quit Playing Games (with My Chart)
Maths; private equity; GoldMAN Sachs; Nintendo’s next console
(It’s nothing)
Childhood content; Loro Piana; the man in the iron lung; Boeing’s door plug; GMO on US markets
“We will lead their coke dealers to their homes after they can’t pay their bills”
Thank [expletive] for Michael O’Leary
The inflation battle may be almost over, but the fiscal war has just begun
The British (and Norwegians) are coming
Whodunnit?
No signs; Bitcoin ETFs; algo pricing; factor-based investing; housing politics; journalism; and restarts
A conservative directed-share program on its IPO risks leaving the Redditor army feeling left out
Tech uber alles
Financial crises; risk; Tory donor; 401(k)s; tax cuts; personality types; and Airbnb
A grift that keeps on giving
Top-heavy markets
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A detailed taxonomy of management company rationales for this weird Wall Street anomaly
Tether; lending; boxing; Japan; GOAT albums 🐐, ‘late capitalism’; and Angus Deaton
Da mystery of caketaxin’
Meet the American brokerage exec who’s rolling out the first publicly traded multi-club model
Kingdom of broken charts
We keep underestimating the strength of global economic growth
Nepotism: harder than you think
Private credit; Türkiye; Tiktok spammers; Ark InvEsT; Google search; media closures; and fat mice
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