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FTAV’s Friday charts quiz

I’m so happy ‘cause today I found my charts / they’re in my heart

Technology sector

What is an AppLovin?

They advertise mobile games on mobile gaming apps, simple as

News in-depthNBIM

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund should be open to everyone

A modest proposal

Pets at Home Group PLC

Pets at Home: here’s how bid rumours start . . .

But will this dog bark?

What makes Trump’s magic number $500bn?

The lawlessness of big numbers

Why are all my cryptos down?

Stablecoin nationalism meets attention-economy fatigue

FTAV’s further reading

Planets; good hands; DOGE; Instagram; etc

Will a ‘user fee’ on US Treasuries actually work?

Taking another look at the mooted Mar-a-Lago Accord

News in-depthAerospace & Defence

Bain Capital, Chemring and the big-bang theory of M&A leaks

The best defence is a good offence

US & Canadian companies

RIP American shareholder capitalism

Toto, I have a feeling we’re not in Delaware any more

And the FTAV charts quiz winner is…

Technology sector

Pre-product AI ‘company’ now valued at $30bn

This is nuts. When’s the crash?

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Tuesday, 25 February, 2025

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Prop trading; debanking; Oracle’s agricultural challenges; chemtrails; Applebee’s; etc
Monday, 24 February, 2025

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They’re even (cautiously) shorting again 😱
Monday, 24 February, 2025

FGS Global
Someone forgot to search-replace an M&A announcement again
Planetary stakeholder alignment
Monday, 24 February, 2025

FTAV’s further reading
The iPhone; ‘big balls’; Murdochs; post-neoliberal agenda; Palantir; status chalk; etc
Friday, 21 February, 2025

US politics & policy
About all this ‘Mar-a-Lago Accord’ chatter
Nice global financial system you got there, be a shame if something happened to it
Friday, 21 February, 2025

Weekend Warriors
FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
Charticulate Silences, Pt. 2
Friday, 21 February, 2025

FTAV’s further reading
Crypto; share buybacks; wages; defence spending; gunboat diplomacy; AI on bonds; Japan; immigration; bulldozers; rats
Thursday, 20 February, 2025

Final salary schemes
What is fiduciary duty anyway?
A brief legal history of surplus-skimming
Thursday, 20 February, 2025

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FTAV’s further reading
Venture capital; Delaware law; China; intellectual property: DOGE; Trump; DOGE; Trump; DOGE; Trump; and Dawkins
Wednesday, 19 February, 2025

US & Canadian companies
The quiet queen of American finance
Hi, Fidelity
Wednesday, 19 February, 2025

Foreign & Commonwealth Office UK
Le grande Château Latour 1961 brouhaha au passé
More wine cellar nonsense
Wednesday, 19 February, 2025

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Accounting; defence; China; DOGE; techno-utopia; techno-dystopia; Gulf of [X]
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Huw van Steenis
How to fix Europe’s securitisation market
Unclogging the pipes
Tuesday, 18 February, 2025

Angola
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No one expects the Ost-West Handelsbank! (Or do they?)
Tuesday, 18 February, 2025

Hedge funds
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Activism? Pershing the thought!
Tuesday, 18 February, 2025

Investment research
It’s getting so bad on the sell-side, even BAT pays for its own research
There’s no smoke without IR
Tuesday, 18 February, 2025

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FTAV’s further reading
Degens; critical minerals; dollar forwards; AI; population decline; OnlyFans; food-chain management; pointing
Monday, 17 February, 2025

Capital markets
And the FTAV charts quiz winner is . . .
No one ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Monday, 17 February, 2025

Technology sector
Meta’s brave new horizons
Cash burn baby burn
Monday, 17 February, 2025

FTAV’s further reading
Murdoch; all the American goings-on; African sov-debt; libertarianism; diamonds; sleep; reply-all
Friday, 14 February, 2025

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Why would DOGE kill the CFPB?
A fact-finding mission
Friday, 14 February, 2025

FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
Roses are red, violets are blue, we love bonds and so should you
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Pound Sterling
Make currency boring again
No-drama Starmer?