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US Treasury bonds

It was remarkably resilient repo wot won it

Why April 2025 was no March 2020

Weekend Warriors

FTAV’s Friday charts quiz

A Chinese jacket maker is now the world’s biggest company, according to Bloomberg

Trillion dollar GIGO

US Treasury bonds

The periodic US default freak-out has started early

Examining the CDS entrails

Corporate share buybacks were a shock absorber in April’s sell-off

Shake it till it shrinks

Mann, so confusing

The Bank of England’s most exciting ratesetter strikes again

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Maga’s ‘Gulf of America’ rebrand gets the big-oil endorsement

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A 1990s vibe shift

Are investors making another run at Hong Kong’s dollar peg?

The coming Asian FX ‘avalanche’

The $2.5tn Jenmageddon

Taiwanese troubles; Formosa bonds and US interest rate volatility

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