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The revenge of ‘glocal’
Ballmaxxing; EVmaxxing; Claudemaxxing; CITmaxxing; censorshipmaxxing; foodmaxxing; Pokémonmaxxing
We use some proprietary data, an iPhone calculator and a ton of assumptions to find out
Tee to a you
In short, America’s selling while China ain’t buying
So. Much. Winning.
Sorry, what year is it?
The Borg beat all comers at our latest London quiz. Could YOU have done better?
A dull account of an interesting life
BofA weigh up who they think can do it on a warm, balmy night in Jersey — amongst many, many other things
Quantum entanglement
What goes up
Divorce data; Europe’s decline, Gawker; Kash Patel
You’ve Been Charting Again
Nappies; Burning Man; vibecoding; Jia Tolentino; horses; and the universe
Knitting; chart names; Chrome; Ethiopian runners; NYT Cooking; bubbles; and AI
Dark matter revealed?
Science; cringe; Toyota; Grok; similes; Paul Pressler; and stablecoins
Tee bagged
The global economy will soon be running on fumes
Up to a point
Central banks; more central banks; Photoshop; Ask.com; strangers at the gym; K-shape economics; broad money; and Silicon Valley
The pub quiz after-party is ON
We are highly confident that this could end up a car crash
Drew Dickson on tech hype; Goldman on private credit; Smithsonian on Twister; ‘This is Fine’ dog on Steam
‘Somewhat counterintuitive’ indeed
Pwned by Beijing
Indexing methodology will provide a comfortable cushion for pre-IPO shareholders
Charty Rock Anthem
The UAE wants a swap line. The US wants to give it. Why?
It turns out that yes, yes it does. And the SEC is involved.
China; private credit; AI and entrepreneurship; Super Micro; infinity; elders; fatherhood; smoking; and a crypto lottery
Unsurprising but moderately interesting news
The next markets to fall to the algos?
Is the Gotham City case market abuse or abuse of process?
Bitcoin; Barclays; Trump; Thiel; nuclear power; the looming AI apocalypse; and Portsmouth
Perk to the future