We love financial plumbing, debt crises, balance sheets, margin calls, economic puns and snark.
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It must be true, we saw it on TV
The Great Game 3.0
No country for young CEOs
Wall Street South vs Wall Street North
The bond vigilantes saddle up for Starmer
But maybe they aren’t so different after all
Jane Street interview simulator; Von der Leyen; Dawkins and AI; Magnus the Wandering Walrus; Eurobonds revisited
The revenge of ‘glocal’
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.
Denethor’s tomato scene immortalised in plastic bricks; Polymarket’s odds calculated; America’s ailments diagnosed; Schliemann’s legacy destroyed;
Ballmaxxing; EVmaxxing; Claudemaxxing; CITmaxxing; censorshipmaxxing; foodmaxxing; Pokémonmaxxing
Divorce data; Europe’s decline, Gawker; Kash Patel
You’ve Been Charting Again
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
Nappies; Burning Man; vibecoding; Jia Tolentino; horses; and the universe
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
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
