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Back to the Future: NIRP edition

Swiss shenanigans

Tonight we’re going to stonk-punt like it’s 2021

US retail equity inflows have hit record levels this week

Markets volatility

Trumpian uncertainty: the calm before the storm?

Despite Schrödinger’s tariffs, equity market volatility is eerily low

Sovereign wealth funds

Running a deficit? Want a sovereign wealth fund? No problem!

Does the Waffle House Index work for more than storms?

Birdflation hits the greasy spoon

Office for National Statistics UK

small caged mammal revelations

ladies and gentlemen, we got ’em (mammals)

Sovereign wealth funds

What would be in the MAGA Fund?

Sovereign Wealth fun

FTAV’s further reading

Warner Bros; Bloomberg; London pubs; crowds; US economics; Trump stuff; and blurbs

US politics & policy

State capture by South Africans: a comparative history

Ajay, Atul, Rajesh, and Elon

Technology sector

Anthropic: ‘Please don’t use AI’

🎶 I just want something to hold on to / and a little of that human touch 🎶

SkyBridge Capital II LLC

FTAV Q&A: Anthony Scaramucci

The crypto-head former White House communications director talks about SBF, memecoins, Tether and Trump

Has Michael Saylor’s ‘infinite money glitch’ run into a hitch?

Bigmouth STRKs again

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Property sector
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FTAV’s further reading
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Friday, 31 January, 2025

FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
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Corporate governance
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Friday, 31 January, 2025

FTAV’s further reading
Brazil; Illinois taxes; Marianne Faithfull; BookTok; Johanne Sacrebleu; etc
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HM Revenue & Customs
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Thursday, 30 January, 2025

Tesla Inc
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Earnings don’t matter when Trump is your friend
Thursday, 30 January, 2025

Investment research
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Reversion to the meme
Thursday, 30 January, 2025

FTAV’s further reading
The Fartcoin stage; Marge Simpsonomics; Tulsi; old glowing anuses in Florida
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Equity valuation
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Blackstone Group LP
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Sovereign debt
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The IMF’s exceptional access policy is not working
Wednesday, 29 January, 2025

FTAV’s further reading
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Tuesday, 28 January, 2025

Financial & markets regulation
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Digital currencies
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Trump’s recent executive order is shortsighted
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High frequency trading
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Sovereign debt
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