Martin Whetton
@martinwhetton.bsky.social
Head of Financial Markets Strategy- Westpac. Sydney based. Bit of wine, cycling MAMIL, travel.
Wait until bunds get going..
May 20, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Wait until bunds get going..
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Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
Ed Smylie, Who Saved the Apollo 13 Crew With Duct Tape, Dies at 95
www.nytimes.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Robert “Ed” Smylie, the NASA official who saved the Apollo 13 crew in 1970, has died at 95. He cobbled together an apparatus made of cardboard, plastic bags and duct tape after an explosion crippled the spacecraft as it sped toward the moon.
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The French president has held talks with allies such as Germany and Poland as Europe responds to signs that the US plans to scale back its military presence on the continent. www.ft.com/content/9623...
May 14, 2025 at 3:23 AM
The French president has held talks with allies such as Germany and Poland as Europe responds to signs that the US plans to scale back its military presence on the continent. www.ft.com/content/9623...
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NYT: “.. The United States is the only country .. that is forecast to see an international visitor decline in 2025.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
May 13, 2025 at 10:00 AM
NYT: “.. The United States is the only country .. that is forecast to see an international visitor decline in 2025.”
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
@nytimes.com
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/13/t...
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Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
May 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
Image of library book display labeled:
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
“It's A Warning Not An Instruction Manual.”
Books on display:
• On Tyranny
• Twenty Lessons From
The 21st Century
• 1984
• A Handmaids Tale
• Diary of Anne Frank
• Parable of The Sower
• Fahrenheit 451
• Animal Farm
• Brave New World
~TAiLS of a Bookworm
Shocked . Shocked i tells you
May 13, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Shocked . Shocked i tells you
Vibes of John Gummer and the mad cow burger 🍔
Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the health secretary, posted photos on Sunday of himself and his grandchildren swimming in a contaminated Washington creek where swimming is not allowed because it is used for sewer runoff.
RFK Jr. Swims in Washington Creek That Flows With Sewage and Bacteria
www.nytimes.com
May 13, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Vibes of John Gummer and the mad cow burger 🍔
Big start, large book already and tighter pricing in the benchmark Semi in € from QTC.
May 13, 2025 at 9:06 AM
Big start, large book already and tighter pricing in the benchmark Semi in € from QTC.
Great note here from
@WestpacMacro Luci Ellis on trade policy, opportunities, currency valuation, portfolio management and Australia’s defence sector. www.westpaciq.com.au/economics/20...
@WestpacMacro Luci Ellis on trade policy, opportunities, currency valuation, portfolio management and Australia’s defence sector. www.westpaciq.com.au/economics/20...
Opportunities amidst the chaos
Amidst all the Trump-induced chaos and uncertainty, there are opportunities for other countries.
www.westpaciq.com.au
May 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
Great note here from
@WestpacMacro Luci Ellis on trade policy, opportunities, currency valuation, portfolio management and Australia’s defence sector. www.westpaciq.com.au/economics/20...
@WestpacMacro Luci Ellis on trade policy, opportunities, currency valuation, portfolio management and Australia’s defence sector. www.westpaciq.com.au/economics/20...
A pope with a maths degree. It’s some sort of sine.
May 8, 2025 at 10:10 PM
A pope with a maths degree. It’s some sort of sine.
I need a (Taiwanese) dollar, dollar, a dollar is what I need.
May 8, 2025 at 4:42 AM
I need a (Taiwanese) dollar, dollar, a dollar is what I need.
{GE} "GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER PISTORIUS IS SEEKING DRASTIC INCREASE IN GERMAN ANNUAL DEFENCE BUDGET - TWO SOURCES TELL REUTERS
* AIMS FOR MORE THAN 60 BLN EUROS PER YEAR IN DEFENCE SPENDING FROM 2025 - ONE SOURCE TELLS REUTERS" - Reuters
* AIMS FOR MORE THAN 60 BLN EUROS PER YEAR IN DEFENCE SPENDING FROM 2025 - ONE SOURCE TELLS REUTERS" - Reuters
May 7, 2025 at 8:34 AM
{GE} "GERMAN DEFENCE MINISTER PISTORIUS IS SEEKING DRASTIC INCREASE IN GERMAN ANNUAL DEFENCE BUDGET - TWO SOURCES TELL REUTERS
* AIMS FOR MORE THAN 60 BLN EUROS PER YEAR IN DEFENCE SPENDING FROM 2025 - ONE SOURCE TELLS REUTERS" - Reuters
* AIMS FOR MORE THAN 60 BLN EUROS PER YEAR IN DEFENCE SPENDING FROM 2025 - ONE SOURCE TELLS REUTERS" - Reuters
Errrrr… you sure ?
May 5, 2025 at 11:22 PM
Errrrr… you sure ?
There’s about to be a lot of experts on Taiwanese life insurer companies. I did a primer on these cats around 8 years ago , looking at FX hedges, long dated rates vol, issuers, Bermudan valuables etc. see our EOD note today with some thoughts
May 5, 2025 at 6:35 AM
There’s about to be a lot of experts on Taiwanese life insurer companies. I did a primer on these cats around 8 years ago , looking at FX hedges, long dated rates vol, issuers, Bermudan valuables etc. see our EOD note today with some thoughts
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How China is quietly diversifying from US Treasuries
https://www.ft.com/content/fdad7e0b-aa23-4b7b-8f1a-fc1d48468631
https://www.ft.com/content/fdad7e0b-aa23-4b7b-8f1a-fc1d48468631
How China is quietly diversifying from US Treasuries
As investors become increasingly anxious about US government bonds, Chinese officials are looking for ways to reduce their exposure
www.ft.com
May 2, 2025 at 4:07 AM
How China is quietly diversifying from US Treasuries
https://www.ft.com/content/fdad7e0b-aa23-4b7b-8f1a-fc1d48468631
https://www.ft.com/content/fdad7e0b-aa23-4b7b-8f1a-fc1d48468631