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OliverCorlett
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Pedant, mostly lurking.
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November 13, 2025 at 11:52 PM
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Translation: once again, all the benefits of "growth" go to equity owners rather than ordinary people.
Williams (president of the NY Fed) said projections that AI could substantially lift productivity growth were not "outlandish", but reserved judgment on its impact
November 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
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John Plender in a foreboding mood. The scenario I worry about is where even short-term money-market rates are significantly below the rate of inflation. Is this possible? Likely?
Central banks will resort to inflationary financing of fiscal deficits. Also, there will be financial repression, wherein financial institutions are forced to accept below-market rates on public debt. All bar the shortest-dated nominal fixed interest paper is now potentially treacherous.
November 8, 2025 at 3:14 PM
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Who will the eventual bagholders be from these DB pension buyouts? Pensioners? Taxpayers? Prolly both. Definitely not Marc Rowan et al.
FT headline: Leverage creeps into gilts as insurers look to boost returns
November 7, 2025 at 6:42 PM
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What happens to a fund if there is no liquidity event by the time the partnership is supposed to wind up?
FT Headline: Private capital zombie firms will proliferate, says EQT chief
November 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
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It's actually very easy not to shop at Amazon. I've been doing it for years.
Quote from the cited article: "That means shopping anywhere other than Amazon has become substantially more inconvenient. These tactics -- Prime, DRM and predatory pricing -- make it very hard not to shop at Amazon".
November 1, 2025 at 7:54 PM
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Because you (in modern times) have employed both usages is irrelevant. We are talking about usage from 1807. BTW, below is a photo of the effects of a gale in Worthing, Sussex, the seaside town which is reckoned to be the model for "Sanditon".
Rough seas breaking on the shore in Worthing in Sussex. Stock photo
October 28, 2025 at 11:54 PM
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Picture of Charles Kirk smiling
October 15, 2025 at 7:46 PM
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Annual fees per pupil at selected schools, 1970
A table showing fees at 9 top "public" schools in 1970. They range from 550GBP for Merchant Taylors' to 780GBP at Westminster
October 11, 2025 at 9:17 PM
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Who will the new George Soros be in this replay? Paul Singer?
FT Headline: US Treasury buys Argentine pesos in effort to contain run on currency
October 11, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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The French problem may become a UK problem. Meanwhile, gold is preferable to USD. I'm getting the feeling things are beginning to unravel.
FT Headline: What is happening in France may not stay in France, by Mohamed El-Erian
October 7, 2025 at 8:36 PM
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Check out the price of water at the Polo Lounge
Lunch with the FT at the Polo Lounge includes Bottle of water $17
October 5, 2025 at 6:12 PM
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And no wonder
Picture of an old man with an enormous moustache. Headline: Arche hotel group owner Wladyslaw Grochowski is worried about birth rates
October 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
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So all our money will be spent on AI then. Looking forward to that virtual Beef Wellington
Quote from FT article: The potential market for world [AI] models could be huge, almost the size of the global economy.
October 3, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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So British police are wearing masks now?
FT picture of four police, each of whom is wearing a mask.
October 3, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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OK, Mr President, I'm ready, sock it to me.
Hegseth with his mouth wide open
October 1, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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"So we'd be laying off a lot of people that are going to be very affected. And they're Democrats, they're going to be Democrats" Trump said.
October 1, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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What happened to all that "dry powder" we kept hearing about? Did it get damp?
FT headline: Private equity rush for cash prompts fears of shake-out. Big funds target $110bn in Europe. Slow exits strain investor confidence
September 29, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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September 27, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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Fox Mulder from the X Files. Caption reads: ..no government agency has jurisdiction over the truth
September 23, 2025 at 10:23 PM
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The only inflows and outflows in the stock market are share offerings and buybacks. But I don't think that's what they're talking about here. So I must be missing something.
A $1 investment in the stock market increases its overall value by $5, according to research, and that is a permanent effect. Previously, most economists assumed that any impact from flows is either negliigible or fleeting.
September 21, 2025 at 4:22 PM
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As an analyst I avoided recommending companies based in Texas, except twice. Both went bankrupt.
FT headline: Failure of Texas-based business
September 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
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Stan Laurel saying something in the ear of Oliver Hardy
September 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
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en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oswald_...
Spengler predicted that about the year 2000 western civilisation would enter the period of pre-death emergency which would lead to 200 years of Caesarism (extra-constitutional omnipotence of the executive branch) before western civilisation's final collapse
September 14, 2025 at 3:30 PM
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What a stand-up guy.
Defendant Trump initiated sexual contact with Plaintiff at four different parties. On the fourth and final sexual encounter with Defendant Trump, Defendant Trump tied Plaintiff to a bed, exposed himself to Plaintiff, and then proceeded to forcibly rape Plaintiff. During the course of this savage sexual attack, Plaintiff loudly pleaded with Defendant Trump to stop but with no effect. Defendant Trump responded to Plaintiff's plea by violently striking Plaintiff in the face with his open hand and screaming that he would do whatever he wanted.
September 12, 2025 at 2:37 PM