The US is still being paid to borrow — but only just
Dark matter revisited
FT Alphaville
FTAV’s further reading
Ebola; monpol; inflation; maths; LinkedIn; astronauts
The Bank of England’s oil shock modelling has gone awry
Assumptions used by the bank in August 2025 make no sense when applied to its April 2026 data
And the FTAV charts quiz winner is . . .
Eurovision Chart Contest
FTAV’s further reading
Housing and inflation; insiders; tech; Britain; US colleges; poop; evolution; Attenborough; lists; Eurovision
China is not Japan
But its real estate market has been doing a darn good impression
Crypto CFDs are here save the City, apparently
Panmure Liberum goes back to the future
FTAV’s Friday charts quiz
My chart is on fire
Nobel laureate Al Roth and the economics of organ sales
Economists gonna economist
BoE’s Pill votes for a free return path back to earth
Although admits the crew might perish
WallStreetBets versus the SEC
‘If quarterly reporting is crushing American capitalism, American capitalism is hiding it well’
FTAV’s further reading
Claude; AI; more Claude; drunk deer; active vs passive; Internet Archive
Metlen was London’s biggest new listing of 2025. What exactly is it?
From Greek gas to Chilean solar and Cheshire waste incineration, the FTSE 100 group is anything but simple
Searching for the UK’s ‘plonker premium’
It must be true, we saw it on TV
Swap lines are geopolitical infrastructure
The Great Game 3.0
FTAV’s further reading
Jane Street interview simulator; Von der Leyen; Dawkins and AI; Magnus the Wandering Walrus; Eurobonds revisited
The rise of the American corporate gerontocracy
No country for young CEOs
FTAV’s further reading
Denethor’s tomato scene immortalised in plastic bricks; Polymarket’s odds calculated; America’s ailments diagnosed; Schliemann’s legacy destroyed;
Miami got NYC’s billionaires. Will it get their businesses?
Wall Street South vs Wall Street North
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