Gregor Stuart Hunter
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Reporter at @Reuters, covering markets and finance breaking news. Board member at @TaiwanFCC. Past work in @guardian @WSJ @business. Views my own etc.
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Joined December 2008
I guess this is the end, friends 🎶 We'll meet again Don't know where Don't know when But I know we'll meet again some sunny day Keep smiling through Just like you Always do @gregorhunter@mastodon.online 🎶
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Or an AI version that updates the second verse to tell you how many shopping days are left and maybe also highlights of the best deals
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It should have a huge chorus something along the lines of "oh it's toooooo early for Christmas toooooooo early for Christmas but it's just the right time for Amazon Prime Day 🎶"
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It should start playing at the same time as all the other Christmas songs and have all the same trappings (sleighbells etc)
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There should be a pop song about how it's too early to start singing Christmas songs in October
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@felixmwmartin So maybe life's alright for the U.K. and the eurozone too?
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@felixmwmartin What's also interesting in looking at the Debt Service Ratio, alongside the more positive take on the U.S. deficit, is that Germany and the U.K. are in even better health. Data here: https://t.co/IcmsCKa94A
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@felixmwmartin (A good example might be Tesla, which perhaps not coincidentally is getting out of the latter and into the former, thanks to xAI).
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@felixmwmartin And while that might be counterintuitive, the biggest winners in the U.S. economy, outside of the AI boom, are arguably those industries supported by government largesse.
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@felixmwmartin This is not a bug, but a feature of American capitalism.
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@felixmwmartin This is a pretty critical point for thinking about the debasement trade. The fiscal deficit shows up as a surplus for the private sector. In effect, the U.S. government is subsidising corporate America.
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The best dollar debasement trade is to do nothing https://t.co/0W0Vu15y9N Spicy take, well argued by @felixmwmartin
reuters.com
Persistent budget deficits have fuelled fears the US will monetise public debt of 114% of GDP. A simple hedge is to switch to currencies of less profligate nations. Yet factor in private borrowing...
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Microsoft Copilot can't even provide basic tech support on *other Microsoft products* without hallucinating fake advice and falling down at the first hurdle. And yet we're expected to believe that AI slop machines are some enormous productivity boost for the global economy?
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Personally if I were the CEO of Intel and had staked the company's future on a new advanced chip, when the time came to give it a catchy name I might go with something other than "Panther Lake" https://t.co/1HYV25gI3F Especially now we have the tools to instantly visualise that
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NEW: Mongolia's sovereign wealth fund is preparing to appoint independent board members, hire external advisers and adopt a transparent investment strategy, its CEO told me on the sidelines of the Milken Institute Asia Summit in Singapore. https://t.co/xYwNSBWNES
reuters.com
Mongolia's sovereign wealth fund is preparing to appoint independent board members, hire external advisers and adopt a transparent investment strategy as the resource-rich nation sets out an ambiti...
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China opened its stock option market to selected foreign investors on Tuesday. The Shanghai bourse said qualified foreign institutional investors will be allowed to trade options for hedging purposes, and can submit applications immediately.
reuters.com
China opened its stock option market to foreign investors on Tuesday, as Beijing steps up efforts to increase the appeal of yuan assets.
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🎸White light, aww tickle me down to three-year lows White heat, I tell you now goodness knows Hmm hmm, White heat Aww global butter everybody gonna go kill their mother 🎶 https://t.co/r6DWmw4Co0
bloomberg.com
As America’s appetite for butter grew over the past few years, the dairy industry turned to cows that produce fattier milk and expanded facilities to meet the demand. They might have gone too far.
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