This writing business. Overrated if you ask me.

Columnist/Editor for @opinion. Based in London. Born in Liverpool. Citizen of the world.

[This writing business. Overrated if you ask me. @ScouseView]

So as well as plaguing y'all's feed with #transitory materiel (and the occasional music tweet) I write for Bloomberg Opinion and here's a link to get my Opinings directement into y'all's inboxes:
https://t.co/h5LqfOJ9E1

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@PPGMacro "He always beats me at Subbuteo...."

[🎸 Rock History 🎸 @historyrock_]

Dolly Parton left her final recorded song locked inside a time capsule at Dollywood to be opened on her 100th birthday (Jan. 19, 2046)

[Paddy Power @paddypower]

It's been a wild time in Chelsea’s transfer department…

18+ GambleAware

[@jason @Jason]

I’m so glad another generation gets to experience this meme ❤️😂😂😂

[Mohamed A. El-Erian @elerianm]

FYI: My thoughts on the recent surge in yields, yesterday’s Treasury buyback announcement, and what’s next.
https://t.co/ufrHXDhhgb
#economy #markets #bonds #yields @nytimes

[This writing business. Overrated if you ask me. @ScouseView]

@EffMktHype Paper like Bessent's punch?

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@deminimismusic I'm just going through his back catalogue. It's lovely.

[This writing business. Overrated if you ask me. @ScouseView]

In Transition, Iain M Banks reckoned eclipses would attract alien tourists: "For all we know, eclipses like this are unique. This could be a phenomenon that happens on Earth and nowhere else..So that's where you look for aliens. In the course of an eclipse totality track.

[Illiquid Nico 🇨🇭🇬🇷 @NicoGladia]

Happy birthday if you celebrate

[This writing business. Overrated if you ask me. @ScouseView]

This on Leverage + Concentration = Situational Awareness go bang... is really interesting: "Even if you had a 60/40 edge on every trade—which nobody has in the stock market—you’ll still go bust if you overbet."

[Jeremy Radcliffe @jradbo]

Our new Epsilon Theory Unplugged series on @Panoptica_ai is🔥. This latest piece by @KrisAbdelmessih on Leo's fall is, unsurprisingly, fantastic. Ken "Mordecai" Griffin, the Kelly Criterion, the perfect murder, & that timeless Achilles' heel, hubris. https://t.co/VzqOPFGnXY

[Jeremy Radcliffe @jradbo]

Our new Epsilon Theory Unplugged series on @Panoptica_ai is🔥. This latest piece by @KrisAbdelmessih on Leo's fall is, unsurprisingly, fantastic. Ken "Mordecai" Griffin, the Kelly Criterion, the perfect murder, & that timeless Achilles' heel, hubris. https://t.co/VzqOPFGnXY

[This writing business. Overrated if you ask me. @ScouseView]

what could possibly go wrong
*SPACEX SINKS 20% BELOW IPO PRICE ERASING $1.2T FROM PEAK VALUE

[This writing business. Overrated if you ask me. @ScouseView]

what a time to be alive
*APPLE SURPASSES $5 TRILLION IN MARKET VALUE FOR FIRST TIME

[Javier Blas @JavierBlas]

CHART OF THE DAY: The Rhine's water level (measured at the chokepoint of Kaub) has fallen to the 2nd lowest in recent history, only above the low point of October 2018. The Kaub **gauge** stands at just 31 centimeters (note zero is not at the riverbed). The 2018 low was 25 cm.

[PPG @PPGMacro]

Spooky. hadn't seen this before my post on China.
A picture is worth a thousand words.

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@notayesmansecon Sure, on new debt. Current 10-year benchmark interest rate is 4.75% tho. Weighted average coupon on entire debt stock is 3.01%, compared with 3.26% for the US...

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@GuidoFawkes 10-year spread to bunds bang in line with three-month average

[OptaJoe @OptaJoe]

2 - Kevin Keegan is the only English player to win the Ballon d'Or on multiple occasions, claiming the title in 1978 & 1979.

Legend.

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@deminimismusic Nah. I'm there. Check out Rick Beato on youtube dissecting Enjoy the Silence
https://t.co/XeXYASL667