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Writer of Streetwise column in the Wall Street Journal www.wsj.com/streetwise Here for FinTwit c. 2012. Ex FT

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Why the Global Elite Gave Up on Spelling and Grammar From Epstein’s associates to Jack Dorsey to David Ellison, the rich and powerful share a seeming disregard for proper English.

From Epstein’s associates to Jack Dorsey to David Ellison, the rich and powerful share a seeming disregard for proper English. on.wsj.com/4cGOmX0

11.03.2026 09:31 👍 14 🔁 7 💬 1 📌 4

But are savings enough to cover the capex depreciation? Maybe when discount rate was lower (though probably not), maybe when gas prices were at initial Russia attack levels (though probably not).

11.03.2026 09:31 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
FT Wilshire 5000 Index Series The FT Wilshire 5000 Index Series is a comprehensive, float adjusted measure of the U.S. stock market, designed to reflect the performance of all U.S. equity securities that have readily available pri...

@robinwigglesworth.ft.com you misnamed the "FT Wilshire 5000"

FT Wilshire 5000 Index Series www.wilshireindexes.com/products/ft-...

11.03.2026 09:28 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I think you've misunderstood how this whole social media thing works

09.03.2026 21:28 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Stock Market Today: Oil Slips Below $100 as G-7 Stands Ready to Tap Reserves — Live Updates Live updates on markets and the top finance, economics and business stories. Plus the latest on oil prices, the Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq as conflict in the Middle East unfolds.

Read between the lines for the drama of today's trading

www.wsj.com/livecoverage...

09.03.2026 21:13 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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When Is a War Not a War? When Congress Is Involved Plus, rising gas prices pile Iran war pressure on Trump, and different indexes are painting different pictures about inflation

Ask members of Congress if the U.S. is at war with Iran, and suddenly a reticence to use the word “war” appears.

Read more in today’s WSJ Politics Newsletter.

09.03.2026 13:59 👍 16 🔁 10 💬 6 📌 2

Really an 8.327 gallon hat, in real gallons

09.03.2026 11:42 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Come on, 158.99 litres. Also, note it's 35 proper gallons, only 42 of those tiny US gallons

09.03.2026 11:37 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Also, is the guy modelling the tie an intern at GS?

09.03.2026 10:38 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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09.03.2026 10:34 👍 222 🔁 36 💬 2 📌 0

What on earth is that?

09.03.2026 10:33 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Seems like a lot of UK political panic on here about energy prices. True, they are up a lot. Really, a lot: gas prices have **doubled** in a week. But at €62/mwh European benchmark is not (yet?) anywhere close to Russia-Ukraine: peak >€350 in 2022

09.03.2026 10:32 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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Financial market participants dragging themselves to the office:

09.03.2026 08:32 👍 724 🔁 136 💬 9 📌 4

Kwarteng redeploying his financial genius: "its shares have fallen by almost a third since it revealed in early November that it would hoard bitcoin."

09.03.2026 10:04 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Yeah but remember the baseline is Buffy the Vampire Slayer, not Mad Men

08.03.2026 12:08 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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What the Markets Are Telling Us About the War in the Gulf Preparing for what comes next involves more than just investors’ interpretation of how Iranian drones or White House rhetoric will feed through into oil prices.

Latest Streetwise on the week's market moves: terms of trade shock + deleveraging

www.wsj.com/finance/stoc...

08.03.2026 11:28 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Why the Oil Shock Probably Won’t Derail the Economy. And One Way It Might. The U.S. is a net petroleum exporter and productivity is improving, but the bigger risk is stubborn inflation.

www.wsj.com/economy/why-...

08.03.2026 11:27 👍 6 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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Americans Are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive federal campaign to detain and demonize dissenters.

Must read

www.wsj.com/us-news/immi...

08.03.2026 11:06 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1
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Lindsey Graham’s Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran Few others in the president’s ear argued for the attack as effectively as South Carolina’s senior senator.

www.wsj.com/politics/pol...

07.03.2026 17:55 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Cool!

07.03.2026 13:44 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Talked to someone the other day who still has a BBC Micro on hand as a piece of vital software was written on it...

07.03.2026 13:20 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

I still have at least four of them! I don't see the trusty Nokia brick in there, have that too though.

07.03.2026 13:19 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The Ultimate Fashion Crime for Finance Bros? Dressing Better Than the Boss A glossy magazine spread featuring junior bankers sparked backlash on Wall Street, where ‘little wee VPs are not allowed to flex.’

A glossy magazine spread featuring junior bankers sparked backlash on Wall Street, where ‘little wee VPs are not allowed to flex.’ on.wsj.com/4szI5Ry

07.03.2026 12:03 👍 22 🔁 6 💬 4 📌 6

My mad skillz

07.03.2026 09:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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a young boy is playing golf on a green ALT: a young boy is playing golf on a green
07.03.2026 09:50 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Christopher Harborne has cemented Reform’s status as a mo... New political donation rules won’t stop him giving as much as he likes

In the second half of 2025, one man accounted for almost 40% of all money donated to political parties in the UK: a crypto-billionaire who lives in Thailand.

Britain desperately needs to rewrite its party funding rules.
observer.co.uk/news/the-sen...

06.03.2026 18:47 👍 634 🔁 283 💬 20 📌 19

By spoiling a nice walk?

07.03.2026 09:46 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says The default rate among U.S. corporate borrowers of private credit rose to a record 9.2% in 2025, ​according to a report Friday by credit rating agency ‌Fitch Ratings.

US private credit defaults hit record 9.2% in 2025, Fitch says reut.rs/4b4JWXm

06.03.2026 21:35 👍 295 🔁 131 💬 11 📌 31

Someone's getting absolutely creamed on the WTI-Brent spread. But how it fits with the dollar *falling* or sterling suddenly being a haven on a Friday afternoon I couldn't tell you

06.03.2026 18:16 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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The World Is Full of GPS Dead Zones. Here’s What Comes Next. The proliferation of cheap, powerful GPS jammers has airline operators, shipping firms and militaries alike scrambling for alternatives.

Quick thread on electronic warfare and how conflicts proliferating all over the world -- including Iran -- have quickly become ALL our problems, because electromagnetic waves do not respect borders:

1. GPS Is Becoming a Casualty of War - Here's What Comes Next

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www.wsj.com/tech/gps-jam...

06.03.2026 18:09 👍 50 🔁 27 💬 1 📌 7