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Today’s Spot Markets Live is with Helmholtz, a former sell-side pro with nearly 40 years worth of experience running rates desks at various investment banks. Helmholtz
Business, Econ, Finance: ARK Invest’s Catherine Wood sends an open letter to the Fed, claiming its record-breaking rate rise risks a deflationary spiral. Yields on
When the Bank of England surprised the market with further open market operations earlier this week, The Blind Spot reached out to Helmholtz, a former
As mentioned in Spot Markets Live on Monday, lots of people are talking about this chart tracking Fed remittances to the Treasury. The striking collapse
It is hard to find a worse reaction to a British Budget than the one accorded Kwasi Kwarteng’s “special fiscal operation”. Neil and Jonathan talk to Howard Davies,
Today’s Spot Markets live session is with Anjuli Davies, formerly of the Telegraph and Reuters, Davies’ last posting was as Senior City Editor for the
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What goes up must come down. But must everything that gets privatised eventually be renationalised? In the 1980s, Margaret Thatcher undertook the great privatisation of
Business, Econ and Markets etc: Credit Suisse is reportedly weighing options to attract outside capital to pursue a spinoff advisory and investment banking business. But
The dramatic plunge in sterling and UK gilt prices following Kwarteng’s unsupported tax cuts announcement drew many to radical conclusions. Whether a fatal undermining of
Headlines filled with news of falling currencies and gilts have obscured other (other)worldly developments. We at The Blind Spot aim to redress these ills. On
Today’s Spot Markets live session is with Ben Harrington, the founder and editor of Betaville. Comments from Izabella and Ben that address audience questions have