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    Jamie Powell

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    Jamie Powell wrote for FT Alphaville. He previously worked at education start-up Twig Education.

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    • Tuesday, 3 May, 2022
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    • Wednesday, 27 April, 2022
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      Spec tech continues to get rekt

      There’s simply no hiding for yesteryear’s most popular stonks.

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      Markets
      Further reading

      Commodity margin squeezes; Apollo; d’n’b and much more . . . 

    • Monday, 25 April, 2022
      Decentralised finance
      FTX/ Defi: If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck . . . 

      Sam Bankman-Fried explains “yield-farming” to Bloomberg.

    • Tuesday, 19 April, 2022
      Markets
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      Beanstalk: Belfort; the gig economy and much more . . . 

    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
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      Choppy waters for the semiconductor IP group

      The AlphaWave logo on a smartphone
    • Thursday, 14 April, 2022
      US & Canadian companies
      Elon Musk’s $43bn Twitter offensive

      “Twitter has extraordinary potential.  I will unlock it.”

    • Tuesday, 12 April, 2022
      Markets
      Further reading

      Nuclear; Japan; Spotify and much more . . . 

    • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
      Fund management
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    • Wednesday, 6 April, 2022
      Markets
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    • Tuesday, 5 April, 2022
      Markets
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      Nickel; YIMBYs; the new workday and much more . . . 

    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Hedge funds
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    • Monday, 4 April, 2022
      Elon Musk
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    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Markets
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      FAWUK.

    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      FT AlphavilleUK companies
      Djeco Group: the US Treasury reveals all

      Who knew the US government also loves a spider diagram?

    • Thursday, 31 March, 2022
      US & Canadian companies
      Expensify’s unusual diversity drive

      We’re pretty sure this is a first.

    • Tuesday, 29 March, 2022
      Markets
      Further reading

      Tooze dudes; useful idiots: stagflation and much more . . . 

    • Monday, 28 March, 2022
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      Will Smith; Zelensky; Modelo and much more . . . 

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    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      FT AlphavilleUK companies
      What on Earth is Djeco Group?

      The twisted tale of a Scottish limited partnership that’s been placed on Washington’s trade blacklist.

    • Friday, 25 March, 2022
      Markets
      Thank FAWUK it’s Friday

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    • Tuesday, 22 March, 2022
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      Further reading

      Mariupol; diesel; Terry Smith and much more . . . 

    • Monday, 21 March, 2022
      Markets
      Further reading

      Car parks; Kotkin; the LME and much more . . . 

    • Friday, 18 March, 2022
      Markets
      It’s Friday quiz time

      Don’t FAWUK now.

    • Thursday, 17 March, 2022
      Chumbawamba
      Further reading

      Whales; gas; Chumbawumba and much more . . . 

    • Wednesday, 16 March, 2022
      Markets
      FAWUK: the answers

      The sky is orange. The answers are hard.

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