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When trying to pick a stock to achieve alpha and find absolute returns, regardless of market movements, you would look for indicator misgivings that do not truly reflect the intrinsic value of a stock. You would need to search for an opportunity where the street-wide view is wrong, and accordingly sustain a variant view, and…
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Hedge funds sit on the buy-side of the financial services industry, which also pertains to asset managers, pension funds, private equity firms. Their mission is on a futile level to buy securities and to invest capital to generate returns for clients. Whereas on the sell-side, the entities are financial institutions, such as investment banks, elite…
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Washington has a track record of being the largest spender on defence globally, accounting to 36% of outlays in 2025. In 2025 the global defence spending was $2.63 trillion, a $15 billion increase from 2024. The FT reported yesterday that the IISS has provided data that the US defence expenses are easing down, but the…
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Blue Owl Capital is a leading US asset management firm, founded on the back of a merger in 2020, consisting of Dyal Capital founded in 2010, and Owl Rock Capital Group founded in 2016. Blue Owl specialises in private credit, GP stakes, and real assets, with $307 billion AUM, just about half of these assets…
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On the cusp of this past weekend, the US Supreme court announced the Liberation day tariffs from earlier on in the year – which were deemed reciprocal repercussions – lacked the judicial oversight in which to enact. Trump has in rebuttal, to what he purports to be a punitive degradation, over the course of the…
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The Office for National Statistics (ONS) reported today that the UK inflation has fallen to 3% for January, down from 3.4% in December. The ONS believes this surge was caused by the cheaper cost of motor fuels and airfares, as well as a stabilising cost of meat prices. UK overall unemployment has risen to 5.2%,…
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Since Liberation Day in April 2025, Silver has been on an uncharacteristic winning streak. A forgotten asset, barely teetering above $30 dollars per ounce for the past 5 years, liberation day caused a ruckus in this trend, and saw its price accelerating – even screaming past 120 dollars per ounce in the last few days…
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GDP Growth: 1.4% (Nov 2025) R.GDP: $3.96 trillion (2025) GDP per Capita: $56,661 (2025) Quarterly GDP: 0.1% (Q4 2025) Inflation: 3.4% (Dec 2025) Base Rate: 3.75% Market Expectation for base rate, year-end 2026: 3.25% CPI: 3.4% (Dec 2025) Core CPI: 3.2% (Dec 2025) CPI Monthly Change: 0.4% (Dec 2025) RPI: 4.2% (Dec 202%) National Unemployment…
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The Secured Overnight Financing Rate (SOFR) replaced the London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) in the UK on June 30th, 2023. The LIBOR rate was a formal benchmark that had been established since 1986. It was the average short-term interest rate between banks, which was calculated each day by the Intercontinental Exchange (ICE). The methodological calculation…
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A colloquialism floating around recently is one touted as ‘sell America’. This is in line with the growing assertion around dollar debasement. The New York Times has reported ‘Sell America’ is in itself a new buzz trade, with investing.com purporting this rhetoric ‘will define 2026’. Analysing this sell America narrative is paramount; Bloomberg has dubbed…
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