Always fun to join Katie and Rob on the Unhedged podcast!

FT comments are so worth the price of the subscription. This was under my piece on the vintage champagne market: Struggling vintage champagne market begins to fizz again - as.ft.com/r/889386e5-7... via @FT

Emerging markets are not the exotic, risky bets they once were. on.ft.com/4mQV26r

I feel like there’s two “25 years ago”s and one of them is the year 2000 where we had like computers and the internet and email and shit and the other one “25 years ago” is a mixture of 1978 and somewhere around 1800

Excellent on the quiet rivalries between museums.

Total assets held in tokenised Treasury products are booming this year. Investors pile into tokenised Treasury funds - on.ft.com/4nAS8E0 via @FT

FT Wealth is out in today’s paper, with a fresh redesign and fabulous stories, from India’s Instagram prince to the chances of a billionaire tax. You can read all the stories here too www.ft.com/ft-wealth

Bond vigilantes need not patrol in Argentina. Trump ally Milei issues popular international bond which is offered in dollars but pays in pesos. on.ft.com/4dJ99Yq

Strange times in the crude market. Here's my take for @alphaville Oil’s gone weird - enterprise-sharing.ft.com/redeem/e9dc4... via @FT

“It’s their getaway money” Great piece from @marymcd.bsky.social and @emdunks.bsky.social UK wealth managers say American clients are moving money to Britain - on.ft.com/4i2PXoM via @FT

USA, USA, USA!

pffft 31% tariffs on Switzerland… bad news. they’re still not moving the Patek atelier from Plan-les-Ouates to Michigan

2010s Trump tariffs: Vietnam and Malaysia become third countries of choice for rerouting exports to the US. 2020s Trump tariffs: Er… the UK and Brazil?

Gold Standard? It's the non-standard practices that squeeze prices up. Gold’s triangular trade booms under threat of Trump tariffs - on.ft.com/4kPTwkL via @FT

Global vineyard values tumble as falling wine consumption hits industry—Wine producers are battling shifting tastes, with younger generations increasingly opting for different beverages or shunning alcohol altogether. www.ft.com/content/8cb9... @lexiter.ft.com @financial-times.bsky.social

No lingering over a few starters allowed! Top London restaurants adopt minimum spend to deter bots and influencers - on.ft.com/4kaGttZ via @FT

Really, this about a perceived Fed put option. The notion that interest rates are high enough to be slashed in a crisis: on.ft.com/42NABAM

Some people fear volatility, while others embrace it. How investors can harness Trump-induced volatility - on.ft.com/3Q7ye49 via @FT

What’s behind the boom in car parking charge tickets? on.ft.com/4gCAbAB

I marvelled at the crystalline voice of Tamara Lindemann, lead singer of The Weather Station, last night at @roughtraderecords.bsky.social in Shoreditch.

Iran sent into space its heaviest-ever payload using the Simorgh carrier rocket including an advanced module for transferring satellites to higher-altitude orbits, state television reported reut.rs/49nuLqO

Boy, this is a popular subject! Had a lot of reads for my story on CFA exams on.ft.com/4fRW8vT

A fast growing industry is now struggling. The English winemakers pressed by Budget tax changes - on.ft.com/3Zc2JtR via @FT

They're hardly has beens. Great show from Been Stellar at @scalaio.bsky.social.

A wonderfully bananas Lex note on the newly polished status of cryptocurrency. Bitcoin and bananas add a new twist to conspicuous consumption - on.ft.com/4i59w0X via @FT

Bluesky now has over 10 million users, and I was #2,970,909!

Not every Budget deserves oohs and aahs, but this one did. on.ft.com/4hnC0CV