Robin Wigglesworth
@RobinWigg
Editor of @FTAlphaville and co-host of The Story of Money. Norwegian despite the Harry Potter-esque name. Author of A FABULOUS DEBT and TRILLIONS.
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“Unusually for Musk, he makes a reasonable point but has lowballed the numbers.”
‘Greek finance minister encourages Germany to implement reforms’
Octopus still won’t give investors their money back
Just make us the MPC already.
A Fabulous Debt is out soon, but a reminder that I have a little extra gift chapter for the champs that preorder. Details below.
Happy to say that I have a small but hopefully fun incentive for people that pre-order my new book A Fabulous Debt (a history of the bond market) before it goes on sale — a bonus chapter on the oldest bonds ever traded.
Literal Ur bonds!
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Startup Nscale’s CEO pay nearly matched the FTSE 100 record, because of course it did
How America’s extraordinary attitude to investing — where it is about as much as an expression of personal identity as a means of making money — can be traced back to the titanic Liberty Loan programme of WW1.
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Britons say they’re taking less annual leave. The ONS doesn’t believe them
‘Greek finance minister encourages Germany to implement reforms’
*sad trombone sound*
FT Alphaville’s Art of the Chart show returns 15 October. Tickets are £5, get them here
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A global bond market sell-off is causing serious problems for govts + there is growing nervousness about debt levels.
I talked to the brilliant @RobinWigg to ask how worried we should be and what can be done about it.
(£/free trial)
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Damn. This is the most detailed map of Big AI’s incestuous relationships I’ve seen so far. And it’s interactive!
STW's recent piece in the FT (advocating for a technical fix to the asymmetries that give rise to the basis trade) is also worth a read
"The basis trade exists because of a remarkably uncomplicated balance-sheet need."
2/2
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Sun, stats and suspicious productivity
🚨 SPECIAL BONUS TSOM EPISODE🚨
Here’s the live podcast we recorded at the recent FT Weekend Festival with @davidmcw, where we discussed how Dante Alighieri and James Joyce portrayed finance.
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Happy to say that I have a small but hopefully fun incentive for people that pre-order my new book A Fabulous Debt (a history of the bond market) before it goes on sale — a bonus chapter on the oldest bonds ever traded.
Literal Ur bonds!
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Is now really the time to worry about a new China shock?
Is it time for Eurozone GDP ex-Ireland?
How to fix the brittleness caused by Treasury basis trades
Will be doing this live in less than an hour, so if you’re interested then swing on by. We might have time for questions as well.
🔴 YouTube Live: Robin Wigglesworth & Ramin
Join us as @RobinWigg, editor of FT Alphaville and author of Trillions (with his new book A Fabulous Debt, a history of the bond market, out this month), sits down with Ramin to talk markets, bonds and investing.
📅 9th September 2026 @ 6PM ▶️
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