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The $16 Billion Kuwait Pipeline Deal: Private Capital Signs a 20-Year Bet Mid-Conflict
Blackstone, Brookfield and KKR have signed a $16 billion, 20.5-year lease-and-leaseback covering Kuwait’s crude pipelines: the largest foreign investment in Kuwaiti history, signed mid-conflict. Inside…
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UK Property Investment Under Prime Minister Burnham: The New Policy Premium
A new Prime Minister with the most interventionist housing agenda in decades meets a gilt market at year-to-date highs. How Burnham’s policies reshape UK property…
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US Forced Labour Tariffs: A 10 to 12.5 Per Cent Duty on 99 Per Cent of Imports
New US forced labour tariffs of 10 to 12.5 per cent hit 60 trading partners on 24 July 2026, covering 99 per cent of imports.…
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Intel Q2 2026 Earnings: The Fastest Growth in 15 Years Lands in a Bear Market
Intel’s Q2 2026 earnings beat consensus by $1.7 billion with the fastest revenue growth since 2011, landing in the middle of a semiconductor bear market.…
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The ECB’s Hawkish Hold: Rates Stay at 2.25 Per Cent With September Live
The ECB held its deposit rate at 2.25 per cent on 23 July, six weeks after its first hike since 2023. With inflation at 2.8…
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Tesla Q2 2026 Earnings: Record Revenue, a One-Third Profit Miss, and an Inverted Investment Case
Tesla printed record revenue of $28.2 billion and record deliveries, then missed earnings by a third as margins collapsed to 16.8 per cent. Inside the…
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Alphabet’s $205 Billion Capex: The Quarter the AI Build-Out Turned Cash Flow Negative
Alphabet beat on revenue with Cloud up 82 per cent, raised 2026 capex to as much as $205 billion, and printed its first negative free…
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Credit Spreads at Record Tights: The 74 Basis Point Question
US investment grade spreads sit at 74 basis points, the first percentile of twenty years, in a summer of oil war and hike debates. Inside…
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The Invisible Blockade: War-Risk Insurance Is Repricing the Strait of Hormuz
War-risk insurance for a Hormuz transit has risen 1,900 per cent while Brent gained 30. Transits have halved with no fleet blockading the strait. Inside…
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UK Gilt Yields Above 5%: The Bond Market Greets Prime Minister Burnham
Andy Burnham became the UK’s seventh prime minister in a decade and the 10-year gilt moved back above 5 per cent within hours. Inside the…