Hints and tips:
...Along with many others, I thought we’d be mired in a recession with stocks getting a good beating. How wrong we were....
...I want a little rock ’n’ roll touch.” The words Ibsen and rock ’n’ roll don’t usually meet in the same sentence, but Ostermeier does things differently....
...David Stevenson is an active private investor. Email: adventurous@ft.com. Twitter: @advinvestor....
...Next has been scooping up brands in recent years including Joules and taking a majority stake in Reiss and also sells labels including River Island and Barbour....
...In my view that’s deserved at the moment because I’m not sure I’d trust any valuation of a private VC investment based on 2022 numbers or, frankly, even some 2023 figures....
...The grooming staple I’m never without is Terre d’Hermès, which I was first gifted by South African art dealer Michael Stevenson in my late 20s....
...The beauty staple I’m never without is Wet N Wild lipstick in Purty Persimmon. An orange red, not a blue red....
...The grooming staple I’m never without is highly scented Floris soap. When I’m working, I’m often washing my hands, and I like to smell the perfume immediately....
...I’d also highlight Greencoat UK Wind which has a long record of solid cash flows, but trades at a discount of 18 per cent. David Stevenson is an active private investor....
...M-O-U-R-N . . . Tim Hayward Half mourning. M-O-U-R-N-I-N-G....
...Stepping back from the blizzard of data I’m inclined to be wary of the current rally but I’d also note that Japanese equities are undervalued and much more diverse in industry sectors than they used to be...
...I love that Betsey Stevenson found a way to link Ryan Gosling’s hilarious “I’m Just Ken” rendition at the Oscars to male performance in the service economy....
...JPMorgan’s main global markets outlook is also as good as you’d expect from one of the best-staffed research departments on the street. Ceci n’est pas une outlook report, says Man Group. Bonds!...
...I’m good, I’m good. I’m representing the US on the show and you are representing the UK side. Katie MartinAs always. You’ve got like, the whole, like, bandanna with a flag on it and everything....
...“In France, we have an expression: la peur n’évite pas le danger. Being stressed won’t help anything. It’s necessary to keep a sense of perspective,” he says....
...“I’m into this idea of anti-politeness, because we live in a very polite world, so I think [McQueen’s] message is more relevant than ever.”...
...It’s not where you’d want to put your retirement money. Michela TinderaSo in some ways, the memestock mania of 2021 and the penny stock fever of 2024 look similar....
...Cf. raw material n....
...We went from a very smooth kind of R&B to a very cool way of inflecting our rock’n’roll approach.”...
...You get “Christmas in Hollis” by Run-DMC, you get Salt-N-Pepa singing “Santa Baby”, you get “Merry Christmas Baby” by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band....
...What he really wanted to be, according to Hendry, was “the Robert Louis Stevenson of the modern age”....
...As he explained to the Durango Herald, “I’m not at all hooked in any high-tech internets.”...
...There’s a clue on the homepage of Santadi’s website in a box that says “Campaign financed according to EU regulation N. 1308/13”....
...Khushroo N Suntook, co-founder of the orchestra, is a lover of symphonic music and opera, and full of stories about the illustrious musicians he’s met over a long career....
...“Someone had taught me a few chords on the guitar, and I’d buy the magazine as it had all the words. I’d just sit in my room for hours on end learning to play them....
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