Hints and tips:
...Much, much nicer than sad stretches of concrete or just a tad too many tiles....
...Functional, durable and just a tad offbeat, these 21st-century reworkings have an individual, even edgy quality to them. And don’t feel you have to stick with plain blue or camel....
...I’m also a fan of D Porthault’s patterned bed linens. Founded in 1920, the company’s collections are inspired by nature and my favourite is its Bois de Moiré design....
...Roll forward and the S&P is now a smidgen above my selling price again, so I’m looking a tad less clever....
...BlackRock thinks even Preqin’s outlook might be a tad pessimistic, and recently predicted that the industry would hit $3.5tn by then....
...Much less than you’d think! Of the many levers at the BoJ’s disposal, adjustments to yield-curve control and negative interest rate policy would seem to be the most important....
...I was dubious and a tad overwhelmed at first, but even managed to fall asleep while she struck a metal bowl just centimetres from my head....
...But I’d already written about buying bonds in December and things were looking rosy. Inflation was moderating around the world....
...Craig D’allen regrets having to decline functions. “We’d like to be doing more covers than we are.”...
...I’d also observe that not all Japanese stocks behave in the same way....
...But mostly because I actually think that the dominant importance of IB is a tad overstated. Sure, it is central to the Bloomberg terminal sales pitch....
...Possibly that, but I also worry it is a tad obscure — for example it also has another spelling, zabaione....
...As an investor I’d welcome a tad more intrusion — if not from regulators....
...I’d rather have bought some US government bonds when I wrote about them in December. With banks, on the other hand, the timing feels nice....
...It sounds a tad flippant but speaks to the cruelty with which women at the top of any social or financial pile are judged by everyone, but in particular by their peers....
...Long-run equity returns are a tad below this, so it might not seem ambitious. But we are coming off a multi-decade bull market, valuations are still rich and the world is facing crises aplenty....
...Even the most head-banging Conservatives concede that four prime ministers in two years looks a tad dysfunctional. George ParkerOnly three, if you count Boris doing it....
...Pretty much what you’d expect....
...Breakfast in the Mar Mía restaurant is an elegantly presented set Continental menu (you choose how you’d like your eggs). Later on they serve tapas and mainly seafood and rice dishes....
...“Years ago I’d have suggested Paul Newman.” Ernest Shackleton was all about discovery. And today, nothing feels quite so novel as the solitude found in the icy wilderness....
...But about $240bn of Meta market value does not vaporise in a few hours simply because quarterly numbers are a tad disappointing....
...If anyone can come up with a reason that an average person should be allowed to own a large-capacity ammo, concealable weapon like this, I’d love to hear it....
...While this route is a tad boring, it’s a good ice-breaking long-distance run....
...I still collect, pieces that I’d want to live with. Art starts with an empty canvas, maybe we can relate that back to an empty piece of land....
...Her hoodie and T-shirts have already been retired to the back of her wardrobe — she was sick of looking at them, and wished she’d bought more muted iterations....
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