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  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | John Stepek

    Welcome to the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. I’ve ignored the tariff hokey cokey (in out, in out, shake it all about) so far this week, in favour of more exciting stories about UK pension compulsion and Japanese government bond auctions.

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | John Stepek

    Welcome to the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. A very interesting piece of research crossed my desk from brokers Stifel this morning. It was all about private equity investment trusts. The no-nonsense headline: “Realisations dry up.”

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | John Stepek

    Welcome to the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. I’ve been doing a bit of background research on the US in the late 19th and early 20th centuries for some upcoming financial history episodes of the Merryn Talks Money podcast (sign up now at your local podcast provider — they’re free — so you don’t miss them).

  • 1 week ago | bloomberg.com | John Stepek

    Welcome to the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. Developed world government bond markets are traditionally viewed as the “sensible” end of financial markets.

  • 2 weeks ago | bloomberg.com | John Stepek

    Welcome to the award-winning Money Distilled newsletter. I’m John Stepek. Every week day I look at the biggest stories in markets and economics, and explain what it all means for your money. Before we get started on today’s missive, a mea culpa with regard to yesterday’s piece on platinum. A reader (thank you! You know who you are) informs me that platinum coins were used in Russia, between 1828 and 1845.

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