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Robin Wigglesworth

Alphaville editor

Robin Wigglesworth is Alphaville editor.

He was previously the FT's global finance correspondent, US markets editor, deputy head of fastFT, capital markets correspondent, and Gulf correspondent.

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  • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
    European equities
    #EUROBOOM

    European stock markets have further to rally, argues GS

  • Thursday, 2 February, 2023
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    Solvency theatre; lying ChatGPT; the mirage of active success; and the “inane, moronic, irrational, exploding human appendix ****show that is the debt ceiling”

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    Blackstone Real Estate Income Trust
    BREIT only met a quarter of January’s redemption requests

    Withdrawals have almost trebled since October

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    FT Alphaville
    Bill Gates loves trash

    A big $28bn bet on a dirty future

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    Investments
    This is a really trashy rally

    The flight to shite

  • Wednesday, 1 February, 2023
    FT Alphaville
    Further Reading

    Patti Smith on Tom Verlaine; horny rhinos; the end of M&A stars; and Diana, Princess of Wales’s Eagles jacket.

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    Share buybacks
    European de-equitisation comes of age

    Well done everyone, trebles all round

  • Tuesday, 31 January, 2023
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    Billy McFarland, management consultant; Citadel’s powerlifting risk chief; the last mustard maker of Dijon

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Markets volatility
    The “broken” Vix

    What’s up with the down volatility index?

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Asset allocation
    Passive owners, active lobbyists?

    It’s not what you pay, it’s what you own

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    Global Economy
    Industrial policy is so hot right now

    Lord make me a free-marketer, but not yet

  • Monday, 30 January, 2023
    FT Alphaville
    Further reading

    Adani’s full response; Marie Kondo gives up; lycanthronomics‚ wealth taxes and an exhaustive taxonomy of the font of Dune

  • Friday, 27 January, 2023
    Cryptocurrencies
    Apparently, crypto vending machines are a priority

    Ted Cruz is the worst

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Equities
    Arm should have cake and eat it

    Dual listing FTW

  • Wednesday, 25 January, 2023
    Exchange traded funds
    Off-exchange traded funds

    The lit liquidity erosion

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    US banks
    Investment bankmageddon

    More doughnuts than a Dunkin’s

  • Monday, 23 January, 2023
    Hedge funds
    RIP the cult of the Tiger cub

    Et tu, Lone Pine?

  • Sunday, 22 January, 2023
    Exchange traded funds
    Happy 30th birthday to the ETF*

    Lookin’ good

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Investing in funds
    Super passive goes ballistic; active is atrocious

    We’re sure next year will be different though

  • Thursday, 19 January, 2023
    Japanese government bonds
    Dissecting the big bad Japanese bond bid

    Trouble ahead?

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Artificial intelligence
    An AI just passed a university exam (but don’t panic: it was only economics)

    Skynet hits the books

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Japanese government bonds
    Bank of Japan DGAF

    Still, keep an eye on the Japanese bond bid

  • Wednesday, 18 January, 2023
    Sovereign bonds
    Brady bonds 2.0

    Can it work though?

  • Tuesday, 17 January, 2023
    US quantitative easing
    RIP ample reserve era?

    US banks are hitting the discount window again

  • Monday, 16 January, 2023
    Hedge funds
    Tiger Global’s hot potato trade

    The chips are down, but at least chips are up

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