Good morning from #Germany, where the stock market has completely decoupled itself from the real economy. After the rally over 12,000 points, the German stock index Dax is valued at a P/E of 20, highest level since the dot-com bubble at the turn of the century.

I get that the Conservative Gov wants to seem like hardline negotiators.. But what power is there in cutting the only tie that held the catapult from projecting the UK and its economy into uncertainty and unfavourable WTO rules? 🤦‍♂️

Mildly annoying that every correspondent on BBC News (UK) ends their package by saying "BBC News".. We know! 🤯

Getting the priorities straight 🇬🇧 🍻

By far the best thread highlighting the ignorance and denial that stems from lies upon lies by the Brexit campaign. Just tragic.

Johnson and Cummings: A Timeline of Failure (Part One) Location: Barnard Castle (Sound on - thanks to @GavinEsler for narration)

English pubs packed with feature writers nursing one pint

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So when will the brokers allow trading in the banned stocks again: when hedge funds cover their shorts?

The GameStop uprising could mark the end of an era for public short selling. From Citron to Carson Block, bears are pulling in their reins. Supporters say they serve to police markets, uprooting fraud. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…

When the ed teams at most mainstream financial publications have nothing on the deck for the day: news.sky.com/story/tesla-bo…

Prime Broker: Retail investors are violating the rules. They organize on Reddit and are taking risks they don't know how to manage. Same Prime Broker: Give this HF $50B of credit. What could go wrong?!?!

Someone should put "Alex10966" in front of a microphone to speak these hard hitting perspectives in front of a bigger crowd than the comment section of the FT.

Last week saw some exciting scoops by me and the team. One of them was large cap Nordic PE fund #EQT getting only "underwhelming" bids for a c. 30% stake on offer in #GlobalConnectCarrier, leading to a process halt while other options are considered. mergermarket.com/intelligence/v…