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Inside France’s courtship of Binance

State-endorsed blockchain awareness courses and NFT diplomas: how France’s unemployed are pushed into crypto

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US interest rates

Sorry, how many rate cuts did you say are priced for next year?

Hint: More than there were one week ago

Public relations

Note to Investis clients: Tesco does not request that you go f*** yourself

Strong, relatable, and authentic new comms strategy just dropped

Investing in funds

It’s 2023 and fund managers still suck

Passive passes active ahead of the ETF Christmas sales

The deflation of ‘greenflation’

I like it, I’m not gonna crack

And the winner is . . .

FTAV’s further reading

Student loans; dollar dominance; OpenAI; value investing; Israeli stock ETFs; Sellafield; motherhood; and weird YouTube

US & Canadian companies

Corporate cash chartfest

Breaking it down six different ways

Eurozone inflation

Inflation keeps surprising on the downside

The heat is off

Tesla’s article-to-Cybertruck delivery ratio currently stands at 219 to 1

Meme for sale, no previous owners

Commercial property

Colliding with CRE’s maturity wall

Investment research

Year-ahead investment outlook note or ChatGPT? Take the quiz

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