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Robin Wigglesworth
@RobinWigg
Editor of @FTAlphaville. Norwegian despite the Harry Potter-esque name. Author of A FABULOUS DEBT and TRILLIONS. Views mine bla bla.
Oslo, Norway
robinwigglesworth.com
Joined July 2009
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Apr 2
    Please prepare yourself for months of shameless self-promotion, mute me on socials, feel free to avoid me in public etc, because my next book — A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World — is now officially available for pre-orders.
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Jul 20, 2022
    He’s aged incredibly well.
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    Guy Walters 🇺🇦 🇻🇪 🇮🇷🇧🇾
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    Jul 19, 2022
    Finland's prime minister in 1922 vs Finland's prime minister in 2022.
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Jan 17, 2020
    This is hilarious. A Norwegian TV programme pitted some professional stock-pickers against an astrologist, some beauty bloggers and - i kid you not - cows shitting in a field. (short thread).
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Jul 11, 2017
    "Luke, you are a high quality person."
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Nov 8, 2022
    Undefeated.
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Mar 5, 2022
    Amazing note from BCA: "The risk of Armageddon has risen dramatically. Stay bullish on stocks over a 12-month horizon."
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Apr 15, 2025
    FT goes hard today.
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Sep 26, 2023
    The world’s oldest living bond, still paying interest after 399 years. 🤩 thanks ⁦@ICE_Markets⁩ and ⁦@NYSE⁩ for letting it out for a day
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Apr 12, 2020
    Morgan Stanley: “While we understand the desire for optimism, we also caution that the US outbreak is far from over. Recovering from this acute period in the outbreak is just the beginning and not the end. We believe the path to re-opening the economy is going to be long.”
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Mar 9, 2021
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Mar 1, 2022
    It's not economic war, it's a "financial special operation in the Donbas".
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    Dmitry Medvedev
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    Mar 1, 2022
    Today, some French minister has said that they declared an economic war on Russia. Watch your tongue, gentlemen! And don’t forget that in human history, economic wars quite often turned into real ones
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Feb 28, 2022
    The Moscow Stock Exchange is shut for now, but Sberbank has a London listing and has just collapsed 74% on opening
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Oct 11, 2022
    Mind blown. The longest-maturity UK government bond has crashed worse than bitcoin over the past year or so. ft.com/content/b3a83b…
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    Robin Wigglesworth
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    Apr 3, 2025
    Well, JPMorgan’s chief economist Bruce Kasman certainly sounds cheery.
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