Japan Bets on Itself. Temasek Goes Maximum AI.
The $1.8 trillion pension signal that moved markets—and the sovereign investor targeting a 15% AI allocation.
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Hormuz is back in your portfolio
A single strait moves oil, LNG, inflation, rates, shipping and defense at once — and it's back. Plus private credit meets its stress test as it's sold into the 401(k), and Temasek maps the AI-and-income barbell.
OpenAI Wants Washington on the Cap Table
A 5% 'donation' to a new U.S. sovereign fund would put the state on the register of your largest holdings. Plus: AMP quits government bonds - and GPIF's Y41.4tn year shows why.
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The discount rate stopped falling · the dollar's best day in a year · Warsh opens the hood
The Fed moved its own 2026 median dot above today's policy rate and put nine officials on record for a hike. For owners of long-duration everything, that is the week. One chart.
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The Strait reopened on paper · the Gulf's $80 problem · the owners keep buying
Brent steadied near $80 while Hormuz transits sit at a tenth of normal. The gap between the priced reopening and the physical one is this week's signal. One chart.
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Warsh drops the playbook · nine dots for a hike · Norway: $68bn saved from Q1
The Warsh Fed held rates, erased the last cut, and nine members now dot a hike this year. The world's largest fund just recovered $68bn from its Q1 rout. One chart.
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Warsh's first test: the dots the market doesn't believe
Warsh's first Fed decision lands tomorrow and the bond market is already fading the dots. Oil is back to $80, sovereign money now sets the price, plus today's chart and scenario.
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Warsh inherits 4.2% inflation — and collapsing oil
Warsh's first Fed meeting, oil's round trip, and CalPERS rewrites the rules — plus today's scenario and chart.
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AI's real bottleneck is power | Jun 14
Data-centre demand doubles to ~945 TWh by 2030. The universal owner sits on every side of it.
Institutional Investing
What Is Fiduciary Capitalism?
Fiduciary capitalism names the era when pension funds, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional investors became the dominant owners of the global economy — and what that means for governance, stewardship, and accountability.
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Pension funds call SpaceX 'reckless.' The index will make them buy it anyway
SpaceX's governance revolt, the first fund to walk away, and the $20 billion pressure valve in private credit — plus one chart.
Universal Ownership
Universal Ownership Theory, Explained
When an investor owns a slice of everything, one company's externalities become another holding's costs. The idea that reframed how the world's largest funds think about risk.
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