Mathis Richtmann
@nullnein.bsky.social
reporter DW Business with a special interest in money and abstract stuff; opinion obvsl. own, (he/him)
🖥 https://mathis.lol/
🖥 https://mathis.lol/
Exhibit A, prediction markets add no predictability.
June 25, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Exhibit A, prediction markets add no predictability.
June 23, 2025 at 11:19 PM
Today had new rare earth export data out. The US suffered the most decline in supplies in May.
But Germany's supplies of magnets -- the main product from rare earths -- were slashed in half in both April and again in May.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
But Germany's supplies of magnets -- the main product from rare earths -- were slashed in half in both April and again in May.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
June 20, 2025 at 7:58 AM
Today had new rare earth export data out. The US suffered the most decline in supplies in May.
But Germany's supplies of magnets -- the main product from rare earths -- were slashed in half in both April and again in May.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
But Germany's supplies of magnets -- the main product from rare earths -- were slashed in half in both April and again in May.
www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
omg Steve needs money badly
June 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
omg Steve needs money badly
The AI summary misrepresented ECB president Lagarde in this Bloomberg story.
I wonder it it was ECB press people supervising that AI.
I wonder it it was ECB press people supervising that AI.
June 5, 2025 at 5:35 PM
The AI summary misrepresented ECB president Lagarde in this Bloomberg story.
I wonder it it was ECB press people supervising that AI.
I wonder it it was ECB press people supervising that AI.
Professional forecasters are chill, though.
June 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Professional forecasters are chill, though.
US consumer inflation expectations 5-year unhinged -- highest long-term figure since 1991.
June 2, 2025 at 10:57 AM
US consumer inflation expectations 5-year unhinged -- highest long-term figure since 1991.
One problem with reporting on US policy: You have to decipher how far removed a seeming decision is from the president to give a sense for how final a decision is.
Like this one from the US Trade Representative: Requires a disclaimer.
Like this one from the US Trade Representative: Requires a disclaimer.
June 2, 2025 at 8:25 AM
One problem with reporting on US policy: You have to decipher how far removed a seeming decision is from the president to give a sense for how final a decision is.
Like this one from the US Trade Representative: Requires a disclaimer.
Like this one from the US Trade Representative: Requires a disclaimer.
So what‘s Ghana and Morocco‘s story?
June 1, 2025 at 12:29 PM
So what‘s Ghana and Morocco‘s story?
From simple chart analysis you could say the dollar and yields track again recently, just at a widening US risk premium.
Dollar’s correlation with Treasury yields breaks down:
on.ft.com/3Z91JaS
Dollar’s correlation with Treasury yields breaks down:
on.ft.com/3Z91JaS
June 1, 2025 at 7:30 AM
From simple chart analysis you could say the dollar and yields track again recently, just at a widening US risk premium.
Dollar’s correlation with Treasury yields breaks down:
on.ft.com/3Z91JaS
Dollar’s correlation with Treasury yields breaks down:
on.ft.com/3Z91JaS
Radwege werden über alle Mobilitätskategorien hinweg am schlechtesten bewertet. Sind Radfahrende die anspruchsvollsten Verkehrsteilnehmenden?
Nicht-repräsentative Umfrage im @tagesspiegel.de
Nicht-repräsentative Umfrage im @tagesspiegel.de
May 29, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Radwege werden über alle Mobilitätskategorien hinweg am schlechtesten bewertet. Sind Radfahrende die anspruchsvollsten Verkehrsteilnehmenden?
Nicht-repräsentative Umfrage im @tagesspiegel.de
Nicht-repräsentative Umfrage im @tagesspiegel.de
Yea weird twist: Elon Musk’s xAI pays to offer its „service“ to Telegram users — not the other way around.
May 28, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Yea weird twist: Elon Musk’s xAI pays to offer its „service“ to Telegram users — not the other way around.
Imagine: Only two and half years ago, this country debated whether to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.
May 27, 2025 at 6:49 AM
Imagine: Only two and half years ago, this country debated whether to send Leopard 2 battle tanks to Ukraine.
Who just got burned? TMTG=Trump Media & Technology Group
May 27, 2025 at 6:42 AM
Who just got burned? TMTG=Trump Media & Technology Group
Story continues to argue that Germany is structurally more expensive than European peers now—possibly down to a lack of competition.
The only exception: Germany is cheapest on Coca-Cola and relatively low on Nutella.
The only exception: Germany is cheapest on Coca-Cola and relatively low on Nutella.
May 24, 2025 at 8:20 AM
Story continues to argue that Germany is structurally more expensive than European peers now—possibly down to a lack of competition.
The only exception: Germany is cheapest on Coca-Cola and relatively low on Nutella.
The only exception: Germany is cheapest on Coca-Cola and relatively low on Nutella.
Great story comparing food prices in Europe: Barilla pasta is up to 31% more expensive in Germany — where are the arbitrageurs driving pasta over the borders?? Is efficient market theory wrong??
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
May 24, 2025 at 8:18 AM
Great story comparing food prices in Europe: Barilla pasta is up to 31% more expensive in Germany — where are the arbitrageurs driving pasta over the borders?? Is efficient market theory wrong??
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/art...
Man muss jedoch sagen, die Modellannahme bzgl der Verteidigungsausgaben schon sehr konservativ ist -- also die "stärkste Armee" Europas klappt damit eher nicht...
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Man muss jedoch sagen, die Modellannahme bzgl der Verteidigungsausgaben schon sehr konservativ ist -- also die "stärkste Armee" Europas klappt damit eher nicht...
Chinese CMOC overtook Glencore as the largest cobalt producer in 2024.
Great story on the diplomatic gamble the Congo is trying to play to get US support for access to minerals.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Great story on the diplomatic gamble the Congo is trying to play to get US support for access to minerals.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
May 22, 2025 at 7:31 AM
Chinese CMOC overtook Glencore as the largest cobalt producer in 2024.
Great story on the diplomatic gamble the Congo is trying to play to get US support for access to minerals.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Great story on the diplomatic gamble the Congo is trying to play to get US support for access to minerals.
🎁 www.bloomberg.com/features/202...
Buried deep in the text: Data centers are set up in regions with a lot of renewable energy -- particularly solar. But that means they're increasingly set up in areas with water stress (water, that is used for cooling).
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
May 8, 2025 at 11:37 AM
Buried deep in the text: Data centers are set up in regions with a lot of renewable energy -- particularly solar. But that means they're increasingly set up in areas with water stress (water, that is used for cooling).
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Beyond the "buy the dip" advice, @investingcom.bsky.social suggests to definitely stell the DAX right now.
I hope their AI has better ideas.
I hope their AI has better ideas.
April 7, 2025 at 12:34 PM
Beyond the "buy the dip" advice, @investingcom.bsky.social suggests to definitely stell the DAX right now.
I hope their AI has better ideas.
I hope their AI has better ideas.
March 29, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Dieser Screenshot reicht eben nicht mehr um die Lage zu beschreiben.
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trum...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trum...
March 29, 2025 at 6:43 PM
Dieser Screenshot reicht eben nicht mehr um die Lage zu beschreiben.
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trum...
www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/trum...
What happened from 2022 to 2023 that the US started buying Venezuelan oil?
March 24, 2025 at 8:59 PM
What happened from 2022 to 2023 that the US started buying Venezuelan oil?
March 23, 2025 at 10:00 PM
It's the beginning of spring and here's a service post on how your sunlight situation in Berlin is going to change in the next couple of weeks.
joe-antognini.github.io/astronomy/da...
joe-antognini.github.io/astronomy/da...
March 20, 2025 at 9:08 AM
It's the beginning of spring and here's a service post on how your sunlight situation in Berlin is going to change in the next couple of weeks.
joe-antognini.github.io/astronomy/da...
joe-antognini.github.io/astronomy/da...