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Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Big Tech spent like demand is guaranteed. The moat has moved.

Aug 4, 2026

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7 min read

Big Tech spent like demand is guaranteed. The moat has moved.

Market Watch: Tuesday 4th August 2026

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+5

Alphabet grew revenue 24% and lost about $300 billion

Jul 28, 2026

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11 min read

Alphabet grew revenue 24% and lost about $300 billion

The AI market has stopped grading the size of the bet. It is asking where the revenue, margin and cash come back.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+6

Market Watch | Week of 21 July 2026

Jul 21, 2026

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17 min read

Market Watch | Week of 21 July 2026

Chip stocks fell 20% and everyone blamed China. The prediction markets didn't budge. Here's what Friday was really pricing, plus what a golf shop exit taught me about revenue.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Market Watch | Week of 14 July 2026

Jul 14, 2026

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19 min read

Market Watch | Week of 14 July 2026

On Tuesday the market reacts to June's inflation and five big banks at once. Both are looking backwards. The thing that moves the next number, oil, just reversed. Let me walk you through the gap.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Market Watch | Week of 7 July 2026

Jul 7, 2026

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12 min read

Market Watch | Week of 7 July 2026

The market this week was moved by plumbing, not opinion. SpaceX's forced-buying machine, the trillion-pound stablecoin fight for your deposits, and why the crypto bottom isn't in yet.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Market Watch | Week of 30 June 2026

Jun 30, 2026

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13 min read

Market Watch | Week of 30 June 2026

The bloke who swore he'd never sell, sold. That's the whole story.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Market Watch | Week of 23 June 2026

Jun 23, 2026

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14 min read

Market Watch | Week of 23 June 2026

Oil kept falling. Then the Fed raised its inflation forecast anyway, a Prime Minister resigned, and the easing everyone has been pricing got a lot harder to deliver.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Market Watch | Week of 15 June 2026

Jun 16, 2026

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11 min read

Market Watch | Week of 15 June 2026

The worst inflation print in three years landed, and the market threw a party anyway. Let me walk you through why, and the one caveat I don't want to bury.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+3

Market Watch | Week of 8 June 2026

Jun 9, 2026

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12 min read

Market Watch | Week of 8 June 2026

The Receipt Got Read. The Tape Reacted. Now Comes The Print.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+5

Market Watch — Week of 1 June 2026

Jun 2, 2026

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12 min read

Market Watch — Week of 1 June 2026

The bubble has a receipt. The print decides the timing.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+2

Market Watch — Week of 25 May 2026

May 26, 2026

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20 min read

Market Watch — Week of 25 May 2026

The peace trade without a peace deal. Eight weeks up, and the tape looks tired.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+2

Market Watch — Week of 18 May 2026

May 19, 2026

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26 min read

Market Watch — Week of 18 May 2026

Brent broke $109. CPI broke 3.8%. Warsh broke 50. The top is nearly in, and the book is positioned for the drop.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Market Watch — Week of 11 May 2026

May 12, 2026

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23 min read

Market Watch — Week of 11 May 2026

Last week Trump called Iranian missile attacks "just a love tap." This week he called Iran’s response "TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE."

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe
Market Watch — Week of 4th May 2026

May 5, 2026

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22 min read

Market Watch — Week of 4th May 2026

The Records Held All Week. Then Iran Hit Fujairah on the Bank Holiday.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+4

Market Watch — Week of 27 April 2026

Apr 28, 2026

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15 min read

Market Watch — Week of 27 April 2026

The S&P hit 7,165. The UK hit 3.3%. Bitcoin rolled over into the weekend. Records, weakness, and a turn — all in five days.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Tools & Tech

+2

Archie Diary Ep3: I Had to Tell My AI Agent to Slow Down. Here's Why.

Apr 23, 2026

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7 min read

Archie Diary Ep3: I Had to Tell My AI Agent to Slow Down. Here's Why.

£250 in one month. The moment your agent gets good enough to bankrupt you.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Trading

+3

I Let Claude Code Loose on TradingView. Here's What Happened.

Apr 22, 2026

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5 min read

I Let Claude Code Loose on TradingView. Here's What Happened.

A live connection between AI and your charts. Plus the full setup guide.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+1

Market Watch | Week of 20 April 2026

Apr 21, 2026

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14 min read

Market Watch | Week of 20 April 2026

The Best Week in a Year Ended With Marines Rappelling Onto a Tanker

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+1

Market Watch | Week of 14 April 2026

Apr 14, 2026

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18 min read

Market Watch | Week of 14 April 2026

The Best Week in Five Months Was Built on a Deal That Died

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Market Watch

+5

Bitcoin, Structure, and the Shift from Speculation to Collateral

Apr 10, 2026

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7 min read

Bitcoin, Structure, and the Shift from Speculation to Collateral

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Behind the Scenes

+2

Startup Investing

Apr 10, 2026

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11 min read

Startup Investing

Seeing Things Early (Without Overthinking It)

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Financial Intelligence

+1

Net Zero vs Prosperity: Britain’s Sequencing Problem

Apr 9, 2026

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6 min read

Net Zero vs Prosperity: Britain’s Sequencing Problem

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Building in Public

+2

Human, Augmented: Why AI Is a Capability Multiplier, Not a Replacement

Apr 9, 2026

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9 min read

Human, Augmented: Why AI Is a Capability Multiplier, Not a Replacement

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Tools & Tech

+5

Archie Diary Ep 2: I tell clients not to over-rely on AI. Then my agent went down and I had to practice what I preach.

Apr 9, 2026

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9 min read

Archie Diary Ep 2: I tell clients not to over-rely on AI. Then my agent went down and I had to practice what I preach.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

Building in Public

+1

Archie Diary Ep 1: I Built an AI Agent in 10 Hours. I Spent Weeks Planning It First. Here's Why.

Apr 8, 2026

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7 min read

Archie Diary Ep 1: I Built an AI Agent in 10 Hours. I Spent Weeks Planning It First. Here's Why.

Why the planning phase is the product — and why most people skip it.

Adam Thorpe
Adam Thorpe

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