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The sale of the Strawberry Hill collection in 1842 is, if you work in an auction house such as Christie’s or Sotheby’s, referred to with alarming frequency. It is one of the few Great Collection sales with a fame that has reached far beyond auction-house insiders. Others of this kind include the Stowe sale in 1848 and the sale of William Beckford’s collection from Fonthill Abbey in 1823. They are held in such high esteem because of the quality of the collections that were broken up during these auctions. Horace Walpole (1717–97) assembled a collection of over 4,000 items, including…

The crypto sector has witnessed mild movements amid a mixed outlook. Hence, the total crypto market capitalization accounts for a total of $2.58T after a slight 0.61% rise. However, the 24-hour crypto volume has dropped by 8.51%, reaching $117.71B. At the same time, the Crypto Fear & Greed Index is standing at 43 points, signaling “Neutral sentiment among the market participants. Bitcoin ($BTC) Drops by 2.38% and Ethereum ($ETH) Sees 3.88% Dip Particularly, the top crypto asset, Bitcoin ($BTC), is now changing hands at $75,396.41. This price level highlights a 2.38% decrease while Bitcoin’s ($BTC) market dominance is 59.9%. Additionally,…

Bill Ackman rang the opening bell at the New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday. By the close of trading, his new fund had lost nearly a fifth of its value. Pershing Square USA (NYSE: PSUS) closed at $40.90 on its NYSE debut, well below the IPO price of $50 — an 18% drop on the fund’s first day of trading. Shares of the companion asset manager, Pershing Square Inc. (NYSE: PS), ended the day at $24.20. The combined offering raised $5 billion, hitting the floor of a $5 billion to $10 billion target range — itself a retreat from the…

Giving a real-time update on the state of a regional economy is always a challenge. At the Eastern Washington University Institute, we depend on public data, which is released with understandable lags. These can be anywhere from five to 10 months. Toss in the recent federal government shutdown and delays lengthen.This month’s column summarizes many of the latest high level economic data releases, with the notion that they give a sense of where the economy of the greater Tri-Cities has been in 2025 and could help signal where it’s going. Some of the data is from 2024 and some is…

US spot Bitcoin ETF drew the news with $2.44Bn in net inflows during April 2026, the strongest monthly performance of the year and nearly double the $1.32Bn recorded in March, as institutional demand returned with enough force to absorb supply well in excess of daily mining output. The month’s total pushed cumulative lifetime inflows across all US spot Bitcoin ETF products to $58.5Bn and lifted total assets under management to approximately $102Bn, confirming April as the most consequential month for crypto markets in 2026 so far. SOURCE: CoinGlass BlackRock’s iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) and Fidelity’s Wise Origin Bitcoin Fund (FBTC)…

Over the past 30 years, Capital Fund Management (CFM) has scaled to over $15 billion in AUM by adopting a scientific, academic approach to investing. One of the central cogs in this quantitative machine has been Philip Seager, now head of Portfolio Management at CFM. Seager notes that the central pillar of CFM’s investment approach has been “identifying statistically significant effects.” One of CFM’s strategies for continuous scaling has been to combine multiple uncorrelated strategies to create an uncorrelated portfolio across equities, fixed income, and commodities. This can improve risk-adjusted returns, as low correlations are apparent across several asset classes.…

Image credit: Pixabay A Welsh subsidiary of a private equity-backed US supplier of aerospace services, structures, systems and support has reported an increased loss in its latest results amid rising costs. However, revenue increased with order book growth continuing to recover on key commercial platforms. Based in Deeside, North Wales, Triumph Aerospace Operations UK Ltd is a subsidiary within conglomerate Triumph Group’s UK-based design and manufacturing capabilities, specialising in hydraulic components and structural aerospace assemblies.  In July 2025, Triumph Group completed its acquisition by affiliates of private equity firms Warburg Pincus and Berkshire Partners in an all-cash deal valued at…

ADX Energy Ltd (ADX), an oil and gas exploration and production company with a focus on projects in Europe and Africa, has announced an increased cash balance of $4.88 million at the close of the quarter ended 31 March 2026. This marks a modest rise from the $4.76 million reported at the beginning of the period, with a net increase in cash and cash equivalents for the quarter of $124,000, supported by robust financing efforts. During the quarter, ADX recorded net cash outflows from operating activities totalling $2.26 million. This figure reflects $2.09 million in receipts from customers, balanced against…

Over the past week, crypto’s heavyweights have been flat, with BTC up 1%, ETH down 1%, SOL down 2%, and etc. Sentiments have improved since a month ago, sure, but it’s anyone’s guess what happens next, and another downward break wouldn’t be surprising considering how 2026 has gone so far. What is surprising, though, is where we’re having outperformances right now, namely top Ethereum NFT projects. Surprising because the NFT bear market has been particularly brutal in recent months, and if the major coins are flat, you’d expect the same or worse for NFTs in this current environment. However, we’ve…

For decades, residential property has been the default real estate investment for individuals in India. It offered familiarity, emotional comfort, and the perception of long-term safety. For many households, buying a home represented not only financial security but also social progress and the creation of generational wealth. Appreciation over time, coupled with the tangibility of owning a physical asset, made residential property a natural first choice.A growing segment of investors is beginning to look beyond housing and explore commercial real estate as a complementary asset class (Photo for representational purposes only) (Unsplash)That equation, however, is gradually evolving.A growing segment of…