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Billionaire investor Sir Christopher Hohn’s TCI has quietly built a major exposure to loans backed by some of Italy’s most prestigious hotels. 🏨 $392M — Hotel Danieli, Venice 🌊 $132M — Caesar Augustus, Capri 🏔️ $74M — Six Senses, Lake Como 🏙️ $38M — Mandarin Oriental, Milan The thesis is simple: scarcity + pricing power. Italy’s revenue per available hotel room surged 53% between 2019 and 2025, the strongest increase in Europe, driven largely by luxury properties. Historic palazzi, prime waterfront locations and strict planning rules mean supply cannot easily respond to booming demand from wealthy international travellers. For Hohn—an investor obsessed with businesses able to raise prices faster than inflation—ultra-luxury Italian hotels increasingly look like real-estate monopolies in disguise. And TCI is financing them. Source: FT

Source; Robin Brooks

The fund's stake in hashtag#SpaceX remains quite limited when compared to the other technology stocks in its portfolio. Source: ATA CAN

Source: Emmanuel – Big Tech & AI Investor

Earnings are accelerating: European companies are tracking 22% YoY Q2 earnings growth, the strongest since 2022, with broad strength across sectors. Banks are leading: The Stoxx Banks index is up 21% this year, versus 11.5% for the Stoxx Europe 600, supported by higher rates and strong trading revenues. Flows are returning: European ETFs recorded positive net inflows in July, while BlackRock saw $4.4bn flow into its European equity products. Lower oil helps: Oil below $90 and easing Middle East tensions have reduced fears of a major energy shock for Europe. Diversification appeal: July’s semiconductor sell-off reinforced Europe’s role as an “anti-AI” trade with less dependence on mega-cap technology. Fundamentals improving: Eurozone GDP grew a stronger-than-expected 0.4% in Q2, supporting the rotation. Source: FT

The reason: Europe is losing the LNG bidding war. Imports down 35% y/y over the last month; China's up 8%. TTF is back near its post-Iran-war high — not because Europe wants more gas, but because it has to pay up to get any. The cargoes aren't disappearing, they're just sailing east. US exporters are indifferent to which. Source: Jack Prandelli on X, Bloomberg

Government interest expenditures (as a & of GDP) is forecasted to explode in the coming years. There are only two options left for them: 1. They cut spending and implement business friendly pro-growth policies 2. They will face a debt crisis. The first Euro crisis was about hundreds of billions, the next one will be about trillions Which one will it be? Source: Michel A.Arouet

Trump made the remarks during a NATO meeting while standing next to NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte. Trump's core complaint is that Spain refuses to pay its NATO defense spending commitments. While Germany, France, the UK, and Italy have all been contributing, Spain has openly resisted meeting the 2% GDP defense spending target that NATO members are required to hit. Trump said he tested NATO members during the Iran conflict to see which ones would show up and support the US. Spain did not. "Spain is a terrible partner in NATO. They don't participate, they don't pay." "Cut off all trade with Spain immediately. Don't even talk to them. Including visits." Spain is one of the US's significant trading partners in Europe. The US exports roughly $16 billion worth of goods to Spain annually. Trump is threatening to end that entirely over NATO non compliance. "They make so much money with us and we are going to see that they make a lot less." Source: Bull Theory @BullTheoryio