Hedge fund chiefs may be ‘betting on bonds and chaos’ but ordinary investors don’t need to follow their lead

Stronger-than-expected data could complicate direction of monetary policy

Wild Geese: Nicholas O’Connor, Santiago, Chile

Planet Business: Hollywood’s crowded picket lines, a reshuffle at Bloomberg and the countries set to join Brics

Neil Ryan tapped to lead efforts to build central feed for bond trading in EU

Figures released this week showed a surplus of €10 billion expected this year, rising to €16 billion next year

Keep an open mind on whether eventual breakout from trading range will be to the upside or downside

Creator of ChatGPT is the Paul Mescal of the artificial intelligence world – everyone wants to work with it

Spacs, once the darlings of Wall Street, have lost their lustre

Several companies with a presence in Ireland have announced deep cuts in recent weeks

Growing wealth and inequality shielding the wealthy from inflation and economic uncertainty

Variability in forecasts between banks and even between best/worst scenarios within banks is wider than usual, underlining uncertainty

US tech giant to provide data analytics and cloud products in 10-year strategic partnership

Idea the UK government might encroach on the bank’s independence or follow Japan’s lead would alarm investors

Russian opposition leader attacks ‘stupid war . . . built on lies’ in address to court

Planet Business: Twitter exits, Walmart woes and a UK minister’s top inflation tips

Government seeks debt restructuring as it moves to ease chronic fuel shortage

Move comes as Musk appears to be manoeuvring to ditch or renegotiate offer

Iseq in Dublin closes the session up 1.3%

Great unknown hanging over markets is how long the war in Ukraine will last