National burger day and look no further than the Snapshot to guide you through where to go and what to swerve. All my own opinions of course and I am sure I’ll be getting some push back. I’ll start with my steer clear – Five Guys – absolutely no time for it, maybe it was a bad experience but I just found the whole thing very underwhelming from the taste to the greasy chip bag. Where would my vote go? Popeyes Louisiana Kitchen Chicken Burger; tasty, sizeable and the best chips going – another pl…

Fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me. I’m all about second chances but it was slightly strange to see Fyre Festival – the disastrous luxury party that left hundreds stranded in the Bahamas in 2017 and famously made into one of the crazier Netflix documentaries is getting a second run. Tickets will likely set you back in the region of $8000 and that is a hell of a lot of money to go to a Festival devised from a solitary confinement cell in a U.S. prison. Especially if the U.S…

Does anyone care about Bitcoin anymore? It all feels a bit ‘So 2020’ and although we probably need to be aware of it, its use and ability in describing risk appetite in the Equity market isn’t as strong. I recently re-joined twitter ‘X’, not as an avid ‘tweeter’ per-se but to see various headlines (and where Glydo gets all his Midweek Tweets of note from) and saw today that an unknown entity has accumulated over $3bn worth of Bitcoin in less than 3 months. Lots of debate following regarding who…

I’m not really sure what to make of today, it might have been my depleted energy levels post (yet another) air-traffic-related delay flying back into Heathrow last night (I’m sure I am not the only one who has been a victim this summer) but Monday’s have become increasingly slow of late. The summer months drift on (and drift being the key word) and today was no exception with volumes falling close to a standstill across the major European indices. Understandable maybe given the highlight of the…

Today we heard the news that TV legend Michael Parkinson sadly passed away after suffering a short illness. A king of the chat show circuit, the interviewer’s job is to unearth breaking news, & funny stories to keep the audience captivated, but it’s not unheard of for those interviewed to uncomfortably turn on their host, as Parky found with Emu, and Russell Harty witnessed live on air with Grace Jones. RIP Michael Parkinson 1935-2023

I’m sure that this will resonate with many but I find myself about to embark on a Golf holiday and have high hopes for shooting low in all 3 rounds, playing some of the best golf I have ever played, and winning the trophy. The reality is I’ve bought a new wedge, upgraded my 6 iron, regripped my putter, haven’t practiced in 6 months and I am, day by day, becoming a worse golfer than the peak (at around age 13). Oh well, at least at the time of writing I am optimistic. Optimism feels like it is f…

Hoping this still comes through okay from my new fancy @redburnatlantic.com email address which is getting its first taste of a Daily Snapshot. I’m not usually good with change but I’m very much liking the new colour scheme, almost has that Scottish feel about it just in time for Rugby World Cup. All eyes on the Lionesses tomorrow though and I am definitely rooting for a big win over the host Matilda’s (Chloe Kelly with a 87th minute winner if you ask me) but nothing is easy when you get to thi…

It’s a fine line this one. A tightrope walk. A tiptoe. All about finding the right balance between talking proudly about the new combination of Redburn and Atlantic without coming across as braggy. Measuring the utility of talking about what the new combination means for you without being TLDR as the cool kids say. But I think on balance we give it a go. Stay with me. Because we are super excited about it (sorry I’ve been spending quite a lot of time with my teenage daughters lately so everythi…

Have you sorted your Premier League fantasy football team for the upcoming season kick-off tomorrow? Hot topic on the desk as people frantically change their selections second guessing pretty much everything. Top tip – set the alarms for Friday as the first 4 game weeks have Friday evening matches. My downfall last year was taking out Haaland early who then proceeded to score a quick fire hat-trick the next game week – sometimes the crowded trades do work! This week has felt like a long one in…

I have to admit I have played Uno at various points in my life without ever fully understanding the rules. Can you play a Pick up 2 on a Pick up 2? Can you play a Pick up 4 on a Pick up 4? Plenty of arguments over the years and I still don’t actually know but if you are looking for a career change and love Uno I’ve found the job for you. Uno is currently hiring a ‘Chief player’ to play their new game – 4 hours a day and a weekly salary of $3824!! Not bad. It was more -2’s than +2’s today sadly…