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Second Order

Connecting the dots across technology, AI and business.

  • EU's Second China Shock

    Sunday, August 9, 2026

    From toys, textiles and steel to wind turbines and cars : China’s competitive challenge is moving rapidly up the value chain.

  • The Credit Wrapper and Situational Unawareness

    Monday, August 3, 2026

    No product, billions raised. No credit rating, billions guaranteed. No leverage limit, one fund nearly wiped out. The AI boom isn't running on cash flow. It's running on credit borrowed from somewhere else.

  • Alphabet's cash flow, and IBM's $67 billion week

    Monday, July 27, 2026

    Free cash flow (FCF) is the number the market trusts most right now — not revenue, not guidance, not even strong results.

  • China's chips, and one missing Dutch machine

    Monday, July 20, 2026

    China closes the chip design gap faster than the manufacturing one - and Washington suspects a Dutch lithography machine already slipped through

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