Five anonymised historical charts were dealt to every player. The Monkey Index returned -0.66% across the same tape.
62 desks completed all five charts.
The post-crisis consumer recovery had turned premium coffee into one of the market's favourite trades, with the shares cruising steadily towards fresh highs. This is the week the buyers finally blinked.
Relentless rate rises were punishing capital-heavy data centres, but the fresh excitement around generative AI meant investors refused to walk away. A steady winter rebound was holding together nicely until the Silicon Valley Bank panic struck.
Tech had started to crack and inflation was surging, driving investors straight into the safety of the grocery aisle. The wider market was just beginning its 2022 slide, but the defensive bid held.
As lockdowns loomed and factories shuttered, even the market's safest industrial suppliers were dumped to raise cash. This was the teeth of the COVID crash, and there was nowhere to hide.
Smartphones were booming and the market was convinced the PC era was finished, leaving the chip giant stuck in a stubborn sideways drift. Mobile owned the headlines, but the old workhorse still found enough quiet support to nudge ahead.