David Buik

@truemagic68 · London · joined 21 Nov 2011

Versed in global financial issues. Committed to City of London - All views are mine.

50 532Followers

22 127Following

134 167Posts total

10.1KViews on collected posts

Latest posts

David Buik@truemagic684 Sep

At 8.43am - FTSE 100 - 10,839.12 (+0.070%) +7.60 - A neutral start as expected, after a decent surge yesterday. 603 views · 8 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic684 Sep

Asian bourses - 4/9/26 - at 6.03am BST - NIKKEI - 64,953.07 (+1.15%) +738.59, HANG SENG – 25,737.60 (+2.08%) +524.29, SHANGHAI – 3,955.85 (+0.35%) +13.76, KOSPI - 6,696.36 (+1.78%) +116.88 1K views · 5 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic684 Sep

Economic Data posted today – UK PMI Construction, Germany Factory Orders, EU Retail Sales, US Non-Farm Payrolls, US Unemployment 971 views · 3 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic684 Sep

BRENT CRUDE $96.00 - GOLD $4,472.32 - UK 2-Year Gilt yield 4.56%, UK 7-year Gilt yield 4.89%, UK 10-year Gilt yield 5.17%, UK 30-year Gilt yield 5.82%, US 10-year Treasury yield 4.77% - BITCOIN $81,229.46 – CABLE $1.3527 at 5.53am 1.1K views · 18 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic684 Sep

European/US closing levels - 3/9/26 - FTSE - 10,831.52 (+0.70%) +75.07, DAX - 26,007.57 (+0.65%) +168.24, CAC40 - 8,286.40 (+0.070%) +5.77, DJIA - 53,686.11 (+1.18%) +624.16, S&P – 7,747.71 (+1.06%) +81.11, NASDAQ – 26,584.06 (+1.40%) +366.23 862 views · 5 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic683 Sep

At 8.17am - FTSE - 10,759.40 (+0.027%) +2.95 - As expected a neutral start to the session, awaiting political and corporate developments. 747 views · 9 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic683 Sep

BLONDEMONEY'S Helen Thomas observes- Fed's Williams said rising US bond yields were driven by “a strong U.S. economy/strong economic outlook fuelled by big investments in AI & data centres & technology” So “wait & see” over rate hikes as “We need a full picture” on the data. 827 views · 9 likes · 1 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic683 Sep

Asian bourses - 3/9/26 - at 5.48am BST - NIKKEI - 64,509.19 (+0.29%) +183.55, HANG SENG – 25,317.49 (+0.025%+6.28), SHANGHAI – 3,958.19 (+0.43%) +16.80, KOSPI - 6,667.59 (+1.60%) +104.87 1.6K views · 6 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic683 Sep

Yesterday, US investors looked beyond the Gulf and hung their hats on thoughts that the US economy was making progress according to the FED'S Warsh and despite crippling bond yields. Europe remained in denial. Opening calls steady: FTSE +6 @ 10762, DJIA +27 @ 53088, S&P +7 @ 7673 1.5K views · 19 likes · 3 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

David Buik@truemagic683 Sep

Economic Data posted today – UK, EU, Germany, US PMI Services & Composite, EU PPI, US Balance of Trade, US Initial & Continuing Jobless Claims, US ISM Prices Paid, US ISM Services 939 views · 7 likes · 2 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. reaches fewer people than peers of the same size.

Median views955this account924median for 10K–100K

Reach, %1.89%this account3.62%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %1.14%this account1.52%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	955	924	1.03×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	1.89%	3.62%	0.52×
Engagement rate	1.14%	1.52%	0.75×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

9393 Sep

1.5K

1.6K

827

747

8624 Sep

1.1K

971

603

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.96%3 Sep

1.50%

0.56%

1.33%

1.47%

0.58%4 Sep

1.85%

0.41%

0.58%

1.33%

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.52%.

What the audience does

Likes84.0%89 in total

Reposts14.2%15 in total

Replies0.9%1 in total

Bookmarks0.9%1 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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