What happened to COVID? It has disappeared from the headlines. And Joe Biden says it’s no longer anything to worry about. We didn’t hear him mention terrorists. But they mustn’t be worth worrying about either. Both have been supplanted by the Bugaboo du Jour: Russia, bad; Ukraine, good. And like the two previous crises of the […]
September’s financial headlines were dominated by reporting on the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee (FOMC) meeting on 21–22 September, and their policy announcement and economic projections unveiled on 22 September. Markets responded approvingly in the following trading days. At this time, they confirmed expectations that they would begin tapering asset purchases in November. With the […]
One of Australia’s most passionate climate change advocates is Mike Cannon-Brookes…the billionaire co-founder of Atlassian. Mike has received a lot of press lately about the plan he and Canadian asset manager, Brookfield, have been hatching to takeover AGL. On 21 February 2022, The Sydney Morning Herald reported: ‘The ambitious offer for AGL…valued the company at […]
Dear Reader, Consumers hate rising prices. Investors hate falling prices. About 90% of the voters want prices to stay steady. But the 10% who will decide the issue want them to go up. Here, we reflect on the fine mess the Fed has gotten us into. Breitbart News: ‘First gas, then heating and now rents. […]
Dear Reader, We don’t give investment advice in these daily columns. We just try to connect the dots. And one thing we notice is that they form patterns. Hope…despair. Empire…destruction. Summer…winter. Birth…death. Money printing…inflation. One thing follows another, shaped by some age-old template. Looking at the stock market, we see long cycles of boom and […]
Dear Reader, ‘We shall not cease from exploration ‘And the end of all our exploring ‘Will be to arrive where we started ‘And know the place for the first time.’ TS Eliot, Little Gidding A storm named Eunice hit Ireland over the weekend. Winds of 122mph were recorded in nearby Britain, the fastest ever. Gusts […]
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