FOLLOW THE MONEY
Tariffs are the biggest protection racket
Politicians say they're acting to protect local industry. But truth & politics are unlikely bedfellows.
Tariffs are simply a tax grab. It's the government looking after itself.
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Got this from X (artist formerly known as Twitter).
In early days, there was sharing & exchange of ideas. Now it's just a few large "channels" b/c ppl follow who ppl follow. Social media is dead
Do you remember when you joined X? I do, & I remember when it died #MyXAnniversary
If you haven't developed your own process of researching economic information & have just relied on federal institutions & financial media, it's probably too late for you.
The old data was flawed, but greater obfiscation has now arrived.
Narrative has officially displaced data.
FAN FICTION
Stock market amateurs taking an existing work of fiction & creating new stories
In the short-term, the long-term doesn’t go away (speculators need to learn this). In the long-term, the short-term is forgotten (ppl can be crazy for a long time)
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A CLAYTONS RESILIENT ECONOMY
The resilient economy you have when you don't have a resilient economy
While the Mag 7 hold up the stock market, they are also holding a veil over the U.S. economy in their pursuit of AI dominance
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Ladies & Gentlemen, I give you the Saylor Cupidity Index, a measure of market sentiment & willingness to speculate as revealed by schemer activity leveraging cupidity via their latest get-rich-quick idea that provides a thrilling ride but ultimately comes to nothing (if not less)
ZERO-G DRIFT
Newtonian economics
Buying & selling is an external force that can be applied to markets. But gravity remains ever-present.
Gravity in the context of financial markets is determined by the mass of the underlying economy.
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Did we predict conflict between Iran & Israel 2wks ago? No. We merely pointed out the propensity for higher oil prices b/c the market had pushed oil too low. Any catalyst would work.
Our subscribers knew.
#oott#oil, #oilandgas, #energy, #crudeoil, #petroleum, #oott#oilprice
STATIC ECONOMY
50 shades of white noise
The flat economy of the last 2.5 years is not caused by politicians just as economic growth isn't. It is households & businesses having less free cash flow because the cost of servicing their debt has risen.
open.substack.com/pub/morpho/p/s…
THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE
R.I.P. Pax Americana
The world has benefited from the role that the US has held in global affairs, both in the realms of politics & economics. But the U.S. is stepping down.
The future could look ugly compared to the last 80yrs
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CATALYST FOR CATACLYSM
The stage is set
Every economic cycle ends w/ the raising of interest rates. At this point, conditions are fragile in the realm of economics & sometimes all it takes is a catalyst to create a chain reaction that tips everything over
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AMERICAN ECONOMIC EXCEPTIONALISM
We all like to believe that we're the best because we're better at being better, but are we?
- American vs Spanish exceptionalism
- Context is essential for interpreting markets
- Valuations of stocks & bonds
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THE DISSING OF INFLATION
Yo! Yo! Let's keep it real ... *beat box* ... "Higher inflation is misinformation..."
My Top 10 Diss Charts in relation to U.S. inflation.
Keeping it real!
Diss-inflation, y'all!
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LABOR PAINS
We live in a Braxton Hicks economy where all contractions are fake news
Quitters have quit quitting and average work hours are in recession territory, but I'm sure it's nothing.
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NEW YEAR, NEW ME
Laser guidance activated
Economic McCarthyism: inflation in every situation.
Int. rates are ‘too scared to fall’, which is this cycle’s “too big to fail” & that’s a headwind to economic activity
Every cycle is same same but different
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WHAT'S THE TIME, MR. WOLF?
The gaming of risk assessment
The mkt inches forward trying to eke further out gains in an attempt to beat peers at the game & be judged “winner”, taking the chance that Mr. Wolf (i.e. accountability) won’t call “Dinner time!”
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FINAL OFFENSIVE
Advancing beyond re-supply
In a military campaign, it’s food, fuel, munitions, and replacement troops that need to be supplied to the frontlines. In markets, it’s company earnings to support the valuations being paid.
Watch your six.
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