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The number of births in China last year fell to the lowest in six decades.

The historic Lumber rally appears to be slipping a bit.  

Notes today:   Ford ( F ) has a p/e of 12.42.   Tesla ( TSLA ) has a p/e of 602.68. The above # could perhaps be food for a little thought...

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Gone fishing

Except in passing, I have never had much interest in crypto - belonging in the too difficult to understand bucket. But I came across this ar...

New York investigation into Trump Organization now criminal , says attorney general.

The  Arms Race for Eye Balls More on the ATT Discovery deal via the Economist

And here is what Mr. Market thinks of todays ATT announcement:

ATT  wants to get out of the media business  and do some sort of merger with Discovery. T  CEO stankey  calls cutting the dividend, most li...

Notes today:  Spot-month CBOT soybean oil futures on Wednesday hit an all-time high of 72.32 cents per lb. The latest streak tops the prio...

The Shanghai Containerized Freight Index   is making new highs

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If you haven’t heard of B.1.617 yet, chances are you soon will.  The World Health Organization has now raised B.1.617 from a “variant of int...

In April, U.S. consumer prices rose 0.8%, seasonally adjusted, after rising 0.6% in March. Excluding food and energy, “core” consumer pric...

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  Notes today:  A federal judge has dismissed the National Rifle Association's petition for bankruptcy, saying it was filed in "bad...

There are 2 ways a nations population can grow.  1) Having more babies  2) Immigrants Corollary:  There are 2 ways a nations GDP can grow. 1...

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 M2 Money Sock YoY % Change  and its effect on Inflation. 

Notes today:  Texas senate passes bill allowing permitless carry of handguns . And so LaPierre's NRA would like to be in Texas also. ...

CBOT December # corn futures have rallied about 33% since March 1. Nothing has ever come close within the same time frame in nearly 50 yea...

Notes today:   Facebook (AKA the plague on humanity) announced that its keeping Trump in exile - for now.   Shares of Peloton fell Wedne...

The Baltic Exchange Dry Index , which tracks rates for capesize, panamax and supramax vessels shipping dry bulk commodities, rose  104 poin...

Notes today:   According to the World Gold Council the volume of gold jewelry purchased by global consumers has reportedly increased by...

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The EU carbon price has extended its  rally to rise above €50 a ton for the first time, pushing up the cost of polluting in the bloc to mo...

Lumber prices to da moon  (May Lumber)  

 U.S. renewable fuels market could face feedstock deficit July Soy Bean Oil

Notes today: Warren Buffett regrets Apple stock sales — "probably a mistake". Mega-cap tech stock valuations are not "cra...

Corn wheat ratio not been this low since 2013 Corn has about 90-95% of the nutritional value of wheat - hence the usual premium.

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Interested in Real Estate? Peruse the HGX  Philadelphia Housing Index

  The relentless NYSE Advance Decline Line

  Couple of interesting P&F charts today: Soybeans P&F Canadian $   P&F Coffee P&F ED P&F ( above 100  Eurodollar rate...

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Shortage of commodities has pushed backwardation to nearly 15-year high

Notes today: JUST IN: By a vote of 89 to 2, the Safe Drinking Water Act has passed in the U.S. Senate. The two "no" votes were Sen...