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 1 Year relative performance:

Oats performing as advertised. So far.

 

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Notes today: "some" of the current problems.

• The S&P 500 fell 2% as fears over a government shutdown grew following the refusal by Senate Republicans (head in sand)
  of a debt-ceiling suspension. 
• The Nasdaq 100 had its worst day since March and the Dow Jones followed suit. 

• The world economy is facing inflation from surging energy prices at 3 year high. 
• Natural Gas at 7 year high. 
• Cotton above a buck. 
• Oats (they know) all-time high. 

• German import prices rose by 16.5% YoY in August most since the 1980s, after 15% in July, 12.9% in June, 11.8% in May.. Natural gas jumped a whiopping 177.5% in Aug & oil by 63.6%.

• China is literally out of gas (energy is being rationed) while they are sitting on millions of unsold apartments. 

• 10-year treasuries up 1.55%. Liquidity may be less plentiful sooner than anticipated. 

• The recovery is slowing due to the ongoing pandemic. 

• Yellen told Congress that unless the debt ceiling is lifted, the U.S. will effectively be out of cash by Oct. 18. Republicans (head in sand) are “now” of course united in opposing a  lifting of the ceiling. 

• Senator Elizabeth Warren opposes a new term for Jerome Powell calling the Fed leader a “dangerous man.” 

• Is Biden’s $3.5 trillion economic agenda alive?  when and by how much?
• In deep red West Virginia, Biden’s $3.5tn spending proposal is immensely popular. Are you paying attention Manchin? 

• Voter protections appear to be fading away...

So that no one gets depressed I’m ignoring  other current problems.😏

 

 

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FT: The real risk from Evergrande

The China Real Estate / Evergrande  disaster   has everyone watching Iron Ore

Quick Overview is up to date

John Auther's: China’s Evergrande Moment Is Looking More LTCM Than Minsky. The Chinese government's likely response implies a nasty and messy market, but not an all-out implosion.

Volcano erupts on the Spanish island of La Palma, September 19

Hollywood fantasy? Tidal wave disaster is just waiting to happen

Median US new home price divided by median US houshold income

The median price of a new home in the US is now 5.8x higher than the median household income.

Bloomberg: The Global Housing Market Is Broken, and It’s Dividing Entire Countries

 

Expensive Food

 

Apple and Google cave to Putin.

Never thought I’d see the day.

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The cartoon I drew 20 years ago --   Mike Luckovich 

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Why nations that fail women fail 

And why foreign policy should pay more heed to half of humanity

There is growing evidence that Hillary Clinton was on to something when she said, a decade ago, that “The subjugation of women is…a threat to the common security of our world.”

That index of sexist customs, had it existed 20 years ago, would have warned them how hard nation-building would be in Afghanistan and Iraq. Today, it suggests that stability cannot be taken for granted in Saudi Arabia, Pakistan or even India.

U.S. Housing Consumer Price Index YoY change at 10 + year high..