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Hope all goes well… Dusted off an anecdote from Feb 4th, 2018 on myths, manias, illusions, delusions (see below). Have a wonderful Memorial Day. And see you next Sunday with full weekend notes. Week-in-Review (expressed in YoY terms): Mon: China threatens to retaliate for America’s Huawei restrictions, Japan Q1 GDP jumps +2.1% (exp -0.2%), Japan Q1 exports -2.4% (imports -4.6%), Aussie conservatives win surprise elec

Hope all goes well… Dusted off an anecdote from five years ago about China, America, what the world needs (see below). Mara and I blew out of Dodge this weekend. Left behind our four kids, two dogs, nine chickens, two turtles, a rabbit, two lacrosse tournaments, a Jazz concert, junior prom, countless carpools, the utter fiasco we call our routine life, and my writing. What a great few days we’ve had! Wishing the same

Proxy: The worst combat since the 2014 war left 4 Israelis and 22 Palestinians dead last week. The latter launched missiles from Gaza into Israel. The former retaliated. One is supported politically/financially by China. The other by America. Of course, it all unfolded in the run up to the latest Beijing/US trade negotiations. On cue, Iran threatened US forces in response to our sanctions against a nation that suppli

Hope all goes well… “Fed overtightened,” bellowed Biggie Too, global chief strategist for one of Wall Street’s too-big-to-fail affairs. “Tech spending is rolling over, ISM was a shocker.” In the background, a steady rhythm of tariffs and trade thumped, traders bouncing to the beat. “Investors were thinking that with Beijing’s stimulus, the rest of the world would catch the US. But that didn’t happen, everyone’s slowi

Hope all goes well… “The economy is roaring,” said Vice President Pence, unemployment having just hit a 50yr low of 3.6%. “The President is very interested in bringing fresh ideas to the Fed. People with a renewed and fresh perspective. People who understand the dynamic approach to this economy that he’s been putting into practice,” he said. “When I was in congress, we had a debate about the Fed’s dual mandate. It mi

A“This next phase will require real vision,” said Lithium, handsfree on Highway One. “Getting here, to a place where Tesla, Uber, Lyft and their ilk are selling lots of stuff while burning through billions was a forecastable thing,” he explained. “If you had predicted 5yrs ago that Uber would have 4mm drivers, at a loss of $4bln per year, and people were going to love it, the only true foresight would’ve been that pe