20 July

Climate change and the class struggle

The poor are different. They have less money. This means that action to combat climate change which results in essentials becoming more expensive hits them hardest. For example:

• heating for houses, often draughty,
• petrol, and diesel for older cars,
• flights to Spain …

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19 July 2021

Today has been trailed for weeks as “Freedom Day,” when life in the UK was going to return to normal. Well, it didn’t quite work out that way, as measured cases are still quite high and the badly designed “NHS Covid” app has wreaked havoc by …

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Weekend 17/18 July (and week in review)

Revolut

Revolut is the highest value private company in the UK at £33B. It shows all the signs of being prepared for an IPO, through one of the many routes (SPAC, probably). The mainstream press is carrying lots of stories about how …

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Wrap

A 10Y and a 3Y auction didn’t run smoothly, with the result that yields are up. This buoyed SPX, and also boosted USD.JPY. It didn’t knock NDX back, but the Nasdaq didn’t rise any more than the SPX, which is unusual. $SPCE, Virgin Galactic had …

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Inmune

I am fairly convinced that Alzheimer’s Disease is an auto-immune condition. I am totally convinced that it is the most economically costly disease which is facing the world right now. INmune Bio, Inc. has an FDA approved treatment. The FDA approve drugs based on their not being harmful …

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9 July

Market review

I haven’t had time to write daily ‘wraps’ recently. The opening up of the UK economy has had a personal impact on me. I have needed to spend my time working on other things. I will therefore try to make sense of market behaviour over …

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6 July

Wrap

The markets got totally spooked by a range of ISM reports today. The services index came in very weak, compared to recent months, which I would have though would have been expected. Labour costs were expected to rise, suggesting that labour shortages were the problem. For me …

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Note for 5 July

I was away over the weekend and didn’t look at a screen. Well, maybe my phone a bit, and I read some stuff on my Kindle, but that doesn’t count. Does it?

Wrap

US markets were closed today. Other equity markets were generally flat …

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Notes for 1 July 2021

Fertilizer

CF Industries seeks countervailing duty investigations into UAN imports from Russia and Trinidad and Tobago

I am bullish about food commodities. It’s hard to invest in farmland, but fertilizers are a reasonable proxy. As usual, I am looking for a catalyst to get …

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Notes for 30 June

This market really is crazy

Google has become bureaucratic and slow moving

The NY Times has a story which says that Google’s CEO is risk averse. Every other disruptive company has opted to defend its existing markets rather than keep challenging incumbents. That’s what …

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