Year: 2021

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The Economist Strikes Again – OWTW

A few weeks ago we highlighted the ironically prescient “Making Coal History” cover of The Economist. As a refresher, it literally bottom ticked the coal market. Now, they’re back with another doozy of a cover. The reason we find it so mind-blowing is because in the midst of a global

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What the Frac!? – OWTW

  FOOD PRICES: WHAT HAPPENS WITH OIL AT $100? Did you notice how your grocery bills have risen “a little” over the past year? Considering that what you pay in the supermarket is the end of the value chain — which is 6-12 months in the making — the prices are going

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Inflation: Talk Dirty to Me – OWTW

Ah, those Perrier-sipping, pointy-shoed central bankers… It wasn’t that long ago when they assured us we were crazy to even mutter the dreaded “i” word — even as raging consumer goods prices were obvious to everyone (but them). But after a while, the charade became too obvious. They admitted that

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Santa’s Out of Coal Too – OWTW

  MAKING HISTORY We highlighted the predictive power of magazine covers in these missives before. More often than not, they tend to time market tops (and bottoms) with stunning accuracy. The following gem adorned the cover of The Economist in early December 2020. The political class in power has been hellbent

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You Can’t Make This Sh*t Up – OWTW

While cheerleaders of the “green economy” would have you believe that you’re either out of your mind to invest in coal… or a reader of ours (or both), this is happening in the world. You really can’t make this sh*t up. The thing that should be as exciting to you

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No Love for Commodities – OWTW

  HIGH YIELD: A LOSING PROPOSITION Take a look at this chart and then ask yourself what happens when folks wake to the reality that inflation is transitory in the same way as tofu is tasty? Suddenly, that capital seeks inflation protection, that’s what.   NO LOVE FOR COMMODITIES Now, where could

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WallStreetBets, Meet Yellowcake – OWTW

After helping push up meme stocks to the moon, WallStreetBets has now zeroed in on an unlikely target: uranium. Yes, you read that right! If you are a long-time reader, uranium has probably been on your radar for a while (in Insider we first dipped our toes in uranium stocks

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Bargains in a Bubbly World – OWTW

📦  ANOTHER “TRANSITORY” ISSUE THAT WASN’T Turns out the supply chain shortages that have been plaguing the global economy for the last 12-ish months aren’t as “transitory” as we were told all this time. Who woulda thunk it? If you’re a long-time reader, this shouldn’t come as a surprise. It’s something

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