Year: 2022

food prices
Agriculture
CapEx Team

GERMAN FOOD PRICES RISE 20-50%

Isn’t it weird how all of a sudden hell breaks loose on the inflationary front. Inflation in Germany is more or less the highest in at least a couple of generations. Ah, blame it on the Russians. While inflation may be at the highest in a few generations, bond yields

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Currency
CapEx Team

EU TO BLOCK RUSSIAN COAL

So the EU, already in the middle of the worst energy crisis since the Arab oil crisis and likely worse, is now pushing to eliminate imports of Russian coal. Just so you understand the importance of Russian coal to Europe… Some 70% of Europe’s thermal coal comes from Russia. Coal accounts

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Uncategorized
CapEx Team

Central bank hubris bubble: finally bursting? – OWTW

🤔 WHAT TO DO? With bonds cracking this year… We wanted to share some thoughts around a question we got from a client the other day. It went something like this: I’ve got this money sitting with XYZ, and it’s basically in a 60/40 equity-bond split. I’m down a lot

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inflation
Capitalist Viewpoints
CapEx Team

FOOD

German retailer Aldi Nord to raise prices by 20-50% on Monday German retailer Aldi Nord will raise its prices by an average of 20-50% due to an increase in production costs, local media reported on Sunday. From Monday onwards, meat, sausage products, and butter will be “significantly more expensive,” a

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Current Affairs/Politics
CapEx Team

UKRAINE PLAY?

I received a query from a subscriber as per below: Trade idea: After the war in Ukraine subsides, we’ll likely see a huge injection of capital to rebuild the bombed cities. Is there a micro play here on a few larger Ukrainian construction / raw materials / home builders that

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inflation
CapEx Team

NEW RULES. NO RULES

For most of us we’ve not lived in this sort of environment before — one where all that we’ve trusted is shattered. There is momentous change taking place right now. Let us cover some ground here just to see how far things have come so that we don’t delude ourselves.

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the-other-side
Capitalist Viewpoints
CapEx Team

VIEW FROM THE OTHER SIDE

I go by the premise that it’s all propaganda. Within it there are inevitably some truths along with some non truths muttered by outright fabrications. Discerning which is which can be tough. Nevertheless, viewing both sides of the coin can provide some insights. With that in mind let us take

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Social Unrest: Coming to a City Near You – OWTW

  NEW PODCAST WITH CHRIS Last week, Chris was on George Gammon’s Rebel Capitalist Show to discuss the current macroeconomic environment and how to stay ahead of the curve as an investor. As always, they covered a lot of ground. But to give you a bit of an appetizer, Chris explained:

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