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2023 Edition #3 or 1A ? Hurts me more than you.

Big Picture I could claim strategic and technical errors for delay, but truth is the market has me quite confused…

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2021 Edition #38 – The Australian Way

The real Aussie way Big Picture What a week. I don’t know where to start. The great thing about this…

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2021 Edition #37 – Get the Mail Here

Rare reveal of inside the National Party Cabinet Big Picture We are still keeping an eye on inflation. Australia gets…

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2021 Edition #36 – Get Short

Great news for RBA and the FOMC Well –  a shorter version anyway. No change to my portfolio. Big Picture…

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2021 Edition #35 – Opening Pandora’s Box

Too late Late issue again – like a brown bear at the height of the salmon spawning… it is a…

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2021 Edition #34 – Are we in Barney Rubble?

“Barney Rubble” ahead. Ethics and compromise. Are they two words not suitable or applicable in economic markets nor politics? Big…

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2021 Edition #33 – Here’s to you Pal…

Come on pal… Right… let’s get straight into it. I don’t always claim to have all the answers… let alone…

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2021 Edition #32 – Better than naval gazing

Naval gazing Long one this week – but much is in the Crypto space that you can skip over if…

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2021 Edition #31 – You gotta laugh

Rupert when asked if he was backing Albanese at the next election The RBA left cash rates unchanged at 0.1%….

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2021 Edition #30 – Time to change

More like a PhD in BS. When the market believed inflation may have surfaced, the bond market pushed short end…

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2021 Edition #29 – Just the fax

The fax are not always the facts More time slippage on the report this week. I must confess – watching…

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2021 Edition #28 – Australians are the winners

Time to find the mongrel within   Iron ore is getting smashed.  Not that long ago, many were talking about…

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2021 Edition #27 – On the home straight

Say what?   Late edition again.  I’ve been tied to the telly watching Olympics. Early candidate for Tweet of the…

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2021 Edition #26 – Gold Silver Bronze Coal

  Careful, it bites.   Mood in Australia has dipped.  11 million currently under lockdown. Put your masks on… I…

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2021 Edition #25 – To the moon

What happened to the weekend? Always hard to launch a week with politics, but my old mate Barnaby has the…

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2021 Edition #24 – Who is driving this bus?

No more horsing around. Sorry for delay, I had to get the Loire Chateau ready for the helicopter fly overs…

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2021 Edition #23 – Deer oh deer

At least no deer’s getting off Scott free.   It has been that sort of week.  Crazy stuff happening. “Follow…

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2021 Edition #22 – Let’s Re-Joyce

Yeah…those “leftie” AFR journo’s.   How happy does Littleproud and “Sports-rort” look?  Has Barnarby let one rip? Straight to the…

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2021 Edition #21 – Inflation…what inflation?

How lucky….   The much anticipated US Fed meeting addressed that elephant in the room – inflation. Much like a…

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2021 Edition #20 – Queen’s Birthday edition – China and crypto

Peta Credlin got a Queen’s Birthday gong, so it must be my turn next year…   Late again – interstate…

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2021 Edition #19 – Lock it in Eddie – lock ’em in.

    Apologies for delay in publication. I had exposure to a Collingwood supporter, so I have been isolating in…

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2021 Edition #18 – The short edition…calm down

    Short edition – Mrs Swan and I are travelling interstate for the first time in what seems like…

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2021 Edition #17 – Yeah…nah….

  You can’t argue with that…   Chose that opening meme after seeing a US Republican talk about the dangers…

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2021 Edition #16 Fly me to the moon

That old bear of mine is under lock and key this week – I’m jumping on a few bandwagons and…

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2021 Edition #15 Really – are we that stupid?

Stupid is…stupid does The much anticipated Crypto melt down did not eventuate.  Bitcoin recovered from sub $50k USD to be…

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2021 Edition #14 Dance monkey dance

  I wasn’t there… Diggers Day long weekend – and thanks be to the few that have made sacrifices for…

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2021 Edition #13 Don’t throw your weight around here

  Looking for a cup o’tea and a lie down.. More of the same – broadly higher equity markets everywhere….

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2021 Edition #12 Just scrawling….

  Just scrawling…     It is funny.  When I made a humble living working in a bank, every piece…

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2021 Edition #10 (and 11) Easter cold cross buns

  Could it get any worse?  Yes it can…   We missed last week.  No real reason other than we…

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2021 Edition #9 – Happy (St. Pat’s) days are here

  Follow the rainbow…   Shorter report this week.  For some years now I have felt time (like water) is…

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2021 Edition #8 – It’s not pear.

  RBA Lowe?…   I’ve had a week on the tools.  Proper tools.  Crowbar, spade, mattock stuff.  Two things emerged. …

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2021 Edition #7 – Tongs are talking

    I tried but failed…   Wow – a quiet (ish) market week overshadowed by politics. Even Bitcoin seems…

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2021 Edition #6 – Don’t get too cocky

    How much for a bridge climb?  Yeah…nah   The week was sort of same/same….but different. Great news from…

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2021 Edition #5 – Did we nail it?

    Wait..Valentine’s Day – better check with Jenn….   I bought my Valentine a balloon as a present.  Unfortunately…

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2021 Edition #4 – Weeknd, come at me bro’

Be a mummy not a dummy. $7M well spent…. Chart question last week got a spread of answers. One offer…

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2021 Edition #3 – No free stuff…but wait…

  See below for chance to win a top notch cool climate shiraz delivered free. I would want a middle…

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