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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #36 – Get Short
Great news for RBA and the FOMC Well – a shorter version anyway. No change to my portfolio. Big Picture…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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%….
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #29 – Just the fax
The fax are not always the facts More time slippage on the report this week. I must confess – watching…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #26 – Gold Silver Bronze Coal
Careful, it bites. Mood in Australia has dipped. 11 million currently under lockdown. Put your masks on… I…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #21 – Inflation…what inflation?
How lucky…. The much anticipated US Fed meeting addressed that elephant in the room – inflation. Much like a…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #18 – The short edition…calm down
Short edition – Mrs Swan and I are travelling interstate for the first time in what seems like…
Read More2021 Edition #17 – Yeah…nah….
You can’t argue with that… Chose that opening meme after seeing a US Republican talk about the dangers…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #14 Dance monkey dance
I wasn’t there… Diggers Day long weekend – and thanks be to the few that have made sacrifices for…
Read More2021 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….
Read More2021 Edition #12 Just scrawling….
Just scrawling… It is funny. When I made a humble living working in a bank, every piece…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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. …
Read More2021 Edition #7 – Tongs are talking
I tried but failed… Wow – a quiet (ish) market week overshadowed by politics. Even Bitcoin seems…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #5 – Did we nail it?
Wait..Valentine’s Day – better check with Jenn…. I bought my Valentine a balloon as a present. Unfortunately…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 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…
Read More2021 Edition #2 – Make sure you Reddit
“Are you on Reddit now?” Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself –…
Read More2021 Edition #1 – Out of the fat and into the fire
Watching the market bounce. Wow. A summer break like no other I can remember. No interstate or overseas…
Read MoreEdition #26 – Time to surface or batten down the hatches…?
Dive…dive…dive… Quick Links Last edition for the year The week that has been Market wise AUD Thought of the Week…
Read MoreEdition #25 – Seek and ye shall find…
Getting harder to find the light Quick Links Second to last edition for the year Peter “Nude Nut” Dutton Market…
Read MoreEdition #24 – We have them just where we want ’em…
Apologies for late report. Black Swan has been travelling overseas, believe it or not. No government funded chartered jet…
Read MoreEdition #23 – Thanksgiving or thanks for receiving…
Like getting hooked on Lion King, Black Swan needs to wean off USA. Easy to say but hard to do….
Read MoreEdition #22 – They Otter vacate and vaccinate
It has been suggested that ScoMo is wearing a G-string. That is an image and thought that haunts me. It…
Read MoreEdition #21 – coming of age. 71 million – not all can be stupid?
It would be easy to spend all this week on Trump. Always enjoyable fodder, but the feeling I get is…
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