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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The real Aussie way Big Picture What a week. I don’t know where to start. The great thing about this…
Read MoreRare reveal of inside the National Party Cabinet Big Picture We are still keeping an eye on inflation. Australia gets…
Read MoreGreat news for RBA and the FOMC Well – a shorter version anyway. No change to my portfolio. Big Picture…
Read MoreToo late Late issue again – like a brown bear at the height of the salmon spawning… it is a…
Read More“Barney Rubble” ahead. Ethics and compromise. Are they two words not suitable or applicable in economic markets nor politics? Big…
Read MoreCome on pal… Right… let’s get straight into it. I don’t always claim to have all the answers… let alone…
Read MoreNaval gazing Long one this week – but much is in the Crypto space that you can skip over if…
Read MoreRupert when asked if he was backing Albanese at the next election The RBA left cash rates unchanged at 0.1%….
Read MoreMore like a PhD in BS. When the market believed inflation may have surfaced, the bond market pushed short end…
Read MoreThe fax are not always the facts More time slippage on the report this week. I must confess – watching…
Read MoreTime to find the mongrel within Iron ore is getting smashed. Not that long ago, many were talking about…
Read MoreSay what? Late edition again. I’ve been tied to the telly watching Olympics. Early candidate for Tweet of the…
Read MoreCareful, it bites. Mood in Australia has dipped. 11 million currently under lockdown. Put your masks on… I…
Read MoreWhat happened to the weekend? Always hard to launch a week with politics, but my old mate Barnaby has the…
Read MoreNo more horsing around. Sorry for delay, I had to get the Loire Chateau ready for the helicopter fly overs…
Read MoreAt least no deer’s getting off Scott free. It has been that sort of week. Crazy stuff happening. “Follow…
Read MoreYeah…those “leftie” AFR journo’s. How happy does Littleproud and “Sports-rort” look? Has Barnarby let one rip? Straight to the…
Read MoreHow lucky…. The much anticipated US Fed meeting addressed that elephant in the room – inflation. Much like a…
Read MorePeta Credlin got a Queen’s Birthday gong, so it must be my turn next year… Late again – interstate…
Read MoreApologies for delay in publication. I had exposure to a Collingwood supporter, so I have been isolating in…
Read MoreShort edition – Mrs Swan and I are travelling interstate for the first time in what seems like…
Read MoreYou can’t argue with that… Chose that opening meme after seeing a US Republican talk about the dangers…
Read MoreThat old bear of mine is under lock and key this week – I’m jumping on a few bandwagons and…
Read MoreStupid is…stupid does The much anticipated Crypto melt down did not eventuate. Bitcoin recovered from sub $50k USD to be…
Read MoreI wasn’t there… Diggers Day long weekend – and thanks be to the few that have made sacrifices for…
Read MoreLooking for a cup o’tea and a lie down.. More of the same – broadly higher equity markets everywhere….
Read MoreJust scrawling… It is funny. When I made a humble living working in a bank, every piece…
Read MoreCould it get any worse? Yes it can… We missed last week. No real reason other than we…
Read MoreFollow the rainbow… Shorter report this week. For some years now I have felt time (like water) is…
Read MoreRBA Lowe?… I’ve had a week on the tools. Proper tools. Crowbar, spade, mattock stuff. Two things emerged. …
Read MoreI tried but failed… Wow – a quiet (ish) market week overshadowed by politics. Even Bitcoin seems…
Read MoreHow much for a bridge climb? Yeah…nah The week was sort of same/same….but different. Great news from…
Read MoreWait..Valentine’s Day – better check with Jenn…. I bought my Valentine a balloon as a present. Unfortunately…
Read MoreBe a mummy not a dummy. $7M well spent…. Chart question last week got a spread of answers. One offer…
Read MoreSee below for chance to win a top notch cool climate shiraz delivered free. I would want a middle…
Read More“Are you on Reddit now?” Never Interfere With an Enemy While He’s in the Process of Destroying Himself –…
Read MoreWatching the market bounce. Wow. A summer break like no other I can remember. No interstate or overseas…
Read MoreDive…dive…dive… Quick Links Last edition for the year The week that has been Market wise AUD Thought of the Week…
Read MoreGetting harder to find the light Quick Links Second to last edition for the year Peter “Nude Nut” Dutton Market…
Read MoreQuick Links: Is there really a trade war going on between Australia and China? Explicit list of grievances against the…
Read MoreApologies for late report. Black Swan has been travelling overseas, believe it or not. No government funded chartered jet…
Read MoreLike getting hooked on Lion King, Black Swan needs to wean off USA. Easy to say but hard to do….
Read MoreIt has been suggested that ScoMo is wearing a G-string. That is an image and thought that haunts me. It…
Read MoreIt would be easy to spend all this week on Trump. Always enjoyable fodder, but the feeling I get is…
Read MoreMore on the election later, but first lets look closer to home. RBA sat on a strange Melbourne Cup…
Read MoreA week out from US Election. Sportsbet have Trump at $2.70. Yep, I know polls and bookies are no reliable…
Read MoreUSA – what could go wrong? Possibly like me, you have been watching the battle of Titans over recent years,…
Read MoreCrazy times continue this week. If the year could be harnessed and reviewed it might be in a t-shirt: Now…
Read MoreBlack Swan has a wedding anniversary this weekend. The care is there. Speaking of care, what a week for our…
Read MoreBiggest corporate fine in Australian history awarded to Westpac. $1.3 Billion Aussie dollars would buy a truck load of wagyu…
Read MoreI want so much to keep away from politics this week. But just when you think you are out….they pull…
Read MoreLooking in the rear view mirror to some earlier posts, it is becoming even harder to separate the market from…
Read MoreSame, same but different. We will cover the bigger issues shortly but I note NAB must have read our blog…
Read MoreForget the hope story of last week – like my hair, it is all receding. The worst kept secret was…
Read MoreIt is all about hope this week. Hope that we are near the end of winter. Hope that a vaccine…
Read MoreVictoria seem to be finally getting on top of its cluster. I don’t follow Vic politics closely, but the stick…
Read MoreThe writer has been known to have a socially responsible drink or three occasionally. What really gets up my nose…
Read MoreBest endeavours to be up and about this week, but it is getting tougher to see that economic light shining…
Read MoreYour humble scribe (like Barnaby) remains highly aroused but confused. Is the market too optimistic and the US of A…
Read MoreFrydenberg told reporters in Canberra today. “The economic outlook remains very uncertain.” No shit Sherlock. The Back in Black budget…
Read MoreHard to put an update together. I get a sense that we all have “unprecedented” financial fatigue. Even record data…
Read MoreAs if 2020 and this world could get any crazier – Kayne West has thrown his hat into the ring…
Read MoreIn footy parlance it is half time. Near enough 100 days in and 100 days to go. When I say…
Read MoreThieving bastards A bit harsh on Dentists, I reckon. What say we substitute Financial Planners, stockbrokers and bankers in there…
Read MoreSo where to now for the Market? Admittedly I haven’t been a slave to the screen this week, but it…
Read MoreLate update that allows us to include Friday’s machinations. The plan was to dig a bit deeper into interest rates…
Read MoreWelcome to the inaugural incognito insights – say that three times fast… I awoke to a fine but crisp…
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