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Is it possible that the commodities and associated stocks with the best fundamentals in a world of scarce competition for investor dollars simply received all the money and positioning was so extended that the subsequent massive selloff ensued when the first potential crack appeared in demand? That’s how I’ve been looking at it FWIW

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This would be in line with many sell-offs that we have seen like this in the last 10 years or so

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Hello Russell

On one hand it is all very complicated, yet the Answers are So Simple:

There will be no Wage Inflation

"They" cannot inflate their way out:

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/generations.pdf

You and many others keep looking for "Answers" that somehow things work themselves out

They will Not

It will all End Badly, as it was Destined to all along

It is simply this:

There is No Way Out of The Debt Bubble, only Consequences

The "Consequences" will be myriad

For Participants, it will be like 1932

90% down in Markets, Real Estate 70-90%

But unlike the 1930s, War will not clear the deck

Because EROEI wasn´t a problem then, it is now

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/prime_equation.pdf

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/energy.pdf

IF, and I say IF we are lucky, there will be No Nuclear Conflict though the Brits and US Govt are pushing towards one

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/war.pdf

Governments will Fall, more and more

Boris is just the latest

The American Government is going to Fall as well, probably in a very destabilizing way which will spread around the World

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/rebellion.pdf

Hope is Not a Strategy

Mathematics are in Control and they won´t be Denied

If You don´t know what to do, put all your Capital in US Bills in your own name, with No Counterparties or "Fund", if you are fortunate to have a US Social Security number

Ask yourself this:

What is More Powerful and More Important

The US Dollar or The US President

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/us_bills.pdf

You and ALL in Markets must know EXACTLY what to do in The Dollar and US Bond Market

If you don´t, you will Lose

Berkshire Hathaway will be burned to the ground, imagine everyone else

https://www.talentseekscapital.com/uploads/3/4/5/6/34567939/proposition_to_warren_buffett_x.pdf

These events are unstoppable because Mathematics and The Laws of Thermodynamics are not subject to Human Veto

My door remains open to you Russell if you want to Profit from these events, rather than be a victim of them

Best Regards

Charlie

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Love your writing. I appreciate your thoughtful analysis. Question concerns JGBs. Does the fact that the 10-year JGB yield hasn't really spiked higher give you any pause with regard to your thoughts on inflation? While higher, the 10-year certainly doesn't appear to be confirming the 30-year JGB jump in yields. Thanks.

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The BOJ is still a.big buyer at 10 level... they are still committed to YCC so only.the 30 has anything near a.real market price

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This is a bit but not totally unfeasible IF... What if there is some kind of regime change in China

I am not talking about a coup or anything that extreme, but what happens to this scenario if Xi's grip on power is weakened? This presumably would affect his ability to dictate economic policy

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Its a fair point. But when i have looked at political swings from right to left and then left to right they seem to occur everywhere at the same time. Seeing that politics is swinging left everywhere makes me.think this could well.outlive Xi...

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Commodities bull-markets have multiple 50% plus sell-offs. By definition commodities are small markets and by nature speculative. One only buys a commodity to sell it at a later date and it costs money to hold. Even without expansionary monetary policy, commodity supplies are strongly constrained. War in Ukraine & Russia, low investment in upstream oil & gas, low-investment in infrastructure for transportation, 1/3 of farmers in the US reaching retirement age etc etc etc.

However, that being said, there is tremendous overcapacity in services and consumption. My general view is inflation BUT deflation cannot be ruled out. There is also a very wide spectrum for serious policy error from the political class and central banks in the coming years.

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My guess is that wage inflation keeps inflation ticking along, but does squeeze corporate margins, and is generally good for commdoities.

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Sorry, should have added, that's just my view. Love the Japan information! I don't know very much about how Japan affects things so it is always great to hear your insight.

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Low liquidity = the price-setters are the 'tourists' going from what's hot to the next. Seems to be flowing heavily into Healthcare now. But overall, the high wages/pro-labor policies assume political leadership is 'long-term' thinking. For China's case, I think the argument can be made, but for the West? I can't help but think they need to save the boomers' retirements eventually. Which long-term is inflationary, but unsettling that its just becoming 1 trade trying to predict CB actions.

Curious how you're interpreting what the bond market is saying with all this? Seems like bonds are pricing in some type of CB pivot now, but spreads are starting to blowout. Any signal in bonds that you look for in regards to inflation?

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I really think JGBs are good indicator. If they continue to sell off at the back end, then its hard for me to buy into the deflation story. Not only are the Japanese familiar with deflation, they are big investors into China. Japanese factories tend to pick up slowdowns very quickly.

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Gotcha, thought there would be something else in addition to the post pointing to JGBs you had up your sleeve. Brings me to the recent medium-term inflation exp. print out of Japan at the highest in 14 years, which initially was confusing given they have relatively low CPI, but your insight makes this make much more sense.

If all this plays out, I keep thinking of a future scenario where iPhone prices crash to below <$1,000 while Energy/Food prices stay high. Curious what you think about the deflationary collapse hitting cons. disc. only?

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I am more thinking equites trade to very low valuations- and real returns on assets are low... rising wages should mean everything gets more expensive including iphones

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My fear is that this is exactly what will happen - look at Russia or Turkey in the last 10 years. No good for the great majority of fund managers!

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That would be my guess

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