Great Question on Uranium and $SRUUF
Great question today from Ben about uranium and $SRUUF: I am wondering whether you can comment on SRUUF. According to Cameco’s website, it seems, year-to-June, Uranium spot price is trending lower and is converging to the steady rising long-term price. What factors are driving that trend and what implications those factors might have on SRUUF … Read more
Weekly Points – June 28th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Let Them Eat Cake Issue
We lead off with a government official meme’ing herself. (Is meme’ing a word? Can we get a ruling by someone over the age of 25 on that?) Despite a terrible reputation as someone who doesn’t understand the impact of inflation on normal people, Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, couldn’t resist letting Americans know she thinks their … Read more
WSJ Highlights the Danger of AI Attacks
Today, the WSJ published an article titled “AI is Helping Scammers Outsmart You – and Your Bank” highlighting the new sophisticated techniques being used by people committing fraud. If we remember back to the early days of internet-enabled fraud, the scammers liked to use the Nigerian Prince approach where you’d get an email claiming you … Read more
Weekly Points – June 21st, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Taylor Swift is Responsible for Inflation Issue
Yet another government agency revises its projections. This seems to be a weekly thing these days. Anyone want to guess which direction the revisions headed? The Bank of England disappoints UK doves and holds rates steady. DKI thinks it’s all Taylor Swift’s fault. GameStop $GME management combined with Roaring Kitty’s memes have been great for … Read more
Weekly Points – June 14th, 2024 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Fed Has No Idea What It’s Doing Issue
I wish I were making this up, but Jerome Powell actually acknowledged the Fed doesn’t have high confidence in its own forecasts. In fairness, we don’t have confidence in their forecasts either. DKI pointed that out in a recent monthly letter where we detailed how inaccurate even near-term Fed forecasts have been. Past that, there … Read more