The Decoupling Issue
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5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Decoupling Issue
The US figures out that our foreign policy is subject to CCP approval and works out a deal with Australia to develop rare earth mining and refining assets. China responds by ceasing soybean purchases from the US. All of this is creating discomfort in multiple places, but how dependent do you want to be on … Read more
September CPI is 3.0%
Overview: Today, we got the September Consumer Price Index (CPI) report which showed an overall increase of 3.0% for the last year and up 0.3% for the month (annualizes to 3.7%). The annual number is up 0.1% from August and 0.1% below expectations. The monthly is up 0.3% and 0.1% below expectations. The Core CPI … Read more
5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Supply Chain Issue
Lots of supply chain and trade war news this week. China renews and strengthens restrictions on export of rare earth elements and magnets. They’ve spent decades securing the upper hand in these crucial components leaving the west no choice but to invest in our own mining and refining capacity. Silver joins fellow precious metal gold … Read more
Weekly Points – October 10th, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Gold! Issue
$AMD offers stock and chips to OpenAI in an effort to break $NVDA’s near-monopoly status. DKI wonders where we’re going to get the electricity supply to power all those chips. Gold crosses $4k on the way to a new all-time high. Or as we like to put it: Gold is staying stable while the dollar … Read more
5 Things – Delivery Change
Hi All, We’re making some changes to the email delivery system that we use to send the 5 Things. As a result, instead of an email, you’ll be able to read the 5 Things here on the DKI blog. Premium subscribers will have access to the full version this Sunday, one day earlier than usual. … Read more
Weekly Points – October 3rd, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The Government Shutdown Issue
The Federal government shut down this week. Democrat and Republican donors cheered. Politicians threatened the end of the world in front of microphones. The market shrugged. DKI has spent years expressing concern about the lack of pharmaceutical production capacity in the US combined with our large prescription drug use. President Trump uses tariff threats to … Read more
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Weekly Points – September 26th, 2025 – 5 Things to Know in Investing This Week – The What if There’s an AI Spending Problem Issue
Last week, Enrique Abeyta warned that OpenAI reminds him of Enron from the dot com boom/bust. This week, Nvidia announced a $100B “investment” into OpenAI which will then be used to buy Nvidia chips. This is the exact kind of accounting shenanigans that Enrique warned about. He’ll be guest hosting the video version of The … Read more
It’s Not a Market Event
We’re nearing another Shutdown Theater event where people pretend the government “shutting down” will result in disaster and both “sides” engaging in brinkmanship gaming. Prediction markets indicate that it’s likely we get a shutdown at midnight tonight. The stock market has shrugged and indicated it doesn’t care. Fiat economists are threatening that each day the … Read more
