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It’s Recursive
Let’s go through why the market indexes have been down during part of the past couple of days and why some DKI positions aren’t currently performing like they’re “supposed” to perform. Right now, everything relates to the bond market. After years of interest rate suppression caused by the Federal Reserve and assisted by the US … Read more
September 2026 CPI is 3.7%
CPI of 3.7% was above expectations of 3.6% and above last month’s 3.4%. The monthly change was 0.6% driven by fuel and shelter (again). The monthly increase was in line with expectations and annualizes to 7.4%. Core CPI of 2.6% was above estimates of 2.5% and above last month’s 2.4%. The monthly change of … Read more
Portfolio Update
On back to back to back research calls so I need to make this quick. Covered the $INTC Dec $140 short call position. We put those on 2 weeks ago at $11.85. Profit of 128% in two weeks. Sold $TLN. Stock is up huge on news of a big Google power deal with Constellation. Original … Read more
Portfolio Update
Last week, I sold 2% $BRR (now $SVIA) and bought 2% of $IBIT. The reason was $SVIA had gone from trading at a 33% discount to NAV to a 0% discount. That, combined with the increase in the stock price meant I had a 10% position in a start-up VC company (CFO Silvia) without the … Read more
August CPI is 3.4%
CPI of 3.4% was in line with expectations and consistent with last month’s 3.4%. The monthly change was 0.4% driven by fuel and shelter. The monthly increase annualizes to 4.9%. Core CPI of 2.4% was also in line with estimates and slightly below last month’s 2.5%. The monthly change of 0.3% was above estimates … Read more