10-23-26 spal
according to this video family offices are buying gold hand over fist.
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Some people have all the fun - I am just stuck as a shitty landlord with some very sketchy stock positions ... but I am happy.
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10-23-26 spal
all this will feed into inflation..
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Yes - but this is a price shock and not actually what I'd call a true driver of inflation. It is comes from disruption. Inflation comes from too much money. |
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10-23-26 spal
| Savo yes - and I think insurers also. Concerning brokers yes - some incredible bonuses will be paid. |
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10-23-26 panasonic
Savo, I hope is not Norwegian family office :-)
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/commodities/articles/norwegians-leave-gold-forest-fall-121620625.html |
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10-23-26 savo
spal.. on a different matter...
you said... Gold trades not working
that depends on which side of the trade one is...
i do not know whether this is true... but
according to this video family offices are buying gold hand over fist (as they say) filling exiting vaults and building new bigger ones.
Those people are delighted to buy gold at lower prices thanks to momentum algorithms ...
And this is real gold that they are buying not paper contracts... paying in cash... and storing it... gold that has no expiry date and will never see again the light of the day. It is gone forever.
Momentum algorithms sell what they do not have... pony up only 10% and the paper contract has an expiry date... one day they will have to buy it back...
I do not know how long this momentum trade will last... but for those that have no time pressure and simply accumulate... the lower the price the better...thus the gold trade is working just fine.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K7_nHgBqKTk |
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10-23-26 savo
spal.. on shipping... apparently not only shipping companies are making a lot of money but also ship brokers.
If i understood it correctly... a VLCC carrries 2mm barrels.
Companies charge 40 dollars per barrel... hence 80MM dollars... for a 45 days journey say US-China
ship borkers fee is ...... fixed 2.5%. Hence 2 mm dollars for the ship broker... for doing one ship fixing. They do several of those per day.
Now add cost of oil 114 brent... + 40 for shipping... + insurance... then refining margins... all this will feed into inflation... already at 17% PPI annualised...and 8% CPI annualised. |
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10-23-26 spal
The government argued technical difficulties, claiming consular databases do not automatically filter electors acquired under this specific law without manual case-by-case checks.
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10-23-26 savo
| there was news of a guy that tracked an ancestor to the early 1800. |
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10-23-26 panasonic
| Vic, yep pls make the "nietos" list public, 77% are Muhammad and rest Ibrahim :-) |
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10-23-26 panasonic
"even if venezuelans and others are pissed at her"
Pissed at her true, but most pissed can't vote.
The talk on the street "vote Dems to balance power" and that sentiment seems to be moving the needle. |
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10-23-26 victor
pana, the sanchez govt in a nutshell:
the supremo tells both the ministers of presidencia & justice and exterior/canciller, to give them a list of 163k nietos.
those 2 idiots don't do it, and now the supremo has to threaten these 2 MINISTERS with penal charges if they don't comply in 5 days.
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El Supremo da 5 días a Bolaños y Albares para identificar a los 163.000 'nietos' bajo amenaza de multa y responsabilidad penal
"Incomprensiblemente esa relación nominal no ha sido todavía entregada a esta Sala", señalan los magistrados |
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10-23-26 spal
FECCF
FRONTERA ENERGY CORP
5.940.05 (+0.85%)
Second largest position - they remain with exceptionally low liquidity and trading mostly sideways. This is expected. This is essentially a listed private equity position. It is controlled by Gabriel de Alba (Catalyst Capital) - c.45% of all stock. It is now completely oil & gas plus port infrastructure.
They own 100% of Puerto Bahia in Colombia. The roll on roll off traffic is increasing as is container loads. More important is that they are about to dock a re-gasification ship to supply natural gas under a 7 year take or pay agreement with Ecopetrol. Colombia is falling quickly into a natural gas deficit with the risk of blackouts so this project has strong national interest underpinnings.
Besides that they are talking about building a gas fired power station on the port grounds.
They are financed through a 35% interest in the ODL pipeline that carries 30% of all Colombian crude. Their partner is Ecopetrol.
These units throw off total cash of around 30% of total company value per year so without spending they could payout in cash the total current market cap in 3 years.
I expect that they will sell out the infrastructure biz late 2027 once the gas project is proved up.
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10-23-26 spal
PARXF
PAREX RES INC
21.50 (+3.19%)
Colombian producer (they purchased Frontera's O&G upstream biz). Lifting costs are low in Colombia. This is the right momentum play on Oil ... as distinct from Alvopetro which is an all seasons deep value investment ... nonetheless I like this one now.
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10-23-26 spal
ALVOF
ALVOPETRO ENERGY LTD
7.030.35 (+5.24%)
My largest position. They are ready to announce drill results that hopefully will significantly increase the available reserves in Bahia. They operate their own (owned) distribution network so net-backs are extraordinary ... They are in the 98th percentile of profitability. I have run the numbers.
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10-23-26 spal
FLL
FULL HSE RESORTS INC
Add to Watchlist
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0.7802-0.1898 (-19.57%)
0.7801
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Tres difficile mes amis ...
Might take a schmal position at 50 cents ... might not.
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10-23-26 victor
pana, but maria elvira should win.. even if venezuelans and others are pissed at her.
the hill gives her a 76% to win, and polymarket a 66%.
polymarket was giving her an 85% chance to win 2 months ago, so her chances are dropping. |
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10-23-26 panasonic
| Spal, and AI issuance of fixed income sent bonds to the dumpsters. |
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10-23-26 panasonic
Vic, so going forward to the next chapter, me see increased political confrontation, plus AI impact on jobs will be felt more in 2027.
Left dinner is served :-( |
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10-23-26 victor
pana, the hill is now forecasting 51 dem senators, and 49 gop.
house: 237 dem, 198 gop |
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10-23-26 victor
texas, the hill
gop 43%
dem 57%
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10-23-26 victor
pana, yes, but i checked some polls, and they mostly agreed on the winner.. what differed were the odds.
for example Alaska, MSNOW.
D Peltola 49.7%
R Sullivan 47.6% |
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10-23-26 spal
| BTW - FLL (Full House) hammered ... potential for Chap 11 now. |
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10-23-26 spal
Exotica including:
Parex - PAREXF
Alvopetro - ALVOF
Frontera - FECCF
These cockroaches will go the distance. |
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10-23-26 spal
Buy side:
Gold trades not working
Rate trades not working (REITS, Mortgage trusts)
Tech Trades not working
Tankers sideways now
Oil producers in small pockets working.
Have reverted mostly to my extreme exotic hold outs positions and transports. Most momentum trades are fading now. |
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10-23-26 panasonic
Vic, one of the things I'll watch closely is accuracy of prediction markets vs traditional polls.
If my suspicion is correct, traditional polls people will be jobless soon. |
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10-23-26 savo
| Treasury yields declined 15-21bp in the largest one-day decline in yields since March 2023, beginning overnight amid further risk aversion in the EGB market. France’s widening had little catalyst, but our colleagues in Europe think some combination of an improvement in French fiscal or political dynamics, or ECB signaling on potential intervention, is required to break this cycle |
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10-23-26 savo
consumer confidence at a 75 year low...and it not for longer because it has being measured for 75 years...
tariffs ware a big mistake... pushed inflation up... the war and supply chain disruptions more inflation... hyperscalers borrowing like there is no tomorrow...higher interest rates... the fiscal deficit..
housing prices going down... mortgage rates up... consumer prices up...rents up... --->>> Trump's popularity at a historic low. |
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10-23-26 victor
i have been looking at polymarket odds of some key senate races, and it's looking really bad for the gop.
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north carolina - 97% D !!!
alaska - 74% D
texas - 67% D
maine - 67% D
ohio - 70% D
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10-23-26 victor
Norwegians Leave Gold in Forest as Some Fall for Scam
Bloomberg) -- Swindlers have persuaded Norwegians into buying gold and leaving it in the forest as part of a growing investment fraud, according to the country's banking lobby.
"Several" bank clients have spent "large sums" to purchase gold and then left it out in nature, following promises that "others will keep it safe while the value rises," Finans Norge said in a statement Thursday, without specifying the amounts.
It said the scheme is one of three fraud methods that banks are "specifically warning against right now."
Last year, the losses of Norwegian lenders and their customers from financial fraud totaled 962 million kroner ($100 million), the lobby group said. At the same time, the banks prevented fraud attempts amounting to over 3.5 billion kroner.
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10-22-26 victor
Port of Oakland Truck Drivers Say Record-High Diesel Prices Are ‘Killing the Business’
The average price for diesel in California has reached more than $8 per gallon for over a month, pushing some truckers to the edge.
Oct 21, 2026 |
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10-22-26 victor
diesel prices, especially in california..
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According to the Oct. 19 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration, the nation’s average price for diesel was $6.276 per gallon. Although the price has declined since it hit a record mark of $6.53 on Sept. 21, truckers and farmers are still dealing with unprecedented fuel costs. Before September 2026, the national average for diesel had never surpassed $5.816. Additionally, diesel was only $3.62 one year ago.
Even worse, diesel prices in California sit at $8.242 per gallon, up $3.344 from October 2025. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
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10-22-26 spal
Ann Vandersteel™️
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BREAKING: "US embassy staff and families ordered to leave Saudi Arabia, with families of embassy staff in the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Qatar and Bahrain also ordered to leave," per AFP
YachtLifeRadio
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I work in private aviation. We are swamped with Private jets leaving the region past 48hrs. Not just wealthy expats and diplomats, royals leaving undercover. This started on Monday night for us, meaning they knew way before the announcements today 👁️
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10-22-26 spal
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10-22-26 victor
Felipe González confirma que votará en blanco y asegura que si Milei vuelve a España «15 veces más, gana Sánchez»
«Si nos visita 15 veces más Milei es posible que gane Sánchez», ha añadido González, quien ha reprochado que el presidente argentino «insulta». «¿Cómo se puede ir a un país solo a insultar? Es una falta de educación cívica, además de política increíble. Si viniera más, cambiaría mucho el voto», ha explicado González, que dijo que va a votar por correo. |
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10-22-26 savo
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10-22-26 savo
spal... from the bridge all i see is wreckage..
which was in line with the macro view of exponential debt growth and exponential debt growth.. ATM housing in reverse...consumer confidence at a 75 year low...and PPI inflation in annualized double digits
physical gold and silver behaving as expected... monthly physical buying at an ATH... but paper gold and silver futures with algos in negative momentum feeding on itself... "A tale of two markets".
Eventually they will go net short and will snap back. |
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10-22-26 spal
| Traditional industrial economy has experienced a multi-year slump (ISM Manufacturing hovering around or below the 50 contraction line), small-cap earnings growth (Russell 2000) remains constrained by high interest rates, and freight/transport volumes have lagged. Concurrently, broader equity indices are driven almost entirely by extreme capital concentration in the AI supply chain and mega-cap technology platforms. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
| AI trade getting whacked after IBM's Krishna said 80% of AI use will be on open weight models. |
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10-22-26 spal
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10-22-26 spal
| Copper and silver also whacked - junior miners in free fall today |
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10-22-26 victor
pana, right, the oldest party in spain, for 147 years.. since 1879.
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10-22-26 spal
| Savo ... report to the bridge. |
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10-22-26 spal
Gold in free fall.
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10-22-26 panasonic
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10-22-26 panasonic
| Vic, probably...PSOE is a party, not Sanchez only. |
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10-22-26 spal
Haines Attack:
https://x.com/OzraeliAvi/status/2112419322635382987?s=20 |
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10-22-26 victor
pana, by breaking with Sanchez she saves her political future
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does she?? and where is she going? to which party?
the only leftist party that has any future is the psoe.
look at podemos, some say it could disappear in these elections.
the way to save her political future is to stay in the psoe, deal with sanchez, and find the right moment to get rid of him..
psoe reborn.
the same thing sanchez did for himself. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
| Vic, agree with your last post. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
| Vic, my view is opposite, Ortega knows she has no chance to win, by breaking with Sanchez she saves her political future, bcz didn't endorse a guy that created an immigration chaos, and that is a very sensible issue in Malaga. |
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10-22-26 victor
pana, it's great news actually, if sanchez loses the election, but manages to keep control of the psoe..
because the new generation of psoe leaders, who could challenge the PP in the future, will be suffocated by sanchez before they can make it. |
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10-22-26 victor
pana, an example would be:
Ortega doesn't quit and, after the elections, decides to challenge sanchez for the psoe leadership.
that won't be happening. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
| Vic, ok...to anti-Sanchez like me, still good news. |
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10-22-26 victor
| pana, yes, and others who also quit in palencia. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
We are still talking abt. Katrin Ortega, right?
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10-22-26 victor
pana, breaking with an allied is bad news for Sanchez
which ally?
those who are quitting the psoe are not his allies, but his potential enemies.
that's how sanchez became psoe leader: by backstabbing the former leader, susana diaz, and turning the psoe against her.
he doesn't want the same to happen to him. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
| Spal, not sure how that plays out to be honest. |
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10-22-26 panasonic
Vic, not sure Redondo is right, usually socialists sell their souls to add votes, i.e. the fusion in EU between LQBTQ and Islamism.
So, breaking with an allied is bad news for Sanchez. |
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10-22-26 spal
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele launches military operation in Haiti, threatens to eviscerate Haitian gangs as he did to gangs in El Salvador if they don't return hostages.
The statement came after four Salvadoran men were kidnapped by Haitian gangs.
"Today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all four hostages back alive," he said.
Bukele says the four Salvadoran men are aviation technicians.
"They were kidnapped in a cowardly manner while returning after buying food at a market in the area.
"That is why, today, we have launched a military operation to rescue them. We have a single objective: to bring our four compatriots back home alive, without any harm."
Bukele then issued a warning if gang leaders harm any of the men.
"I want you, the gang leaders, to understand one thing very clearly: today's attack is nothing compared to what is coming if we do not get all four hostages back alive..."
"And do not take our word for empty threats. We have already finished with the gangs in El Salvador, and we can finish with you too..."
"Return our four compatriots to us alive, without any harm, and everything will go back to how it was before the kidnapping." |
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10-22-26 victor
pana, redondo explains the reason why sanchez doesnt care if malaga's Katrin Ortega and other psoe people quit..
and why sanchez is also purging the psoe of popular figures.
sanchez only wants people who are 100% faithful to him in next congress..
so these deputies won't stage a coup against him, and will keep him as psoe leader even if he loses the elections.
and, according to redondo, sanchez is already assuming that he will lose.
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Nicolás Redondo, exsecretario general del PSE-PSOE y figura histórica del socialismo español, ha lanzado una dura crítica contra Pedro Sánchez a poco más de un mes de las elecciones generales del 29 de noviembre.
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Sánchez arma un ejército de fieles para resistir desde el Congreso tras el 29-N
El presidente copa las listas de sus cargos de máxima confianza para controlar el grupo parlamentario después de las elecciones
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10-22-26 spal
Daniel Bueno Vorcaro (born October 6, 1983) is a Brazilian businessman and former majority owner/president of Banco Master (formerly Banco Máxima). Once celebrated as a meteoric "outsider" in Brazil's banking sector, Vorcaro became central to one of the largest corporate financial frauds in South American history following the extrajudicial liquidation of Banco Master in late 2025.
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At the center of the latest scandal is Daniel Vorcaro, a disgraced banker responsible for the country’s largest ever banking fraud and a much less-discussed scheme for legally ripping off public workers through a payroll-deduction credit card. In only a few years, Vorcaro became incredibly well-connected, benefiting from the benign neglect of the Central Bank president and paying off other directors at the institution. He hosted bunga-bunga parties in New York for Brazil’s financial and political elite and traveled on one of his multiple private jets to Courchevel with his “friend for life,” an influential senator to whom he was paying monthly stipends of between $60,000 and $95,000. The scandal around Vorcaro’s defunct Banco Master revealed a compromised regulator, a drained state bank, bought-off politicians, a prison suicide, plunder of public funds, and a very bad bit of cinema.
https://www.compactmag.com/article/how-anti-corruption-politics-destroyed-brazil/ |
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