Sunday Uncertain Veblen Goods

By Paul Sankey Published on April 27, 2025 at 8:17 PM

Greetings, We can keep it shorter today, as yesterday we sent you a Greg Bordelon thematic special on China energy tariffs, not to mention he beat me this evening and released his Model Portfolio note just now. The China note yesterday I most enjoyed reading & editing, and adding fun asides, from the Delta lounge at LAX on Friday night before I took the red-eye back here to Brooklyn. No wonder I never normally take …

Morning Pick Your Poison

By Paul Sankey Published on October 9, 2024 at 7:26 AM

The internet here at my parent’s apartment is so bad that I looked at buying a Starlink. £299 from Curry’s (British ~Best Buy). I’m tempted to, but in this basement flat, we only have a 20ft square patch of skylight. So now I am running internet from my iPhone and it seems okay including a full Bloomberg. Hats off to technology. And frankly, hats off to Elon. How did he come up with – and …