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 …

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Sunday Auto Armageddon & Peace with Iran

By Paul Sankey Published on April 13, 2025 at 4:14 PM

One of the recent Happy Hour lines that struck me, came from a Republican lobbyist who was a guest in the interim between Trump winning, and Trump being inaugurated. He repeated “tariffs” strongly, then followed up by saying that “During Trump 1, our firm had a track record of 85% success in getting an exemption on tariffs for our clients.” Hmmm. Sure enough, this weekend we have the “Tim Apple Tariff Exemption” whereby suddenly per …

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Happy Norwuz! Fresh From the White House Lawn?

By Paul Sankey Published on March 20, 2025 at 8:23 AM

TODAY will be Diamondback CEO-designate Kaes Van’t Hof on Happy Hour, 4pm ET. Premium event. Register here. This might be the best-timed C-chat we have ever had. https://sankeyresearch.com/conference/sankey-strategy-session-diamondback-cfo-president-kaes-vant-hof-interest-form/ Great timing? According to very limited reports Diamondback is fresh from meeting Mssrs Trump, Wright, and Burgum at the White House, don’t have the exact corporate execs in attendance, but there is an unofficial list of the companies. Nobody energy company seems to want to say much, …

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