Sunday Certificate from Boston

By Paul Sankey Published on May 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM

Hello from Boston, “Hello”, he said, in a most British tone. The British are coming! Sure, the Tea Party, Independence Day. Don’t believe the hype, they are sequels. We need a Democrat Tea Party, in true Boston style, but the Democrats here are hopeless. My youngest son Harry’s full Boston graduation (Northeastern) is this evening, putting me free & clear from private education fees that are crippling. His college: $84k per year. We are leaving. …

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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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CASY: Winner Winner Jalapeno Pizza Dinner

By Paul Sankey Published on December 13, 2024 at 4:19 PM

With our research getting backed up this week, because of travel to Houston, this brief note covers Casey’s ($CASY). If this note’s timing is as eccentric as our covering Casey’s, and Caseys’ reporting schedule, (we are somehow in Q1 2025) then we need to publish a brief results review, now or never. We cover “energy & energy adjacent” and like to be differentiated, so we enjoy our coverage of gas station companies because no other …

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