Friday Wrap, Supply Disruption, Jobs & Your Portfolio
Commentary from The Distilled Perspective of
Patrick T Bulger, Capital Management & Analytics
• Energy Supply and More:
Not many realize that some countries only have a month or so of fuel availability,
this has a chance to get ugly quickly.
China and Russia have announced limitations on export
ASEAN (the Association of Southeast Asian Nations), may have a major energy issue,
hence, the world could be moving to a major supply issue.
A major portion of globally systemic economics is facing multiplying issues.
• "The Jobs Report"
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Establishment Survey
Nonfarm payroll employment was -92,000 in February
December was revised down by 65,000
January was revised down by 4,000
Basic Math: Negative/Flat jobs for the 3 month period of December, January & February
Not so “Green Shoots” is it?
If you read the blog, this did not surprise us or you.
This is on top of the Challenger and the ADP posts.
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• Stargate Participants continue to look as if they're having issues.
As mentioned in our past posts.
For a simplified recall of the year 2000 and 2008:
Recall the term, Vendor Financing.
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• We appear to be seeing major disinterest in European Collateral.
Could this be Margin Call related?
Are we entering babbies with bathwater stage?
Globally systemic plumbing volatility does appear to be evident.
Our internal measures of risk are elevated.
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Thanks for your time today.
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PTB
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