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From The Distilled Perspective of Patrick T Bulger, Capital Management & Analytics

Wrapping up the week:

•     My Geopolitical take:
There were no major breakthroughs on
The Iran Conflict, or on
The Russia Ukraine conflict.

Hard lines were taken and progress does not appear to have been made.
Agreeing to further dialog while hardlining is not viewed as progress.

•     The inflation take:
I see small ticks in the many versions of calculating inflation being used as headline directional grandeur and I view them as unforgivably short sighted. Definitive inflection points over sustained periods of time are counted as significant. Outside of inflation running above normal, I see no macro decline nor inflection point in the "always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon."

•     A Tech Take:
From the topic of defaults on power grid turbines, to declines in stores of value,
to Outlook and AI Outages,
My take is one of declining liquidity and quality. The stories of unsinkable appear to have some cracks.
I see Risk.

•     A Policy Take: A Collateral Take: A Cost of Debt Take: and Currency Take:
I see, tightening,
Potential for balance sheet pressure, &
Cost of capital pressures.

•     Conclusion:
The combination of the above conditions match that of my rising internal risk gauge.
I do not see productivity gains large enough to offset risk,
I do not see upper K solving volume issues to overcome my perceived lack of pricing power and consumer weakness.

As a final view, I see risk.

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Thanks for your time.
Best,
PTB

No, I do not think, "She's Unsinkable"...

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