<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0" xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" xmlns:googleplay="http://www.google.com/schemas/play-podcasts/1.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Blind Squirrel Macro]]></title><description><![CDATA[Macro for Civilians.  Sharing successes and failures in the 30-year hunt for acorns in the markets. Acorns can emerge from anywhere.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQxr!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37bfaa8-247f-49a6-8128-a6e3232610fb_1280x1280.png</url><title>Blind Squirrel Macro</title><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 16:44:47 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[RDAM Advisory Pty Limited]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Third Time’s a Charm!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Taking a break from the &#8220;20-for-20&#8221; this week as we return to old hunting ground - fading the strength of &#8216;mispriced&#8217; US power utilities. The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Monday' Morning Notes. Year 4; Week 36 of 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/third-times-a-charm</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/third-times-a-charm</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 12 Sep 2026 11:32:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sbZn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8877993e-5c44-49eb-8012-caab7244cf15_1536x1024.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!sbZn!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8877993e-5c44-49eb-8012-caab7244cf15_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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I am returning to a battlefield on which I have been twice vanquished in recent years. Back in the spring of 2024, I was bemused by the fact that the AI party had arrived at the door of &#8220;the market&#8217;s most boring sector&#8221;.</p><p>While I completely understood the scale of the power demand from AI data centers, market extrapolation of the narrative appeared to have gone wild. Back then I <a href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/fading-the-utes-7d9">wrote</a>: </p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><h6><em><strong>&#8220;You already know that the &#128063;&#65039; is no bond bull. &#8216;Bond proxy&#8217; utility equities offer the upside of regulated returns and come with a heap of baggage. I am beginning to hear whispers of a bullish thesis for electricity producers around AI data center related power demand. Would love to be contradicted, but I am not sure that I get how (mainstream) utilities can effectively capitalize on this trend.</strong></em></h6><h6><em><strong>Sure, <a href="https://www.datacenterdynamics.com/en/news/metas-mark-zuckerberg-says-energy-constraints-are-holding-back-ai-data-center-buildout/">our West Coast based tech overlords have finally woken up to the fact that their new AI toys are going to require more electrical power than the grid has to offer them</a>. This is only going to place additional strain on an industry that is already facing numerous challenges:</strong></em></h6><h6><em><strong>- Demand - <a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/us/en/insights/industry/power-and-utilities/power-and-utilities-industry-outlook.html">potentially tripling by 2050</a>. Electric vehicle penetration forecasts may now be looking less like hockey sticks, but <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-04-15/what-surging-ai-demand-means-for-electricity-markets">AI data center power demand is a whole new ball game</a>!</strong></em></h6><h6><em><strong>- Ageing power production assets and a grid in desperate need of overhaul and hardening - just as the cost of debt and equity is rising;</strong></em></h6><h6><em><strong>- Utilities are consumer-facing businesses. They too have &#8216;political football&#8217; risk in a populist world (remember that they came after the &#8216;price gouging&#8217; petrol/gas station owners who make most of their money from selling you coffee and candy!);</strong></em></h6><h6><em><strong>- Political / ESG decarbonization targets that have diverted investment away from core infrastructure towards less reliable wind and solar renewable capacity;</strong></em></h6><h6><em><strong>- Increased heat and drought conditions. Climate is already creating litigation liabilities for utilities (wildfires in California and Hawaii), now power companies (particularly in the Western US) must deal with disruption from water stress and summer cooling (AC) demand.</strong></em></h6><h6><em><strong>There may be individual examples of independent players that can manage the regulatory red tape and capitalize on the opportunity to meet the demand from AI&#8217;s hungry power users, but at the end of the day don&#8217;t the tech overlords just end up building these capabilities themselves?&#8221; &#8212; April 2024</strong></em></h6></div><p>The following month (May &#8216;24) I entered the first of two unsuccessful short positions in the sector over the following twelve months. I had conceded that a couple of individual names - <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$CEG&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> and <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$VST&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> - could capitalize on the boom with their unregulated asset base, I had not counted on those names dragging the rest of the sector <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$XLU&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> with them.   </p><p>By <a href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/contemplating-the-defensive-puzzle?utm_source=publication-search">September</a>, the &#128063;&#65039;&#8217;s frustration was manifesting itself in the form of desperate memes after the combination of the restart announcement for &#8220;Three Mile Island&#8221; and a Fed rate cut added $17 billion of market cap to Constellation Energy <em><strong>in a single session</strong></em> - an amount equal to more than the cost to build the Vogtle nuclear power plant in Georgia. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png" width="481" height="736" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:736,&quot;width&quot;:481,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ci4x!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44a1bb8c-177c-4a90-b7b3-cfd86adf95b5_481x736.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>For most of the past two years, the sector&#8217;s schizophrenia continued. However, since the outbreak of the Iran war, the bond proxies have steadfastly refused to react to rising Treasury yields.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yR4E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2c51f75-41ef-4462-8910-1fe0d16f1382_2705x1352.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yR4E!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb2c51f75-41ef-4462-8910-1fe0d16f1382_2705x1352.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Traditionally, the dividend yield of the XLU offered a modest pickup over 10-year Treasury yields. Today we are looking at a negative spread of over 225bps - meaningful positive carry on a short position.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LvIZ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8537a2ed-f0c3-466d-bc21-ba0b6098542d_3641x1902.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LvIZ!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8537a2ed-f0c3-466d-bc21-ba0b6098542d_3641x1902.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LvIZ!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8537a2ed-f0c3-466d-bc21-ba0b6098542d_3641x1902.png 848w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now via Website&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now via Website</span></a></p><h3>Enter Politics&#8230;</h3><p>The &#8220;political football&#8221; risk that I identified two years ago has suddenly taken center stage. And it came fast. Voters have started to join the dots in terms of the correlation between AI data center construction and rising electricity prices.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6by!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f799f5f-21a0-499a-8265-4eb1d8867f98_3641x1902.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Y6by!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f799f5f-21a0-499a-8265-4eb1d8867f98_3641x1902.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>US city average electricity prices are up over 20% since the public launch of ChatGPT in November of 2022 - and you can see the footprints that drove the initial move in pricing earlier that year in <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The MacroTourist&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:20439,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;pub&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/themacrotourist&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://bucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c0b7f4f1-4ece-44fb-9134-52d615cb647f_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;632c3caa-91ae-4a6d-9d89-79f2cfd24ee5&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> chart from Kev inset above.</p><p>Recent polling suggests the US citizens would prefer to live within 10 miles of a nuclear power station than to a data center. Over 8% of August political broadcast spend ahead was on data center attack ads.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VrN-!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7518d44-0561-4401-9db4-21a3a0c8df68_1280x720.gif" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VrN-!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7518d44-0561-4401-9db4-21a3a0c8df68_1280x720.gif 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VrN-!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_lossy/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa7518d44-0561-4401-9db4-21a3a0c8df68_1280x720.gif 848w, 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class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Nervous politicians have noticed and are re-trading on the tax breaks offered to lure hyperscaler investment only a matter of a few quarters ago.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YMn1!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbd835359-5f7e-47ea-a172-7844c7974890_970x964.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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And it is bipartisan.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png" width="1200" height="685.4724964739069" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:810,&quot;width&quot;:1418,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:1536641,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/214851017?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pui6!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9d46fba4-3812-4f51-8e1a-ae6202a4aa00_1418x810.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Statewide bills and moratoria mostly fail - but municipal and county action appears to be sticking. 66% of the XLU constituents by market cap have a dog in the fight.</p><p>If the AI power demand story is real, why has the market treated all utilities as &#8216;scarcity winners&#8217;? Which parts of XLU are actually exposed to the downside when affordability politics rear their head?</p>
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'Start the Week': 2026, Week 35.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/autumn-hedging-plans</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/autumn-hedging-plans</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 11:24:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HYv8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb8a7194-a04d-4eda-9883-07967f6a35f8_1891x1062.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HYv8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffb8a7194-a04d-4eda-9883-07967f6a35f8_1891x1062.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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Aside from seasonality, the Fall of 2026 gives us some extra risk juice in the form of a couple of &#8216;live&#8217; Fed meetings, the mid-terms and the Anthropic IPO (which - the &#128063;&#65039;&#8217;s astonishment - appears to be growing by the day).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vLHG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2ae1646c-1a4a-46ae-ae62-4d5242a4b6b9_2705x1354.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vLHG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2ae1646c-1a4a-46ae-ae62-4d5242a4b6b9_2705x1354.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Yet markets feel remarkably complacent - the dispersion trade (traders long single stock volatility against short positions at index level vol) dominates leaving the VIX and VIX (vol of vol) bumping along the floor. </p><p>Notwithstanding the kabuki theater of the &#8216;Three Soros Amigos&#8217; (Bessent, Warsh and Druckenmiller) publicly squabbling about monetary policy, US Treasury volatility remains remarkable subdued.</p><p>Notwithstanding all the jumpiness about seasonality above, this window last year turned out to be a decent performance period for the BUSHY&#8482; portfolio in 2025. It was not until closer to Halloween that we started to chop.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxHL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6f90c3d-d6a2-4784-a147-3180453c8c73_1511x1105.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxHL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6f90c3d-d6a2-4784-a147-3180453c8c73_1511x1105.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HxHL!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd6f90c3d-d6a2-4784-a147-3180453c8c73_1511x1105.png 848w, 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This drawdown maxed out at -6.43% at the end of June )(steeper than the 4.86% &#8216;Liberation Week&#8217; drawdown of last year).</p><p>BUSHY&#8482; is currently sitting with the following allocation:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CXD8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7681006-b884-43df-88c9-acd84d24d57d_1062x824.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!CXD8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe7681006-b884-43df-88c9-acd84d24d57d_1062x824.png 424w, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Xmas Tree of Death]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benny & The Squirrel: Episode 84. NB: IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/xmas-tree-of-death</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/xmas-tree-of-death</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 07 Sep 2026 00:11:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gaDf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44b83eef-1bd7-425e-97ab-ba85f0443a68_1024x581.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!gaDf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F44b83eef-1bd7-425e-97ab-ba85f0443a68_1024x581.jpeg" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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Report 2 tackled the global financials sector, leaving us with a <a href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/212777476/the-shortlist">shortlist of 9 stocks from that sector</a> (of which we will get to keep 5 or MAX 6).</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now via Website&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now via Website</span></a></p><h2>Atoms in Algo World</h2><p>You already knew that the &#128063;&#65039; is a bit of a hard asset bull. Yet this is not a call to buy resource stocks indiscriminately. Rather it&#8217;s an attempt to identify the few resource businesses that can convert structural scarcity into durable (and fairly priced!) free cash flows across our mosaic of potential macro futures.</p><p>One of the key goals in constructing this portfolio is to learn from the &#8216;mistakes&#8217; made by the &#8216;2026 Extrapolation Portfolio&#8217;. This imaginary basket of stocks not only added a generous slug of financials on the eve of the GFC but it also loaded up on energy and resource names just as China&#8217;s fixed asset investment boom looked like it could never end.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5mt2!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0698ac4c-5e13-47da-8e41-e454721a5d3d_1456x538.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!5mt2!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0698ac4c-5e13-47da-8e41-e454721a5d3d_1456x538.png 424w, 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The 100% run-up of commodities in the four years leading up to the summer of 2006 is the kind of chart that would have sucked in even the most resistant of momentum traders. </p><p>Of course <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$DJP&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> the ETN tracking Bloomberg&#8217;s commodity index was launched in June 2006! As soon as ETFs launch that track your favorite themes, it&#8217;s probably time to start looking for a new theme&#8230;  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1eUX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd715310a-c1ff-4622-8ed6-fdffedb0585c_3050x1356.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1eUX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd715310a-c1ff-4622-8ed6-fdffedb0585c_3050x1356.png 424w, 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In normal times, roll costs massacre the total returns of buy and hold investors in many commodity futures - even if <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$BNO&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> is doing a pretty good job of harvesting roll yield in 2026.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Spot commodity returns, futures total returns, and equity returns from well-run producers are very different animals. The lesson here is (obviously!) not that commodities are un-investable in a long timeframe &#8216;buy and hold&#8217; strategy. </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Nevertheless, overweighting a cyclical theme at the moment it has become benchmark-dominant is very different from underwriting durable scarcity when it is still pretty much irrelevant to the broad indices.</strong></em></p></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now via Website&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now via Website</span></a></p><h3>Real Assets Must be Heard Louder</h3><p>Back in 2006, Energy and Materials represented about 15% of the MSCI ACWI index. Energy alone doubled from a c.7% weight in 2005 to c.13% at the time of the 2008 oil spike. Today Energy and Materials are back to 8.3% of ACWI. Information Technology (plus Alphabet, Amazon and Meta) account for 4.4x that weighting.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png" width="901" height="607" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:607,&quot;width&quot;:901,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:108129,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/213815077?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!nqUh!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fee996fe7-568e-4e92-b036-c085dcdc82d6_901x607.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The &#128063;&#65039;&#8217;s &#8216;20-for20&#8217; portfolio will NOT be following MSCI&#8217;s benchmark. In my view, the current ACWI is the current 2046 Extrapolation Portfolio! My prior is that I expect that resources will merit as many as 5 of those valuable equal-weight slots. But they have to pass the same (thematic resilience, fundamental and value) screens as every other pick in the book.</p><p>The extrapolators of 2006 bought resource companies for growth - more tons, more barrels, more China. Resources are now a scarcity trade. We want to own them as a consequence of years of capex famine, the shortage of Tier-1 discoveries and the need for grids to be built out regardless of election (or AI) outcomes. </p><p>We also need to consider that &#8216;small&#8217; matter of a monetary system whose debts likely only get resolved via debasement.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XY6E!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F440be35a-3c83-430a-a141-d461ac8a23e8_1540x553.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XY6E!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F440be35a-3c83-430a-a141-d461ac8a23e8_1540x553.png 424w, 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We will screen our resource picks through the same prism as all other &#8220;20-for-20&#8221; stocks: that mosaic of 10 (potentially overlapping) macro states of the world in 2046. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/211792531/so-what-are-todays-key-questions" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ucjo!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F924c008f-fd27-42fd-ba99-c547ca935517_2528x1696.jpeg 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Ucjo!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F924c008f-fd27-42fd-ba99-c547ca935517_2528x1696.jpeg 848w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#8230;however, there are interesting debates to be had:</p><div class="subscription-widget-wrap-editor" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe&quot;,&quot;language&quot;:&quot;en&quot;}" data-component-name="SubscribeWidgetToDOM"><div class="subscription-widget show-subscribe"><div class="preamble"><p class="cta-caption">Blind Squirrel Macro is a reader-supported publication. To support my work, please consider becoming a paid subscriber or get in touch if you want a trial.</p></div><form class="subscription-widget-subscribe"><input type="email" class="email-input" name="email" placeholder="Type your email&#8230;" tabindex="-1"><input type="submit" class="button primary" value="Subscribe"><div class="fake-input-wrapper"><div class="fake-input"></div><div class="fake-button"></div></div></form></div></div><h4>The AI Question</h4><p>In the world of cheap intelligence (T1), winning is defined by cheap electricity. The AI overlords plan to lean into nuclear and natural gas in order to satisfy demand. Data center builds and necessary grid upgrades are the bid under copper. But could this world already be &#8216;in the price&#8217; of the stocks?</p><p>The (T7) world in which &#8216;AI economics don&#8217;t math&#8217; is arguably still one in which copper and uranium markets remain in deficit. But you still want to be careful not to overpay for your copper stocks.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png" width="1456" height="761" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/a9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:761,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:473570,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/213815077?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!vUCL!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa9c6c2a1-1b75-42a9-99e8-bc625dc61ae9_3641x1902.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>As for nuclear, sometimes a trade feels so obvious that you are obviously wrong.  I think about the conversation that Benny and I had with power trader Tom Jens back in February often - &#8220;<a href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/physics-vs-equity-fairies-the-hard">Physics vs. Equity Fairies</a>&#8221; - definitely worth a revisit of at least the show notes if you missed it.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io10!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8574aed7-f8c7-4306-ba0c-3d58f4353471_1116x690.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!io10!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8574aed7-f8c7-4306-ba0c-3d58f4353471_1116x690.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The chat was a major contributor to my decision to bail on uranium and take a short position in SMR play <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$OKLO&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> back then. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!hm5M!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2b93f63d-67b5-4226-b460-5402b4cc989c_2705x1356.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[You Don’t Own Enough Japan!]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benny & The Squirrel: Episode 83. NB: IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS BELOW!]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/you-dont-own-enough-japan</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/you-dont-own-enough-japan</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 04 Sep 2026 01:08:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cIOh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed802dda-41c7-4f62-bfc4-3a9b0ec5648c_1576x885.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!cIOh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fed802dda-41c7-4f62-bfc4-3a9b0ec5648c_1576x885.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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'Start the Week': 2026, Week 34.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/what-to-do-with-bonds</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/what-to-do-with-bonds</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Aug 2026 11:31:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LUyx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47522e8d-ad50-4d73-883e-5dcd249bbf66_3526x2202.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!LUyx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F47522e8d-ad50-4d73-883e-5dcd249bbf66_3526x2202.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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Squirrel Macro&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQxr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37bfaa8-247f-49a6-8128-a6e3232610fb_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><h3>Post Jackson Hole</h3><p>Aside from some top level trolling (&#127913;!) of the robots by Warsh with the opening lines of his remarks&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fBYN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd9014147-f905-4291-9372-5c15d8a184fa_852x861.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>&#8230; I think the new Fed Chair did just about enough to settle the bond vigilantes on Friday. As unlikely as it seems from a political perspective, the market seems to be happy pricing the remaining FOMC decisions of the year as &#8216;live&#8217;.</p><p>The words were not enough to snap the 10-year note out of their now well established downtrend. I think that long-dated yields need to see an actual hike before they start to behave.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png" width="1200" height="603.2967032967033" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:732,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:428328,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/213241639?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uhqY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1feed9aa-1e33-4134-a0fa-64e47d6328c1_2692x1354.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>I have no particular desire to either try and fight that trend or indeed to try and press it. I have plenty of exposure to higher yields via my allocation to CTAs within BUSHY&#8482;. Positioning within <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$DBMF&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> - the SocGen Trend Index replicator - feels representative. 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Now is that time. I am looking to replace the existing December 1.15 puts with June &#8216;27 1.14 strikes (32%-delta) and will execute over the next week. </strong></em></p></div><h4>Uranium?</h4><p>The &#128063;&#65039; is a long-term uranium bull but we exited the trade in February (&#8216;<a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/arcadianow/p/time-for-a-glowing-hedge?r=9ef2u&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web">Time for a Glowing Hedge</a>&#8217;) and entered the short position in Sam Altman&#8217;s SMR science project, <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$OKLO&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span>. </p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Jackson Hole Hangover]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benny & The Squirrel: Episode 82.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/jackson-hole-hangover</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/jackson-hole-hangover</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 23:45:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!TtS4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d0d1ea1-3eda-4908-b5db-f93d4fa165a4_1376x768.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pod: Bankers and Bots]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blind Squirrel Macro: The Pod. s2026; Episode 142.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/pod-bankers-and-bots</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/pod-bankers-and-bots</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 30 Aug 2026 09:30:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/213235387/e8a2af41728b8d08465741ffe1910eea.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<h4>The Weekend Note:</h4><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;36b68d10-e80a-4887-8d0a-71bc6b8a22d9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Thanks for all the suggestions for names to go in the &#128063;&#65039; 20-for-20 screener. Keep them coming! As promised, this week we kick off Phase 2 of the project with financials.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Do AI Agents Kill the Bankers?&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:15789270,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Blind Squirrel&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Macro for Civilians.  Hunting for acorns in the market for 30 years.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!okLk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa87b9990-6fd1-4209-a15a-7b7473f72179_1446x1446.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:100}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-08-29T11:31:05.450Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4qUh!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67ed3255-5e8c-471c-a76d-cd1e5b59d0aa_1672x941.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/do-ai-agents-kill-the-bankers&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:212777476,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:16,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1009728,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Blind Squirrel Macro&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQxr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37bfaa8-247f-49a6-8128-a6e3232610fb_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>Paid subscribers who would like to listen to these pods on their favorite podcast app (instead of via a browser or the Substack app) can set this up very easily. <a href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/account/add-podcast">Click this link while on the device you use to listen to podcasts.</a></p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Do AI Agents Kill the Bankers?]]></title><description><![CDATA[The quest to build the &#8220;20 stocks for 20 years&#8221; portfolio continues. This week we start with the financials. The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Monday' Morning Notes. 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Keep them coming! As promised, this week we kick off Phase 2 of the project with financials. </strong></em></p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Does a potent cocktail of personal finance bots and financial repression prove to be too much to allow banks to be solid compounders? If so, where do we hide?</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now via Website&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now via Website</span></a></p><p>In last week&#8217;s introduction to the &#8216;&#128063;&#65039;-20-for-20&#8217; (linked below in case you missed it), I mused on how financials represented over 22% of the S&amp;P 500 back in the summer of 2006. Understandable - bank returns on equity were doing a decent impression of software stocks at the time. </p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;21b3a988-671a-47cd-8c26-d43b4e2556ac&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Time for something completely different. Am riffing on an idea that my old friend Paul Krake and I worked on about 10 years ago. Picking 20 stocks for 20 years may be about as challenging as visualizing the mi&#8230;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The World in 2046&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:15789270,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Blind Squirrel&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Macro for Civilians.  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Semiconductors and AI have made all of the noise in markets over the past several years. However, over the same period of time financial stocks have been quietly compounding like a beast. </p><p>And it&#8217;s a global phenomenon - Japan&#8217;s mega banks, Chinese state-owned lenders and even those much-derided European commercial banks have been delivering remarkable risk-adjusted returns. We have been enjoying many of these in BUSHY&#8482; via <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$DVYE&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> (where Chinese banks have dominated attribution for 2 years) and <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$DTH&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> (where European lenders have been a powerhouse) and don&#8217;t forget the bellwether Acorn position in 1615.JP (TOPIX Banks ETF).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9nXg!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbefc7bf5-4905-4d0b-874a-c68b2b9025a1_2641x1350.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Surely &#8216;&#128063;&#65039;20-for-20&#8217; should have a full serving of that alongside all of those &#8216;bottleneck&#8217; stocks and robot picks.</p><p>Yet 20 years on, who knows if the AI circular financing merry-go-round will catalyze another global credit crisis - the comparisons between data center leases and adjustable-rate mortgages are certainly offering up a rhyme. </p><p>We of course need to consider our bank picks for 2046 in the context of that &#8216;AI economics don&#8217;t math&#8217; scenario - however, arguably the worlds of &#8216;Intelligence Abundance&#8217; and &#8216;Fiscal Dominance&#8217; are even more of a threat.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RwpH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55712df3-2fb3-431c-a53f-9477e930b9bd_1536x1024.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RwpH!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55712df3-2fb3-431c-a53f-9477e930b9bd_1536x1024.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RwpH!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55712df3-2fb3-431c-a53f-9477e930b9bd_1536x1024.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RwpH!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55712df3-2fb3-431c-a53f-9477e930b9bd_1536x1024.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RwpH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55712df3-2fb3-431c-a53f-9477e930b9bd_1536x1024.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!RwpH!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F55712df3-2fb3-431c-a53f-9477e930b9bd_1536x1024.png" width="1200" height="800.2747252747253" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/55712df3-2fb3-431c-a53f-9477e930b9bd_1536x1024.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:971,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Mockup 2: \&quot;2046 Mosaic\&quot; 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On the other side of the NIM equation, are sovereigns about to force-feed negative-real-return rates paper onto bank balance sheets - like a foie gras goose farmer? </p><p>This threat is possibly not existential - banks are a vital cog in the mechanics of financial repression - they must be allowed to survive. There is probably a put embedded within the equity value of the SIFIs. If so, the put comes at a cost to right tail outcomes (regulated ROE corridors? dividend mandates?). In any event, plumbing, regulation and trust moats should provide some protection to the bankers from those relentless AI bot swarms.</p><p>The last 5 years have seen global banks deliver remarkable equity returns with bond-like volatility. Can they truly be the steady compounders we need for &#128063;&#65039;20-for-20 portfolio?</p><h3>Dealing with that Bot / Goose Farmer Pincer Move</h3><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Let&#8217;s start with the bear case&#8230;</strong></em></p></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png" width="1200" height="744.2307692307693" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!dbNC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fe9f75383-0793-428c-bc23-91cc9f4e4f2e_3990x2475.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>A bank&#8217;s deposit franchise is the present value of earnings from low-cost, stable funding (less servicing costs). The dirty little secret is that most of that value comes from retail depositor inattention and inertia. Most savers view filling in reams of forms for a few extra pennies of interest as poor cost/benefit.</p><p>Floating rate mortgages are adjusted within minutes of a rate hike. Capturing the same rate pick-up as a saver is a painful process of shopping around. Historically banks have only passed on 30-40 cents of every rate hike dollar to depositors. And we are talking about time deposits here, not checking accounts. </p><p>It&#8217;s not hard to imagine that many of us will soon have an AI personal finance bot that accurately forecasts how much cash you need in your checking account and constantly scans for better rates, transferring funds automatically.</p><p>Banks have invested a fortune in their digital offering to create stickiness via UX/personalization. The agents that become the interface of personal banking will not be wowed by the flashy app, they will just robotically plug into the API in the constant quest for a better rate (and they complete the form in a micro-second).     </p><p>On the asset side of the balance sheet, finance ministers around the world are assembling a myriad of capital adequacy / risk-weight rules and plumbing facilities that pave the way for what many see as inevitable - the moment when, via suasion or coercion, banks become critical funders of deficits. &#8220;AI War Bonds&#8221; coming to a movie theater near you soon.</p><p>EU banks already sit on &#8364;3.6 trillion of eurozone sovereign rates paper. Domestic financial institutions already own more than half of the government debt stock in several major eurozone economies. The sovereign exposure of Italian banks is over 100% of core capital.</p><div class="callout-block" data-callout="true"><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Now for the bull case with respect to that pincer...</strong></em></p></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7VKl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3a2a812a-95ed-491c-a366-efa38a806e3e_3990x2475.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7VKl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F3a2a812a-95ed-491c-a366-efa38a806e3e_3990x2475.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>That bundle of payment rails, deposit insurance, liquidity, dispute resolution and habit / brand / trust is something that agents cannot replicate. Larger corporate and institutional depositors already employ automatic cash sweeps into money-market funds. JP Morgan, HSBC and BBVA&#8217;s corporate treasury customers will likely remain sticky.</p><p>Forward thinking banks are already beta-testing agentic sweep products for retail savers and SME depositors. Of course some cash will never move - Pix in Brazil and UPI in India made money movement frictionless years ago but cash deposits stayed at Ita&#250; and HDFC. </p><p>However, in a world where cash pricing becomes transparent, credit costs become the key input to banking margins. <span>The value of underwriting data (proprietary repayment and cash-flow histories) appreciates - the bank with better data wins good borrowers at the agent auction while rivals get picked off.</span></p><p><span>Tough to make a financial repression bull case but at least repression with inflation (which is the &#128063;&#65039; case) is also far kinder than repression with deflation!</span> As nominal credit grows, borrowers&#8217; real debts erode, asset quality holds, and banks earn the (regulated) spread. A better credit story than equity story!</p><p>The windfall in a financial repression world gets delivered to the banks&#8217; capital markets and flow businesses. Nice to have, but most of that margin needs to be passed on to the capital markets bankers with their fast suits and winning smiles!</p><p>Owning banks in this world comes down to underwriting a valuation. The trouble is that most of the world&#8217;s most defensive franchises (think JP Morgan, UBS or DBS) are already trading at elevated multiples. A bank at 3x Price/Tangible Book carries more multiple risk than credit risk. Can buying here really deliver compounders for the &#128063;&#65039;20-for-20 portfolio?</p><p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Last week&#8217;s introduction report for the &#128063;&#65039; 20-for-20 was free for all readers. If you would like to join us on the rest of the journey, please consider becoming a paid subscriber. Click the button below to claim a 30% discount (worth $135) on an annual subscription. <mark data-color="#ffff00" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">OFFER MUST BE CLAIMED THIS WEEK!</mark></strong></em><mark data-color="#ffff00" style="background-color: rgb(255, 255, 0); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"> </mark></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/1bcb55ef&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Claim Special Offer&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/1bcb55ef"><span>Claim Special Offer</span></a></p><p>Let&#8217;s pick some stocks!!&#8230;</p><h3>Just as well that &#8216;Financials&#8217; are not just Banks</h3><p>In addition to banks, our long list of financials candidates also contains insurers, exchanges, asset managers and asset owners such as Berkshire Hathaway, Markel, Canada&#8217;s Fairfax and Sweden&#8217;s Investor. 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Around the World with Chase Taylor]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benny & The Squirrel: Episode 81.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/around-the-world-with-chase-taylor</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/around-the-world-with-chase-taylor</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 28 Aug 2026 00:50:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7b7e!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F22852ebf-d024-4c3f-9dea-e8786a3b4c3b_1577x885.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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We were delighted to be joined by my pal Chase Taylor. Chase is is a busy guy. He is Founder and &#8216;Chief Cone&#8217; at <a href="http://www.pineconemacro.com">Pinecone Macro</a> as well as Head of Research at Bulwark Capital Management. </p><p>The show has expanded on the socials! 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The beta portfolio has now finally back at new highs for the year after having been in a drawdown since late February.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yTMp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4504b7ed-9759-4db7-857c-e463d9882713_994x192.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yTMp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4504b7ed-9759-4db7-857c-e463d9882713_994x192.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!yTMp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4504b7ed-9759-4db7-857c-e463d9882713_994x192.png 848w, 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bps ahead of benchmark and 678 bps ahead of the <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$SPY&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span>since inception at the beginning of 2025&#8230;</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HJxx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd318a311-be97-46f7-84f1-1912b70a7a9a_3641x1902.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HJxx!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd318a311-be97-46f7-84f1-1912b70a7a9a_3641x1902.png 424w, 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BUSHY&#8482; is at YTD annualized weekly vol of 8.63% (roughly in line with the level for the full year in 2025).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png" width="771" height="787" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:787,&quot;width&quot;:771,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:70229,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/212352551?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!tQoE!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6a83e9d8-ce5a-4b36-b74e-1d00b098d922_771x787.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Before we get to the full run down on the portfolio, I wanted to go through a couple of fresh ideas on the commodity front&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World in 2046 - Part II]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benny & The Squirrel: Episode 80.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-world-in-2046-part-ii</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-world-in-2046-part-ii</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 23 Aug 2026 23:42:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OkhN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51be933d-f517-4804-b4e9-ed8d929e1ea7_1024x572.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Am riffing on an idea that my old friend <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Paul Krake&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:6283120,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fbucketeer-e05bbc84-baa3-437e-9518-adb32be77984.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa34b15b8-df34-4380-b1e9-80153cac1a64_512x512.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;dd297c9b-32b2-47b3-874c-b70b2f36dc36&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> and I worked on about 10 years ago. 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We did not IPO Blackstone until June 2007 - the largest US IPO in 5 years - you have to imagine that that &#8216;top tick&#8217; would have made it to the list! Are Altman and Amodei possibly the Schwarzman and Peterson of 2026?</strong></em></figcaption></figure></div><p>Anyway, a $100k investment in that portfolio would have turned into a &#8216;creditable&#8217; $399k today - i.e. compounding at just below 7.2% per annum having stomached a 10 year drawdown between 2008 and 2018. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_1XU!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ec6d3ad-4fa1-4a8f-b2f5-852e89b7ce21_4264x1576.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_1XU!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1ec6d3ad-4fa1-4a8f-b2f5-852e89b7ce21_4264x1576.png 424w, 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U7iM!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168434c1-7d41-45fd-aa6f-5fcf149b8080_4269x1569.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U7iM!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168434c1-7d41-45fd-aa6f-5fcf149b8080_4269x1569.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U7iM!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168434c1-7d41-45fd-aa6f-5fcf149b8080_4269x1569.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!U7iM!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F168434c1-7d41-45fd-aa6f-5fcf149b8080_4269x1569.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em><strong>The 2026 Mosaic Portfolio &#8220;back test&#8221; (again on a log chart).</strong></em></figcaption></figure></div><p>With such a degree of foresight, the Mosaic Portfolio  - having ditched its GFC drawdown within a couple of years - would have delivered (fantasy!) returns that would have left US stocks (S&amp;P), global stocks (ACWI) in the dust and 8.6x (!) those of the lowly Extrapolation Portfolio.  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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Any reader that is first to name an individual stock not on the long list into the final &#128063;&#65039;-20-for-20 portfolio will get a lifetime free subscription!!</strong></em></p><div class="directMessage button" data-attrs="{&quot;userId&quot;:15789270,&quot;userName&quot;:&quot;The Blind Squirrel&quot;,&quot;canDm&quot;:null,&quot;dmUpgradeOptions&quot;:null,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true}" data-component-name="DirectMessageToDOM"></div></div><p>The first group to run the gauntlet of the screeners will be the financials (extracted below):</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!1NgR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F515f69d7-39f8-44d8-a1e0-2aeb68838d7d_1970x819.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Everything in this newsletter is for educational and entertainment purposes only and NOT investment advice. Nothing in this newsletter is an offer to sell or to buy any security. The author is not responsible for any financial loss you may incur by acting on any information provided in this newsletter. Before making any investment decisions, talk to a financial advisor.</em></p></div>]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The World in 2046]]></title><description><![CDATA[Escaping the tyranny of the &#8216;next quarter&#8217;. Introducing Blind Squirrel Macro&#8217;s &#8220;20 stocks for 20 years&#8221; Portfolio. The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Monday' Morning Notes. Year 4; Week 33 of 2026.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-world-in-2046</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-world-in-2046</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 22 Aug 2026 11:30:52 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OAzv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7d39880-1417-48ae-8899-8baeb2fa6d14_620x400.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!OAzv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7d39880-1417-48ae-8899-8baeb2fa6d14_620x400.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[From Wall Street to Y’all Street]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benny & The Squirrel: Episode 79.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/from-wall-street-to-yall-street</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/from-wall-street-to-yall-street</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 21 Aug 2026 00:23:44 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iwOx!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F67dca31c-bc89-4ce4-b95b-39b1e23021ad_1024x572.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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We were once again joined by Brent Johnson of <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Santiago Capital&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:3583949,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;pub&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://open.substack.com/pub/santiagocapital&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/eb48a25d-26b8-4e17-b6a3-57edfc166048_403x403.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;d43198e7-701c-44f7-938f-81c31bb12061&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>. </p><p>The show has expanded on the socials! 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YTD annualized weekly volatility is sitting at 8.54% versus 14.5% for the S&amp;P 500 and 21.6% for VTTHX, our Vanguard Target Date benchmark.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73YO!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F582f1c8f-0e57-47f6-8c1f-f510edb5fb38_3641x1902.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!73YO!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F582f1c8f-0e57-47f6-8c1f-f510edb5fb38_3641x1902.png 424w, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Volatility Takes a Summer Nap]]></title><description><![CDATA[Benny & The Squirrel: Episode 78.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/volatility-takes-a-summer-nap</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/volatility-takes-a-summer-nap</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 23:32:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!XIlH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F84db4120-f1b8-459c-9f02-027b76cd4e30_1024x572.jpeg" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pod: Addressing Past Macro Errors]]></title><description><![CDATA[Blind Squirrel Macro: The Pod. s2026; Episode 140.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/pod-addressing-past-macro-errors</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/pod-addressing-past-macro-errors</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2026 10:44:16 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/211278301/72bf01dcf48422da5e3a1b73da941de1.mp3" length="0" type="audio/mpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eHFd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1489080d-53ff-4bd3-8651-3781bfb9962d_4302x1676.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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