<?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: Portfolio Updates]]></title><description><![CDATA[Weekly update for the 🐿️'s Multi Asset ETF Portfolio and live Acorn trade ideas]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/s/portfolio-updates</link><image><url>https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eQxr!,w_256,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37bfaa8-247f-49a6-8128-a6e3232610fb_1280x1280.png</url><title>Blind Squirrel Macro: Portfolio Updates</title><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/s/portfolio-updates</link></image><generator>Substack</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 30 Jul 2026 19:21:16 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/feed" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><copyright><![CDATA[RDAM Advisory Pty Limited]]></copyright><language><![CDATA[en]]></language><webMaster><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></webMaster><itunes:owner><itunes:email><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></itunes:email><itunes:name><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></itunes:name></itunes:owner><itunes:author><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></itunes:author><googleplay:owner><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></googleplay:owner><googleplay:email><![CDATA[acorn@blindsquirrelmacro.com]]></googleplay:email><googleplay:author><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></googleplay:author><itunes:block><![CDATA[Yes]]></itunes:block><item><title><![CDATA[Managing The Death Shot]]></title><description><![CDATA[Will the Fed administer a coup de grace this week? Will Warsh join the Hall of Fame? Plus our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 'Start the Week': 2026, Week 29.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/managing-the-death-shot</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/managing-the-death-shot</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Jul 2026 11:30:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VVLm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb83d5f0b-6b25-4e5f-8f3d-a6ba37c381ce_1890x1052.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/$s_!VVLm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb83d5f0b-6b25-4e5f-8f3d-a6ba37c381ce_1890x1052.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Performance so far in July has been carried by the physical commodity sleeve (mainly oil - let&#8217;s see what the latest &#8216;Sunday night dump&#8217; does), energy equities and by the managed futures / trend-following allocation.</p><h3>Managing The Death Shot</h3><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png" width="1456" height="819" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:819,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:null,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;Updated five-panel central banker image with Satoshi Sumita replacing Yasushi Mieno.&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Updated five-panel central banker image with Satoshi Sumita replacing Yasushi Mieno.&quot;,&quot;type&quot;:null,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:null,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="Updated five-panel central banker image with Satoshi Sumita replacing Yasushi Mieno." title="Updated five-panel central banker image with Satoshi Sumita replacing Yasushi Mieno." srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!I2Gm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0c7c84b1-1b72-4e07-afb9-e77bef27e36a_1672x941.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 go to the portfolio reviews, we have a Fed meeting this week and I want to review our exposure to &#8216;surprise&#8217; hike. </p><p>On fixed income, outside of the allocation to EM local currency bonds, BUSHY&#8482;&#8217;s only exposure to sovereign rates comes via the trend allocation. </p><p>Aside from WTMF with a small long Treasury position, the other 5 funds that trade fixed income markets (AHLT, KMLM, DBMF, TFPN and MFTFX) have significant short positions across the curve. This does not come as a huge surprise given the path of yields over the past 3 months. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7i1a!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13df6d5e-5d30-44bc-b43d-6ce022c6686e_3526x2206.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7i1a!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13df6d5e-5d30-44bc-b43d-6ce022c6686e_3526x2206.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!7i1a!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F13df6d5e-5d30-44bc-b43d-6ce022c6686e_3526x2206.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>STIR pricing is currently indicating a 34% chance of a 25bps hike at this week&#8217;s FOMC meeting. My base case is still &#8216;no move&#8217;. But reputational incentives for Warsh mean we can&#8217;t dismiss the risk of a surprise hike entirely.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png" width="1200" height="588.8659793814433" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/c7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:476,&quot;width&quot;:970,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:125973,&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/208416750?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.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/$s_!oqke!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oqke!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc7f26627-da9e-4cd0-bfa5-e426a2826fb2_970x476.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>My starting point here is that financial conditions have already tightened significantly since mid June - driven primarily by long rates and FX.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png" width="1200" height="730.2197802197802" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/ae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:886,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:417955,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&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/208416750?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oPSC!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fae17427d-f13b-45cd-9160-c00c2f8acffb_3526x2146.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>More recently softer equities and widening hyperscaler credit spreads have helped to tighten the market further. The sheer volume of paper hitting the credit market from the AI spenders is almost operating like a form of quantitative tightening. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UgfN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb83130c7-aeea-4ac7-a084-2599d41b82de_4442x1346.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!UgfN!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb83130c7-aeea-4ac7-a084-2599d41b82de_4442x1346.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>I am <a href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-crooked-smile">on the record</a> with a view that Kevin Warsh is in a tough spot. Like every new Fed Chair, he is keen to burnish his inflation-busting credentials. But with the government and so much of the economy financed at the front of the curve I am not sure how much scope he has to hike without breaking things.</p><p>But the table below (h/t <span class="mention-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;name&quot;:&quot;Brent Donnelly&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:46955932,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;user&quot;,&quot;url&quot;:null,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/bf8b4923-a595-41f6-9c5c-d374a7ac61a3_3714x3370.png&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;269299c3-6e1e-4443-85a8-32b8c3738fc0&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span>) still bothers me. With an annual salary of $253,100, the husband of the Est&#233;e Lauder heiress is hardly doing the job for the money. It is all about reputation for these guys - my guess is that he does not want to join Arthur Burns with a green box against his name.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!V7Aw!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F677e2ffc-060f-4168-b1a3-8db401599a13_1100x632.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!V7Aw!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F677e2ffc-060f-4168-b1a3-8db401599a13_1100x632.png 424w, 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A few central bankers have already written themselves into the Hall of Fame:</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png" width="1200" height="598.3516483516484" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/f57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:726,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:466974,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/208416750?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!VvHG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff57101f1-d2bc-4fa0-be42-9a98fccc9762_2705x1348.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><strong>&#127919;#5 - Japan (1989-1990)</strong>: The BOJ began its aggressive rate hiking cycle in May 1989 under Satoshi Sumita. The final &#8216;death shot&#8217; came from his successor Yasushi Mieno who continued to hike aggressively into August 1990, finishing the job and fully puncturing the Japanese asset bubble.</p><p><strong>&#127919;#4 - US (2006):</strong> Greenspan may have started the 2004&#8211;2006 hiking cycle, but Ben Bernanke took over in February 2006 administered the &#8216;death shot with the rate increase to 5.25% in June 2006 as the housing market was already beginning to unravel.</p><p><strong>&#127919;#3 - Australia (2008):</strong> Glenn Stevens presided over the RBA that hiked the cash rate to 7.25% in March 2008 just as global liquidity was freezing up ahead of the GFC.</p><p><strong>&#127919;#2 &amp; #1 - ECB (2008 &amp; 2011):</strong> <em><strong>Jean-Claude Trichet is the all-timer with the top 2 slots on the leaderboard!</strong></em> In July 2008, he infamously raised rates into a slowing economy and rising commodity prices just weeks before the collapse of Lehman Brothers. In 2011, Trichet double-dipped on policy errors, hiking rates twice in 2011 as the European sovereign debt crisis was intensifying.</p><p>In every case, the kill shot came after policy had already done most of the tightening. The last hike was the one that tipped risk asset markets over the edge.</p><h3>How would a Death Shot hit my book?</h3>
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for BUSHY&#8482; - the energy headwind from June has become, for now, a solid tailwind. But before get to the portfolio reviews, I wanted to take you through why (and how) the &#128063;&#65039; decided to strap back on some volatility exposure last week.</p><p>As of last Tuesday we are back in the <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$SPY&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> straddle. Newer subscribers should read the old notes on the strategy - start with the one linked below.</p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;73c59780-e4bd-4e5c-963d-ac04fccc2e8a&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Popular narratives are getting run over by the very same price action that they are supposed to be explaining. 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Plus our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 27.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/straya-ruggedization-update</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/straya-ruggedization-update</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 11:30:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aDfN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d26bad1-6115-408d-84fc-a2bda7c9c20d_1024x335.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!aDfN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2d26bad1-6115-408d-84fc-a2bda7c9c20d_1024x335.png" 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Check it out via the link below &#128071;:</strong></em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;fa9edfc6-043d-483f-b660-ef45d9580777&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Another early edition. Given our overweight positioning in energy, Part 3 of the &#128063;&#65039;&#8217;s annual stock take considers the implication of China&#8217;s emerging control of oil prices.&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;Pricing the \&quot;China Collar\&quot;&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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In late March I wrote about the need for my new home to reinvest in sovereign resilience. </p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;bca67cf7-8dd5-47ce-bd7a-4c20fc10234f&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In case you missed it, Benny &amp; I sat down with Kuppy last Thursday afternoon. Check it out on YouTube. We chatted about ways to prepare yourself when markets are misbehaving. This week the&#128063;&#65039; is trying to&#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;Time for some Hard Yakka!&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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Plus our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 26.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/stock-take-pt-2-em-edition</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/stock-take-pt-2-em-edition</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2026 11:28:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mrjv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbff1763d-25ce-46a4-9416-252e5fb68fe8_2499x1159.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Mrjv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbff1763d-25ce-46a4-9416-252e5fb68fe8_2499x1159.png" 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An important BUSHY&#8482;-related email will be hitting inboxes in about an hour.</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><em><strong>In case you missed it, the weekend flagship note contains Part 1 of the &#8216;Stock Take&#8217;. Check it out via the link below &#128071;:</strong></em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;df1b5363-56b7-4651-8d6c-45eae02cab55&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;It&#8217;s that time of the year again. The &#128063;&#65039;&#8217;s annual &#8216;drains up&#8217; review of inventory! 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EM Edition</h3><p>2026 has been an unusual year for Emerging Markets as the main benchmark - driven by the chip giants of Seoul and Taipei - got swept into the AI capex trade.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png" width="1456" height="886" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:886,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:486510,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/205134794?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!YRaq!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F2f79b3db-5520-4c40-a957-e14b16360a48_3526x2146.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><h3>China</h3><p>China has been having its own AI party. The chip stack on the domestic SSE STAR Market has been going a valiant job trying to keep pace with the memory giants in Korea and also outrunning the broader EM index. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png" width="1200" height="592.5824175824176" 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!pBkp!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fbcfb2f48-3765-4da2-89c3-7df779e32ad8_2725x1345.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div 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Monthly subscriptions will remain at $45. As ever, all existing subscribers are grandfathered at their original rates.</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><em><strong>In case you missed it, the weekend flagship note drilled down on the recent strength of the USD. Check it out via the link below &#128071;:</strong></em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;179e22a7-12c7-4b77-8495-a30eef200452&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Quick reminder that the cost of annual subscriptions will be rising from $360 to $450 at the end of June (next week!). Monthly subscriptions will remain at $45. As ever, all existing subscribers are grandfathered at their original rates.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;The Crooked Smile&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:15789270,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Blind Squirrel&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Macro for Civilians.  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I have been aware of GVAL for quite some time but my traditional weapon of choice for EM value equity beta has been the iShares EM High Dividend <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$DVYE&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> ETF.</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Now What?]]></title><description><![CDATA[We need to fight through the fog of geopolitical ambiguity and put some risk back on. Our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 24.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/now-what</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/now-what</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 10:31:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W3YB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa32d154e-1d53-41d4-871c-d0f0765b4664_1024x342.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W3YB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa32d154e-1d53-41d4-871c-d0f0765b4664_1024x342.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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Monthly subscriptions will remain at $45. As ever, all existing subscribers are grandfathered at their original rates.</strong></em></p><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe now via Website&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:&quot;button-wrapper&quot;}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary button-wrapper" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe now via Website</span></a></p><p><em><strong>In case you missed it, the weekend flagship note covered the opportunity created by &#8216;Reverse De-Equitization&#8217; in US equity markets. Check it out via the link below &#128071;:</strong></em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;86f0e889-a19c-40f1-be53-e32a278c2276&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;A very early edition of the &#8216;Monday Morning&#8217; Notes this week. Lots to chew on for the extended holiday weekend.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:null,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;It's 'Line in the Sand' time, Dario!&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:15789270,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Blind Squirrel&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Macro for Civilians.  Hunting for acorns in the market for 30 years.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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;2026-06-20T11:31:10.508Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!8v17!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4b9b8100-e646-4396-942d-1756fcfac956_2725x1347.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/its-line-in-the-sand-time-dario&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:202224461,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:16,&quot;comment_count&quot;:0,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1009728,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Blind Squirrel Macro&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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><h3>Now What?</h3><p>The &#128063;&#65039; has had one paw tied behind his back on the risk front since the start of a war that the markets - rightly or wrongly - appear to have moved on from. Or have they? The mood music from Switzerland over the weekend suggests that we just going to have to live with a high degree of Hormuz ambiguity for some time to come.</p><p>Does that make it the right time to add back risk to our portfolios? Frankly, does not feel great. We are far from having clarity, but it feels like time to (at least partially) get back on the horse. Some significant changes&#8230;</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Brent Bleed]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Start the Week' note is back! Our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 23.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-brent-bleed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-brent-bleed</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2026 10:31:11 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O2tD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb73b9af4-5593-491f-8bae-7b66a4a5e854_1892x1066.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!O2tD!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb73b9af4-5593-491f-8bae-7b66a4a5e854_1892x1066.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Supply!]]></title><description><![CDATA[BUSHY&#8482; and Acorn Review. 2026, Week 22.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/supply</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/supply</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 08:52:46 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png" length="0" type="image/jpeg"/><content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: center;"><em><strong>Blind Squirrel Macro paid subscriptions are paused until early June. I am unable to accept new paid subscribers until then. While I am on the road, I am continuing to publish the &#8216;Start the Week&#8217; note on Sundays. </strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png" width="1456" height="816" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:816,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:3049337,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:true,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/200843720?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3edl!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F921dad07-1276-4f83-82db-9b26e090bf15_1884x1056.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" fetchpriority="high"></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>This week&#8217;s &#8216;Start the Week&#8217; was sent via email to existing paid subscribers at 4.50am EST on Sunday 7th June if you want to search your inbox. It will be put back in the online archive here once subscription billing is un-paused next week.</p><p><em>Start the Week note will be brief again this week. A few changes to the portfolios this week that we need to go through. I will finally make it home to Melbourne mid-week when normal publishing cadence will recommence (and billing will be un-paused).</em></p><h3>Supply!</h3><p>Last weekend&#8217;s note covered the &#128063;&#65039;&#8217;s JOMO (Joy Of Missing Out) philosophy as regards the prevailing feeding frenzy in the memory semis market. Last week&#8217;s rout of the leaders frankly came much sooner than I had been expecting.</p><p>In last week&#8217;s Sunday Show, Benny &amp; I discussed the shift in the sources of funding that the hyper-scalers were employing to finance AI data center (&#8216;AIDC&#8217;) capex. </p><p><em><strong>Quick plug</strong>: the interview that we recorded with Ameesh Agarwal last week was a fascinating deep dive on on AIDC credit markets. 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I am still struggling to understand the corporate finance logic behind financing a 10-year useful life asset with a 30-year JPY/GBP bond issue.</p><p>The &#128063;&#65039;&#8217;s worst ever personal macro call was to leave an ECM job in Asia in July 2003 - on the eve of a decade long Chinese IPO mega boom. On the flight back from Hong Kong to my new job in London that summer, I read Rob Buckland&#8217;s note (below) with a degree of trepidation. What looked to be great outlook for equity prices (and it was!) and for M&amp;A bankers was decidedly a &#8216;<em>no bueno&#8217;</em> for IPO bankers! </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lfue!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff963f230-a6b7-476b-ac8b-a77ed9b84cbf_717x942.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!Lfue!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ff963f230-a6b7-476b-ac8b-a77ed9b84cbf_717x942.png 424w, 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stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Since the start of the year, I have been increasingly concerned that the tailwinds that have supported US equities in the past 15 years - namely share buybacks, LBOs and 401k flows - could be about to move into reverse just as the market faces a wall of AI-related equity supply.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/who-buys-all-that-ipo-paper" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!znCs!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F908a27b8-f749-485c-984e-5670626c16db_3905x2001.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!znCs!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F908a27b8-f749-485c-984e-5670626c16db_3905x2001.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!znCs!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F908a27b8-f749-485c-984e-5670626c16db_3905x2001.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!znCs!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F908a27b8-f749-485c-984e-5670626c16db_3905x2001.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img 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We were discussing this very topic. I commented that <strong>&#8220;&#8230;</strong><em><strong>if we start getting MAG7 common stock supply on top of these IPOs, I&#8217;d be really worried&#8221;</strong>. </em><mark data-color="#f4cccc" style="background-color: rgb(244, 204, 204); color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Less than 24 hours later</mark>, the Alphabet $80bn capital raise news hit the tape. The physics of the SpaceX IPO layout just got considerably harder.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://x.com/SquirrelMacro/status/2061555490564534506?s=20" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png" width="922" height="986" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:986,&quot;width&quot;:922,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:453036,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://x.com/SquirrelMacro/status/2061555490564534506?s=20&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/200844492?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!87YI!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F4c5e066d-e5e2-4cb0-82f3-04e51b552c6c_922x986.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; had been booked by CNBC in Hong Kong to chat about the SpaceX IPO the following morning. But for me, the Google news was probably the bigger deal to discuss (link to the relevant clip via image below).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/06/04/alphabets-capital-raise-signals-end-of-low-capex-high-earnings-model.html" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png" width="899" height="759" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:759,&quot;width&quot;:899,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:542257,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https://www.cnbc.com/video/2026/06/04/alphabets-capital-raise-signals-end-of-low-capex-high-earnings-model.html&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/200844492?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!-vje!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F6908564e-db01-4483-b403-f041ee31333c_899x759.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Google&#8217;s raise certainly robs liquidity from the SpaceX deal in the near term. More importantly, it has already potentially triggered its first &#8216;copy cat&#8217; deal from Zuckerberg.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png" width="1081" height="1107" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/d5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1107,&quot;width&quot;:1081,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:476645,&quot;alt&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/200844492?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" title="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!0ZuY!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5c9183f-9832-4e27-b818-99e1d901e2e0_1081x1107.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>Who next? Amazon? Microsoft? The age of <em><strong>reverse</strong></em> de-equitization appears to be upon us! The hyper-scalers and foundation model companies could be issuers of primary equity for the foresee-able future. </p><p>In my view, the S&amp;P index committee has 100% made the correct call to require SpaceX, Anthropic and OpenAI to satisfy the profitability and seasoning standards before inclusion in the 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_!bXe_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8e71eb5-57e6-4641-a126-dca645fa3d11_1131x850.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bXe_!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8e71eb5-57e6-4641-a126-dca645fa3d11_1131x850.png 424w, 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srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bXe_!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8e71eb5-57e6-4641-a126-dca645fa3d11_1131x850.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bXe_!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8e71eb5-57e6-4641-a126-dca645fa3d11_1131x850.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bXe_!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8e71eb5-57e6-4641-a126-dca645fa3d11_1131x850.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!bXe_!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fb8e71eb5-57e6-4641-a126-dca645fa3d11_1131x850.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 had assumed that they would cave alongside the Nasdaq 100 and FTSE Russell compilers. Am glad that they did not.</p><p>For me, we have the makings of a really interesting long equal-weight S&amp;P <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;RSP&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> versus short market-cap weighted S&amp;P <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;SPY&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> (or <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;MAGS&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> or <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;QQQ&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span>) trade that could work for the next couple of years as the largest stocks in the index become net suppliers of paper to the market. </p><p>This may now need some further refinement following the S&amp;P announcement. More on this to follow.  The chart below from WisdomTree has been doing the rounds lately on social media. Scary right?</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zzdm!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2767b59-6b5a-4e8b-b071-50ebb41ef0a2_942x712.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zzdm!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2767b59-6b5a-4e8b-b071-50ebb41ef0a2_942x712.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zzdm!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2767b59-6b5a-4e8b-b071-50ebb41ef0a2_942x712.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zzdm!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2767b59-6b5a-4e8b-b071-50ebb41ef0a2_942x712.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zzdm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2767b59-6b5a-4e8b-b071-50ebb41ef0a2_942x712.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!zzdm!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa2767b59-6b5a-4e8b-b071-50ebb41ef0a2_942x712.png" width="942" height="712" 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class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Because the &#128063;&#65039; is a nerd, he decided to put together the same analysis of the S&amp;P500 equal-weight / <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;RSP&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span>:  </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!fsUB!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd3888d28-c277-44fb-a670-29b241e3da3f_984x725.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>With less than 10% exposure to paper valued at &gt; 10x Price to Sales, I kind of know where I want to rent my beta over the next few quarters -especially if it is those most expensive and largest components of the US benchmark are are planning on being net suppliers of equity paper to the market.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!oIWd!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Ffd1d98d1-6ce5-4312-ad22-e4e4be093510_3599x1860.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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BUSHY&#8482;&#8217;s assault on the front end of the Brent curve is still pending - but we are getting close.</em></p><p><em><strong>In case you missed it, the &#128063;&#65039; made a guest appearance on The Compound with Josh Brown and Michael Batnick last Wednesday. They asked me on to question me about my work on the SpaceX last week.</strong></em></p><div id="youtube2-vrX6fhBL3bM" class="youtube-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;videoId&quot;:&quot;vrX6fhBL3bM&quot;,&quot;startTime&quot;:&quot;176&quot;,&quot;endTime&quot;:null}" data-component-name="Youtube2ToDOM"><div class="youtube-inner"><iframe src="https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/vrX6fhBL3bM?start=176&amp;rel=0&amp;autoplay=0&amp;showinfo=0&amp;enablejsapi=0" frameborder="0" loading="lazy" gesture="media" allow="autoplay; fullscreen" allowautoplay="true" allowfullscreen="true" width="728" height="409"></iframe></div></div><h3>Hynix JOMO</h3><p>The &#128063;&#65039; is suffering from a grave bout of amnesia - he has NO MEMORY (in his portfolio)! The only recent exposure I have had to the investor feeding frenzy in DRAM and HBM semiconductors in the past 2 months has been the call leg of the <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;SMH&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> strangle in BUSHY&#8482;&#8217;s hedge book - and we took that off last week! </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qJ4F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99c2f76f-a009-45cd-a918-381818831686_1845x1352.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!qJ4F!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F99c2f76f-a009-45cd-a918-381818831686_1845x1352.png 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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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Significant personal history with multiple recapitalizations of Hynix in the early 2000s has left me with scar tissue and a core mantra that there is no such thing as a value trade in the highly cyclical semiconductor sector.</p>
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I am unable to accept new paid subscribers until then. While I am on the road, I am continuing to publish the &#8216;Start the Week&#8217; note on Sundays. Please get in touch if you recently subscribed to the letter and are interested in a trial / review of the archive.</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><p></p><p>This week&#8217;s &#8216;Start the Week&#8217; was sent via email at 4.30am EST on Monday 25th May if you want to search your inbox. It will be put back in the online archive here once subscription billing is un-paused in June.</p><p><em><strong>If you had not had a chance to look at the new SpaceX piece I put out on Sunday - I think this IPO is the biggest risk factor facing US equity markets this quarter. You need to understand the potential flow of funds impact even if you have no interest in investing in Elon&#8217;s rockets.</strong></em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;b75f91ec-22ef-45e9-a538-732f089414b9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Blind Squirrel Macro paid subscriptions are paused until early June. I am unable to accept new paid subscribers until then.&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 Physics of SpaceX&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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I love exploring markets, history, philsophy, music, and providing some insights along the way.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1a05cafa-5063-49d2-89dc-fcba6ac79af2_922x905.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-24T11:02:51.213Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!INRo!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F51e4296b-4b6c-429d-8513-ac35c8c47e4e_4259x2077.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/the-physics-of-spacex&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:198913764,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:68,&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/$s_!eQxr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37bfaa8-247f-49a6-8128-a6e3232610fb_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p>At the moment, BUSHY&#8482; is underweight risk assets out of choice. The only risk that the beta portfolio has added since the start of the war has been in agricultural commodities and energy equities. </p><p>As such, the portfolio is always destined to underperform in market conditions like we saw last week - with energy producers <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;XOP&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> being the weakest US equity sector.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!kbn_!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8597ce13-d353-43a7-9f78-32425ee542f1_1818x1072.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" 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Sunday night futures appear to be paying tepid lip service to the &#8216;Iran deal proximity&#8217; being sold over the Memorial Day weekend. Equities are well bid and $4-5 per barrel has been shaved off front month Brent and WTI crude prices (about half of what was suggested by <em>Hyperliquid </em>markets over the weekend).</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kCX!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2153aec-0093-46bf-a07f-6d509bae6b88_3484x2104.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_kCX!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd2153aec-0093-46bf-a07f-6d509bae6b88_3484x2104.png 424w, 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Delighted for you fellas, but please cut it out! I keep on needing to find portfolio replacements. </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_cf9!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc945715a-e7e6-4709-b3cd-8dc4b41a6f95_4292x2206.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_cf9!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc945715a-e7e6-4709-b3cd-8dc4b41a6f95_4292x2206.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_cf9!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fc945715a-e7e6-4709-b3cd-8dc4b41a6f95_4292x2206.png 848w, 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Murti&quot;,&quot;id&quot;:1842461,&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%2Fc0439008-dc18-4821-8a1f-b0c49cdb1fc9_1280x1280.jpeg&quot;,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;dcbca865-2402-40a3-81c9-5bc274cde8c0&quot;}" data-component-name="MentionToDOM"></span> (a consistent bull on Canadian energy assets for as long as I have followed him) on the deal:</p><div class="pullquote"><p>&#8220;One needs to disaggregate emissions from consumption from emissions from production. If that's what you care about let's disaggregate these things, and encourage good countries like Canada to produce as much as they can, using the standards that they have stuck by &#8230; Canadian oil and gas is good oil and gas. This deal &#8230; is a sign of the times. It fits our Geopolitical Super Vol theme, and we want to see more from Canada. We love Canadian oil and gas.&#8221; </p></div><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Bsy!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d522e10-8709-4d26-a87e-d756075e9b6c_1103x728.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Bsy!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d522e10-8709-4d26-a87e-d756075e9b6c_1103x728.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4Bsy!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d522e10-8709-4d26-a87e-d756075e9b6c_1103x728.png 848w, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gradually...]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Start the Week' note! Our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 16.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/gradually</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/gradually</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 11:03:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!9Z1F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feb772c3d-6074-4e9e-b06f-a403768ace2a_1889x1062.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/$s_!9Z1F!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Feb772c3d-6074-4e9e-b06f-a403768ace2a_1889x1062.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pulled back into the Pack]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Start the Week' note! 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the portfolio review after going through some immediate &#8216;Start the Week&#8217; action items:</p>
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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[🎶Non, je ne regrette rien🎶]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Start the Week' note! Our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 14.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/non-je-ne-regrette-rien</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/non-je-ne-regrette-rien</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 12 Apr 2026 19:54:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!iEtJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b9b9a4-41b2-4eff-8ad6-d5e3012b4c2c_1024x572.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/$s_!iEtJ!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fd5b9b9a4-41b2-4eff-8ad6-d5e3012b4c2c_1024x572.png" 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Hunting for acorns in the market for 30 years.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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;2026-04-11T08:52:44.568Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!awHv!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1f856009-ee2b-4fc0-aada-a0da37079a66_2752x1536.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/be-like-boaz&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:193528551,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:36,&quot;comment_count&quot;:4,&quot;publication_id&quot;:1009728,&quot;publication_name&quot;:&quot;Blind Squirrel Macro&quot;,&quot;publication_logo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$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 class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe via &#128063;&#65039; site, not Apple!&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe via &#128063;&#65039; site, not Apple!</span></a></p><p>In May 1993 - roughly eight months after even multiple hikes (to a back-breaking 15% policy rate) could not prevent Sterling from crashing out of the ERM on &#8220;Black Wednesday&#8221; - a BBC journalist asked UK Chancellor Norman Lamont which he regretted more - prematurely claiming to see &#8220;green shoots of recovery&#8221; in the UK economy a few months earlier (amid a rough ongoing recession) or &#8220;singing in his bath&#8221;.</p><p>This was a tabloid reference to him reportedly belting out show tunes through the soap suds while the ERM crisis unfolded. Lamont&#8217;s deadpan retort - &#8220;Je ne regrette rien&#8221;. Lamont took a lot of flack for that. Not deterred, the&#128063;&#65039; is also going to channel his inner Edith Piaf this weekend.</p><p>The BUSHY&#8482; &#8216;beta&#8217; portfolio lost 4bps while its Vanguard target date benchmark advanced 3.47% on the back of last week&#8217;s ceasefire / &#8216;Mission Accomplished&#8217; rally.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png" width="1200" height="354.0090771558245" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:195,&quot;width&quot;:661,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:23167,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/193864199?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.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/$s_!eLAK!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!eLAK!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F1d404099-6238-4b14-be9a-26bc0255268a_661x195.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>This is what will happen to a portfolio when you have cut significant length in equities without making corresponding cuts to the hedge book. The Strait is still not freely navigable. No regrets. The risk / reward of piling into risk assets so close to all time highs with the current backdrop feels poor.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JQ2D!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9777dab3-1ced-46f9-bcc8-495e80320d53_3641x1902.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JQ2D!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9777dab3-1ced-46f9-bcc8-495e80320d53_3641x1902.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!JQ2D!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F9777dab3-1ced-46f9-bcc8-495e80320d53_3641x1902.png 848w, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA[Looking into Q2]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Start the Week' note! Our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 13.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/looking-into-q2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/looking-into-q2</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 06 Apr 2026 11:31:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!HhLR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F372266f3-e6be-43ca-a443-ee5558c8d233_1767x990.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/$s_!HhLR!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F372266f3-e6be-43ca-a443-ee5558c8d233_1767x990.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div 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I love exploring markets, history, philsophy, music, and providing some insights along the way.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/1a05cafa-5063-49d2-89dc-fcba6ac79af2_922x905.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:false,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-05T11:31:32.303Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!6l2W!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F18f48655-3ae0-4c83-a601-b1a8d69b5b62_1264x848.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/spaced-out&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:192819199,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:27,&quot;comment_count&quot;:9,&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/$s_!eQxr!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa37bfaa8-247f-49a6-8128-a6e3232610fb_1280x1280.png&quot;,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;youtube_url&quot;:null,&quot;show_links&quot;:null,&quot;feed_url&quot;:null}"></div><p class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe via &#128063;&#65039; site, not Apple!&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe via &#128063;&#65039; site, not Apple!</span></a></p><p>BUSHY&#8482; is still in the process of slowly clawing its way back to the beta portfolio&#8217;s YTD high water mark set in late February. Having de-grossed aggressively (starting mid February), it is not surprising that we underperformed during last week&#8217;s strong rally in risk assets.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png" width="1200" height="347.21780604133545" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/edad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:182,&quot;width&quot;:629,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:23316,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/193129736?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!c6rP!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fedad8d59-aedd-42d3-bdba-839536eeb7e4_629x182.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Quite comfortable staying underweight risk. At risk of repetition, the portfolio will stay that way until the Straits of Hormuz are re-opened.  I see no upside in being tempted to jump the gun.</p><p>BUSHY&#8482; closed Q1 +8.43% - 9.57% ahead of the Vanguard benchmark and 13.07% ahead of the S&amp;P 500 - adding 18 bps in the first 2 trading days of Q2.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Fo8!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F577e3f63-a782-4a2b-8af1-0d8a64f54917_3641x1902.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!3Fo8!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F577e3f63-a782-4a2b-8af1-0d8a64f54917_3641x1902.png 424w, 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   ]]></content:encoded></item><item><title><![CDATA['Straya Ruggedization Basket]]></title><description><![CDATA[The &#128063;&#65039;'s 'Start the Week' note! Detail of our new Australian equity basket. Plus our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 12.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/straya-ruggedization-basket</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/straya-ruggedization-basket</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 29 Mar 2026 11:31:26 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!W5kf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88e0523a-93d5-4d26-bc9d-6b9506c33373_1456x792.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/$s_!W5kf!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88e0523a-93d5-4d26-bc9d-6b9506c33373_1456x792.png" 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Am pleased to say that I under-promised and over-delivered on getting out this &#8216;Start the Week&#8217; note ahead of the ASX open on Monday.</strong></em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;950a7c03-523b-4eb3-a853-9a22445930e9&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;In case you missed it, Benny &amp; I sat down with Kuppy last Thursday afternoon. Check it out on YouTube. We chatted about ways to prepare yourself when markets are misbehaving. This week the&#128063;&#65039; is trying to&#8230;&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;sm&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Time for some Hard Yakka!&quot;,&quot;publishedBylines&quot;:[{&quot;id&quot;:15789270,&quot;name&quot;:&quot;The Blind Squirrel&quot;,&quot;bio&quot;:&quot;Macro for Civilians.  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site, not Apple!&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe via &#128063;&#65039; site, not Apple!</span></a></p><p>In the context of another tough week for risk assets (outside of energy and precious metals), BUSHY&#8482; eked out a positive +0.37% return for the week.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png" width="1200" height="301.8773466833542" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:201,&quot;width&quot;:799,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:22208,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/192364272?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!4IdG!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F88d6b323-cbde-4fe1-a102-0907738ea2df_799x201.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>Pretty happy with that (although the portfolio is still well below the high water mark set in late February). Full BUSHY&#8482; and Acorn review after we lay out the specifics of our&#8230;[drum roll please]&#8230;</p><h4>&#8216;Straya Ruggedization Basket</h4><p>As mentioned in the weekend note, we are still in &#8216;shopping list&#8217; mode here at Blind Squirrel Macro. The construction of our &#8216;Straya Ruggedization Basket (&#8216;SRB&#8217;) falls into that category. Strapping on a bunch of risk here - however sound the thesis - does not make a great deal of sense while the Strait is still closed.</p><p>Let&#8217;s start with what is NOT going into the SRB. The &#128063;&#65039; was guilty of pulling up the charts of Santos and Origin Energy as semi-direct plays on the Aussie LNG export angle when hostilities in the Persian Gulf broke out. But this rodent does not fight governments. </p><p>There are easier energy plays around the world. For example Canadian E&amp;Ps now have wind at their back (with government and &#8216;Maple 8&#8217; backing) in support of their energy export ambitions. By contrast, the Gladstone LNG complex is most likely facing margin headwinds from Canberra&#8217;s energy security policies in the coming years.</p><p>Lynas is indeed a tailor-made play on the US defense supply chain plus Japanese capital theme. However, the risk / reward here does not meet my requirements. LYC is up 160% since last summer and already trading at over 9x FY28 revenues with plenty of execution risk in Texas ahead of it. Arguably its chart still makes a bullish technical case but way too much fundamental risk for me.</p><p>The small / micro-cap (single project) opportunities I touched on in the Saturday note (Strike Energy, Ardea Resources, NeuRizer and International Graphite) are really for the gambling class - well, you know who you are!</p><h4>The SRB Framework</h4><p>Much of Australia&#8217;s ruggedization capex drive needs to be built around existing in-country expertise and regulatory frameworks. I was looking for listed companies of reasonable substance and scale that are well positioned to be focal points for investment under the <strong>&#8220;</strong>Future Made in Australia&#8221; framework.</p><p>For me, the low-hanging fruit falls into 3 categories:</p>
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Making money on the portfolios&#8217; <em><strong>hedges</strong></em> in January was &#8216;the tell&#8217; for the &#128063;&#65039;. I think we are now at the stage that every single day that the Strait of Hormuz is closed you should sell some more long positions. That&#8217;s what we will be doing.</p><p><em><strong>Sunday night update (Monday late morning my time): This futures open looks SPECTACULARLY COMPLACENT. Act accordingly.</strong></em></p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png" width="676" height="1053" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/cca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:null,&quot;imageSize&quot;:null,&quot;height&quot;:1053,&quot;width&quot;:676,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:null,&quot;bytes&quot;:143163,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:false,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/191728229?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:null,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-normal" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!QF0o!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fcca61010-cf55-42e5-bb78-2c7c97e617f0_676x1053.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>Listen, I get it: &#8220;<em>What if it all blows over? Risk assets will rip and I will be playing catch-up for the rest of 2026!</em>&#8221;. Simple. Take out some FOMO insurance.</p><p>We are already running out of diesel here in Australia. The government is talking about fuel rationing plans that could be in force in the next few weeks. I need to fly up to Asia at the end of the month. Fuel surcharges are one thing - I am more concerned about outright flight cancellations. </p><p>Australia refines approximately 20,000 barrels per day of conventional jet fuel domestically. This meets less than 20% of the country&#8217;s aviation demand - the rest comes from international imports. These are not currently flowing. I live a long way away from most places - planes that fly down under do not have enough in the tank for the journey home&#8230;</p><p>Unsurprisingly, the airline sector has shed almost 30% of market cap since late January - well before the time that the missiles and drones started flying. Are listed airlines potentially the ultimate de-escalation trade? </p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png" width="1200" height="598.3516483516484" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:726,&quot;width&quot;:1456,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:508804,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/191728229?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_zLk!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F16cf31c8-d3c9-47d9-9980-7c0d811c2c47_2700x1347.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div class="image-link-expand"><div class="pencraft pc-display-flex pc-gap-8 pc-reset"><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container restack-image"><svg aria-hidden="true" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 20 20" fill="none" stroke-width="1.5" stroke="var(--color-fg-primary)" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"><g><path d="M2.53001 7.81595C3.49179 4.73911 6.43281 2.5 9.91173 2.5C13.1684 2.5 15.9537 4.46214 17.0852 7.23684L17.6179 8.67647M17.6179 8.67647L18.5002 4.26471M17.6179 8.67647L13.6473 6.91176M17.4995 12.1841C16.5378 15.2609 13.5967 17.5 10.1178 17.5C6.86118 17.5 4.07589 15.5379 2.94432 12.7632L2.41165 11.3235M2.41165 11.3235L1.5293 15.7353M2.41165 11.3235L6.38224 13.0882"></path></g></svg></button><button tabindex="0" type="button" class="pencraft pc-reset pencraft icon-container view-image"><svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" width="20" height="20" viewBox="0 0 24 24" fill="none" stroke="currentColor" stroke-width="2" stroke-linecap="round" stroke-linejoin="round" class="lucide lucide-maximize2 lucide-maximize-2"><polyline points="15 3 21 3 21 9"></polyline><polyline points="9 21 3 21 3 15"></polyline><line x1="21" x2="14" y1="3" y2="10"></line><line x1="3" x2="10" y1="21" y2="14"></line></svg></button></div></div></div></a><figcaption class="image-caption"><em>JETS - the US Airline ETF weekly chart.</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>What if for every few percentage points that you take down your net long exposure you add a &#8216;right tail&#8217; of airline upside? You can buy 15% delta calls on <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$JETS&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> - the airline ETF - for 37% implied vol. Basically pennies. An inexpensive way to dull the FOMO. 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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>I will have discussed this in more detail with Benny on the Sunday show (<a href="https://www.youtube.com/@Benny_Squirrel">never miss one!</a>) but at least you are getting this before the <span class="cashtag-wrap" data-attrs="{&quot;symbol&quot;:&quot;$JETS&quot;}" data-component-name="CashtagToDOM"></span> calls open for trading!</p><h4>BUSHY&#8482; and Acorn Review</h4><p>The beta portfolio lost 137bps on the week - now +7.37% year to date.  We are going to be eating our own cooking. More pink tickets for BUSHY&#8482; this week.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png" width="1200" height="264.6857142857143" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:193,&quot;width&quot;:875,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:23540,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/191728229?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!_6IH!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F410e51ee-ef4c-4973-b1ca-56e978e454c8_875x193.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div>
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"Malthus Ag Basket" implementation plus our weekly review of BUSHY&#8482; and live Acorn trade ideas. 2026, Week 10.]]></description><link>https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/its-tough-for-the-kids-of-fukuyama</link><guid isPermaLink="false">https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/its-tough-for-the-kids-of-fukuyama</guid><dc:creator><![CDATA[The Blind Squirrel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 15 Mar 2026 11:59:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!06V0!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F0dd47982-dd83-4324-aea2-ed9ee9b4b9ce_2528x1696.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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Check it out &#128071;.</strong></em></p><div class="digest-post-embed" data-attrs="{&quot;nodeId&quot;:&quot;5abda506-c908-479f-8c65-12d976560bfb&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;There is no paywall on this week&#8217;s edition. Please feel free to share liberally with friends and colleagues. If you are interested in getting more &#128063;&#65039; - get in touch with me for a trial.&quot;,&quot;cta&quot;:&quot;Read full story&quot;,&quot;showBylines&quot;:true,&quot;showDescription&quot;:true,&quot;showImage&quot;:true,&quot;size&quot;:&quot;md&quot;,&quot;isEditorNode&quot;:true,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Revenge of the Malthusians&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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I aim to profit from the intersection of volatility and value.&quot;,&quot;photo_url&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!uxCN!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fffbfc3e8-d86a-4b8d-8785-5cbd3d4c50ac_1180x1180.png&quot;,&quot;is_guest&quot;:true,&quot;bestseller_tier&quot;:null,&quot;primaryPublicationSubscribeUrl&quot;:&quot;https://nicoaiq.substack.com/subscribe?&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationUrl&quot;:&quot;https://nicoaiq.substack.com&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationName&quot;:&quot;Nico AiQ&quot;,&quot;primaryPublicationId&quot;:4865367}],&quot;post_date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-14T19:32:43.321Z&quot;,&quot;cover_image&quot;:&quot;https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!F4u4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2Fa45dc9f7-75a6-430f-a242-caddca574e96_2528x1696.png&quot;,&quot;cover_image_alt&quot;:null,&quot;canonical_url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/revenge-of-the-malthusians&quot;,&quot;section_name&quot;:null,&quot;video_upload_id&quot;:null,&quot;id&quot;:190582380,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;newsletter&quot;,&quot;reaction_count&quot;:11,&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 class="button-wrapper" data-attrs="{&quot;url&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe&quot;,&quot;text&quot;:&quot;Subscribe via &#128063;&#65039; site, not Apple!&quot;,&quot;action&quot;:null,&quot;class&quot;:null}" data-component-name="ButtonCreateButton"><a class="button primary" href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/subscribe"><span>Subscribe via &#128063;&#65039; site, not Apple!</span></a></p><p>The &#128063;&#65039; is a &#8216;kid of Fukuyama&#8217;. I left school in 1989. That summer, Francis Fukuyama&#8217;s original essay &#8220;The End of History?&#8221; was published in <em>The National Interest</em>. I was a teenager waiting tables in London to save for a pre-university tour of South America when the news of the fall of the Berlin Wall came through on the radio of the restaurant kitchen.</p><p>By the time Fukuyama&#8217;s essay had become a book - <em>The End of History and the Last Man (1992)</em> - I had completed my first internship in the European research department at Cazenove, a London stockbroking firm (now part of JP Morgan). Communism and fascism had been comprehensively defeated. There was no politico-economic belief system that could rival liberal democracy. We had reached history&#8217;s &#8216;telos&#8217; (endpoint).</p><p>It&#8217;s been a pretty rough decade for us kids of Fukuyama. We spent 20 years patting ourselves on the back before the cracks - the GFC, opioid crisis, 2016 populism eruption etc. - became impossible to ignore. As for the core tenet that economic liberalization spawned political freedom? LOL!</p><p>The &#8216;triumph&#8217; of Western liberal democracy has collided with a messy multipolar reality. Instead of our free-market utopia, we now have the return of state-directed industrial policy and the weaponization of global trade. </p><p>The geopolitical architecture we spent our careers taking for granted - anchored by a hyper-financialized <em>Pax Americana</em> - is being systematically dismantled. Frankly, the overt grift is pretty sickening too.</p><p>For a macro rodent conditioned by the post-Cold War peace dividend, this regime shift demands a rewiring of mental models. The world of perfectly optimized supply chains and structurally suppressed inflation (and volatility - this is even more important) is over. </p><p>Turns out that history didn&#8217;t end in 1989 after all. It just went on a long sabbatical, and is now back with a vengeance to remind us that hard assets and &#8216;just in case&#8217; supply chains are pretty much all that matters.</p><div class="captioned-image-container"><figure><a class="image-link image2" target="_blank" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png" data-component-name="Image2ToDOM"><div class="image2-inset"><picture><source type="image/webp" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_424,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_848,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_webp,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 1456w" sizes="100vw"><img src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_2400,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png" width="1200" height="297.3848069738481" data-attrs="{&quot;src&quot;:&quot;https://substack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com/public/images/45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png&quot;,&quot;srcNoWatermark&quot;:null,&quot;fullscreen&quot;:false,&quot;imageSize&quot;:&quot;large&quot;,&quot;height&quot;:199,&quot;width&quot;:803,&quot;resizeWidth&quot;:1200,&quot;bytes&quot;:22488,&quot;alt&quot;:null,&quot;title&quot;:null,&quot;type&quot;:&quot;image/png&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:null,&quot;belowTheFold&quot;:true,&quot;topImage&quot;:false,&quot;internalRedirect&quot;:&quot;https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/i/190903043?img=https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png&quot;,&quot;isProcessing&quot;:false,&quot;align&quot;:&quot;center&quot;,&quot;offset&quot;:false}" class="sizing-large" alt="" srcset="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_424,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 424w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_848,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 848w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_1272,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 1272w, https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!55Q4!,w_1456,c_limit,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F45a60d17-d327-4fec-9076-187ad8aea138_803x199.png 1456w" sizes="100vw" loading="lazy"></picture><div></div></div></a></figure></div><p>The ongoing war in the Middle East has accelerated a major de-grossing of the BUSHY&#8482; beta portfolio and the Acorn book that was already well underway. It started in <a href="https://www.blindsquirrelmacro.com/p/time-for-a-glowing-hedge">early February</a>. If the conflict ends up with $200 oil tipping the global economy into a recession, that risk cut was insufficiently aggressive. </p><p>It turns out that my bias towards relative economic winners in a multi-polar world actually needs someone to win.</p><p>That said, BUSHY&#8482; only gave up 0.18% last week - OK during a pretty rough week for risk assets. The numbers look great versus benchmark and the S&amp;P but you can&#8217;t eat relative performance. It&#8217;s time to pull the drains up! </p><p>Will do our weekly review of that portfolio and of the Acorn positions after completing the unfinished business from yesterday. </p><h4>New &#8220;Malthus Ag Trade&#8221; Implementation</h4><p>When thinking about structuring the &#8220;Revenge of Malthus&#8221; Ag basket, this weekend&#8217;s US attack on Kharg Island focuses the mind.</p>
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