In what is hopefully the least-surprising graph ever, here we chart the home sales (plunging) and interest rates (roaring higher). This is an economic tidal wave.
![](https://www.visualcapitalist.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/US_Mortgage_Rate_Surge-Sept-11-1.jpg)
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In recent weeks, commodities have plunged. Thanks to yet another violent conflict in the world, commodities (and oil in particular) have exploded higher. My belief is that this move is done or close to done, and we must watch the price gap as a point of important resistance.
I’m strictly an Ecco man myself, but the hippie shoes from the 1960s seem to be doing nicely. It’s, like, groovy, man. Can you dig?
Not exactly an unrestrained plunge, is it? I don’t feel so bad about being so light, since here we are, at the cusp of World War III, and the /ES is down 0.29%. Take note, however, that at least the big equity futures have all stayed persistently beneath their price gap, which was created between Friday’s close and Sunday’s open. If I may say so, I hope it stays under this gap across the board!
As we enter a new week with Yet Another War on our hands, I ponder this targeted demographic’s weighty query………..