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The one area I can claim to have been persistently bullish – – precious metals – – continues to thrive. As we approach a new trading day, gold futures are at their highest levels in history, with $2600 within reach and a full $100/oz under its belt in just a few days.
Here’s what the known world looked like 800 years ago. All I know is that if I had to choose a country to hail from, it would have to be Khakass.
In case you missed it, the hottest meme stock these days is AST SpaceMobile (ASTS). Personally I think the excitement around this is the expression of a latent desire for SpaceX to be public (which it isn’t), so they’re getting their space ya-ya’s out on this thing.
You are probably acquainted with the hedonic treadmill, or what I usually call hedonic acclimation. It asserts, quite correctly, that humans tend to become accustomed to whatever the circumstances in their life are and consider that to be “normal“, whether you’re imprisoned or living the vapid life of endless indulgence like Lauren Sanchez or Paris Hilton. Whatever you encounter day to day becomes the norm, and slight variances from that become good or bad……….but just for you.
Here’s an interesting view as to what percentage of the population of various countries believes in life after death. Looks like decades of Communist propaganda has convinced almost all the Chinese that we’re nothing more than meaningless biological accidents.
