The coin. The coin! Who said that? Find out who said that.

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The coin. The coin! Who said that? Find out who said that.

It’s astonishing how much you can chart here. Since the election was partly won on the notion that eggs were too expensive, I was curious……….do we have egg data? You bet your sweet chickens we do!

Well, Maxx has created a monster, because palladium has gone from “never even gave it a thought” to “living rent free in my head.” I wanted to share a few more charts about this critter.
First is the layered chart of the long-term gold futures versus those of palladium. They pretty much tracked one another until a couple of years ago, at which time palladium decided to vastly underperform gold. I suppose the big question is whether PA can ultimately clamor its way back up to GC-land.

I listened to Trump’s Davos speech (speaking of Davos, remember you can get a signed copy of Solid State now, which begins in that very village!) and his emphasis on lowering oil prices had a pretty powerful effect on /CL futures:

Given the lively conversation about palladium, I thought I’d remind folks of a handy feature here on Slope that lets you search the multi-million comment database.
