John Scutt

Passionate about assisting entrepreneurs and business owners. Business Advisor to SMEs and Startups.

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

@VolodyaTretyak My take is tennis players play tennis. If you don't like Russian tennis players, then don't play. They have as much chance of changing Putin as you have with Zelenski. Be the best on the court, and you will earn a lot more respect.

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

Elon is impressed. #Trump

[Paul A. Szypula 🇺🇸 @Bubblebathgirl]

President Trump received a grand red carpet welcome in Beijing for his historic summit with President Xi Jinping, joined by Elon Musk and top U.S. CEOs.

Trump shook hands with Chinese Vice President Han Zheng amid cheering crowds waving American and Chinese flags.

A truly honorable display of diplomatic respect!

(Video: AI)

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

@ALeighMP That's what an incompetent socialist government delivers after 4 years of increased debt, higher interest rates, higher energy costs, higher immigration and unaffordable housing. Australians are smarter than you give them credit. #auspol

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

@3AWNeilMitchell Work hard for 50 years, pay your taxes, and build a nest egg for retirement. Boomers are about to experience modern-day communism and wealth redistribution with @AlboMP.

[Nyunggai Warren Mundine AO @nyunggai]

We remember them. Lest we forget.

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

At least one rational EU leader. #NATO

[Geiger Capital @Geiger_Capital]

NATO Chief Mark Rutte:

"If anyone thinks here, again, that the European Union or Europe as a whole can defend itself without the US… keep on dreaming. We can’t."

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

It has taken an oil crisis, but finally, an Australian political leader with the courage to call for a change and build new oil production capacity onshore in Australia. #auspol #drillbabydrill

[David Crisafulli @DavidCrisafulli]

Australia must drill, refine and store fuel - never again can we be where we are today.

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

Too many inexperienced players are making big valuation calls. What could go wrong?

[Michael A. Gayed, CFA @leadlagreport]

Private credit default rate just hit 9.2%.

That's higher than 2008 bank loan peaks.

$1.8 trillion in assets, $100B in secondary liquidity. 18:1 mismatch. When exits close, panic starts.

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

Yes. #RBA

[Mark Bouris @markbouris]

RBA rates were lifted with a close 5–4 vote in favour.

Should there be more transparency around who’s making these decisions?

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

Too good not to repost. #auspol

[Rick @Rickaus75]

Just in case you don’t know:

If you want to see a global crisis, let Australia run out of fuel…

Did you know that Australia is the 22nd largest exporter on earth.

15th largest country by measure of GDP.

As far as minerals go, we are the 3rd largest exporter of minerals on earth but per capita, we are by far the largest.

We are the 3rd largest overall energy exporter on the planet, largest of the OECD countries.

We are the Largest exporter of iron ore #1
$87,700,000,000
87.7 billion dollars or 55.9% of the global total.

Largest lithium producer #1
61,000 tons
46.9% of global supply.

Largest exporter of zinc #1
$2,2100,000,000
2.21 billion dollars

Largest exporter for barley #1
$2,370,000,000
2.37 billion dollars

Largest exporter for Bauxite #1
110 million tonnes

Largest exporters of Liquid Natural Gas #1 in volume
#3 in revenue.
$27,400,000,000
27.4 billion dollars

Largest wheat exporter #1
$10,200,000,000

Largest exporter of sheep #1
49% of global supply
$1,500,000,000

Largest exporter of opals #1
90% of global supply.

Largest exporter of manganese #1
$1,390,000,000

2nd Largest beef exporter after Brazil. 12 billion dollars.
$12,200,000,000

2nd Largest gold exporter #2
310 tons annually
34.2 billion dollars

3rd Largest grain exporter #3
14% of global supply.

Large exporter of copper #3
$64,200,000,000 - 7.1%

2nd largest exporter of uranium. #2
4.1 billion tonnes
We have 30% of the known global uranium reserves.

5th Largest exporter of silver #5

Number 8 exporter of aluminium #8
$4.1 billion dollars
4.5% of global supply

26th Largest exporter of oil #26
$7,540,000,000
$7.54 billion dollars

Australia is the 4th Largest coal producer of coal on earth.

We are the Largest coal exporter on earth. 50% of worlds sea born coal comes from Australia.

150 million coming from the mighty Hunter which is the largest single coal export port on earth.

It is completely irresponsible to allow a country that feeds and powers the world to get into a situation where we may need to pull up trucks because we have a fuel shortage…

And you still have to work and get only 50% of your earnings?
You kidding me!
Where’s the money?

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

It's worth taking note of this insight about #Bitcoin. The connection between energy and wealth has always existed.

[Money Ape @TheMoneyApe]

NVIDIA CEO JENSEN HUANG DROPPED A BIG STATEMENT ON BITCOIN 🔥

“BITCOIN IS TAKING EXCESS ENERGY & STORING IT AS A NEW FORM OF CURRENCY.”

“YOU CAN TAKE IT ANYWHERE, TRANSPORTING VALUE ACROSS THE WORLD.”

NVIDIA MCAP = 3 TIMES OF BTC MCAP.

WILL BITCOIN BE THE NEX …Show more

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

Full Circle #US #Iran

[Rod D. Martin @RodDMartin]

🚨 In 1977, Iran was one of America’s closest allies.

By 1979, it was chanting “Death to America.”

What changed? Jimmy Carter.

He betrayed our ally, empowered the Ayatollah, and gave birth to 46 years of terror.

Here’s just one way Carter broke the world 🧵

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

@ajamesbragg Agree. Rental properties only exist because of investor capital. There should be a level playing field for mum and dad landlords as much as international and union controlled super funds. #rental #properties

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

@TheKouk When do we call it. The RBA Governor has no idea about what comes next because our Treasurer has no intention of cutting government deficits for the next decade+. She is talking to herself. #auspol

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

@DjokovicFan_ The greats know when to retire. Novak has always said he will continue to play as long as he believes he can win. There's nothing else to prove.

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

@Matt_Camenzuli Today in Adelaide, the Greens are running radio ads as the legitimate opposition to Labor. The Liberals lose more seats in Adelaide. It's not a serious party anymore.

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

A great Australian success story. #katherinebennellpegg

https://t.co/skc4mBsX9O

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

Without control of Venezuelan oil, it will be an interesting next move from China. #Venezuela

[Ken Cao-The China Crash Chronicle @KenCao_onChina]

An Open Letter to Chairman Xi

Dear Chairman Xi,
Congratulations on another masterclass in “strategic defeat.”

After years of advertising Venezuela as an ironclad friend, Beijing has now demonstrated the full meaning of that phrase: ironclad until the moment it matters.

With Nicolás Maduro removed from the board, China has gracefully exited a position that just happened to include 303 billion barrels of proven oil reserves—the largest on Earth—worth roughly $17 trillion at current prices (Sourced from @glennbeck). A remarkable show of discipline. Few leaders have the courage to walk away from assets of that scale while simultaneously lecturing the world about “energy security.”

But oil, of course, is overrated.
China only purchases 60–90% of Venezuela’s crude exports, 85–90% of Iran’s oil, and nearly half of Russia’s output. Minor details. Trivial dependencies. Easily replaced by speeches about multipolarity.

Unfortunately, timing can be cruel.
With Venezuela destabilized and Iran wobbling at the same moment, China now stands to lose roughly 70% of its non–U.S.-regulated oil supply. Seventy percent. A rounding error, surely. After all, what’s a modern industrial economy without energy?

This development has several exciting side benefits:
No Taiwan war, because wars require fuel.
No AI dominance, because data centers don’t run on slogans.
No BRICS reserve currency, because confidence backed by energy scarcity is… innovative.

Game theory, simplified.

The West, inconveniently, does not share this problem. Gas prices continue to fall. Refining capacity hums along. The issue was never about needing Venezuelan oil. As Secretary Rubio put it with refreshing bluntness:
the United States simply will not allow the oil industry in this hemisphere to be controlled by adversaries.
In other words, the oil stays in the ground—or flows west—but it does not flow to Beijing.

By stepping away from Maduro at the critical moment, China didn’t just lose a partner. It forfeited leverage over energy, timing, and escalation. The long game was played—by someone else—and the board was quietly reset.
But there is good news.

There will still be press releases.
There will still be summits.
There will still be ironclad friendships—just lighter, more symbolic ones.

And somewhere in North Korea, Kim Jong Un is watching all of this very carefully.

Pyongyang now understands the rule: China is happy to pose for photos, issue statements, and talk about shared destiny—right up until the day destiny sends the bill.

Ironclad friendships, it seems, rust fastest when tested.

With warm regards and cooler pipelines,
Ken Cao

[Kat A 🌸 @SaiKate108]

Aussie swimming legend Dawn Fraser becomes emotional as she chronicles the horrors of hate that have been imported into Australia and slams the cowardice of the Albanese govt.

‘And when I see people with such disrespect burning our flag that I competed under. That soldiers fought under and many that lost their lives under.

You can be damn sure I will speak up because these people don’t deserve to live in this great country.’

We need to confront radical Islamic extremism now before it’s too late.

God bless you Dawn 🙌

[John Scutt @essentialscutty]

Economists are calling for interest rates to go up to fight inflation whilst at the same time the US Fed Reserve is pumping $billions into the banking system. Make it make sense.......

[Barchart @Barchart]

JUST IN 🚨: Fed Reserve pumps $19.5 Billion into the U.S. Banking System through overnight repos 🤯 This is the 3rd LARGEST liquidity injection since Covid (the largest since Covid was on Friday) 👀