𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜

“I don't think there will be a return journey, Mr. Frodo.”

Consultant, former USAF munitions systems

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

It's bizarre how the majority of adults expend so much time/energy playing advocate to "save our country" by "supporting [x]," or "stopping [z]."

As if any of it makes any difference.

The future will be decided by young men with no hope and nothing to lose, embracing violence.

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

@AmirAminiMD @FIFAcom It's corrupt as all Hell, but if you give me 10 minutes I can name a few that are worse.

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

@Monkey198111 @Swedish_uranium You're an individual able to break consensus and think outside the box. There aren't too many people like you around, anymore.

Color me impressed.

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

@Monkey198111 @Swedish_uranium The only astute observation in this thread ^

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

For 24 years, the rules kept unproven companies out of your index funds.

#SpaceX got them waived, and now over $30 trillion in retirement money has to buy a business losing $4.9 billion a year.
https://t.co/A8NxcMgX7u

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

🇸🇪 #Sweden (May) CPI YoY actual: 0.8% vs. -0.1% previously; estimated 0.5%

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

Looking ahead ...

Mon: 𝗧ü𝗿𝗸𝗶𝘆𝗲 GDP

Tues: 𝗦𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵 𝗞𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗮 CPI

Wed: 𝗔𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗮 GDP

Thurs: 𝗦𝘄𝗲𝗱𝗲𝗻 CPI, 𝗨𝗦 initial jobless claims

Fri: #𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗮 GDP, RBI interest rate decision

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

Via @LiveSquawk

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

🇦🇺 #Australia GDP SA (Q/Q) Q1: 0.3% (estimated 0.4%; previously 0.8%)

- GDP (Y/Y): 2.5% (estimated 2.6%; previously 2.6%)

[Metals by S&P Global Energy @SPGEnergyMetal]

#Australia's mineral exploration gains face capital gains tax hurdle
➡️Mining exploration spend rises 16.3% in March quarter

➡️Tax changes may hinder industry's momentum

➡️Industry fears investor pullback from sector

Full story: https://t.co/yhzhd92Yx6

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

@Ole_S_Hansen Thanks for the detailed summary, Mr. Hansen. Your work is greatly appreciated.

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

It's very unfortunate but quite a few accounts covering energy here are highly political, and parrot Pentagon policy positions.

What's worse are the #OOTT professionals who follow their every post as though it was Solomon's wisdom, quoting it.

Another sign of western decline.

[AFP News Agency @AFP]

Russia pummelled Ukraine with hundreds of drones and dozens of missiles early Tuesday, killing at least 11 people, after threatening a large-scale attack and warning foreign citizens to leave Kyiv

https://t.co/m9TCa82qrL

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

Further reading:

https://t.co/w2ui8QZDzn

[ING Economics @ING_Economics]

Why we expect BoK to raise rates by 25bp in July, October, and again in the first half of 2027
https://t.co/yaRIXub07z

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

🇰🇷 “South Korea’s inflation is becoming harder for the Bank of #Korea to dismiss as a temporary supply-side shock. May CPI beat expectations, and the pickup spread beyond fuel into core categories, strengthening the case for rate hikes.”

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

“This yuan trade-weighted strength has legs, especially if the dollar and US Treasury yields remain elevated.”

#China 🧵 2/2
https://t.co/275EpRAJNV

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

🇨🇳 “The recent yuan fixings suggest that the Chinese central bank is comfortable with the yuan’s strength and, in fact, this goes in line with their recent concerns on imported inflation ...”

- Fiona Lim, Malayan Banking Bhd

🧵 1/2

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

https://t.co/BGALrsNY0F

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

@TechnovityTech @saraaa7447 What you've described is the direction the social engineers intend to move society: dumb everyone down, ramp up impulse behaviour, enrage them non-stop and set them at one another's throats.

No one ever learning anything, and everything getting worse.

It's deliberate.

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

Via @LiveSquawk

[𝙱𝚕𝚊𝚌𝚔𝚕𝚎𝚍𝚐𝚎 𝚊𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚑𝚘𝚞𝚛𝚜 @orlanblackledge]

🇹🇷 #Türkiye GDP (Y/Y) Q1: 2.5% (estimated 3.0%; previously 3.4%)

- GDP SA/WDA (Q/Q): 0.1% (estimated 0.3%; previously 0.4%)