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SMH index topping / AAPL & AMZN all about services / Poland`s shield / Swiss inflation lower again, 50bps in Dec likely from SNB

  • Swiss Inflation softer, remember the pretty large downward revision to the SNBs infl projections in Sep ? October CPI pushing projections even lower >>> as discussed recently, SNB will do 50bps in Dec (40bps priced in mind), CHF too strong... >>> when does Mr Market go back with the swiss carry trade ?...

  • U.S. election down to the wire, poll shave 50/50, the outside bet from here on.. is Kamala win by a decent margin

  • AAPL slight disappointment on guidance (again) but services a cash machine and pretty upbeat AMZN, 57% of AMZN revenue is services that's pretty incredible too, growth or lack of growth in new products becoming an issue though

  • Spain floodings: The extraordinary downpours were driven in part by higher temperatures in the Mediterranean, a largely enclosed sea whose warmth is a store of energy that can only be released via evaporation, creating the conditions for intense storms

  • Donald Trump is promising big tariffs. Businesses are ready to hike prices

  • UK Budget poses new challenge for public finances, Moody’s warns. Rating agency also says country still faces muted economic growth

  • China Manufacturing Activity Picks Up as Stimulus Kicks In, Caixin PMI Shows. China tells carmakers to pause investment in EU countries backing EV tariffs, sources say

  • Poland has started construction of the Eastern Shield on the border with Belarus and Russia, – Prime Minister Donald Tusk

  • NVIDIA’s Major Customer – Super Micro Computer (SMCI) – Plunges As Its Accounting Firm Resigns After Citing Concerns Around A “Commitment To Integrity And Ethical Values”

  • Lake Tahoe voters may hit vacation homes with a $3,000 tax as 44% of housing units are vacant most of the time, a sign many politicians are thinking about it around the world..

  • Israeli intel suggests Iran preparing major retaliatory strike from Iraq within days/AXIOS


 



Yet...Japan opposition party chief: BoJ should not raise interest rates for at least half a year




In the long run, it pays to be a market optimist


Apple services is $100 billion per year juggernaut but growth slowing phenomenal cash machine, excellent but no real growth





Spain floodings: The extraordinary downpours were driven in part by higher temperatures in the Mediterranean, a largely enclosed sea whose warmth is a store of energy that can only be released via evaporation, creating the conditions for intense storms.


Francisco Martín León, a meteorologist at global weather network Meteored, said the Mediterranean was acting as a “petrol can” by feeding water vapour — the fuel for rainfall — into the atmosphere. Scientists say that process has been exacerbated by climate change.


“Then the fire that ignites it for us is a cold front or area of low pressure” that crashes into that humidity, as occurred this week, he said. In Spain the phenomenon is known as DANA, an acronym for a high-altitude isolated depression.









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