Cash is King and Cars are Dumb

Rob is back from vacation and here to provide insights on the UK’s surprising inflation print and why CI believes inflation could be more stubborn than U.S. markets presume. From there, they discuss the latest developments in the Chinese economy – still the most important issue in the world, Titanic submarine developments notwithstanding – before discussing the auto industry and their shared skepticism on the rise of EVs. 

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Timestamps:

(00:00) - Introduction

(01:36) - UK inflation

(06:15) - US inflation

(14:56) - The role of energy volatility in Inflation

(16:30) - The value of liquidity

(21:13) - Energy companies

(22:30) - Multipolarity, inflation, and China

(27:00) - Xi Jinping vs. local government

(31:54) - The automotive industry

(40:13) - EV's + state-run capitalism

(44:30) - What's in a market?

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