Morning,Markets a little red but mayaswell say flat, all waiting...

Morning,

Markets a little red but mayaswell say flat, all waiting on Jackson Hole commentry i guess.

Oil down, Gold holding above $2500US

Canada inflation down a little bit.

What Milton Friedman Said 5 Decades Ago About Government Spending Still Holds True Today.....It most certainly does.
" “Keep your eye on how much the Government is spending, because that is the true tax.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/john-robson-what-milton-friedman-said-5-decades-ago-about-government-spending-still-holds

Looks like it was a storm that sunk that Superyacht...BBC says :- BBC notes a waterspout likely caused the superyacht to capsize:
https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/days-apart-british-tech-titan-missing-after-yacht-hit-tornado-co-defendant-killed-car-crash

The chairman of Morgan Stanley International, Jonathan Bloomer also missing ... https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/20/morgan-stanley-international-chair-reported-missing-in-yacht-sinking.html


RFK Jr looking to join forces with Trump....Good on him, the Democrats haven't been very democratic towards him thats for sure.
It's also got to be too big to rig for a Trump win for reasons which should be obvious to everyone by now.
https://www.cnbc.com/2024/08/20/rfk-jr-campaign-trump-alliance-shanahan.html

Good podcast about health well worth listening to on The Tucker Carlson Podcast, lots of common sense too and not really a political podcast.
Calley and Casey Means : August 16 podcast. She explains how doctors are trained to think or not think aswell.

Sunny here, blue skies with some clouds, bit cooler 14C, might be the last cool period as we normally get a drop back into the cool before moving warmer in September.