Juggling Dynamite

One doesn’t need to love Elon Musk, want to live on Mars, or agree with everything he does or says.  But there’s no denying that he’s one of the most impactful entrepreneurs of our century.  This discussion is worth a mull.

In conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Musk details how the radical new innovations he’s working on — Tesla’s intelligent humanoid robot Optimus, SpaceX’s otherworldly Starship and Neuralink’s brain-machine interfaces, among others — could help maximize the lifespan of humanity and create a world where goods and services are abundant and accessible for all. It’s a compelling vision of a future worth getting excited about. (Recorded at the Tesla Texas Gigafactory on April 6, 2022). Here is a direct video link.

Nearly one in three Canadians rents their home. Rental prices are skyrocketing, leading to the same kinds of bidding wars and disappointments that home buyers are facing. The Fifth Estate examines what’s driving rental prices up and some people out of their homes, including the growing trend of large investment companies buying up rental properties across the country. Here is a direct video link.

This segment is a worthwhile discussion for those who like more detail on the forces behind asset market moves.

Michael Green, professional gentleman of capital market structure, explains why US Treasury yields are rising, why options for Eurodollar future negative yields are gaining value, and why the balance of probabilities favors monetary/economic disinflation/deflation, not expansion, growth or inflation.  Here is a direct video link.

Since they mention the latent stock market moves in the 2007-09 downturn, here is a chart of the S&P 500 again for reference.