Thursday, April 10, 2025

Fluctuate This

One day the market is sitting in the front passenger seat, legs crossed, arms folded, looking out the window refusing to make eye contact and insisting it's 'fine'. The next day the market has sent the kids to the neighbors and put on that outfit you like.

Good morning, Stroock's Books investors. Traders may now open the window and get some air. So at some point yesterday afternoon we checked the Dow and said, 'Wait, what?' Go ahead and laugh. We did. Was this part of the plan? Trump himself said he ordered the 90 day pause because the markets got 'yippy'. Our own sense is that Trump and Bessent simply miscalculated the yippiness in the bond market. 

So, yeah, no. We're not gonna go into the, 'Always trust Trump' routine. That being said we did think the tariffs were a negotiating tactic to get leverage. Haven't you people ever read Art of the Deal? [No, and you haven't either-Ed]. My goodness. What will today bring? 

In other news we saw a book sales spike yesterday. No idea why.

This blog is also seeing a traffic spike of late. Also no idea why. 

And we drew the ire of three different Jew haters on Substack yesterday. Come on guys, be smart. Don't antagonize a Jew so close to Passover. We'll just substitute your name for Pharoah. Hashem can and will bring the lightning. We've been responding with, 'Mom's new boyfriend is a Jew, isn't he?' and posting Charleton Heston Gifs.  

Speaking of vengeful Jews, well duh:  'ABU DHABI — “Don’t start a war with Israel.” That is the lesson of Hamas’s October 7 onslaught and the Gaza conflict that has ensued, according to former US president Joe Biden’s Mideast czar Brett McGurk.' And, '“Ask Sinwar, Nasrallah or Khamenei how they’re doing today compared to October 6,” ' Ooops, you can't because they're all dead. Related, Trump said Israel will 'take the lead' in any strike on Iran's nuclear sites. Good. This is Israel's war. But we do note that striking Iranian nuclear sites would a hell of a lot easier for America....just sayin'. Bomb Gaza. 

DOGE report: speaking of the yips, we checked out edits on War Night and will submit the MS to our people today. 

We worked on a couple of Thatcher's War scenes and started another scene. 

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