WEIRD
Colombia seizes hundreds of tarantulas and insects bound for Germany.
232 tarantulas, 67 cockroaches, 9 spider eggs, and a scorpion with 7 baby scorpions seized.
RISING TENSIONS
RUSSIA/UKRAINE
Planning stages of Ukraine offensive.
175,000 troops will deploy to Ukraine border; half already deployed.
Russia : Ukraine cannot be allowed to join NATO.
Ukraine : “large-scale escalation” possible in January.
ISRAEL/IRAN
Explosion heard near Natanz nuclear facility. Iran claims air defense test.
Israel : Will use any means to stop development of Iran nuclear program.
CHINA/EVERYONE
Sec of State Blinken : Chinese Invasion of Taiwan would have “terrible consequences.
China increases domestic iron production to decrease Australian reliance.
CRYPTO
410K crypto accounts liquidated in 24 hours, totaling $2.6 billion.
$2.4b of crypto exposure, long and short, liquidated Saturday
COMMODITIES
Crude down 25% from peak. Trading @ 66.22.
Commodity price changes YOY
Coffee: +97%
Natural Gas: +62%
Gasoline: +56%
Heating Oil: +51%
WTI Crude: +46%
Cotton: +46%
Brent Crude +45%
Wheat: +39%
Lumber: +39%
Corn: +35%
Sugar: +27%
Aluminum: +27%
Copper: +23%
Soybeans: +7%
Gold: -4%
Silver: -7%
MACRO THINGS
THE GROWING PROBLEM OF SPACE DEBRIS
RUSSIA TESTS ANTI-SATELLITE MISSILE
Created 1,500 pieces of orbital debris, and >100,000 smaller pieces of debris.
27,000 pieces of orbital debris tracked by the DOD Space Surveillance Network. Debris travels 15,700mph — 34x faster than a jetliner.
