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<ul><li>This past week the news was dominated by political midterm election results and a brewing crypto market implosion but also featured a late week rally after a surprising CPI inflation print which beat estimates on Thursday.</li><li>While pundits can posit various reasons for Thursday and Friday’s market rallies, there appears to be at least a few brewing catalysts that could carry positive momentum into 2023 which include 1) continued downside surprises in either CPI or PCE inflation data which would allow the Fed to back off its aggressive tightening campaign 2) steps leading to Chinese economy reopening reducing existing supply chain bottlenecks 3) steps leading to a ceasefire or peace agreement in Ukraine and 4) significant improvement in EU energy security situation resulting in lower EU inflation.</li><li>In the near term, it appears as of this writing that political gridlock in Washington D.C. will be upon us for the next 2 years removing the worst case scenarios of any significant market-negative legislation (i.e. tax hikes, etc.) being passed.</li></ul>

This past week the news was dominated by political midterm election results and a brewing crypto market implosion but also featured a late week rally after a surprising CPI inflation print which beat estimates on Thursday.While pundits can posit various reasons for Thursday and Friday’s market rallies, there appears to be at least a few brewing catalysts that could carry positive momentum into 2023 which include 1) continued downside surprises in either CPI or PCE inflation data which would allow the Fed to back off its aggressive tightening campaign 2) steps leading to Chinese economy reopening reducing existing supply chain bottlenecks 3) steps leading to a ceasefire or peace agreement in Ukraine and 4) significant improvement in EU energy security situation resulting in lower EU inflation.In the near term, it appears as of this writing that political gridlock in Washington D.C. will be upon us for the next 2 years removing the worst case scenarios of any significant market-negative legislation (i.e. tax hikes, etc.) being passed.

<ul><li>The past two weeks have been full of announcements by various companies in Europe’s industrial sector that they are either shutting down production or curtailing production due to spiraling energy costs. </li><li>This includes steel companies, fertilizer companies, aluminum foundries, and chemical companies which use natural gas in manufacturing to produce their end products. </li><li>This got me thinking these announcements may be just the next leg of continuing the theme started by Howard Mark’s memo (link below) of the “pendulum swing” whereby the inability to have cheap and stable energy prices will likely result in companies seeking alternative supply sources away from Europe.</li></ul>

The past two weeks have been full of announcements by various companies in Europe’s industrial sector that they are either shutting down production or curtailing production due to spiraling energy costs. This includes steel companies, fertilizer companies, aluminum foundries, and chemical companies which use natural gas in manufacturing to produce their end products. This got me thinking these announcements may be just the next leg of continuing the theme started by Howard Mark’s memo (link below) of the “pendulum swing” whereby the inability to have cheap and stable energy prices will likely result in companies seeking alternative supply sources away from Europe.

Chile

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile SA produces and markets specialty fertilizers including potassium nitrate, sodium nitrate, and potassium sulfate for the agricultural industry.  The Company also produces industrial chemicals, iodine and lithium.  SQM markets its products in over 100 countries.

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM US)

Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile (SQM US)

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