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The Best Hedge against conflict With the recent Hamas Israel war breaking out, it seems that we will need to bet for the 22nd century to be a peaceful one instead. That is provided both you and I are around to see it. [LOL] Jokes aside, given this uncertainty, with oil prices going north, conflict in Israel, US inflation, Fed interest rates, China property going down, what should we invest in? One level of thinking Investing in Gold or gold related stocks such as $Barrick Gold Corp(GOLD)$ would seem to be rationale thing. After all, the greater the uncertainty, the higher gold will climb. After all, doesn't the governments around the world horde gold? Another level would be to look into Oil related and Defence related stocks

On Fri, 6 Oct 2023 - US market ended October's first trading week higher, thanks to US’s September NonFarm Payroll (NFP) report coming in much stronger than Wall Street estimates (see below). The euphoria enabled US market to surge at the closing bell, as investors digested the strong jobs report that blew away expectations. US Market Friday’s Closings: $DJIA(.DJI)$ : +0.87% (+288.01 to 33,407.58). $S&P 500(.SPX)$ : +1.18% (+50.31 to 4,308.50). $NASDAQ(.IXIC)$ : +1.60 (+211.51 to 13,431.34). Although US investors rejoiced at the September jobs numbers, it has further complicated the central bank’s next move (on interest hike). “Immediately” the CME FedWatch

Did Tesla stock imitate Barron’s post (see below) or was it vice versa? On Mon, 09 Oct 2023 — $Tesla Motors(TSLA)$ stock fell -0.18%, after the company reported a -11% decline for September delivery YoY, in the world’s biggest EV market, China. Based on Barron's post, Tesla delivered some 74,000 EVs from its Shanghai Gigafactory. This is down from approximately 83,000 EVs in September 2022. Further drill-down revealed that Shanghai-made Model 3 & Model Y were the culprits. The drop was attributed to lower demand for the Model 3 sedan and increased competition from local rivals like $BYD Co., Ltd.(BYDDF)$, $Li Auto(LI)$, as per data from China Passenger Car