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May 22, 2026
22/05/2026
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The ships that left the Gulf before the conflict have now arrived. From here, supply shortages become a probability, not a hypothetical. If markets reprice the affected companies, it will happen quickly. Steve frames the week through that lens, and through the much bigger regime shift now reshaping how wealth gets built.
Here is what is inside:
- The Members Message: be alert not alarmed, the Gulf shipping window has closed, plus the new video link inside the message itself
- Brand new this week: the TMM Podcast Show Notes document, fully designed, with key takeaways, chapter markers, deep topic blocks, quotes and full resource list
- Opening Chat: What We Like and Don't Like, the side-by-side case on change, the financialisation era ending, why inflation will be government-driven
- Steve's Review: Geopolitics, Europe joining the US trade bloc, the SCMP "sinking ship" article, the Congo paramilitary unit backed by US and UAE funding
- Steve's Review: The Oz Economy, why houses become homes again, the capital-gains-to-income regime shift, the ABC critical minerals smelter article, and "globalisation is dead"
- The ASX: market update with the full CAPE gauge showing 40.3 just below the all-time high of 44.2
- Special Topic: Critical Metals, the Australian Treasurer ordering Chinese owners of Northern Minerals to divest within 14 days, plus the ASPI quote on critical minerals being strategic not commercial
- What's Your Edge: full reader response to Luca's critiques on tech, buy-and-hold, ETFs, course pricing, and Equity Mates
- Monthly Coaching Call reminder: live with Steve, Tom and Jacob
- This week's Weekly Video Review
- TMM Podcast: latest episode and the dedicated show notes link
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