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Apr 24, 2026

Week ending 24th April

This week's Signals & Noise is live.

The ceasefire was extended but Iran refuses to talk. The Strait of Hormuz remains closed. Oil is above $96. NAB now puts the chance of recession at 45%, essentially a coin flip. And Cochlear lost 40.7% in a single session on Wednesday, wiping out $4 billion in value.

In this week's free edition:

Why "inflation or demand destruction" is the wrong question (the answer is both)
NAB's downside scenario: economy shrinks 2%, unemployment above 9%, house prices collapse
The CAPE at ~36.5, still more than double its historical median
Book of the week: Bollinger on Bollinger Bands
This week's podcast episode on Spotify

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