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Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Autumn at "Riverbend"

 

 

Autumn at "Riverbend". The nights are getting a bit coolish, and the mornings are definitely no longer 'get-up-and-go early mornings' but 'stay-in-bed-until-the-sun-warms-up mornings', but the still long days are absolutely glorious.

And BHP had another good day as well, after China permitted their state-backed iron ore buyers to purchase some BHP cargoes. BHP promptly jumped 3.2% to $56.10 after an intra-day high of $56.42. It's still well down from its all-time high of $59.39 on 3 March, after which, on the same day, it dropped to $57.70, and kept dropping until it had bottomed at $46.06 but closed at $47.11 on 23 March. What a ride!

It's about all the excitement I get these days, apart from watching HARD QUIZ on the ABC and the Donald's psychopathic rantings. Now we have that Mexican stand-off of a double bluff in the Strait of Hormuz and a holy war with the Pope. Frankly, headline fatigue is beginning to set in and I want to stop hearing about all this s*"t and get back to normal.

 


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