Episode 98 - Ukrainian Grain Harvest Begins, Small Businesses Optimism Still Up (Tom Kemler)

Episode 98 - Ukrainian Grain Harvest Begins, Small Businesses Optimism Still Up, and Possibly Green Shoots

Welcome to another Weekly Market Update with Tom Kemler. In this episode Tom and Jeff discuss

1. Most Interesting Thing Follow Up: The Atlantic “Why Biden Shouldn’t Run in 2024”
2. No deal on Turkish Navy Escorts of Grain Ships to Ukraine.
3. Ukraine Grain Harvest Begins.
4. Ukraine Exporters Find New Grain Routes and Global Sugar Prices Slide.
5. 1000 Foot Vessel runs aground in Savannah River Tuesday night.
6. Fossil fuel imports from Russia in the first 100 days of the invasion have been $100B a day of revenue including a sanctions discount.
7. Small Business Optimism Index came in right in the range, which is surprising.
8. PPI Final Demand actually decreased a bit this month. Could we be seeing inflation slowing a bit?
9. Import Export princes have also moderated.
10. Atlanta Fed Business Inflation Expectations did not move.
11. Leading Indicators continue to be down.
12. The Economic Surprise Index continues to be on the low side.
13. Most Interesting Thing: Biden Visit to Saudi Arabia after Vowing to Treat the Kingdom as a “Pariah” for Human Rights Violations.

Tom Kemler is the Chief Business Appraiser at BKA Business Consulting and BKA Wealth Consulting. Tom is a Chartered Financial Advisor (CFA), and a Certified Valuation Analyst (CVA). Tom has over 30 years of experience valuing companies and studying economics.

Jeff Kikel is the host of the Money Trekker Podcast and has hosted several other Podcasts and YouTube Shows. Jeff is an entrepreneur and owns several companies in the Finance, Coworking, Media, and Publishing companies. Jeff is also the author of 6 Finance, Retirement Plan, and Entrepreneurial areas books.

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