Looks like UA rounded “way up“ based on actual tariffs. What’s the saying, never waste a perfectly good crisis!
FX Price Increase
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Also the US dollar has got the worst start of the year since 1973 ! Worth less = less buying power 
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Very well could be accurate but I take that source with a MASSIVE grain of salt.Also the US dollar has got the worst start of the year since 1973 ! Worth less = less buying power
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/06/30/business/dollar-decline-trump.html
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I know ! But the fact is that the value of the US dollar has dropped and could also be the basis of the increase in prices
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But still, a very odd way to celebrate Customer Appreciation Day!Also the US dollar has got the worst start of the year since 1973 ! Worth less = less buying power
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Death - Taxes - and everything EXCEPT that whitch is new and goes down with demand goes up in price and has always been SO !
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100% Tariffs and Covid are convenient excuses to increase profit margins for big business. The rich keep getting richer with the help of the government.
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I assume the Swedes at FX purchase some parts from foreign suppliers. Air tanks from Korea, regulators from UK, stocks from Italy or Turkey. Do they also pay tariffs to those countries??
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The decline of the dollar vs the euro is raising prices. Make no mistake we are in a mess right now.
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Uncertainty is one of the absolute worst issues in economics. Money people, governments, banks, traders etc, HATE uncertainty. All their well designed analysis algorithms are useless.
The Fed FOMC is just going to sit on their hands and do nothing until the effects of the, sometimes daily, changes in economic policy shake out. That is not good because the FOMC tries to act ahead of the economy rather than react to the economy.
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Arbitrage
1. Country ☆ trades it's harvest to Commodities traders for cobalt, and/or copper, and/or aluminum ore.
2. Commodities traders then sell the harvest to countries that need the grain and take their cut of the profit for getting the best price for Country ☆
3. Commodities traders, who never delivered a single once of traded ore to Country☆, sell that ore to American customers at a premium. The traders then pay Country☆ the "hand shake" agreed upon trading price for the ore and keep the difference.
These Commodities Traders are privately owned and report nothing publicly. The US government knows what country mined the ore but has no way of knowing everyone who made money in trades off that ore before its finale disposition in America.
These privately-owned Commodities firms have enough "cash on hand" to finance the entire process from mine to furnace without once using the international banking system.
"Mineral is Latin for Money. You carry your money in a wallet, l carry mine in a bulk carrier. You buy locally, I buy worldwide."
America is currently paying a premium for aluminum, copper, and cobalt.
If you have a Commodity to trade you no longer need access to US Treasury Bonds and are free of the US Government controll, ignorance, and prejudices associated with those bonds.
1. Country ☆ trades it's harvest to Commodities traders for cobalt, and/or copper, and/or aluminum ore.
2. Commodities traders then sell the harvest to countries that need the grain and take their cut of the profit for getting the best price for Country ☆
3. Commodities traders, who never delivered a single once of traded ore to Country☆, sell that ore to American customers at a premium. The traders then pay Country☆ the "hand shake" agreed upon trading price for the ore and keep the difference.
These Commodities Traders are privately owned and report nothing publicly. The US government knows what country mined the ore but has no way of knowing everyone who made money in trades off that ore before its finale disposition in America.
These privately-owned Commodities firms have enough "cash on hand" to finance the entire process from mine to furnace without once using the international banking system.
"Mineral is Latin for Money. You carry your money in a wallet, l carry mine in a bulk carrier. You buy locally, I buy worldwide."
America is currently paying a premium for aluminum, copper, and cobalt.
If you have a Commodity to trade you no longer need access to US Treasury Bonds and are free of the US Government controll, ignorance, and prejudices associated with those bonds.
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There is a big big cost to the fancy new building and gun range they built. Revenue must go up to pay for it. Plus the nightly YouTube hunts with $60,000 worth of Airguns in $150,000 Raptor has to be paid for. Not knocking it. Good for them. American dream. Turned a hobby into successful business! BUT their price increases are more than they needed to be for tariffs alone, so it’s others reasons too.
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