PAIN - that is what he said.... PAIN!

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Markets held up nicely - but end of the month, low volume and just trader exhaustion seemed to win over.

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Warm Up

- Worst Day in months

- Powell invokes Volker  - PAIN AHEAD

- $10,000 off Student Debt Sale

- RSS Feed - something not right with DHUnplugged - Pushed show on Fedd 5 times last week.

- Need a CTP Stock!

- Inflation HOT is baseball Card Market!

Market Update

- HOT MESS - Now What?

- -  Europe poised for more problems with Russian Oil

- ECB next in line to start hiking rates

- EVs Stil hot News - Ford up

- 50-Day MA - S&P 500 and NASDAQ 100, touch and bump Monday

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Salesforce Story

- Credit Card expiration - thought I updated

- Billing due 8/14

- 8/29 get a threatening email and warning about pulling forward contract and lock out

- 8/29 - LOCKED OUT - can't even get to the billing area to see what is up...

- Threatening email - no direct way to contact

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Start with Inflation Item

- "Gasoline futures have fallen to new trend lows this morning, now printing lowest levels in over 6 months"

- Down 32% from high

Gas Futures

Technicals !

- 50 DMA - holds for all major indices after Friday's breakdown

- 200-day massive resistance

- - Institutional - 1st line of support (50 Day)

---- But 50 Day below 200 day - Not good set up

---- One good thing - 50 Day slightly rising

- End of Month, light volume, big sell-off

- Needs to Hold and rebound if any chance

Powell Speech

- Says the word Pain

- Invokes comment about Volker

- Essentially walks back any thought that they are going to slow the rate hikes

White House Prepping

- Says they think employment numbers may be soft on Friday - or softening...

- On that note - SNAP laying off  20% of staff

- Remember all those calls for : "Nobody teaches finance in school?" - THIS IS WHY WE GET COMPANIES THAT THIK THEY CN RUN WITH CRAP FINANCIALS

Jackson Hole Reality Check - Awakening

- Central banks spent decades building their credibility on inflation fighting skills and losing this battle could shake the foundations of modern monetary policy.

- - "The longer inflation stays high, the greater the risk that the public will lose confidence in our determination and ability to preserve purchasing power." (ECB Member)

- "Even if we enter a recession,