Wry & Dry #23 FY-24. Bumper Christmas Issue
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Wry & Dry needs to remind himself, and perhaps some Readers, of the major global events of 2023:
Jacinda Ardern, the Queen of Woke and Incompetence, gave herself the DCM
In an outcome that surprised the world, Emperor Eleven was unanimously re-elected as President of China
In a bullet fired into Tsar Vlad’s foot by Tsar Vlad, Finland became the 31st member of NATO.
Judo Capital – back to the future of banking
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As a raft of stocks in the portfolio have been taken over or have successfully met our internal price targets, we’ve been on the hunt for new names to replace.