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Niccolò Machiavelli in a black robe, turned slightly toward the viewer, with a faint knowing smile
Portrait of Niccolò Machiavelli, Santi di Tito, second half of the 16th century. Palazzo Vecchio, Florence. Public domain
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Machiavelli warned that fortune is a flooding river, and that the wise build their dykes while the weather is calm. Here is the weather report: the odds for rates, commodities and the big global risks, each drawn as a curve and explained in plain words.

This weekDrifting lower, slowly. The 10-year most likely ends next October near 4.78%, below today's 5.15%. Sticky inflation keeps a floor under it. The risk to watch is fiscal: 1 in 5 odds yields top 5.3%.

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