And famines and of course the hurricanes. So I want to dispel any rumors that may be spreading after this picture of the Monday morning meeting went viral:
We do not have any advance warning of some catastrophe the reader hasn't yet heard of.
It's just that someone left something in the refrigerator over the long Labor Day weekend that was only discovered today and....let's just say, if you drop whatever it is on Pyongyang you could take out Kim Jong-Un and the rest of the Nork hierarchy with a kid's drone.
On to some good news. Paul Murphy at FT Alphaville:
Monday, 11th September, 2017
Live markets commentary from FT.com
Morning
Welcome to Markets Live
Comforting news this morning
Alex is saved!
*****
Anyway, storm damage hasn't extended to the London market
Well, not equities
Goodness knows what's happening at the LLoyd's end of things