# End of Month Macro with Tom Bradshaw: Why 2026 Looks Like 1999 Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-capitalist-podcast-6880593/end-of-month-macro-with-tom-bradshaw-why-2026-looks-like-1999 Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-capitalist-podcast-6880593/end-of-month-macro-with-tom-bradshaw-why-2026-looks-like-1999.md Podcast: [The Contrarian Capitalist Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-capitalist-podcast-6880593) Published: 2026-05-30T09:30:00+00:00 Episode link: https://contrariancapitalist.substack.com/p/end-of-month-macro-with-tom-bradshaw Audio file: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/196044824/1239c6c4b021ba28c771a45df28b8709.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-contrarian-capitalist-podcast-6880593/episodes/end-of-month-macro-with-tom-bradshaw-why-2026-looks-like-1999 Duration seconds: 2561 ## Resource Welcome to the Monthly Wrap for May 2026 with The Contrarian Capitalist and Tom Bradshaw , author of Beyond the Headlines. Get your tickets to the RULE SYMPOSIUM 2026 5 small bits of housekeeping * This video was recorded on Saturday 30th May 2026 AM UK time * The chart deck was also inserted on Saturday 30th May 2026 AM UK time * Please do provide feedback. What do you like? Not like? What do you want to see discussed? All feedback is useful. * NB - None of this is to be constituted as investment or trading advice. We are NOT financial advisors. * Please subscribe to both The Contrarian Capitalist and Tom Bradshaw using the buttons below. Quote of the Month Friendships that are won by awards, and not by greatness and nobility of soul, although deserved, yet are not real, and cannot be depended upon in time of adversity. NiccolΓ² Machiavelli Move of the Month Quite straight forward this month as the KOSPI (South Korea) was up a whopping 28.45% Chart Deck GOLD πŸ”΄ May Close = $4,537.87 - DOWN -$78.68 (-1.70%) SILVER 🟒 May Close = $75.29 - UP +$1.57 (+2.13%) COPPER (per lb USD) 🟒 May Close = $6.3895 - UP +$0.3631 (+6.03%) PLATINUM SPOT πŸ”΄ May Close = $1,921.20 - DOWN -$63.30 (-3.19%) PALLADIUM SPOT πŸ”΄ May Close = $1,356.67 - DOWN -$165.83 (-10.89%) URANIUM U308 FUTURES πŸ”΄ May Close = $84.90 - DOWN -$1.55 (-1.79%) NATURAL GAS (Henry Hub Natural Gas Spot Price) 🟒 May Close = $3.146 - UP +$0.527 (+20.12%) Dutch TTF Natural Gas Month Futures 🟒 May Close = €46 - UP +€0.015 (+0.03%) WTI (West Texas Intermediate) πŸ”΄ May Close = $87.75 - DOWN -$17.65 (-16.75%) BRENT CRUDE πŸ”΄ May Close = $91.51 - DOWN -$19.34 (-17.45%) DOW JONES 🟒 May Close = 51,037.09 - UP +1,384.95 points (+2.79%) NASDAQ 🟒 May Close = 30,333.17 - UP +2,881.05 points (+10.49%) S & P 500 🟒 May Close = 7,580.05 - UP +371.… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-contrarian-capitalist-podcast-6880593/episodes/end-of-month-macro-with-tom-bradshaw-why-2026-looks-like-1999/transcription-requests` β€” Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-contrarian-capitalist-podcast-6880593/end-of-month-macro-with-tom-bradshaw-why-2026-looks-like-1999.md` β€” Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.