> is shurgard still the best catalyst story?

May I ask, do I look like an AI?

Ready to answer your brief vague prompt queries about random companies I've never mentioned before in any post?

I wrote a detailed post about UK REITs and got this 7 word prompt as a reply.

Why don't *you* look into Shurgard and tell us what *you* find out about the company *you're* interested in.

I'm not here to do random stranger's random work demands for free.

You are going to need to put a bit more work into contributing yourself, if you want people to care about what you care about.

> there is a decent amount of pundits assuming another multi-decade rate cycle, this time rising. most explicit estimate i have seen is ~10% by 2030, barring recession.

Is there? Maybe you should ask them what will happen then.

Because 10% rates with current national, personal, and corporate debt levels sounds rather unlikely.

The sort of thing you'd only get from bitcoin pushers and goldbugs in the deepest grip of fevered delirium.

Governments and central banks would pull out all the stops long before 10% to prevent it.

I mean, the US has a 6 year average weighted maturity on its debt. At 10% rates, the US would soon be spending 85% of all tax revenues on paying interest.

Does that seem likely?

No?

Then why bring it up as a topic for discussion on the Non-US stocks boards?

Alternatively, let's embrace this way of thinking, see where it leads. Why stop at 10%? It's a nice round number, but so is 100%.

And now you've heard at least one pundit explicitly suggest 100% rates to you, so perhaps it's worth looking into and planning for.

I hope you see the deeper point I'm trying to subtly guide you towards here.

TRS