# What Will Chris Wright Say During His Critical Minerals Fireside Chat? Results: 8 Of 17 Words Said

> How the Chris Wright, his critical minerals fireside chat mention market settled: 8 of 17 words were said, including Afford / Affordable / Affordability, China, Cobalt, Mine / Mining. Each word against its past record and its price before the event.

Canonical page: https://kaltrend.com/results/KXPOLITICSMENTION-26SEP18

- **Event**: Chris Wright, his critical minerals fireside chat
- **When**: Fri, Sep 18, 2026, 12:00 PM EDT
- **Result**: 8 of 17 words said (47%)
- **Speaker**: [Chris Wright](https://kaltrend.com/speaker/chris-wright) (plain text edition: [reader](https://kaltrend.com/api/apps/69d423e98fb1d422c304494a/functions/readerPage?speaker=chris-wright))
- **Series**: [KXPOLITICSMENTION](https://kaltrend.com/series/KXPOLITICSMENTION) (plain text edition: [reader](https://kaltrend.com/api/apps/69d423e98fb1d422c304494a/functions/readerPage?series=KXPOLITICSMENTION))
- **App page**: [https://kaltrend.com/results/KXPOLITICSMENTION-26SEP18](https://kaltrend.com/results/KXPOLITICSMENTION-26SEP18)

## Pattern Vs. Market Price

On the 2 words with both a record of 3 or more past events and a price before the event, the Pattern (Yes when the word was said at half or more of its past events) pointed to the right result 50% of the time and the market price (Yes at 50¢ or more) 0%. Where they disagreed (1 word), the Pattern was right 1 time and the market 0.

Upsets: 1. An upset is a word said at 30¢ or less, or missed at 70¢ or more.

- "Rare Earth" was not said despite trading at 71¢ before the event.

## Word By Word, 6 Of 17

| Word | Result | Before this event | Price before | Upset |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Afford / Affordable / Affordability | Said | 7 of 14 past events | Not recorded |  |
| China | Said | 6 of 13 past events | Not recorded |  |
| Cobalt | Said | First time listed | Not recorded |  |
| Mine / Mining | Said | First time listed | Not recorded |  |
| Nuclear | Said | 5 of 8 past events | Not recorded |  |
| Oil / Gas / Gasoline | Said | 5 of 18 past events | Not recorded |  |

11 more words from this event, with what the market expected and how each word's record compared, are on [Kaltrend Pro](https://kaltrend.com/pricing).

Results are the exchange's official settlements. "Before this event" counts earlier events in the same series only.

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