tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-107812912024-03-18T21:22:54.366-07:00InvestmentTools.comSpend twenty minutes per week browsing Investment Tools and you will be better informed than most financial experts!Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.comBlogger4578125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-67798821875019819332024-03-18T10:53:00.000-07:002024-03-18T21:22:22.298-07:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C7tON80WaIHhZKXduSxfoxfqUQUcUXHEK7CSLp2RlwCLUIxqqaN7y49TDk-gj5pk30PiVE7xtpRMy8MShyO7gDbh8G4-Imnah_LR5pPmfE-BNz3n5CSZE36cHRxnbWi5MZdR064D47p-du4j8V6_q_bivxWPG3CT1d2lcr80ZJDQAUzYMmJ3eA/s720/1629776.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="213" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3C7tON80WaIHhZKXduSxfoxfqUQUcUXHEK7CSLp2RlwCLUIxqqaN7y49TDk-gj5pk30PiVE7xtpRMy8MShyO7gDbh8G4-Imnah_LR5pPmfE-BNz3n5CSZE36cHRxnbWi5MZdR064D47p-du4j8V6_q_bivxWPG3CT1d2lcr80ZJDQAUzYMmJ3eA/w197-h213/1629776.jpg" width="197" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />Notes
today:</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span><span style="color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 107%;">Japan Ends the World’s Last Negative Rates Regime..</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-weight: normal; line-height: 107%;">China</span></strong><strong style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 107%;"> </span></strong><span style="color: #0d0d0d; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%;">reported stronger industrial
activity than expected, with production up by 7% YoY in January and February -
fastest rate in two years.</span> </li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-03-18/cheap-chinese-electric-cars-are-squeezing-us-automakers?cmpid%3D=socialflow-twitter-markets" target="_blank">Bloomberg:</a> The car’s most extraordinary
feature, though, is its $9,698 price tag. That undercuts the average price of
an American EV by more than $50,000 and is only a little more than a high-end
Vespa scooter.</span></span> </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #0d0d0d; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">20 years from now the only people that will remember
that you worked late are your kids.</span></span> </li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;">Pro</span><span style="color: black;">blem
with these notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human
cognition - the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black;">Btw, humans can only think about 4 things at once – according to
the research team led by University of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh
and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we limit notes. </span><span style="color: black;">😉</span><span style="color: black;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">"Everything will be all right. And, even
if it won't be, we'll have the consolation of having lived honest lives."
Alexei Navalny</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-64358380592240984322024-03-18T01:13:00.000-07:002024-03-18T01:14:20.464-07:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Checking
out rocks.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJXWDo7wAceo8GvGPN0vnvImuOZToY4Sy3vbfHZJyO-AFZCs2J3-dlYxtFIxsBQAXFI1yr7M6n5D4yG8xauCz9-L-O_bkW8U9r0yP3485yGxNCs3bIr9hC_LVuRnHRgdOmZyD7nCXNrL_6ySP0QBE7myb5mzuyu7v7dSPQ3ZVu9Vept-rT-OzLMQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="548" data-original-width="504" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjJXWDo7wAceo8GvGPN0vnvImuOZToY4Sy3vbfHZJyO-AFZCs2J3-dlYxtFIxsBQAXFI1yr7M6n5D4yG8xauCz9-L-O_bkW8U9r0yP3485yGxNCs3bIr9hC_LVuRnHRgdOmZyD7nCXNrL_6ySP0QBE7myb5mzuyu7v7dSPQ3ZVu9Vept-rT-OzLMQ" width="221" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-58462784599377044482024-03-16T23:02:00.000-07:002024-03-16T23:02:10.437-07:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLFGscLNVxZghlSSppH8paI92IHxYe6tDUmrfofIWeH_kgvafCfwOFxWRVpEfD2bXL2ezwqag9avflnhoLNIg52sSFemSCc2vfZ5TcsK7MI7jyfrEBdkQN_DtfdkC6Ikhqk_S5Lm2qcY_NZ3z8vO-89UFFupdhs8G7zgJAeCMu0ET_9S81zW5dQ/s200/overview%202.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="163" height="147" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaLFGscLNVxZghlSSppH8paI92IHxYe6tDUmrfofIWeH_kgvafCfwOFxWRVpEfD2bXL2ezwqag9avflnhoLNIg52sSFemSCc2vfZ5TcsK7MI7jyfrEBdkQN_DtfdkC6Ikhqk_S5Lm2qcY_NZ3z8vO-89UFFupdhs8G7zgJAeCMu0ET_9S81zW5dQ/w120-h147/overview%202.gif" width="120" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">Quick Overview</span> <a href="https://investmenttools.com/futures/overview.htm" target="_blank">is up to date</a></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-32740519774108832912024-03-10T21:07:00.000-07:002024-03-11T16:55:57.700-07:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWod1l5tPnhHvqJ5Ufxc9m4V-ysvIVB98fmBxabkDrUZmhEL6UAfwo1uhVAom4o3b5bsArwFT3MC0u83fPLb5XJD85tMsYVER6DQzipuhG8EDRjf3rF7P2BPuijX7S9GeG7iuerZHuJbr85gNueXzA9j9JoRCvZEhqQ1BAUqIVxKul0P7OdNg6lQ/s720/3926916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="655" height="100" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWod1l5tPnhHvqJ5Ufxc9m4V-ysvIVB98fmBxabkDrUZmhEL6UAfwo1uhVAom4o3b5bsArwFT3MC0u83fPLb5XJD85tMsYVER6DQzipuhG8EDRjf3rF7P2BPuijX7S9GeG7iuerZHuJbr85gNueXzA9j9JoRCvZEhqQ1BAUqIVxKul0P7OdNg6lQ/w85-h100/3926916.jpg" width="85" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Bearish <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-10/asian-stocks-to-fall-as-us-cpi-shifts-into-focus-markets-wrap" target="_blank">Yen Bets</a> </span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgTUeN3ejXdKgBz9k5TryQiwUSejiqaXWkXuKJW18KB8MXVxotKx2XdlImUKkuSxH_QkvZ1TMKeeiP5x3T8EBb2_J0X4ZjdUer6teW8iAN5c1bAOf42Cxd5dpK0rbIV5SIQorzfSBQeTr187rTfajXWuvjrKJIw6pueSLJnNqGzSPuqn-knBpECg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="556" data-original-width="992" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhgTUeN3ejXdKgBz9k5TryQiwUSejiqaXWkXuKJW18KB8MXVxotKx2XdlImUKkuSxH_QkvZ1TMKeeiP5x3T8EBb2_J0X4ZjdUer6teW8iAN5c1bAOf42Cxd5dpK0rbIV5SIQorzfSBQeTr187rTfajXWuvjrKJIw6pueSLJnNqGzSPuqn-knBpECg" width="320" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9Cr0eJI3kkRLhnWJ5dWtEnTHLofs2NrJUTHm5YaeP9SRK-47L2q--IKoBv7v2BYMMC5lIH7EvjGaz5OvCRgHcSZzw_3ZHWpdNjN8Pez4L17ppP9gwxFU7wWku2Q9Yqm8lEWdNwFNv6lC1N3Prjj3Wm6IH3t5bORuAKiEoyIkyx9rDN3Eq6UBy9g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="836" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh9Cr0eJI3kkRLhnWJ5dWtEnTHLofs2NrJUTHm5YaeP9SRK-47L2q--IKoBv7v2BYMMC5lIH7EvjGaz5OvCRgHcSZzw_3ZHWpdNjN8Pez4L17ppP9gwxFU7wWku2Q9Yqm8lEWdNwFNv6lC1N3Prjj3Wm6IH3t5bORuAKiEoyIkyx9rDN3Eq6UBy9g" width="296" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-33302650527530749732024-03-07T16:03:00.000-08:002024-03-07T23:43:13.079-08:00<p><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrjVf4Ef2Bi1DmDiWKSexGg9w1UGJsQ_qc2a7RdwkLc7QicZtJzDLLQRgtC9JifdoBkZbaQUdfIvmVjpmFNOV80g6YDvsaaQMfeqUL8RPAj10XDgYksJ37Dvdzpq89vaD6OwAxKmSvQGjxc7skDmaC5bogZdxqxKHKaD0VHiM3MV0Qur2rTkktw/s720/1629776.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrjVf4Ef2Bi1DmDiWKSexGg9w1UGJsQ_qc2a7RdwkLc7QicZtJzDLLQRgtC9JifdoBkZbaQUdfIvmVjpmFNOV80g6YDvsaaQMfeqUL8RPAj10XDgYksJ37Dvdzpq89vaD6OwAxKmSvQGjxc7skDmaC5bogZdxqxKHKaD0VHiM3MV0Qur2rTkktw/w143-h155/1629776.jpg" width="143" /></a></span></div><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Notes today:</span><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">Fed Chair Powell: "We’re waiting to become more confident that inflation is moving sustainably at 2%. When we do get that confidence — & we’re not far from it — it’ll be appropriate to begin to dial back the level of restriction”</span></span> .. </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell said he expects to see some banks fail due to their exposure to the commercial real estate sector.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 15px; white-space-collapse: preserve;">German industrial production rose in January for the first time in nine months, though its protracted weakness has probably already dragged the economy into a recession.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>El Niño Scorches Southern Africa With Driest February <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-03-08/food-supplies-threatened-in-southern-africa-after-driest-february-on-record?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business" target="_blank">on Record</a></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><h1 style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-right: 6.0pt; margin-top: 0in; margin: 0in 6pt 0in 0in;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">United Airlines Boeing 777 bound for
Japan loses a tire as it takes off from San Francisco - </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">crushing cars below.</span></span><br />
<!--[endif]--><span color="windowtext" face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="font-size: 14pt; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-color-alt: windowtext; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span class="msoDel"><del cite="mailto:Fritz%20Reisch" datetime="2024-02-18T15:09"><o:p></o:p></del></span></span></h1></li></ul><p></p><p></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;">It’s official – Sweden is now the 32nd member of NATO.</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEico3IUQtQlv-C4wsUuGICIy5LJGyO-11RNpx7Qd3XDZNYx9SM6npcx8pXiv_dSpVbQM8zF__WajIgWLveg-BJzGXzlO51rYyqDjDNvQ5WWCCZ9JMl20x9eoKdzws0PP7Ecw-tmhnIeLEeBtlqUKdx3F3GfzmTqCiNH_xCK9BOFcxjKJ0-P6NCJLA/s925/scull2.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="925" data-original-width="750" height="37" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEico3IUQtQlv-C4wsUuGICIy5LJGyO-11RNpx7Qd3XDZNYx9SM6npcx8pXiv_dSpVbQM8zF__WajIgWLveg-BJzGXzlO51rYyqDjDNvQ5WWCCZ9JMl20x9eoKdzws0PP7Ecw-tmhnIeLEeBtlqUKdx3F3GfzmTqCiNH_xCK9BOFcxjKJ0-P6NCJLA/w30-h37/scull2.jpg" width="30" /></a></div><br />Gregg Carlstrom @glcarlstrom : Who secures the port? Who distributes the aid within Gaza? And if you answer those questions and this works at scale, America winds up absolving Israel of its own responsibility to provide aid to civilians in areas it controls.</li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>António Guterres @antonioguterres : I was deeply moved by the horrifying testimonies I heard of family members of victims of the war in Gaza today. Some lost over a hundred relatives.</li><li>This horror must stop now. A humanitarian ceasefire cannot wait.</li></ul><p></p><p><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">Problem with these notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition - the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.</span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Btw, humans can only think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we limit notes. 😉</span></p><p><span style="color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="background-color: white;">"Everything will be all right. And, even if it won't be, we'll have the consolation of having lived honest lives." Alexei Navalny</span></span></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-61960048038992353082024-03-07T15:52:00.000-08:002024-03-07T15:52:35.253-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">US Corn Area in Drought</span></p><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5L7FWIpJH93LgCxF3zvgmI7InnFggbIYMVYqiQ9GQffUubHq5Nc_f8YgFXVhG9Q47EYa-1kCBy0X22wooQX-voQ5S7SWVgo6XUqzJqhK85HnnlqoWsmJujloxjB9cq-sUr6j2ZqXIzV96wO_titeE-kxS2Tqj341Ra6Gv1tINZKAlp9I5Gh3bvw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="821" data-original-width="1059" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi5L7FWIpJH93LgCxF3zvgmI7InnFggbIYMVYqiQ9GQffUubHq5Nc_f8YgFXVhG9Q47EYa-1kCBy0X22wooQX-voQ5S7SWVgo6XUqzJqhK85HnnlqoWsmJujloxjB9cq-sUr6j2ZqXIzV96wO_titeE-kxS2Tqj341Ra6Gv1tINZKAlp9I5Gh3bvw" width="310" /></a></div><br /><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-9794677365636127512024-03-07T15:49:00.000-08:002024-03-07T15:49:14.242-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">US Soybean Area in Drought.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz6v9NYx7JfMq1qIEWn3-8tuuZFGS3c-s_oZPbvGccqCP1aILAcJN3PylM3s7CHWMu8DKEC8MIr-omwND7FAyXHuSVfC2ja_rLsVMz2oPrHhSGMcHMtmmCLAS8AHaheE3YisS0600f2V6L4G_x7lEnj8iRZ4IgTP95WeShnmzJNvyNz_cBfhD5yg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="811" data-original-width="1055" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgz6v9NYx7JfMq1qIEWn3-8tuuZFGS3c-s_oZPbvGccqCP1aILAcJN3PylM3s7CHWMu8DKEC8MIr-omwND7FAyXHuSVfC2ja_rLsVMz2oPrHhSGMcHMtmmCLAS8AHaheE3YisS0600f2V6L4G_x7lEnj8iRZ4IgTP95WeShnmzJNvyNz_cBfhD5yg" width="312" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: large;"><br /></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-42097749947645013702024-03-07T15:42:00.000-08:002024-03-07T20:32:13.945-08:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Silver production</span><span style="font-size: 13pt;"> from
Mexico and Peru, the world's two largest producers, is at its lowest point in
14 years.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUJsha7Eh60698_VB2micaV15dFNzXMJg0O8repEqpvyt4cxgwGv3cjH-g2N5zzMlsKRlvyZaj6iYRAFqyY2Li_7ExsLxJpT7IcpgVAsPkbJ3dtiofbg51P_WdbmwKYgGu7WX1mEtNAtWzL5LL9_GUjwF_PE9Cdka5ccQp5Qd0FcpMxF3SwNHKaA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="618" data-original-width="800" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgUJsha7Eh60698_VB2micaV15dFNzXMJg0O8repEqpvyt4cxgwGv3cjH-g2N5zzMlsKRlvyZaj6iYRAFqyY2Li_7ExsLxJpT7IcpgVAsPkbJ3dtiofbg51P_WdbmwKYgGu7WX1mEtNAtWzL5LL9_GUjwF_PE9Cdka5ccQp5Qd0FcpMxF3SwNHKaA" width="311" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-0jlS4NVi-hUdnlNKwWTwA4-vqYMHTAcXNhSQX9P2guRcYjZJAgRXMHoARO7zYaBu-GNUfuGy8fSHGEZ6uOiEK9BZsxK7cxHF1cDfqMHxVqPaWbORxp41B2w657R4Y6wT-c9RQamIOwlo6WNJD-mJUxUd0kY7P7pQzI7USJAaCo0wCUpdDnUhOA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="657" data-original-width="734" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg-0jlS4NVi-hUdnlNKwWTwA4-vqYMHTAcXNhSQX9P2guRcYjZJAgRXMHoARO7zYaBu-GNUfuGy8fSHGEZ6uOiEK9BZsxK7cxHF1cDfqMHxVqPaWbORxp41B2w657R4Y6wT-c9RQamIOwlo6WNJD-mJUxUd0kY7P7pQzI7USJAaCo0wCUpdDnUhOA" width="268" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-62266140830157908502024-02-25T13:33:00.000-08:002024-02-25T13:34:20.151-08:00<p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZr2OkPaaExNHfJpy2sjgF37Ge2rvE6SwDwDliCaXY_vqFas_hR2fQaZVikO-Ecq_6toK2KBt6I54qSadcxFlA9Tn7fAuEu2caTPGaLXpMYfO0dlVQAbTLWj_667M_Dyj8iqQexUGEeYihgYk8u36N6GV3SsuqQt9ppZUSKwClwUdzxVhQoEe6Q/s720/1835872.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="672" data-original-width="720" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZr2OkPaaExNHfJpy2sjgF37Ge2rvE6SwDwDliCaXY_vqFas_hR2fQaZVikO-Ecq_6toK2KBt6I54qSadcxFlA9Tn7fAuEu2caTPGaLXpMYfO0dlVQAbTLWj_667M_Dyj8iqQexUGEeYihgYk8u36N6GV3SsuqQt9ppZUSKwClwUdzxVhQoEe6Q/w147-h195/1835872.jpg" width="147" /></a></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">12 Month YoY
Performance</span><p></p><p></p><table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="MsoNormalTable" style="border-collapse: collapse; mso-padding-alt: 0in 5.4pt 0in 5.4pt; mso-yfti-tbllook: 1184; width: 268px;">
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">238.47%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Meta Platforms<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">184.07%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Eli Lilly<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">139.37%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Builders FirstSource<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">135.77%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Uber Tech<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">134.13%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">AMD<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">126.05%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Broadcom<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">124.38%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Arista Networks<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">97.49%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">PulteGroup<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">97.31%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">Lam Research<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p align="right" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in; text-align: right;"><span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-bidi-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-font-kerning: 0pt; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-ligatures: none;">94.00%<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><span style="font-size: 18pt;"></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-9999806436670146132024-02-24T00:23:00.000-08:002024-02-24T00:25:24.660-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">R<span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space-collapse: preserve;">ich Nation <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-24/swiss-balking-at-later-retirement-shows-rich-nation-aging-crunch" target="_blank">Aging Crunch </a></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white; color: #0f1419; white-space-collapse: preserve;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvdgUZUZ94UCoe2V-8TH1gRMtVx8WyFtRuhtV0FW6UZsZmEE-UHZZmmyWX-sIG2F7FLeukmjgKYyS4fPHV9z_MyN_3JUYdPzW0fEwiVZB4kUSZoLuoUk8Ku0my0mJlVIuyVLrEVXmfNPfehAsCIF68Sl-jZ1O19-j5ULNhJbBFDCj0neUFSa6VAw" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="420" data-original-width="732" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvdgUZUZ94UCoe2V-8TH1gRMtVx8WyFtRuhtV0FW6UZsZmEE-UHZZmmyWX-sIG2F7FLeukmjgKYyS4fPHV9z_MyN_3JUYdPzW0fEwiVZB4kUSZoLuoUk8Ku0my0mJlVIuyVLrEVXmfNPfehAsCIF68Sl-jZ1O19-j5ULNhJbBFDCj0neUFSa6VAw" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-28132595228974434852024-02-18T13:53:00.000-08:002024-02-18T15:10:32.448-08:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLl7hhNzmbEEVUsZFkPNRIAvoUTSbjgJcDspfMUN5_AOX2ivv6CNR7FrlhagYB02bndTBlZgh9jM69sqUSuGUgLx3lkcPf14eii6rv8gPBfgBx5vsy6pDWKfZX94RDjLqH1yX-eAxUOjwycfEL5YWI8LgoY6ZnQloMT8V725qBVBCYo7S1ZFZ40Q/s720/1629776.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLl7hhNzmbEEVUsZFkPNRIAvoUTSbjgJcDspfMUN5_AOX2ivv6CNR7FrlhagYB02bndTBlZgh9jM69sqUSuGUgLx3lkcPf14eii6rv8gPBfgBx5vsy6pDWKfZX94RDjLqH1yX-eAxUOjwycfEL5YWI8LgoY6ZnQloMT8V725qBVBCYo7S1ZFZ40Q/w200-h216/1629776.jpg" width="200" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />Notes
today:</span><p></p><p><span style="background-color: white; color: #1e1e1e; font-family: inherit;">Berkshire Hathaway Inc Class A</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">$535 </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">in 1982</span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;">$610,086 <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in 2024</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzJnjwK0HON-J_im-yg3koLBM5rg5FELRJ2Szxc6xjU2TQXkKCV-yQeabhZCQNA9rl4Og9ljEi95mrGDoc9_LpebPM3Vm4SPpyGISKeNcO2LFcXr-o_nq1vHrwNqHY4WbLfrsZYZGYERk7NrA1J3m8QfCNW4NlWugbyRLLVdXuAa0apHaXXUoV8g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="622" data-original-width="1647" height="121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgzJnjwK0HON-J_im-yg3koLBM5rg5FELRJ2Szxc6xjU2TQXkKCV-yQeabhZCQNA9rl4Og9ljEi95mrGDoc9_LpebPM3Vm4SPpyGISKeNcO2LFcXr-o_nq1vHrwNqHY4WbLfrsZYZGYERk7NrA1J3m8QfCNW4NlWugbyRLLVdXuAa0apHaXXUoV8g" width="320" /></a></div><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">$1 in 1982 has the same purchasing power as $3.12 in 2024. Over the 42 years this is a change of $2.12. The average inflation rate of the dollar between 1982 and 2024 was 0.15% per year.</span></o:p></span></li><li><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span>Berkshire Shareholder<a href="https://www.berkshirehathaway.com/letters/letters.html" target="_blank"> Letters</a></span></o:p></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;">Problem with these
notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition -
the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Btw, humans can only
think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University
of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we
limit notes. </span><span face=""Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">😉</span></span></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-7647119565609160602024-02-11T19:04:00.000-08:002024-02-11T19:04:24.565-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRaMyYVKBOIz2BPvGYVPodwlTujtr5ewghbsQPkJ_mEBES63mf1fEKlQCnM4pUNrMPUlQ24tuxZNFs1Hu8fY1L0d9Fa-NHfXzvfWwPdBtOpVR58y1nZg2BweJU4LzlsnEIyhUf9ZUwBuOiRSPgIWUdxKNtR3vBJs0CFeU3uqMi0w69QBdncuD9Q/s200/overview%202.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="163" height="155" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnRaMyYVKBOIz2BPvGYVPodwlTujtr5ewghbsQPkJ_mEBES63mf1fEKlQCnM4pUNrMPUlQ24tuxZNFs1Hu8fY1L0d9Fa-NHfXzvfWwPdBtOpVR58y1nZg2BweJU4LzlsnEIyhUf9ZUwBuOiRSPgIWUdxKNtR3vBJs0CFeU3uqMi0w69QBdncuD9Q/w126-h155/overview%202.gif" width="126" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />Quick Overview</span> <a href="https://investmenttools.com/futures/overview.htm" target="_blank">is up to date</a></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-71540094992508447772024-02-11T10:18:00.000-08:002024-02-11T10:18:01.160-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Can AI <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2024-ai-unlock-ancient-world-secrets/" target="_blank">Unlock the Secrets</a> of the Ancient World?</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">Almost 2,000 years ago, a volcano preserved Herculaneum’s vast library of scrolls but left them unreadable. A volunteer army of nerds has been racing to decipher them.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBWxjtLXr3dl_NaM9dmzjb8PWiXMY9txfVh0BDBtJ3yxaOvAqkiUCfMalTCTwNHzAqro70HRoHan-TfvJzQxlD2crmu62a0RBzOskiPLPT_TApJOn-xM_H5Fm2UseMvRW-v-my4POUrVH74ZmXGgokRoJzVWjZM49S5RUNhzw4bz7VPYEdAFJTgQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="885" data-original-width="1815" height="156" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgBWxjtLXr3dl_NaM9dmzjb8PWiXMY9txfVh0BDBtJ3yxaOvAqkiUCfMalTCTwNHzAqro70HRoHan-TfvJzQxlD2crmu62a0RBzOskiPLPT_TApJOn-xM_H5Fm2UseMvRW-v-my4POUrVH74ZmXGgokRoJzVWjZM49S5RUNhzw4bz7VPYEdAFJTgQ" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-90899552489230699852024-02-10T11:13:00.000-08:002024-02-10T11:13:56.211-08:00<p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIqWg1cAb1gERYc9Sz-0G9d921D3rChOB1K1JFN0sCQTn5a8DyOXMW2Wop5xtjlIVmBX_DJhsjDlTs_9AzE57mu4C8IwyfoVAoFt1GkkJoyF2L0hYQvw-bhrL0J7fptStwswMUBJKml_rJF2s76cMStHEYYy9TD7E1arjxvF3LVtVU85w1amOnw/s720/1629776.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="163" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpIqWg1cAb1gERYc9Sz-0G9d921D3rChOB1K1JFN0sCQTn5a8DyOXMW2Wop5xtjlIVmBX_DJhsjDlTs_9AzE57mu4C8IwyfoVAoFt1GkkJoyF2L0hYQvw-bhrL0J7fptStwswMUBJKml_rJF2s76cMStHEYYy9TD7E1arjxvF3LVtVU85w1amOnw/w151-h163/1629776.jpg" width="151" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br />Notes
today:</span><span style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span><span style="font-family: inherit;">How Worried Should You
Be <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-02-10/nycb-problems-fuel-investor-fears-should-i-worry-about-commercial-real-estate?srnd=premium" target="_blank">About Commercial Real Estate</a>?</span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Problem with these
notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition -
the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Btw, humans can only
think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University
of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we
limit notes. </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">😉</span></span><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-25789109820128270952024-02-07T17:26:00.000-08:002024-02-08T11:59:16.223-08:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qUmx2GEBxtPT8USF19nuna0CSmYhbDouzUYQ8bMfEQYIynP3xiYDEAwj7W_ih-MdNH23EnEkHBj90aWkh_rr6k9n9g56VBcBUq3G0zXKQCEe9HBJ_WZk64lZPVcNIzI-6nT4wOKzWQoRbokRuoOVFWbDddUKKDEn0_H23S6B7mTZeyXRSsN80A/s720/1629776.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3qUmx2GEBxtPT8USF19nuna0CSmYhbDouzUYQ8bMfEQYIynP3xiYDEAwj7W_ih-MdNH23EnEkHBj90aWkh_rr6k9n9g56VBcBUq3G0zXKQCEe9HBJ_WZk64lZPVcNIzI-6nT4wOKzWQoRbokRuoOVFWbDddUKKDEn0_H23S6B7mTZeyXRSsN80A/w157-h170/1629776.jpg" width="157" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Notes
today:</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Due
largely to an unexpected surge in immigration, the U.S. economy will be about
$7 trillion larger - & federal revenues about $1T bigger - the <b>nonpartisan
</b>Congressional Budget Office said Wednesday.</span></span></li><li><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span>Jeff Stein @JStein_WaPo</span></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span></span></span></li><li><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span>Chinese shares gained after authorities signaled a stronger resolve to stem a $7 trillion rout via a surprise move to replace the head of the country’s securities regulator.</span></span></li><li><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Morgan
Stanley says that India to become world’s 3rd largest economy in 5yrs
surpassing Japan & Germany.</span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></span></p></li><li><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-family: inherit; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p>Bank of Japan Deputy Gov. Shinichi Uchida said Thursday that the bank is getting closer to sustainably achieving its 2% inflation goal and reviewing its ultraeasy monetary policy.</o:p></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-size: 16pt; text-align: center;"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRt3l8sLaasueraYJ_8yFlhbpQfQdAkrUkq_Ezi5EYgzLbFCTvFIoNwHDO0AVwa-uFWJ3_hahJsgSqfhlep7_lvwdUbZ-tR6AYKBpWlqmQxH50kTG7mRIbEVz3JwypxHIMjfKWPDvKPWhWKUXzqIdSf0a4V96JC4y5H17MTrOTFzhpA8254-9fJQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="686" data-original-width="864" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRt3l8sLaasueraYJ_8yFlhbpQfQdAkrUkq_Ezi5EYgzLbFCTvFIoNwHDO0AVwa-uFWJ3_hahJsgSqfhlep7_lvwdUbZ-tR6AYKBpWlqmQxH50kTG7mRIbEVz3JwypxHIMjfKWPDvKPWhWKUXzqIdSf0a4V96JC4y5H17MTrOTFzhpA8254-9fJQ" width="302" /></a></span></div><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;">The US government on Thursday outlawed robocalls that use voices generated by artificial intelligence, a decision that sends a clear message that exploiting the technology to scam people and mislead voters won’t be tolerated.</span></o:p></span></li></ul></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Problem with these
notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition -
the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Btw, humans can only
think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University
of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we
limit notes. </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">😉</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-59421050572672820672024-01-29T22:37:00.000-08:002024-01-29T22:40:51.849-08:00<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1spa52p1E8h8ODYDnxUrZZgYhFOeaNRdOg5OGlXCn-DIbyC9UaTusOc2KEzUkPEhxXKVfNkykx9jN0QG8A8ZEWy87yseZPA9JTy72EFjyPJheB32gojLvPIYDPD2Uu-UhxIrbWTDd5JGjr-KKQJ9VFH6mWjJCS_kfXj0UXVG_pZoFB6vuVi9kQ/s720/2218156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="422" height="130" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1spa52p1E8h8ODYDnxUrZZgYhFOeaNRdOg5OGlXCn-DIbyC9UaTusOc2KEzUkPEhxXKVfNkykx9jN0QG8A8ZEWy87yseZPA9JTy72EFjyPJheB32gojLvPIYDPD2Uu-UhxIrbWTDd5JGjr-KKQJ9VFH6mWjJCS_kfXj0UXVG_pZoFB6vuVi9kQ/w88-h130/2218156.jpg" width="88" /></a></div>Elon Musk said the first human patient has received <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2024-01-30/telepathy-the-bloomberg-open-europe-edition?cmpid=socialflow-twitter-business" target="_blank">a brain implant</a> from Neuralink</span><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAvBOT6L24MXQgCFATFCz3JM9u8be_LhKApDG8f8wAZvqSww_vUp_-spN3qwTMHMbXj8eDN7mvjUp3xmzKU6v460g_mNYLuoI7fTb2IrZsYAu1r4Jk7IJiclc4P9X470YuU6oUZZ2onQllRgGgvvqo0Y-6o3b4Yg9-2I0xanQxITr_whX7FEhP-Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="559" data-original-width="892" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhAvBOT6L24MXQgCFATFCz3JM9u8be_LhKApDG8f8wAZvqSww_vUp_-spN3qwTMHMbXj8eDN7mvjUp3xmzKU6v460g_mNYLuoI7fTb2IrZsYAu1r4Jk7IJiclc4P9X470YuU6oUZZ2onQllRgGgvvqo0Y-6o3b4Yg9-2I0xanQxITr_whX7FEhP-Q" width="320" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-20475231878264978632024-01-29T00:13:00.000-08:002024-01-29T18:37:57.737-08:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIH_WItr5WWV5Cg7nGN9Y1Fuk-gZLTsGDNJgUyz73jsup6dKbSrbJHdftKHJEq0KK_0F5ghGlIp_gXoctC5B6lIQBUrr7k_b3jg1UKaqKWOt5ht1LaVFjaBt4krS9O-qFEqa1R2Pgow0TnwUGcxTteF168wI2j6dXohEsVGkEBlvVMRL33J7zEYw/s720/1629776.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="114" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIH_WItr5WWV5Cg7nGN9Y1Fuk-gZLTsGDNJgUyz73jsup6dKbSrbJHdftKHJEq0KK_0F5ghGlIp_gXoctC5B6lIQBUrr7k_b3jg1UKaqKWOt5ht1LaVFjaBt4krS9O-qFEqa1R2Pgow0TnwUGcxTteF168wI2j6dXohEsVGkEBlvVMRL33J7zEYw/w105-h114/1629776.jpg" width="105" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Notes
today:</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">Shrinking population. Record property downturn. Rising trade tensions. And now a $6 trillion stock market wipeout. The list of problems just keeps growing for Xi Jinping’s China. (Bloomberg)</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-29/china-evergrande-receives-winding-up-order-from-hong-kong-court?srnd=premium" target="_blank">China's Evergrande Group,</a>
the developer at the center of the country's property crisis, is heading for
liquidation after a Hong Kong court ordered it to be wound up.</span></span></li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-family: inherit; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghGfeVWmfPpvUPXdEkLsiJo9u61-5bdxnLPAAnbJrltL7271Z1_2NwYesLfc5TWVTsUF67Fic0DaiHqcPoO9tnaSXqlMoHJTsurKd_A5FnMc6iC7Rdnf3aL_Fmvkdc9-ZBSFdJl861VfaPlgnqu6jomV6bkEOOZuDXhpeUj_GrDiGAfYBgFoio7Q" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="552" data-original-width="960" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEghGfeVWmfPpvUPXdEkLsiJo9u61-5bdxnLPAAnbJrltL7271Z1_2NwYesLfc5TWVTsUF67Fic0DaiHqcPoO9tnaSXqlMoHJTsurKd_A5FnMc6iC7Rdnf3aL_Fmvkdc9-ZBSFdJl861VfaPlgnqu6jomV6bkEOOZuDXhpeUj_GrDiGAfYBgFoio7Q" width="320" /></a></div><br style="color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit;" /><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: black; line-height: 107%;">US President </span>Joe Biden faces intensifying pressure to confront Iran
directly after the country’s proxies killed three American soldiers in a drone
strike in Jordan over the weekend, risking <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-28/biden-faces-pressure-to-confront-iran-after-us-troops-killed" target="_blank">precisely the wider regionalconflict that he’s trying to avoid.</a></span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="color: #0f1419;">“All war is a symptom of man’s failure as a thinking animal.” John Steinbeck</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="color: #0f1419; font-family: inherit; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></p><div><br /></div><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Problem with these
notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition -
the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Btw, humans can only
think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University
of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we
limit notes. </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">😉</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-76121840109660145632024-01-27T13:13:00.000-08:002024-01-27T13:13:24.137-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="background-color: white;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReKBosS3Bhxoj8dAJHb2KMdUEw3yM0RmwjLuzlj9rXuYZNAFcoa-HZuku-rXVi3JrtnqL69jTFNA1-x9EUODK4SKE_QP5LmdbwMpDoR0YcY42oYI7WsswgYIbLp1zfH1WjzHSTzbwbAhGBYmfPDS161YTpA7kicjfKU41EtkTlATMfEag3JCSRw/s947/see$.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="947" data-original-width="750" height="162" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhReKBosS3Bhxoj8dAJHb2KMdUEw3yM0RmwjLuzlj9rXuYZNAFcoa-HZuku-rXVi3JrtnqL69jTFNA1-x9EUODK4SKE_QP5LmdbwMpDoR0YcY42oYI7WsswgYIbLp1zfH1WjzHSTzbwbAhGBYmfPDS161YTpA7kicjfKU41EtkTlATMfEag3JCSRw/w128-h162/see$.jpg" width="128" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">..<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">the U.S. is a pretty <a href="https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/hospice-providers-must-be-better-regulated/" target="_blank">lousy place to die</a>.</span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-size: 20px;"> </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;">In an </span><a href="https://www.jpsmjournal.com/article/S0885-3924(21)00673-4/fulltext" style="background-color: white; border-color: var(--border-color, currentColor); border-style: solid; border-width: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; text-decoration-color: var(--color-medium-blue); text-decoration-thickness: 2px; text-underline-offset: 2px;">analysis</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333;"> of how well countries around the world deliver end-of-life care, the U.S. was ranked 43rd out of the 81 countries assessed, despite being one of the wealthiest nations. The U.K., whose hospices are generally<u> not-for-profit,</u> took first place.</span></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-38714481834459357182024-01-27T12:03:00.000-08:002024-01-27T12:38:23.698-08:00<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">DJ Trend Earnings (Fed Model)</span> <a href="https://investmenttools.com/equities/fundamentals/" target="_blank">is up to date</a><div><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #121212; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">No</span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> <b><span style="color: red;">FEAR</span></b><span style="color: #121212;">!</span></span></li></ul><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhOaER-mlYMwiIBCwJQM9lNQDCGqZGVijypC41c9iDhico5FxaNMo49zCiYMUr4D29rFZwhOZ4iMIlF_0uGEjT4c5S4XeEXnSt-W4vqitoTOIFjS6MLmbduDOfNv8giTjOTqiQEs38EnpcXVH5KxWWPjaw27Tl1nFlXhvslhgq-EALhI8eZGsnlQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="654" data-original-width="862" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhhOaER-mlYMwiIBCwJQM9lNQDCGqZGVijypC41c9iDhico5FxaNMo49zCiYMUr4D29rFZwhOZ4iMIlF_0uGEjT4c5S4XeEXnSt-W4vqitoTOIFjS6MLmbduDOfNv8giTjOTqiQEs38EnpcXVH5KxWWPjaw27Tl1nFlXhvslhgq-EALhI8eZGsnlQ" width="316" /></a></div><br /><br /></div>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-35364481966558683742024-01-27T10:04:00.000-08:002024-01-28T20:32:16.110-08:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ89A6Xq_JbHOr5lSd2i4fH8oIIxwg5bGdVRLsxeNYg0vU89VV74q-Mu_TKu1TW4W31MqHwJkAs26Gyb__89i7oxuqbG3CzathnqzALQl_9Pd3NQw3Ikcb1X9vaBojuMjiQ4nB9Cqv_rCWo59sQFEhpdz3OIhb0ba4q5OenmE6-k_5vBp7jXJYg/s720/1629776.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="187" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvQ89A6Xq_JbHOr5lSd2i4fH8oIIxwg5bGdVRLsxeNYg0vU89VV74q-Mu_TKu1TW4W31MqHwJkAs26Gyb__89i7oxuqbG3CzathnqzALQl_9Pd3NQw3Ikcb1X9vaBojuMjiQ4nB9Cqv_rCWo59sQFEhpdz3OIhb0ba4q5OenmE6-k_5vBp7jXJYg/w173-h187/1629776.jpg" width="173" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><br />Notes
today:</span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: 13pt;">I</span>t's all about big tech
next week with Meta, Amazon, Apple, Alphabet & Microsoft among those
reporting.</span></span> </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li>Over the past 14 months, <a href="https://www.gold.org/goldhub/research/chinas-gold-market-2023-demand-improved-and-premiums-rose" target="_blank">China’s gold reserves</a> have risen by 287t.</li></ul><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGgjsp6nlNx1K7xwAwNxue9X52_X4xYrKTRxZHT6CdPoTE2Y1r--10i7Ysk3uHfJf_vMYCX2GMs92iXEREyeV9nijKXaITkcN7O1Vfkhpf65qMozTlPtlmm6lNy5UYedefmfFuQptQYgLpJJgFfj00vt-KT4QN3fQTdHiAOIs2o6aYDNPp2yN4VQ" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="677" data-original-width="742" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiGgjsp6nlNx1K7xwAwNxue9X52_X4xYrKTRxZHT6CdPoTE2Y1r--10i7Ysk3uHfJf_vMYCX2GMs92iXEREyeV9nijKXaITkcN7O1Vfkhpf65qMozTlPtlmm6lNy5UYedefmfFuQptQYgLpJJgFfj00vt-KT4QN3fQTdHiAOIs2o6aYDNPp2yN4VQ" width="263" /></a></div><br /><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">U.S. Total outstanding
credit card balances – 2008 to now</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijayA_7_pd_Q1SmI3URoeV48BvQ2Am5Y_EaRu6eHps6EAiA3GaHuqb6HuTHgo5QZsfOA2oHfwxUKPX1QqZnneNEBz0za2iuoVrIA1mUw2U03k8tTmk4pN_2SHbLCo197-A58EkK_iLrnqIFncR0etT6NlOG7SIhGEQtQuuZMQuXos4Tucwo7s3VA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><img alt="" data-original-height="696" data-original-width="975" height="228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEijayA_7_pd_Q1SmI3URoeV48BvQ2Am5Y_EaRu6eHps6EAiA3GaHuqb6HuTHgo5QZsfOA2oHfwxUKPX1QqZnneNEBz0za2iuoVrIA1mUw2U03k8tTmk4pN_2SHbLCo197-A58EkK_iLrnqIFncR0etT6NlOG7SIhGEQtQuuZMQuXos4Tucwo7s3VA" width="320" /></span></a></div><span><br /><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="font-family: inherit;">North Carolina is cutting off coverage of anti-obesity medications for state employees, citing <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-01-27/north-carolina-drops-coverage-of-weight-loss-drugs-as-costs-soar?srnd=premium" target="_blank">soaring costs </a>and a lack of agreement on pricing from drugmakers.</span></li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">“Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime.” Ernest Hemingway</span></o:p></span></li></ul></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Problem with these
notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition -
the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Btw, humans can only
think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University
of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we
limit notes. </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">😉</span></span><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="color: black; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-55939503221814531042024-01-21T15:24:00.000-08:002024-01-21T15:24:58.674-08:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglm9RsoWbU4zR0nySrx9P6ozyfNFAT4X1DZutYFRziZ6qWMhUwbEcHocY-lfrC3c2YEfoxR9EAxS3PHMlN2dcO6em8tbnFc-oN3mfqSK0hHzClphpj9zRupbd_2RPxvPVprjqrRFGv0VEF_JtPIUvpVXyJatfNGrJnEPuk4MBM07q3P5M7YlwhVw/s720/1711703.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="444" data-original-width="720" height="197" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglm9RsoWbU4zR0nySrx9P6ozyfNFAT4X1DZutYFRziZ6qWMhUwbEcHocY-lfrC3c2YEfoxR9EAxS3PHMlN2dcO6em8tbnFc-oN3mfqSK0hHzClphpj9zRupbd_2RPxvPVprjqrRFGv0VEF_JtPIUvpVXyJatfNGrJnEPuk4MBM07q3P5M7YlwhVw/s320/1711703.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></p>Later</span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-45516345935403528732024-01-21T14:42:00.000-08:002024-01-21T14:42:09.716-08:00<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiI8BFXRm8WvFpblLbuo4RNPOR3IwBkZhmP7GFBknGDZna-kQ0ymJiTYRLaIpJVpboeiOXsOefLlb3tJWlcj2KCPh8fkmptOqU67MOvVhhGQr4MRCPp-U_zsdgLCsFcWeaRguBJuPUwBt3sU9MfK3kfuUIZTs6bwLMMp_gKvHLaJRdYuR544pZA/s200/overview%202.gif" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="200" data-original-width="163" height="129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRiI8BFXRm8WvFpblLbuo4RNPOR3IwBkZhmP7GFBknGDZna-kQ0ymJiTYRLaIpJVpboeiOXsOefLlb3tJWlcj2KCPh8fkmptOqU67MOvVhhGQr4MRCPp-U_zsdgLCsFcWeaRguBJuPUwBt3sU9MfK3kfuUIZTs6bwLMMp_gKvHLaJRdYuR544pZA/w105-h129/overview%202.gif" width="105" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Quick Overview</span> <a href="https://investmenttools.com/futures/overview.htm" target="_blank">is up to date</a></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-34683910213767216932024-01-21T10:05:00.000-08:002024-01-21T12:08:41.035-08:00<p><span style="letter-spacing: 2px; text-align: center; text-transform: uppercase;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6wq8jdyYx2ReyECH504wZLSAEHMEnAPvQ9CqvDWy-vyPMunk3WRMc7BU68ucN7t0i9ROxLmVPQJrZqK9IMTZOw7GYLLkn-k1Yu1wHr5pVXSCDm6DkYDgBktor5q70PfCJlGR-253onVuaMlvEy1F04UT2VkCfMGQhJkllURSQUf9f2rKySTorzA" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="507" data-original-width="401" height="195" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj6wq8jdyYx2ReyECH504wZLSAEHMEnAPvQ9CqvDWy-vyPMunk3WRMc7BU68ucN7t0i9ROxLmVPQJrZqK9IMTZOw7GYLLkn-k1Yu1wHr5pVXSCDm6DkYDgBktor5q70PfCJlGR-253onVuaMlvEy1F04UT2VkCfMGQhJkllURSQUf9f2rKySTorzA=w154-h195" width="154" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">THE WORLD IS FALLING APART. BLAME </span><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2024/01/fluke-brian-klaas-chaos-theory/677111/" style="font-size: xx-large;" target="_blank">THE FLUKES</a><span style="font-size: x-large;">. </span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">t</span></span><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;">he noise matters: It’s where the black swans come from.</span><p></p><div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: 27.0pt; margin-bottom: 0in; mso-outline-level: 1;"><span style="color: #0f1111;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The Black Swan: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Impact-Improbable-Incerto/dp/1400063515/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=black+swan&qid=1705867580&sr=8-3" target="_blank">The Impact of the HighlyImprobable</a> </span><span style="font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p><br /></li></ul></div>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-45264594425785056712024-01-20T23:25:00.000-08:002024-01-21T15:41:31.355-08:00<p><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj14BrLE6dhQfJJ7-tY2Hx4OzbDstoF9zWDFtDl8-zFZO9sg4AtY75UIzjbGc32M1svE-L1blDf0ON-AK3rWdgia0s8TMa2ujz90vHVZe1LQRkM-9-bkQZ9Di8OOmA32t8RFMpD773KaaSBhyphenhyphen6hrI0-O0sPPDfzNRhhfiPtshtcJfv7H48GWvJ3w/s720/1629776.jpg" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="665" height="124" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj14BrLE6dhQfJJ7-tY2Hx4OzbDstoF9zWDFtDl8-zFZO9sg4AtY75UIzjbGc32M1svE-L1blDf0ON-AK3rWdgia0s8TMa2ujz90vHVZe1LQRkM-9-bkQZ9Di8OOmA32t8RFMpD773KaaSBhyphenhyphen6hrI0-O0sPPDfzNRhhfiPtshtcJfv7H48GWvJ3w/w114-h124/1629776.jpg" width="114" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: x-large;">Notes
today:</span><span style="background-color: white; color: #121212; font-family: inherit; font-size: 16pt;"> </span><p></p>
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</span></span></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; display: inline; line-height: normal;"><span><span style="color: #202124; font-family: inherit;">China Containerized Freight Index </span></span></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3lEXYjU26yMuqBV57SXbrvIQaEKVnv8auFaqsHNR5vz1Z0IkIAJ_W8Fk_8Sy68nozKUuF7pR4vXOxWfGTzotc-LS0eFDjOc-AKVJlXd_5nvTFXsRgPQ_1wum1-Bb-gOnKBYdGpibndEu9dy3nWcF9WGMcLsLXWa54T2CYOv8JM5Yy2xVWtLOBjw" style="background-color: white; font-family: inherit; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="615" data-original-width="1439" height="137" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi3lEXYjU26yMuqBV57SXbrvIQaEKVnv8auFaqsHNR5vz1Z0IkIAJ_W8Fk_8Sy68nozKUuF7pR4vXOxWfGTzotc-LS0eFDjOc-AKVJlXd_5nvTFXsRgPQ_1wum1-Bb-gOnKBYdGpibndEu9dy3nWcF9WGMcLsLXWa54T2CYOv8JM5Yy2xVWtLOBjw" width="320" /></a></li><li><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; display: inline; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #202124;"><br /><br /></span></span></p></li><li><p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; display: inline; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #202124;">What percentage of the
S&P 500 is magnificent 7 stocks?</span></span></p></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span lang="EN" style="color: #4d5156;">Add up those components and these seven stocks deliver a
full </span><span lang="EN" style="color: #040c28;"><u>28 percent</u></span><span lang="EN" style="color: #4d5156;"> of
the S&P 500's performance. Meanwhile, the S&P 500's other 490-some
stocks deliver the remaining <u>72 percent</u>. As great as this weighting is, it's
even more lopsided in the Nasdaq 100: Apple – 8.945 percent.</span><span style="color: #70757a;"> <span style="font-size: x-small;">Jan 12, 2024</span></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: #70757a;"><ul style="margin-top: 0in;" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Amazon.com (AMZN) $155.34 1.84
1.20% ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Apple (AAPL) $191.56 2.93 1.55%
...<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Alphabet Cl A (GOOGL) $146.38 2.90
2.02% ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Meta Platforms (META) $383.45 7.32
1.95% ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">Microsoft (MSFT) $398.67 4.80
1.22% ...<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;">NVIDIA (NVDA) $594.91 23.84 4.17%
...<o:p></o:p></span></span></li>
<li class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; color: #202124; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 3pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in;"><span><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Tesla (TSLA) $212.19 0.31 0.15%</span><o:p style="font-size: 12pt;"></o:p></span></span></li>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background: white; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0in;"><span style="font-size: 9pt;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Jan 2, 2024</span><span style="font-family: Roboto;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span face=""Calibri",sans-serif" style="background: white; color: #0f1419; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p></span></span></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">The
cheapest EV sold in China by BYD costs around $12,000, compared with $39,000
for the cheapest Tesla in the U.S.</span><span face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 16pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p></span></span></li><li><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Toyota versus Tesla</span></span></p></li><li><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlJg-kU8R66Ue0B27c2GWr5EWDHzs0WtLyCzBd4OHxlPw_6miBRFEJjr7NFbetlYEdqLf9TpL2JozFnxMoKDv8vx9NNC2ryxHVczmCFAsegYPk-bd7wGxCdJrpVwa9p_1vmGcxFMki4T_juzBkBPVbLCm1LwXhzbyzFGtbV03o-oE4vQ4yLQrG-g" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1961" height="145" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjlJg-kU8R66Ue0B27c2GWr5EWDHzs0WtLyCzBd4OHxlPw_6miBRFEJjr7NFbetlYEdqLf9TpL2JozFnxMoKDv8vx9NNC2ryxHVczmCFAsegYPk-bd7wGxCdJrpVwa9p_1vmGcxFMki4T_juzBkBPVbLCm1LwXhzbyzFGtbV03o-oE4vQ4yLQrG-g" width="320" /></a></span></span></div><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p></li><li><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;">A
Senator from Florida is warning that the recent expansion of BRICS threatens
the SWIFT payment system and America’s ability to arm the dollar.</span></span> </li></ul><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifOBNHyVAvp6to3kx2szEPaopUjskuOFVDSBldVHqcg7AS8qZmcJFPbixOxVbkPwHqpsAPeDIlPJBTw0J7gWzhdX5n8L6zRSKFOgo36ntWCEOCMhk26al1UrIXETAFdoiwqbOzUkEocShvvGPrWEZkQ51YDq0Au71X5pO62IE1oRN8pyvKw0KztA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img alt="" data-original-height="685" data-original-width="844" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEifOBNHyVAvp6to3kx2szEPaopUjskuOFVDSBldVHqcg7AS8qZmcJFPbixOxVbkPwHqpsAPeDIlPJBTw0J7gWzhdX5n8L6zRSKFOgo36ntWCEOCMhk26al1UrIXETAFdoiwqbOzUkEocShvvGPrWEZkQ51YDq0Au71X5pO62IE1oRN8pyvKw0KztA" width="296" /></a></li></ul><br /><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">China's
population fell in 2023 for the second time in two years.</span></span></li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="background: white; color: #0f1419; font-size: 16pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p><span style="font-family: inherit;"> </span></o:p></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4rn6bJCgf2ALT7efMyJeMYel7JENBUbpPFBX4HXJezg663yo-lIqi4szYqhf5GrulCbU4J5CXeJnUk2SxTGgCQLi76G57xjqUIUtpObFRFuiVARIh6w5SJzYkxGb67i6ZMQ5tCeYIvDSQFc7xyL8l3jhhf2yno9l7yxIzVgAjAz-eX_-a5uGFNA" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="" data-original-height="453" data-original-width="975" height="149" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEg4rn6bJCgf2ALT7efMyJeMYel7JENBUbpPFBX4HXJezg663yo-lIqi4szYqhf5GrulCbU4J5CXeJnUk2SxTGgCQLi76G57xjqUIUtpObFRFuiVARIh6w5SJzYkxGb67i6ZMQ5tCeYIvDSQFc7xyL8l3jhhf2yno9l7yxIzVgAjAz-eX_-a5uGFNA" width="320" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><br /></span><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul style="text-align: left;"><li><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">You
may not have heard about it given non-existing press coverage, over 400,000
people converged on DC last weekend to demand an end to the war in
Gaza.</span></span></li><li><span style="background: white; color: #121212; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">There’s
a movement in New Hampshire for Democrats to write-in “Ceasefire” in the
primaries on Tuesday.</span></span> </li></ul><p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: xx-small;">Problem with these
notes: some tend to run up against a deeply rooted feature of human cognition -
the desire not to think about anything unpleasant…Sorry about that.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">Btw, humans can only
think about 4 things at once – according to the research team led by University
of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we
limit notes. </span><span style="color: black; line-height: 107%;">😉</span></span></span></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10781291.post-62734654595206600792024-01-20T10:59:00.000-08:002024-01-20T11:01:38.125-08:00<p><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-overflow: unset; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-overflow: unset; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lVx9-Gez_REz1QGW_gua4bEj-vk20Y7WbBLV2U4aSRG1CXFZOv3Umw6RQ7w3uW-sI5LbcJYdzBJ7fvlLcCaWrHz9I9KfNFi8twOxyY88Ruy7kgoGtK97FgXdGrfvzyPQydxICIbMtKNm0Ohy3Fd1Ui2znau4ImdLjLAAo_HTwqIjAwQUjT1l2Q/s720/3999200.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="653" data-original-width="720" height="123" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4lVx9-Gez_REz1QGW_gua4bEj-vk20Y7WbBLV2U4aSRG1CXFZOv3Umw6RQ7w3uW-sI5LbcJYdzBJ7fvlLcCaWrHz9I9KfNFi8twOxyY88Ruy7kgoGtK97FgXdGrfvzyPQydxICIbMtKNm0Ohy3Fd1Ui2znau4ImdLjLAAo_HTwqIjAwQUjT1l2Q/w135-h123/3999200.jpg" width="135" /></a></span></span></span></div><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-overflow: unset; white-space-collapse: preserve;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In the year of the soft landing, here’s <a href="https://t.co/efLfElCUa5" target="_blank">your guide</a> to the risks </span></span><span class="css-1qaijid r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0 r-poiln3" style="background-color: white; border: 0px solid black; box-sizing: border-box; color: #0f1419; display: inline; font-feature-settings: inherit; font-kerning: inherit; font-optical-sizing: inherit; font-size: 15px; font-stretch: inherit; font-variant-alternates: inherit; font-variant-east-asian: inherit; font-variant-numeric: inherit; font-variant-position: inherit; font-variation-settings: inherit; line-height: inherit; list-style: none; margin: 0px; min-width: 0px; overflow-wrap: break-word; padding: 0px; text-overflow: unset; white-space-collapse: preserve;">— from Houthis to hyperinflation — that should be keeping officials awake at night in 2024 </span></span><p></p>Fritzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08892826239254193205noreply@blogger.com0