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  “This was the fourth largest two day move since the second World War, ” said Summers , a Harvard University professor and paid contributor...

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DAX, Cac40, S&P500 The Bloomberg Magnificent 7 index, including the dominant tech groups, is down 16%, and has just dropped below its 20...

  Euro German stocks and bund yields are climbing after chancellor in waiting Friedrich Merz said the country will unlock hundreds of billio...

  Buffett’s $325 Billion Cash Hoard Is an Early Warning Signal   ..That is, when assets are expensive, future returns tend to be lower, and ...

Berkshire reported on Saturday that its operating profits for the fourth quarter surged 71%, driven by a nearly 50% jump in insurance inves...

  In defence of the deep state A com­plex soci­ety is best served by a com­pet­ent, pro­fes­sional and neut­ral pub­lic ser­vice

Private Credit Is the Hot New Thing on Wall Street. But What Is It ? It sounds mysterious, but it’s really just a loan—often a risky one—mad...

Notes today   Trump indicated that the U.S. may impose a 25% tariff on imported automobiles, along with similar duties on pharmaceutical...

Intel Has Biggest Rally Since 2020 on Breakup Speculation

The idea of the US buy­ing Nokia, Eric­sson or both is intriguing. Tele­coms equip­ment man­u­fac­tur­ing is one of the very few areas of t...

Notes today   (Bloomberg) -- Robinhood Markets Inc. reported revenue that more than doubled as the online-trading firm was buoyed by crypt...

Notes today   BYD announced plans to roll out its assisted driving tech across all vehicles putting advanced features usually found only ...

  Gold at all time high

DeepSeek Challenges Everyone’s Assumptions About AI Costs The Chinese upstart says its rival to ChatGPT comes at a fraction of the cost, rai...

  Health Expenditure per capita vs. life expectancy

Will America’s crypto frenzy end in disaster ? Nassin Nicholas Taleb  on  Crypto / Bitcoin

  Eggs Some 36 million egg-laying chickens have been killed in recent months in order to prevent the spread of  bird flu.

  Notes today   Tesla,  trading at 12 times projected sales (FT), I’m wondering if this will be good for sales? FT: Ships carrying mis...

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Notes today   Microsoft is bundling its AI-powered Office features into Microsoft 365 subscriptions, and it’s raising prices..   Geoffrey ...

Notes today Economic growth could fall 50% over 20 years from climate shocks, say actuaries.. In a steady spectacle of companies retreating...

Notes today 1/12/2025   Barron’s reports that from 1926 to 2023 Altria Group (formerly Philip Morris) turned a buck (1$) into $2.65 Mil...

Fed Model (aka Dow Trend Earnings )

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