Saturday, October 21, 2023

 S&P 500 new 52 week highs 0, 

new lows 52 (below)

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Symbol

3M Ord Shs

86.55

MMM

Alaska Air Group Ord Shs

32.02

ALK

Albemarle Ord Shs

138.68

ALB

Amcor Ord Shs

8.51

AMCR.K

American Airlines Group Ord Shs

11.08

AAL.O

American Water Works Ord Shs

115.8

AWK

Bio Rad Laboratories Ord Shs Class A

310.79

BIO

CBRE Group Ord Shs Class A

67.49

CBRE.K

Citigroup Ord Shs

39.68

C

Citizens Financial Group Ord Shs

23.76

CFG

Corning Ord Shs

27.17

GLW

Discover Financial Services Ord Shs

82.19

DFS

Dominion Energy Ord Shs

40.02

D

Eastman Chemical Ord Shs

71.29

EMN

Enphase Energy Ord Shs

98.89

ENPH.O

Estee Lauder Ord Shs Class A

137.3

EL

Eversource Energy Ord Shs

53.5

ES

Extra Space Storage REIT Ord Shs

109.59

EXR

Generac Holdings Ord Shs

88.38

GNRC.K

Genuine Parts Ord Shs

128.63

GPC

Healthpeak Properties Ord Shs

16.62

PEAK.K

Henry Schein Ord Shs

68.31

HSIC.O

Hormel Foods Ord Shs

31.42

HRL

IDEX Ord Shs

192.73

IEX

Illumina Ord Shs

119.64

ILMN.O

Incyte Ord Shs

55.13

INCY.O

Interpublic Group of Companies Ord Shs

27.69

IPG

Invesco Ord Shs

12.7

IVZ

Johnson Controls International Ord Shs

48.71

JCI

Keysight Technologies Ord Shs

122.82

KEYS.K

LKQ Ord Shs

48.52

LKQ.O

Moderna Ord Shs

80.4

MRNA.O

Northern Trust Ord Shs

64.28

NTRS.O

Organon Ord Shs

15.9

OGN

Paramount Global Ord Shs Class B

11.5

PARA.O

PayPal Holdings Ord Shs

53.39

PYPL.O

Pfizer Ord Shs

30.65

PFE

ProLogis REIT Ord Shs

102.43

PLD

Public Storage REIT Ord Shs

251.19

PSA

Regions Financial Ord Shs

14.44

RF

Solaredge Technologies Ord Shs

82.9

SEDG.O

Southwest Airlines Ord Shs

24.2

LUV

T Rowe Price Group Ord Shs

96.33

TROW.O

Texas Instrument Ord Shs

147.81

TXN.O

Thermo Fisher Scientific Ord Shs

464.36

TMO

Tractor Supply Ord Shs

195.27

TSCO.O

Tyson Foods Ord Shs Class A

46.29

TSN

UDR REIT Ord Shs

34.7

UDR

Ulta Beauty Ord Shs

371.85

ULTA.O

United Airlines Holdings Ord Shs

35.09

UAL.O

Vici Pptys Ord Shs

27.51

VICI.K

Zebra Technologies Ord Shs Class A

204.55

ZBRA.O

 


Notes today:

 

  • We breathe in about 16 bits of microplastic every hour, the equivalent of a credit card each week, according to a recent study published in the journal Physics of Fluids. 

  • Less than one in ten of British voters believe that Brexit has gone well. 

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.

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.😏

Tuesday, October 03, 2023


Notes today:

 

  • The first time in US history that House speaker is removed from office. 

  • Delta is the latest carrier and fourth major US airline to disclose the use of fake parts. 

  • GM’s sales rose 21% in the third quarter to 674,336 vehicles, pushing up its total deliveries this year by 19%. The Detroit automaker’s biggest, most profitable models sold briskly, with deliveries of its GMC Sierra pickup rising 46% and Chevrolet Silverado up 22%. The Chevy Traverse and Buick Enclave SUVs posted gains of 27% and 33%, respectively. 

 

  • 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.
  • 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.

 

Sunday, October 01, 2023

 


Quick Overview
is up to date

Notes today:

  • Gen Z’s dept spending..“The shocking thing for me as a counselor is they don’t know what an A.P.R., or annual percentage rate, is. They don’t know how to budget. They don’t know how to track their expenses,” she said. “Some of them don’t even know what a credit report is or what that means.” 

  • The last 4 times the 10Y Minus 3M Treasury Yield Curve inverted..

  

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.

Btw, humans can only think about 4 things at once – according to the research  by University of Oregon psychology professors Edward Awh and Edward Vogel. So, to help, we limit notes 😏

Saturday, September 30, 2023

Notes today:

  • US 12 hours away from shutdown. If  Congress doesn’t reach an agreement by midnight Saturday, lines will be longer at airports, and national parks including Joshua Tree will close..
  • While current financial conditions  - the tightest this year.

 


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.

Thursday, September 28, 2023

Notes today:

  • The euro zone’s annual inflation rate fell to 4.3% in September, down from 5.2% in August and its lowest rate in almost two years. 
  • With two days left before a likely US government shutdown, White House staff are getting guidance about how they will be affected by a government shutdown.
  • Trump’s civil-fraud trial will probably begin next Monday, after an appeals court in New York rejected his lawsuit.
  • The 1.4bn, users of the Windows operating system are about  to get a dose of cutting-edge AI. MSFT (trailing 12 month) ROE = 38.82 ROA= 18.63

 


 

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.

Wednesday, September 20, 2023

Notes Today:

  •  Michigan woman pulled from outhouse toilet  
  • after climbing in for Apple watch. “She was in the muck, if you will,” said a Michigan state police spokesman, Derrick Carroll, to the Detroit Free Press.
  •  China it seems is not quite quitting the iPhone. The new iPhones sold out on China’s Tmall within a minute of becoming available, the site’s operator, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., said on Monday. 
  • US Housing affordability declined to lowest level on record.


  • The CEO of Chevron predicts that oil will soon surpass $100 per barrel.


How Faking Videos Got So Easy and Why It’s a Threat

Now that artificial intelligence allows anyone with a smartphone to conjure up lifelike images and sound from seemingly nothing, it’s getting harder to tell if what you see and hear online is reality or fiction. 

Monday, September 18, 2023

 

Notes Today: 

  • Elon Musk’s Neuralink approved to recruit humans for brain-implant trial..
  • Bloomberg: Despite wins against the US Securities and Exchange Commission and new Bitcoin ETF filings, investors withdrew nearly half a billion dollars from cryptocurrency products over the last nine weeks. 

  • The   World’s top 10 Polluters

 


  • UAW Chief Fain Rejects 21% Pay Increase Offer as a ‘No-Go

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.

 

Sunday, September 17, 2023


Notes Today:
 

Toyota's Solid-State Batteries  Will Offer Over 900 Miles On A Single Charge

  • Toyota has over 1,000 patents in solid-state battery research
  • First-gen solid-state batteries will allow up to 745 miles of range
  • Second-gen solid-state batteries will push this to 932 miles
  • Expect charging times to also get better and faster..
  •  Toyota versus Tesla chart


  •  “Despite the ongoing war, Ukrainian start-ups brought in more than $6 billion in revenue in 2022 — $542 million more than in 2021 — and have tripled in valuation since 2020,” according to an April 2023 report by Michał Kramarz, head of Google for Startups, Central and Eastern Europe. In a normal year, Ukraine was graduating 130,000 engineers — more than Germany and France.

  • On this date in 1939, acting as the ally of Nazi Germany, the USSR invaded Poland, claiming that it was acting to protect national minorities and that the Polish state did not exist.        Timothy Snyder

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Saturday, September 16, 2023

 


Quick Overview is up to date

The importance of handwriting is becoming better understood

Two and a half millennia ago, Socrates complained that writing would harm students.

 


S&p 500 new 52 week lows
(no 52 week highs)



 

Notes today

  • The fifth-largest economy on earth is suing the five biggest oil companies for their climate lies. Thisis a very big deal.
  • Oh great! another potential government shutdown forthcoming. What could go wrong?

    • The US government contends that  Google’s search engine that controls almost 90% of online queries has paid billions of dollars to maintain a monopoly.




    • North Koreas Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin – new best friends.

  • Utah Senator Mitt Romney found that some of his Republican colleagues were, like him, disgusted by Trump’s behavior but dared not say so, not because of loyalty but because they feared for their personal safety and the safety of their families.
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    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.

    Wednesday, September 13, 2023

    Notes Today: 

    • The core CPI, which excludes food and energy, rose 0.3% from July, the first acceleration in six months. The fastest month-on-month increase since mid-2022. 

    • Britain’s economy shrunk by 0.5% in July, more than expected, the Office for National Statistics said. (Brexit effects continue). 

    • Caesars Entertainment (CZR) Paid Millions to Hackers in Recent Attack.
    • Members of the hacking group are believed to be young adults, some as young as 19 years old, residing in the US and the UK, according to a person who has investigated multiple hacks by the group. 

    • The EU will investigate Chinese state subsidies for electric vehicles, announced Ursula von der Leyen. 

    • Economist figure of the day: 35m tonnes, the amount of green metal required each year if the world is to be carbon neutral in 2050. 

    • Washington is full of rats. These dogs are happy to help withthat - who knew?

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    Earth ‘well outside safe operating space for humanity’, scientists find.

    Monday, September 11, 2023

    Everyone wants more metals.

    • By 2030 copper and nickel demand could rise by 50-70%, cobalt and neodymium by 150%, and graphite and lithium six- to seven-fold.