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30 Million Unemployed; Tesla Cries Freedom; Microsoft Goes Hard
April 30, 2020 Great Stuff
On the Turning Away… …from the pale and downtrodden … and the words that they say which we don’t understand. Wall Street almost — almost — became aware of the U.S. economy this morning. Continuing the epic U.S. employment saga, the Labor Department put another brick in the unemployment wall this morning. Some 3.8 million […] Quantum Investing; Beyond Retail; Wayfail; Shwedy Security
April 27, 2020 Great Stuff
A Quantum Leap Today, dear readers, we take off our quarantine masks and put on our thinking caps. Well … figuratively speaking, at least. Keep those masks on for now, please. Why our thinking caps? Because President Trump’s 2021 budget requests $237 million in funding for quantum computing. Roughly $25 million of that budget request […] Volatility Is Your Friend; Beyond Meat Is Hot Again
April 24, 2020 Great Stuff
Friday Four Play: The “Shoeshine Moment” Edition I have a bit of a rant today. The thing is, I’m getting bombarded by friends and family asking how to buy stocks. It’s getting out of hand. “Relatives” are popping up all over the place asking for recommendations. Heck, I’ve even had people on my PlayStation friends […] Economy Grapples; Targeting Apples; New Great Stuff Pick!
April 23, 2020 Great Stuff
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road When are you gonna come down? When are you going to land? Filings for initial jobless claims jumped by 4.4 million last week, the U.S. Department of Labor reported today … and the market rallied. No, this isn’t déjà vu. This isn’t a glitch in the Matrix … no matter how […] Oilers Upset; Nothin’ Streamin’ but Debt
April 22, 2020 Great Stuff
Much Ado About Nothing? For the past several days, Wall Street fretted over plunging oil prices. Well, Wall Street was concerned for a while … the financial media just decided it was finally time to take notice. In classic financial media form, however, it appears that the hype surrounding negative oil prices actually prompted a […]