Hints and tips:
...He still loved advertising, he assured me, and he is still working at W+K....
...But the A class shares trade at $634,030 — meaning a single share is worth four times as much as the average 401(k) plan on Vanguard’s numbers. Sure, no splits means missing out on froth....
...New York Community Bancorp, with $115bn or so in assets, is having serious problems, and the broad market (here represented by the S&P 1500) indifferent: Admittedly the regional bank index is underperforming...
...The benchmark S&P 500 has climbed 19 per cent in six months, while volatility — a threat to would-be floats — has remained low....
...Amazon and Nvidia are less secure but still enjoy deep competitive moats in their niches (retail platform data and logistics and class-of-their-own AI chips)....
...Then I read W. Brian Arthur’s paper “Increasing Returns and the New World of Business”....
...Also, Citi’s de-risking seems at least partly shown by the best-in-class performance of its bonds during 2023, which now trade in line w/the other big 6 banks and better than regionals....
...This “hot-chain” logistics is monitored and controlled by GPS and cloud-based Internet of Things technology....
...Shares in the US delivery and logistics group are up 46 per cent so far this year. Arch rival UPS has dropped 4 per cent over the same period while the S&P 500 index has risen 16 per cent....
...“They’re taking bets on different things,” said Raoul LeBlanc, an analyst at S&P Global....
...“Vladimir Putin is also the CEO of Russia Oil Inc and he understands the dynamics of the market very well,” Yergin said....
...Past fundraisers include a T-shirt illustrated by Pol Anglada and an NFT version of the designer’s viral patchwork cardigan worn by Harry Styles. akt.org.uk; jwanderson.com K is for Michael KorsEach year...
...The Qianhai-Hong Kong Cooperation Zone Initially launched in 2010, the 15 sq km area was designed to promote financial services, logistics and technology development between Hong Kong and mainland China...
...And here’s a smart listen: increasing barriers to achieving financial security have led a younger generation of investors to say, “F@$K it”....
...FactSet reported last week that more S&P 500 companies had issued negative earnings guidance than in any quarter since before the pandemic....
...Ocado moves to lighter robotsWhile Tesla focuses on Optimus, grocery logistics company Ocado has unveiled a range of automation improvements from lighter robots to improved grocery picking....
...K Knock-up Why is it so much easier to hit nice shots in a knock-up (the warm-up session) than in an actual match?...
...While wages, along with meat and logistics prices have risen substantially, Tyson’s pricing power more than made up for those higher production costs....
...US law discourages employers from putting ESG funds into 401(k) retirement plans....
...Meanwhile, the slowest Brazilian soyabean harvest in a decade, according to S&P Global, has led to supply disruptions. Fertiliser prices have risen sharply as a result....
...The potential for a squeeze in corporate profitability is starting to loom larger for the investors and analysts who track USA Inc. It’s not hard to see why....
...A version of this article was first published by Nikkei Asia on October 11 2021. ©2021 Nikkei Inc....
...Their rally of close to 90 per cent since March diverges sharply from the fate of stocks in beaten-up sectors such as banking, leading to claims of a K-shaped rebound....
...Here is Goldman Sachs: Implications: the [sector’s] total addressable market to shrink to $24bn by 2025 from $100bn in 2020 . . . profits obtained from operating K-12 [tutoring] institutions may no longer...
...Now it risks losing most of its investment — debt rating agency S&P Global expects AMC to run out of cash in six months....
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