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Incredible. 25 yo pizza delivery man runs into burning house, saves four children who tell him another might be in the house. He goes back in, finds the girl, jumps out a window with her, and carries her to a cop who captures the moment on his bodycam people.com/human-interest/inβ¦
weβre probably close to that point stuff starts blowing up. some hedge fund or some entity we never heard of that was leveraged to something in the markets
As the tally of ETFs eclipses the total number of publicly traded stocks for the first time, financial advisers and investors are getting overwhelmed by a deluge of choice bloomberg.com/news/articles/β¦
"Son, I got a new job, mom got a raise, we have more cash in the bank, gas prices are falling, my 401k is up, your 529 is up, and my company is expanding thanks to growing profits. BUT we're not going to Disney World because the yield curve is inverted." - nobody
Berkshire has $145 billion in cash.
Buffett is seeking out βelephant-sizedβ acquisitions.
According to the internet, there are about 400,000 elephants in the world and theyβre worth up to $60,000 each. Thatβs about $24 billion of elephants.
Not sure where Iβm going with this.
of all the AmEx platinum benefits I get, airport lounge access might be the dumbest. at any given moment, 97% of the seats in an airport are unoccupied. charging stations everywhere. the food is always better outside. not gonna wait 30 minutes in line for free chicken cacciatore and quinoa salad
kinda crazy how Buffett, Dimon, and Bezos made zero progress when they looked into fixing health care
"Government is the only one that can change it" - Buffett
π GOLDMAN: "We estimate the S&P 500 will deliver an annualized nominal total return of 3% during the next 10 years (7th percentile since 1930) and roughly 1% on a real basis."
First Lady Melania Trump kisses Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau next to the U.S. President Donald Trump during the family photo with invited guests at the G7 summit in Biarritz, France, August 25, 2019. (REUTERS/Carlos Barria)
JUST IN: Retail sales fell 16.4% in April (-12.0% expected). Excluding autos and gas, sales fell 16.2% (-7.6% expected). yhoo.it/3bAvlC0 by @heidi_chung
βCorporate profits double about every nine years. The stock market ought to double about every nine yearsβ¦ Profits are going up 8% a year, and stocks will follow. Thatβs all there is to it.β
"...there has been no supply response from US producers - their capex as % of operating cash flow has plummeted to just 30% (vs. 80-100% in 2011-16), a record low. Expectations for demand destruction have weighed on oil recently..." - BofA
Boomers, Gen Xers and elder millennials are now the last people who remember what it was like to use a pay phone, a paper map, a typewriter, etc. β and they're being rapidly outnumbered by younger adults who don't. trib.al/4O3V1W6
"We Estimate $250-500 mn in Medical Costs Attributable to Pickleball in 2023" - UBS
Healthcare companies look at these pickleball charts and see dollar signs
Goldman on bear market rallies:
"Between September and December 2008, the S&P 500 experienced six distinct 1-6 trading day bounces of 9% or more, with some rallies as large as 19%. However, the actual market bottom did not occur until March 2009."
If even half of the accusations are legitimate, Wilbur Ross, the current United States secretary of commerce, could rank among the biggest grifters in American history: forbes.com/sites/danalexandeβ¦