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The World Is About to Change Even Faster Having trouble keeping up? The pace of innovation and disruption is accelerating. Bloomberg, July 6, 2020     We sometimes take for granted that which is right before our collective noses. Creative destruction caused by technology is so rampant that it is practically a cliche. ... (more)

My favorite chart book for the quarter is out, via JP Morgan. I’ll season the blog with a few of the charts I find fascinating over the next few weeks, but these two are where you must begin: As always, click for ginormous charts . . .   S&P; 500 ... (more)

Do You Invest Like the Cool Kids?   tonyisola.com/2017/07/do-you-invest-like-the-cool-kids/   https://www.ifa.com/articles/dalbar_2016_qaib_investors_still_their_worst_enemy/#5913162667e80

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My still recovering from the Fourth morning train reads: â?¢Â Ancient Romans made worldâ??s â??most durableâ?? concrete. We might use it to stop rising seas. (Washington Post) â?¢Â â??There is no way backâ??: China seeks to move away from coal as leaders embrace the science of climate change (Seattle Times) â?¢Â Brexit: Vote ... (more)

Note: Following my recent debate on stock valuations, I thought this discussion about a foodstuffs, the CRB food index and other agricultural commodities was worth sharing. Enjoy ~~~ After the announced Amazon-Whole Foods deal all we heard was about food deflation at the same time the CRB food index was breaking out to ... (more)

Central Bank Balance Sheets: Past, Present and Future James Barker, David Bholat and Ryland Thomas. Bank Underground 03 JULY 2020         Central bank balance sheets swelled in size in response to the financial crisis of 2007-09. In this blog we discuss what makes them different from the balance ... (more)

This week, we speak with Chris Anderson, former award winning editor-in-chief of Wired, founder of 3D Robotics, author of the Long Tail, which won the Loeb Award for best business book of the year. Anderson spent 7 years at the Economist, where he covered the technology beat. He ran the China bureau for the economist ... (more)

While the US Fed is raising rates, much of the rest of the world is still at or near Zero:   click for larger table Source: Northern Trust  

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My back to work morning train reads: � Seven signs of over-hyped Fintech (LSE) � An inside look at how Koch Industries does business (Washington Post) � Better Ways to Measure CEO’s Pay: Summary compensation tables massively understate what executives earn and don’t tell investors what they need to know (Wall Street Journal) ... (more)

Via the FT, comes this list of Top 100 global brands, 2017. I am dumbstruck by how much the USA dominates the top 25, and how much of that is Technology:   Top 100 global brands, 2017 Source: Financial Times     1 1 â?? Google Technology US 245,581 229,198 7.1 ... (more)

Was There a Great Moderation for Inflation Volatility? Edward Hulseman and Alan Detmeister Federal Reserve Board June 29, 2017       Most accounts of the “Great Moderation”-a decline in macroeconomic volatility in the decades prior to the Great Recession-focus on employment growth and GDP growth.2 Some accounts include wage and ... (more)

Steve Jobs had unveiled the iPhone onstage in January 2007, but the phone he displayed wasnâ??t anywhere near finished. His presentation followed a carefully scripted series of steps that had been programmed to work just for the demo. It took six more months for Apple to finish the phoneâ??and to bring ... (more)

click for full list Source: MIT Technology Review     Top 10 of 50 1) Nvidia Continues to tweak its chips, originally developed for gaming, to help develop breakthrough technologies like deep learning and autonomous driving. $3 billion: spending on R&D; to create its new data-center chip 2) SpaceX Changing the economics of ... (more)

My July Fourth celebratory holiday reads: â?¢Â The real reason Tesla is worth more than GM (MIT Technology Review) see also Where Stuff Gets Made in the U.S. of A. (Bloomberg) â?¢Â Kansas or California? (Project-syndicate) â?¢Â U.S. Jobs Data Arenâ??t Fake (Barron’s) but see also Jim Chanos: U.S. Economy is Worse Than You Think (Institute for ... (more)

Does this look like we are on the verge of a recession . . . ?     Source: Advisor Perspectives

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Another interesting set of graphics via Northern Trust; this one looks at factor performance by calendar year. The 2nd chart is quite intriguing:   \   This is very intriguing: Source: Northern Trust  

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My 4-day weekend (still not on as train) reads: � For Whom the Bell Tolls, Sell (Wall Street Journal) see also Don’t Worry About Pricey Stocks. Worry About Cheap Ones. (Bloomberg Gadfly) � The Rise and Rise of ETFs (International Banker) � Connecticut governor signs bill to improve 403(b) plan fee transparency (Investment News) ... (more)

Love to go for a ride on a nice summer weekend day . . . From a colour change to a complete redesign, Barbara Custom Motorcycles can make your two-wheeled dreams come true â?? and maybe even help realise some dreams that you never knew you had. With its latest ... (more)

On January 9, 2021 Apple introduced the iPhone. The iPhone was a revolutionary product from Apple and it changed the way smart phones look in work. This video is from MacWorld 2007 were Steve Jobs introduced the original iPhone (1st Gen. / 2G).   Steve Jobs iPhone 2007 Presentation

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My easy like Sunday morning reads: â?¢Â Connecticut governor signs bill to improve 403(b) plan fee transparency (Investment News) â?¢Â Investing Successfully is Really Hard (Above the Market) (PDF) â?¢Â Just Like That, a Bad Year for Buybacks Becomes a Good One (Bloomberg) â?¢Â EBI West â?? my conference diary (Evidence Based Investor) â?¢Â Climate ... (more)

The film takes place in Berlin, 1989, on the eve of the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the shifting of superpower alliances. Lorraine Broughton, a top-level spy for MI6, is dispatched to Berlin to take down a ruthless espionage ring that has just killed an undercover agent for reasons ... (more)

I was sitting in a darkened airplane reading the Business section of the “New York Times.” What kind of bizarre world do we live in where there’s more analysis and facts in the NYT than the supposed business paper of record, the “Wall Street Journal”? One in which the President ... (more)