For Retirees And Investors -- December 6, 2020

Secure Act 2.

Three links, Secure Act 2:

• The Hill;
• 401kspeciallistmag;
• [Ohio?]Times-Reporter;

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Investors And Movies

HBO Max will get every Warner Bros movie in 2021. Quick: what's the ticker symbol for HBO Max? Answer: T.

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Clearing Out The In-Box

Logistics: logistics, parcel hiring soars. The WSJ.

US exports, imports: rise for fifth straight month. But look at this: shipments to China hit a record. Tea leaves suggest this will get even better next year. Is anyone else reporting this?

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Chinese Flu Watch

Far east: earlier exposure leading to better outcomes?

Johns Hopkins data updated at 11:37 a.m. ET. Active cases per 100,000 people, top five:

• Rhode Island surges to #1; at 772;
• Minnesota continues to surge, but drops to #2, at 732;
• SD back at #3 followed by Nebraska at #4;
• Indiana remains at #5; and,

North Dakota not on the list!

The "brown" has definitely become much less dark across the nation. 

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Sophia

Sophia's formal education is a balanced mix of reading, writing, and arithmetic. 

Sophia has "specials" in art, music, and physical education.

Because she is a remote learner, I listen to her teachers at the same time as Sophia. I am very, very impressed. 

I am getting quite a kick out of re-learning (and, in some cases, learning for the first time) the foundation(s) of art and music. 

In music, Sophia has learned the difference between beat and rhythm. I hope her music teacher moves to the auditory attributes of musical tones: timbre, pitch, loudness, and duration. I doubt they will get to describing the diatonic scale which I find absolutely fascinating.

In art, Sophia learned about using only primary colors in paintings by Mondrian. And then, from there, painting using second colors from Theibaud. 

It's quite interesting. When you google these subjects, it appears schools across the nation use similar programs for all students as a foundation or roadmap in teaching. Very, very interesting. 

Because remote learning is more efficient in many respects than the "traditional" method of teaching, Sophia is also able to take Spanish and piano lessons.