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The Markets
The three major indices all set new record highs today. Whoo-hoo.
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WTI
Two bits, four bits, six bits, a dollar; all for WTI, stand up and holler! WTI closes up over 1%, now about $55.69.
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Apple
Updates
November 4, 2017: first impressions of the Apple iPhone X -- very, very impressive. In addition to that linked review, that was the unanimous report from the field yesterday on television -- everyone interviewed who had bought the iPhone X were blown away how good it was -- especially the screen. The quality of the screen kept coming up as the best feature.
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Disclaimer: do not make any investment, financial, travel, job, or relationship decisions based on what you read here or what you thought you may have read here. Any non-Apple stuff posted on the blog is to help me put the Bakken in perspective and to give me a bit of relief from the oil and gas posts.
Lines to buy the iPhone X: no photos, unfortunately, but there was a very long long stretching around the block in front of the Apple Store in Southlake, TX, today. That was about 10:00 a.m. When we drove by again at 2:00 p.m. the line had gotten longer. Two law enforcement squad cars were parked in front, along with at least two uniformed police officers. From WSJ, Apple store lines return.
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EVs
The full EV October sales scorecard is now complete.
What caught my eye (some of this has previously been discussed):
- total sales: October sales are generally less than September sales, but compared to the previous year, look how far sales dropped month-over-month (October-over-September)
- Tesla: sales of Models S and X fell off a cliff
- Tesla: deliveries of Model 3 even worse than imagined
- Chevy Bolt outsold all of Tesla (previously discussed -- this is a huge story)
- holding steady: Toyota Prius; Nissan LEAF; Ford models; BMW; Chrysler Pacifica;
- moving up: BMW (in general)
- slipping: Volvo; Porsche; Mercedes (perhaps the steepest drop outside of Tesla)
- museum pieces: Porsche Panamera 5-E
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