Three major indices shine today (I could be wrong on some of this; news moving too quickly, but it's close):
- Dow: up 114 points; no new record (think Boeing)
- NASDAQ:16th new all-time high this year -- I think that's what I heard;
- S & P 500: new all-time high; three consecutive days, though yesterday was very, very close;
- total deaths, change in total deaths, day-over-day: at 7%;
- we were flat-lined at 15%, early February
- then, 12 - 13%, day-over-day, February 6 - February 12;
- then, down to 10%, February 13 - February 14; at 9% on February 15
- now, 6 - 7% for the past three days, February 16 - February 18;
- total deaths, change in daily deaths, day-over-day: at 39%
- after three days of 0% and negative changes as deep as 26%, we now have a big jump in daily deaths, day-over-day;
- having said that, the raw numbers are still relatively low
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The Debates
I never watch political debates. I might tune in at the beginning to just see the spectacle, but I don't hang around long enough to actually hear a question in its entirety or an answer in its entirety.
Tonight, I tuned in to see the candidates walk on stage, and listen intermittently to the first-question sequence. I had dropped Olivia off at soccer practice and was watching on Spectrum TV on the laptop in McDonald's. I saw part of one short response from Mike Bloomberg. I then moved on to something else.
But, having just seen that one segment, my thought: Bloomberg did very, very poorly.
After bringing Olivia home, I rushed home to see cable network analysis, and check out the voting on Drudge. Interestingly, the first thing I heard: a) Bloomberg really did very, very badly; and, b) Biden did surprisingly well.
I didn't hear a thing from Biden (or most of the others) so I can't comment on them, but Bloomberg seemed awful. And that's what cable network talking heads said.
We'll know more tomorrow.
Other notes:
- Bernie and Bloomberg are the same age: 78 years old (I did not know that);
- Bernie said he won't release his medical records (I just heard that earlier today);
- Both have history of "heart attacks," apparently. We all knew about Sanders'. I was not aware of Bloomberg's.
- Both have stents placed. Sanders suggested both have "two stents" placed. (I certainly did not know that).
- Bloomberg: 11
- Bernie: three homes; link here;
- Bloomberg: six boats, five of them are yachts
- Bernie: one
"If you like the DMV, you are going to love Medicare-for-all."
