Notes From All Over -- Pre-Market -- August 28, 2020

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Market, futures, more records.

• Next week: AAPL share price will plunge. Just a hunch.
• S&P: futures up almost 10 points; will probably push through 3500 next week if not today;
• Dow: futures up 136 points, despite huge new problems for Boeing; Dow enjoying its best August since 1986;
  
• NASDAQ: futures up 3.5 points, will probably push through 12,000 next week if not today;
• Individual stocks, futures:
• WMT, surging, up almost 4%; P/E, 21
• I don't remember if I posted my "lightning strikes" post with regard to the market right now
  
• AAPL: up $3.60
• TSLA: up $60, after being up $85 (4%) yesterday
• Dell: shares up almost 4% after earnings reported 
• a trifecta: Intuit, Salesforce (CRM), and Alteryx (AYX) -- reminder: this is not an investment site
  

Bubble, frothy?

• everybody worried, but;
• Federal Reserve shows no interest in stopping the "bubble" any time soon;
• emphasis is on employment, not inflation
• I don't think I've ever heard such a "transparent" Fed speech before; very clear what Jay Powell said yesterday (August 27, 2020 -- "Jackson Hole" speech)
  
• earnings coming in much stronger than forecast
• 3Q20 GDP could be incredibly surprising on the upside
• if we're "coming out" of Covid-19 -- doesn't that mean something?
• some suggest Covid-19 accelerates 2030 to 2020
• Chase: consumer spending has not dropped off despite end of stimulus spending -- very, veyr surprising
• spending is shifting
• folks saving a lot of money on:
• travel expenses ("no one" is flying)
• gasoline is inexpensive; but even more importantly, people driving less
• e-commerce minimizes driving requirements for shopping
• folks stretched for cash, can delay a new auto purchase for another year
  
• dining out? LOL 
• spending "no" money on professional sports
• spending "no" money at clubs, bars, 
• room and board, transportation costs associated with college; huge 
• much less on out-of-pocket health expenses: no one going to doctor's office if they can avoid it; exposure to Covid-19 patients;
  
• so where are folks spending money?
• on essentials, on-line
  
• cleaning supplies, groceries 
• new computers for distance learning -- kindergarten through college
  

Renewable energy: wind power giant sees profits shrink as competition heats up; 

Most amazing story I saw last night: 2019 should have been the break-out year with regard to EV sales. In fact, EV sales dropped -- and the drop was not subtle. Auto sales across the board will drop in 2020 due to the pandemic.