Notes From All Over, The Early Evening Edition -- December 18, 2020

Link here.

You don't often see this: admitting that your competitor's older chip outperforms your newer chip. Maybe I'm misreading this.

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We've Been Working On The Railroad ...

UNP / BRK-B: thinking out loud. Tesla has moved to Austin.

• Q: to which state will those cars be shipped?
• A: California
• Q: how are cars shipped in the US?
• A: rail
• Q: which rail(s) have a regional monopoly between Texas and California?
• A: UNP and Burlington Northern (BRK/Warren Buffet)

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Wow!

Darden Restaurants: indicated annual yield of 1.03% paying 30 cents/share per quarter, today announced a dividend increase to 39 cents/share.

7 / 30 = 23% increase in its dividend. Link here. Record date, 1/8/21; payable date, 2/1/21.

Olive Garden; LongHorn Steakhouse; The Capital Grille; Seasons 52; Bahama Breeze; Yard House; Cheddar's Scratch Kitchen; Eddie V's. 

Trading near it's 52-week high. 

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MLPs

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Let Them Eat Cake