Stories We Might Get Back To Later, Part 2 -- August 24, 2024

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US markets: on track for new records.

• NASDAQ screams to new all-time record; reaches 15,000 for first time ever.
• Chinese stocks come roaring back (think Cathie Wood).
• S&P 500 hits new all-time record led by AAPL, others.

XLNX: link here. The NASDAQ is record-bound and two stocks are leading the way.

AMD: AMD is stealing market share from Intel, and it's not stopping now. 

WMT: opens local delivery service to other retailers. Gig workers driving Walmart grocery orders will also handle last-mile deliveries for other merchants. The question: why? Link to The WSJ. 

Renewables: turbine makers left out in the cold as wind power booms. Link to Tsvetana Paraskova. 

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Covid-19

Time to take another look at "Coronavirus Tracker" over at The WSJ.

• new cases: the southeast, from eastern New Mexico all the way to the tip of Florida, and north to Kentucky, is getting hammered;
• fully vaccinated: slow-going.

Japan to expand coronavirus state of emergency to Hokkaido -- the northern island -- and seven other prefectures. Link here. 

Hawaii: corroborates my "feelings" regarding Covid-19 --