Random Update Regarding US Natural Gas Production -- November 8, 2021

For the calendar year 2021, to date: US gas production hit a record level (for calendar year 2021, to date). Link here.

• even though a record for 2021, still two billion cubic feet / day short of the peak achieved in late 2019;
• Texas and the Southeast join the Northeast; the latter has carried the load for most of the year

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A Lot Of Folks Must Be Charging Their Teslas Overnight

ISO NE: spikes to $190 / MWh at midnight.

Link here.

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Smartest Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks -- Motley Fool

The three mentioned by Motley Fool, link here, in the order presented:

• EPD: 7.94% yield; an MLP
• Mobile TeleSystems: 10.97% yield (first time I've seen this one)
• Annaly Capital Managements: 10.4% yield (commonly mentioned on these kind of lists).

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On Her Way Out Of The Bat Cave

50-State List Of Top Tax Rates Under Democratic Bill -- Source -- November 8, 2021

Link here.

Combined federal and state marginal income tax rates under Democrat's bill:

At the top:

• New York: 66.2%
• California: 64.7%
• New Jersey 63.2%
• Hawaii: 62.4%
• Oregon: 62%
• Minnesota: 51.3%

At the bottom:

• North Dakota: 54.3%
• Alaska: 51.4%
• Florida: 51.4%
• Nevada: 51.4%
• South Dakota: 51.4%
• Tennessee: 51.4%
• Texas: 51.4%
• Washington State: 51.4%
• Wyoming: 51.4%

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Not Being Told The Whole Story (Again)

From Reuters: German Covid-19 infection rate hits highest since pandemic began. 

The seven-day incidence rate - the number of people per 100,000 to be infected over the last week - rose to 201.1, higher than a previous record of 197.6 in December last year, the figures from the Robert Koch Institute showed on Monday.

The number of confirmed coronavirus cases rose to 4,782,546 from 4,767,033 a day earlier. The number of deaths increased by 33 to a total of 96,558.

Why don't they show the graphs?

Atmospheric CO2 -- FWIW -- October, 2021

Link here.

Notes From All Over -- Afternoon Edition -- November 8, 2021

ISO NE: anyone following this knows how bad this is --- considering time of day, time of year -- I don't think I need to comment on it. The graphics are pretty self-explanatory. Link here.

Apple, Inc: from a post earlier this morning --

-- holy mackerel, again, AMD is trading at an all-time high, up 11%. In fact, up almost 12%; up almost $16; trading at $152. AAPL is trading slightly lower today. I don't think folks realize that AAPL is now a chip company. We'll talk about that later. 

That was posted earlier this morning. Now, we're getting the back story. Meta (FB) has signed a huge deal with AMD, and that's causing AMD to surge.  Right now AMD has leveled off, having gained 11.11% for today.

If all goes as planned, AMD will close on its deal to acquire XLNX by the end of the year. XLNX is up over 5% today, up $10 / share, and trading over $208. 

Break, break.

Years and years ago, Apple, Inc., was a hardware / software company. Then somewhere along the line it morphed into a fashion company but shortly after that morphed into a mobile entertainment company. Now, it's a semiconductor company. See this post. Lots of hyperbole, of course, but some might get the point. 

In 2020, one can argue Apple lapped the other semiconductor companies, and in 2021 put another couple of laps between themselves and whomever is in second place.

Random Update: Covid-19 Vaccine Rollout Following "The Biden Mandate" -- November 8, 2021

Covid-19 vaccine rollout: since "the Biden mandate" was announced a few weeks ago, the amount of vaccine distributed by the federal government and the number of doses administrated has jumped to a new level. Note below.

Prior to the end of October, 2021, approximately 750,000 doses were administered, on average, every day. After November 1, 2021, the number of doses administered started trending toward 1.4 million doses per day, and  the amount of vaccines distributed by the federal government has made a similar jump. The number of doses distributed on a weekly basis jumped about 67 percent, from around 9 million to over 15 million

Link here.

		A	B	C	D	F
		Doses of vaccine distributed to health facilities	Change from day before	Vaccinations given	Change from day before	Percent of distributed vaccine that is actually administered	Doses received in past week, current Monday from previous Tuesday	Average number of doses given / day in past seven days
Monday	November 8, 2021	534,086,695	5,360	432,111,860	1,184,236	80.91%	15,525,320	1,300,925
Sunday	November 7, 2021	534,081,335	1,061,790	430,927,624	1,485,116	80.69%
Saturday	November 6, 2021	533,019,545	1,731,900	429,442,508	1,435,968	80.57%
Friday	November 5, 2021	531,287,645	2,511,750	428,006,540	1,278,448	80.56%
Thursday	November 4, 2021	528,775,895	3,704,040	426,728,092	1,455,264	80.70%
Wednesday	November 3, 2021	525,071,855	3,569,010	425,272,828	1,330,034	80.99%
Tuesday	November 2, 2021	521,502,845	2,941,470	423,942,794	937,410	81.29%
Monday	November 1, 2021	518,561,375	-135,360	423,005,384	935,285	81.57%	15,142,900	1,243,313
Sunday	October 31, 2021	518,696,735	-4,490	422,070,099	1,412,416	81.37%
Saturday	October 30, 2021	518,701,225	3,776,210	420,657,683	1,636,930	81.10%
Friday	October 29, 2021	514,925,015	4,189,490	419,020,753	1,225,216	81.38%
Thursday	October 28, 2021	510,735,525	3,098,220	417,795,537	1,641,113	81.80%
Wednesday.	October 27, 2021	507,637,305	3,052,590	416,154,424	1,142,398	81.98%
Tuesday	October 26, 2021	504,584,715	1,166,240	415,012,026	709,834	82.25%
Monday	October 25, 2021	503,418,475	-74,540	414,302,192	656,714	82.30%	8,763,400	786,321
Sunday	October 24, 2021	503,493,015	-28,610	413,645,478	789,309	82.16%
Saturday	October 23, 2021	503,521,625	1,907,960	412,856,169	893,144	81.99%
Friday	October 22, 2021	501,613,665	2,911,260	411,963,025	952,375	82.13%
Thursday	October 21, 2021	498,702,405	1,787,140	411,010,650	820,913	82.42%
Wednesday	October 20, 2021	496,915,265	1,070,630	410,189,737	750,750	82.55%
Tuesday	October 19, 2021	495,844,635	1,189,560	409,438,987	641,045	82.57%
Monday	October 18, 2021	494,655,075	-43,620	408,797,942	531,983	82.64%	9,256,906	829,568
Sunday	October 17, 2021	494,698,695	-220,060	408,265,959	818,998	82.53%
Saturday	October 16, 2021	494,918,755	1,779,460	407,446,961	876,086	82.33%
Friday	October 15, 2021	493,139,295	3,885,150	406,570,875	1,099,814	82.45%
Thursday	October 14, 2021	489,254,145	2,480,160	405,471,061	1,099,814	82.88%
Wednesday	October 13, 2021	489,254,145	1,075,170	404,371,247	794,421	82.65%
Tuesday	October 12, 2021	488,178,975	300,646	403,576,826	585,862	82.67%
Monday	October 11, 2021	487,878,329	300,647	402,990,964	585,862	82.60%	9,485,564	867,343