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Monday, November 8, 2021

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?


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.



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B

C

D

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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