Investing -- August 20, 2023

Locator: 45433INV. 

The Dow:

Stellantis: some say the manufacturer is looking at moving pickup manufacturing from the US to Mexico. We're in the negotiating season. 

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Wired
In This Month's Issue

Apple: amazing --

• M2 Max processor
• a 12-core CPU
• a 30-core GPU
• 16 cores for machine intelligence tasks
• 32 GB memory
• multiple media-rendering engines
• starts at $2,000
• for a $1,400 upgrade --> M2 Ultra -- Apple's "best" chip
• but look at this: this "studio" will support more monitors at any one time than anyone will ever own at any one time -- I have not less than six Apple monitors in my apartment right now -- I don't need any more monitors, but CPUs? --> that's a different story.

Apple: spatial computing. We've discussed this before. Regular readers will know why I posted this. AS for me, I learned a few more "buzz words."

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Batches And Loops

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Barron's
Current Issue

Vanguard Global ESG Select, Barron's, August 21, 2023:

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EVs
VFS
VinFast Auto

From Barron's, August 21, 2023:

Social security, Barron's, August 21, 2023 -- every time I see an article on social security, I know it's a slow news day.