Another Busy, Busy Day -- October 8, 2023

Locator: 45689B.

At the top: college football yesterday -- link here -- how much money lost by gamblers -- mush have been huge -- just some of the upsets:

• comments:
• USC was atrocious last night; three overtime periods; win with a two-point conversion
• Louisville stunned Notre Dame
• the UCLA "upset" was not a real upset; UCLA was favored by 3.5 points going into the game; the ranking was simply wrong
• must-see video: Miami losing to Georgia Tech 
• worst-ever decision by coach
• coach blames player
  

In the queue today:

• in general
• Hamas: why?
• college football yesterday
• NASCAR: yesterday and today
• high interest rates killing renewable energy
• consider the source, but this is one of his better posts; having said that, not sure he's correct; needs to be fact checked: NYSE suggest NEP fell 24% in the past five days; but has fallen 53% in past month
• Javier Blas: best observation in some time --  EU solar in huge trouble; blames high energy prices -- say what? Link here.
• definition of insanity -- Twain's Musctache -- link here.
  
• EVs -- plenty of money out there; recession? what recession -- look at Volvo (below)
  
• Tesla's China-made EV sales volume falls 10.9% year/year (September)
• world EV sales: 18% of world auto sales
• registrations up 45% y/y (August)
• electric car sales to private buyers fall sharply
• private EV sales are nosediving in the UK
• US Treasury, IRS announce new tax-incentive guidelines to spur EV sales
• Volvo EVs are in demand across the US; sales rise 631% y/y (September)
• Wrap -- The WSJ
• Israel's opportunity to destroy Hamas -- The WSJ
• Nvidia -- The WSJ
• deficits and Treasury bonds: not out of the woods yet; not by a long shot -- The WSJ
• the US economy's secret weapon: seniors with money to spend -- The WSJ
• the real problem for Big Box stores: organized crime -- The WSJ
• the oil patch is primed for an era of megadeals -- The WSJ
• autopay costing consumers more in interest -- The WSJ
• AMD: to have 5% share of the AI chip market at end of 2024 -- analyst; link here;
  
• Nvidia