Just Getting Started -- March 7, 2024

Locator: 46696B.

These are just the headlines -- I have a lot of reading to do today. I will come back to a few of these stories later. ChargePoint is in the wings, as they say, or in the batter's box. 

Shrinkflation is how CNBC titled this graph; look at the huge drop in prices. Wow, even CNBC anchor seemed surprised but then spun the story: 

Interestingly the CNBC anchor seemed skeptical of industry-wide collusion to keep prices high to maximize profits.

Obesity crisis in the US: I'm not completely averse to smaller portions of Rice Krispies treats, or even less chips in a potato chips bag.

Cost of Ozempic: $900 for a 30-day supply.

Black Heritage Month: somewhat disappointed. Was it just my imagination or did others notice this also -- it seems BHM was rather subdued this month. Perhaps overshadowed by anti-Sematism, anti-Muslim controversy. I don't know but it just seems I didn't see much on cable this past month. 

Headline of the day: now it's an existential issue -- accomplished tech expert shows us how to charge an EV and headline writer noted she "lived to tell the story." I can't make this stuff up.

EVs:

• Tesla Model S sedan: 2012
• today, 2024, WSJ contributor, long-read article, on challenges of charging her Ford EV
• I'm wondering whether I should stop at Shell today or XOM tomorrow to fill the gasoline tank of my 2011 Honda Civic which gets about 35 mpg (80% highway, 20% city)
• it's a daily worry I have: refueling my ICE
• time to do a full page story on refueling my Honda for WSJ readers
  
• Rivian: investors upbeat; one incredibly important data point not disclosed in this article; but I give up; if folks don't see this, it's not worth my time to point it out.
• at the Verge, the unveiling
• cost of production: $60,000 (estimate, needs to be fact-checked)
• MSRP: $45,000
  

FuelCell Energy:

• Barron's: revenue drops more than expected; investors upbeat; okay.

• I'm having trouble reading the y-axis -- looks like this penny stock once sold for $7,000; needs to be fact-checked;

Toyota:

• doesn't sell a single pure EV in this country (needs to be fact-checked)
• Toyota will gain more US market share than any other car company this year; link here.

Lego:

• amazing
• Lego 100
• set #10221:
• retail price when released in 2011: $399.99.
• retired in 2014; lifespan of only 34 months.
• current value: $1,378.
• perfect set not in box: $1,125.
• available locally for $900.
• set #10123 Cloud City
• released: 2003, $99.99;
• retired
• current value: $8,500
  

AAPL: +/- today.

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The Book Page

Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy, Carl Sferrazza Anthony, 2023, p. 17:

This describes scenes in The Great Gatsby, the most recent movie version, to a "t" as they say, including, amazingly, the geographic location and the protagonist's past. Wow.

Never quit reading.