You're Fired! -- January 6, 2025

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 Trudeau: announces he is stepping down. 10:00 a.m. CST, January 6, 2024.

• will remain in office until new leader is selected / elected
  
• faulted for "hurried" meeting with Trump at Mar-a-Lago
• under Trudeau, Canada seen as 51st state of the US, by new American president
  
• same issues in Canada affecting liberal party as those facing Dems in US
• fallout from Covid-19 policies
• inflation
• opioid crisis
  

NVDA: up 200% in one year.

Early morning Monday, January 6, 2025: has/have the magnificent seven morphed into the amazing trio (AAPL, AMZN, AVGO)?

• MSFT: up $8
• AAPL: up $3.55
• NVDA: up $7.42
• AMZN: up $4.21
• AMD: up $3.19
• MU: up $10.21
• CSCO: up marginally
• GOOG: up $5.92
• AVGO: up over $10 at one point earlier this morning; now up $4.39
• QCOM: up $6.2412

Major story on CNBC today: tariffs. And we'll never see this graph on CNBC --

Link here. I know what assumptions do to folks who make assumptions, but tonight, since I'm in a good mood, I'll make assumptions. I assume a few / some / many / most folks know who Marc Andreessen is. Well, on second thought, maybe I shouldn't make that assumption.

If you don't know, wiki will help.

Balance of trade, Reuters, December 20, 2024, link here:

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• Reminder: I am inappropriately exuberant about the Bakken, US economy, and the US market.
• I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Apple. 
• And now, Nvidia, also. I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Nvidia. Nvidia is a metonym for AI and/or the sixth industrial revolution.
• I've now added Broadcom to the disclaimer. I am also inappropriately exuberant about all things Broadcom.
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