Locator: 49264NEWS.
Beth: link here.
Most surprising:
- UPS up 12% in pre-market trading today.
New meme:
- jobs are already starting to go away due to AI.
- AI will play major role in all aspects of package delivery (AMZN, UPS)
Driving the market:
- this week, the market will be driven by --
- 90% tech; 10% Fed
- next week, the market will be driven by --
- 10% tech; 90% Fed
- two weeks from now, the market will be driven by --
- the government: closed or open
Polymarket: what does polymarket have to say on length of government shutdown? Past 35 days is a sure bet at this point --
Futures: looks like we may get an indication of how investors really feel going into November --
- a lot of high-flying tech stocks are going to drop significantly today ("profit-taking")
- a lot of stories on BRK-B
- Dow, pre-market: up big, right now, up 240 points, but --
- NASDAQ, pre-market: could go negative, but up 60 points right now
- S&P 500: up 11 points, pre-market
Tylenol: if Tylenol maker falls today -- Texas sues Tylenol maker for high autism risks.
- manufacturer: Kenvue -- spinoff of JNJ (talcum powder)
- Kenvue (KVUE) down 35% over past six months
- pre-market: flat
GLW:
- great earnings reort but not enough to justify a P/E of 95
Lithium:
- long, long CNBC interview with Arkansas governor
- bigger story here
- who's the governor?
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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.
- And Oracle.
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