Thursday, December 4, 2025

Boring, Boring, Boring -- Ennui -- December 4, 2025

Locator: 49604AMAZON.

I woke up today absolutely bored with current events and the market. Not interested in blogging.

Then I saw this. This may be the biggest story today. And, of course, tonight, Amazon Prime's exclusive TNF tonight with the Dallas Cowboys and the Detroit Lions. Whoo-hoo. 

But for the market, this may be the biggest story all day: Amazon -- taking a page from Apple's business model -- don't rely on third parties --


 

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META Tweaks Priorities

Zuckerberg plans deep cuts for metaverse -- report. Analysts continue to note that Meta is losing tons of money on those Ray-Ban glasses. META surges on news. See this post.

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The Worst Ad On CNBC Right Now

Has been running for months. Nuveen. 

Visuals awful. Fashion disaster. No message. 

Actually, I spoke too soon. The "SelectQuote" ad is even worse, much worse, but for other reasons. The ad perpetuates at least one meme and one racial stereotype. 

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Costco -- COST -- At A 52-Week Low