Saturday, November 2, 2024

NVDA Replaces INTC In The Dow; Sherwin-Williams Replaces Dow -- November 2, 2024

Locator: 48692INVESTING.

Updates

November 15, 2024: link here.

Original Post 

I watched the entire Pat Gelsinger interview on CNBC  yesterday (? -- I lose track of time) -- and I don't recall Pat mentioning this. Wow. Link here.

And, Schwab is going to 22-hour trading and the NYSE is going to 24-hour trading, or something to that effect. I don't know the details; saw the headlines some days ago.

Exciting times.

 


From Tom's Hardware
:

Intel unveiled its financial results for the third quarter of 2024 on Thursday. While the company's revenue beat expectations and totaled $13.3 billion, Intel took massive impairment and restructuring charges and reported a huge $16.6 billion loss. Surprisingly, the company's stock initially jumped up to 12% on the news, though that was closer to an 7% gain at press time.  

Intel's revenue reached $13.3 billion, down 6% year-over-year but up $0.5 billion from the previous quarter. The company's net loss totaled an unprecedented $16.6 billion due to massive impairment and restructuring charges and substantial losses by the manufacturing unit. Intel's gross margin dropped to 15%, a historical minimum for the company

Intel's products group reported profits and generated revenues of around $12.997 billion. The company's Foundry unit earned $4.4 billion, up slightly from $4.3 billion in the previous quarter but down from $4.7 billion from the same quarter a year ago. However, the chip production unit lost a whopping $5.8 billion.

Just wait until they start building those foundries in Ohio. 


Friday, November 1, 2024

Some Music Trivia As We Move Into The Midnight Hour -- YouTube Fugue -- November 1, 2024

Locator: 48691MUSIC.

Lady, don't hurt me, no more. Haddaway, "What is Love?"

YouTube Fugue.

From wiki: 

Johnny Rivers is one of a small number of performers whose names are listed as the copyright owner on their recordings.
Most records list the recording company as the owner of the recording.
Others include Mariah Carey, Paul Simon, Billy Joel, Pink Floyd (from 1975's Wish You Were Here onward), Queen, Genesis (though under the members' individual names and/or the pseudonym Gelring Limited), and Neil Diamond.
The practice began with the Bee Gees and their $200 million lawsuit against RSO Records, the largest successful lawsuit against a record company by an artist or group.

Add Taylor Swift to that short list:


"Come on, Eileen":

Five New Permits, MRO Reports Another Huge Reunion Bay Well -- November 1, 2024

Locator: 48690B.

WTI: $69.49.
 
Active rigs: 37.

Five new permits, #41303 - #41307, inclusive:

  • Operators: Phoenix Operating (4); Hess
  • Fields: Murphy Creek (Dunn County); Antelope Creek (McKenzie)
  • Comments:
    • Hess has a permit for a BW-Ida well, NWSW 13-149-101; 
      • to be sited 2525 FSL and 859 FWL;
    • Phoenix Operating has permits for four Marshall wells, NWNW 13-144-94, 
      • to be sited 381 FNL and between 874 FWL and 964 FWL

One permit renewed:

  • 33149, Formentera Operations, Woburn, Burke County.

Two producing wells (DUCs) reported as completed:

  • 37839, 4,259, MRO, Gladheim USA 34-33H,
  • 39387, 757, BR, Watchman Peak 2-8-11TFH,

The MRO well:

  • 37839, 4,259, MRO, Gladheim USA 34-33H, Reunion Bay, 47K extrapolates to 79,568 bbls crude oil cumulative over a 30-day period:
PoolDateDaysBBLS OilRunsBBLS WaterMCF ProdMCF SoldVent/Flare
BAKKEN8-2024283698737131284164693046707139
BAKKEN7-20241847741475444791356489532703013

TGIF -- November 1, 2024

Locator: 48689B.

Nuked! NextEra no longer bullish on nuclear SMRs.

Previously posted: questions about that "increased dividend" announced by CVX -- did someone else see what I saw?

Earnings:

  • Chevron:
    • headlines look good;
    • just under the surface, huge concerns;
    • incredible risk right now as Hess deal stalls.
  • XOM:
    • earnings beat; dividend hike from 95 cents to 99 cents
    • EPS: $1.92 vs $1.87
    • relied on higher output to offset weakness in oil prices
  • ENB:
    • six days ago: analysts expect a decline earnings
    • today: Enbridge's 3Q24 profit more than doubles on acquisition contributions; link here.
    • a more than twofold jump in its third-quarter profit
    • recent deals make Enbridge the largest gas utility by volume in North America
    • debt concerns investors
  • EPS: missed by a Canadian penny -- 55 Canadian cents vs 56 Canadian cents

Jobs: another Goldilocks report? Steve Liesman says so.

  • buge miss on nonfarm payrolls: 12,000 vs 100,000
    • hurricanes and strikes
  • unemployment rate = 4.1%
  • others say it was a "bad report"
  • mostly blah, blah, blah -- again 

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Back to the Bakken

WTI: $71.09

Sunday, November 3, 2024: 6 for the month; 66 for the quarter, 580 for the year

  • 40640, conf, CLR, Christopherson 7-14H,

Saturday, November 2, 2024: 5 for the month; 65 for the quarter, 579 for the year

  • 40641, conf, CLR, Vandeberg 7-35HSL,
  • 39639, conf, Hess, TI-State-LN-158-95-3635H-1,
Friday, November 1, 2024: 3 for the month; 63 for the quarter, 577 for the year
  • 40293, conf,  Grayson Mill, Hovland 26-35 5H,
  • 40291, conf, Grayson Mill, Hovland 26-35 XW 1H,
  • 40246, conf, Empire North Dakota LLC, Pike 32-6 1H,

RBN Energy: "hydrogen-rich" gasoline might provide a boost for refiners, but challenges remain.

Oxygen-containing gasoline additives called oxygenates, including ethanol, have provided an octane boost to the U.S. gasoline pool since 2000. This has allowed refineries to reduce the octane of refinery-produced gasoline, which increases their gasoline production capacity and efficiency while simultaneously helping achieve the goals for cleaner, lower-carbon fuels derived from domestic renewable feedstocks.

A new approach to gasoline formulation promises to take this “sharing” of the octane load much further to exploit the unique octane-enhancing qualities of ethanol, although there are some real-world challenges to wider implementation. In today’s RBN blog, we explain what’s behind the concept of “hydrogen-rich” gasoline.

Thursday, October 31, 2024

This Week's Tech / NASDAQ -- "The Wrecking Crew" -- October 31, 2024

Locator: 48688MUSIC.

Hal Blaine.

Wiki.

When I read Hal Blaine's bio and read through the list of songs for which he was the drummer, I come away wondering what in the world Yuval Noah Hahari was thinking when he wrote his "ground-breaking" Sapiens and then a followup Nexus. But I digress. 

Back to Hal Blaine.

Hal Blaine (born Harold Simon Belsky; February 5, 1929 – March 11, 2019) was an American drummer and session musician, thought to be among the most recorded studio drummers in the music industry, claiming over 35,000 sessions and 6,000 singles. His drumming is featured on 150 US top 10 hits, 40 of which went to number one.
Born in Holyoke, Massachusetts, Blaine moved with his family to California in 1943 and began playing jazz and big band music before taking up rock and roll session work. He became one of the regulars in Phil Spector's de facto house band, which Blaine nicknamed "the Wrecking Crew."
Some of the records Blaine played on include the Ronettes' single "Be My Baby" (1963), which contained a drum beat that became widely imitated, as well as works by popular artists such as Frank Sinatra, Elvis Presley, the Beach Boys, Simon & Garfunkel, the Carpenters, Neil Diamond, and the Byrds.

When you get to the wiki site, scroll down to "Selected Performances" and scroll through that list. 

You can find video footage of Blaine on YouTube -- one of the better was the studio session with the Beach Boys recording "Good Vibrations." 

Outside of studio sessions Blaine seldom worked for any time with any given performer. There were two exceptions: Nancy Sinatra in Las Vegas and on tour with John Denver. 

Worcester Magazine, March 20, 2019.  Link here.