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| | Solar stocks hit 3 year low: Solar stocks tumbled on Friday after solar product manufacturer Solaredge (SEDG) warned that demand in Europe has significantly weakened and the stock dropped ~28%. (CNBC)
Budget deficit up 23%: The U.S. government on Friday posted a $1.695 trillion budget deficit in fiscal 2023, a 23% jump from the prior year as revenues fell and outlays for Social Security, Medicare and record-high interest costs on the federal debt rose. (Reuters)
Insect protein: Tyson Foods (TSN), a prominent U.S. meat producer, has made an undisclosed investment in Dutch insect ingredient manufacturer Protix, which is building an "insect ingredient facility" in the U.S. (CNN)
Big shipping-container firm nears sale: Infrastructure investor Stonepeak is close to a deal to purchase shipping-container lessor Textainer (TGH) for more than $2 billion. (WSJ)
Ozempic for kids? Pharmaceutical companies are looking to get buzzy weight-loss shots approved for younger and younger patients. (Bloomberg)
Amex increases provisions: American Express (AXP) was the worst-performing stock in the Dow Friday as shares fell over 5% after the credit card provider boosted the money it put aside to cover for customers defaulting on their payments. (Investopedia) | | No fixed income asset has outperformed US cash in 2023: Clearly, the NASDAQ (+28.1%) has trounced everything and has taken the S&P (+13.8%) with it. However, the equal weight S&P 500 has underperformed cash at just under 1% return YTD. In other words, aside for AI or Obesity-linked stocks, 2023 has been a dismal year. Read more » | Crisis Briefing: How to raise cash: Profiting from a crisis requires more than just the discipline to “be greedy when others are fearful,” as Warren Buffett famously said. You must also have the cash available to do so. Read more » | The AI bubble playbook: AI might be frothing, but objective comparison to a bonafide bubble says we’re nowhere near roaring insanity. The current AI bubble is closer to 1995 than 2000 using the Dotcom boom as a comparison. Read more » |
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