Tech giants Apple, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, Tesla, and Nvidia have the same market capitalization as the U.K., German, French, Italian, Russian, and Polish stock indexes…combined. MarketWatch, May 27, 2021
Amidst a global pandemic, economic uncertainties, and market volatility, a new generation of investors was born: 15% of all current U.S. stock market investors say they first began investing in 2020. Business Wire, April 8, 2021
Five high-profile electric vehicle startups that went public through mergers with SPACs have lost $40 billion in value. At their peaks, Nikola, Fisker, Lordstown, Canoo, and Ar-rival were worth a combined $60 billion. Bloomberg, May 14, 2021
“I’ve never put much store in honesty. I mean, how can you trust a word whose first letter you don’t even pronounce?” Lorrie Moore
Only 64% of Americans were actually able to explain what “Best If Used By” labels on food meant, and only 44.8% were able to describe the “Use By” label. Fooddive, May 10, 2021
QAnon may be a cult, but it is as big as the combined membership of the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Lutheran churches. Yahoo, May 28, 2021
“Mother Nature, in her infinite wisdom, has instilled within each of us a powerful biological instinct to reproduce; this is her way of assuring that the human race, come what may, will never have any disposable income.” Dave Barry
