Tesla Q1 2018 Earnings Call, May 2, 2018 Question and Answer Operator [Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from Brian Johnson with Barclays. Brian Arthur Johnson Yes. Want to talk a little bit about some of the — first of all, if we talk about the — sort of all relate to the production […]
“Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times, shame on both of us.” – Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft In 1994, President Bill Clinton’s administration and North Korea signed a deal known as the Agreed Framework. Under the terms, Pyongyang committed to freezing […]
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Why 2017 Was a Year to Celebrate, Mauldin Economics, December 17, 2017 Death on the Run “This year, the World Health Organization unveiled a new vaccine that’s cheap and effective enough to end cholera, one of humanity’s greatest-ever killers” “Cancer deaths have dropped by 25% in the US since 1991, saving more than two million […]
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Forbes – Meet the Richest Person in Every State, June 21, 2017 Alaska: Leonard Hyde, Jonathan Rubini & Families (Self-made): Real Estate (JL Properties); $340M net worth each Vermont: John Abele (Self-made): Health care (Boston Scientific); $625M Alabama: Jimmy Rane (Self-made): Lumber (Great Southern Wood); $700M New Mexico: Mack C. Chase (Self-made): Oil; $700M Delaware: […]
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“It is a paradoxical truth that tax rates are too high today and tax revenues are too low, and the soundest way to raise the revenues in the long run is to cut the tax rates” – John F. Kennedy Historical Perspective When the US federal income tax was first introduced in 1913, it used […]
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Top 10 list of wealthiest countries by their percentages of total global personal wealth & top 1% income threshold for these countries, where available: US: 41.6%; $428,712 (2013, IRS) China: 10.5%; $91,639 (2012, WSJ) Japan: 8.9%; $240,000 (2012, Sadoff Investment Research) UK: 5.6%; $406,000 (2012, Office for National Statistics) Germany: 3.9% France: 3.5% Canada: 3.0%; […]
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Bill and Melinda Gates 2017 Annual Letter, February 14, 2017 “The Future Will Surprise The Pessimists” – Bill & Melinda Gates 2017 Annual Letter is addressed to Warren Buffett, who in 2006 donated the bulk of his fortune to Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fight disease and reduce inequity. Few months ago, Warren Buffett […]
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Excerpt from Ashlee Vance’s biography – Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future Date: June 7, 2013, 12:43:06 AM PDT To: All All@spacex.com Subject: Going Public Per my recent comments, I am increasingly concerned about SpaceX going public before the Mars transport system is in place. Creating the technology needed to […]
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Trump Team Compiles Infrastructure Priority List According to documents obtained by McClatchy’s Kansas City Star and The News Tribune, President Trump’s team has compiled a list of 50 infrastructure projects totaling at least $137.5 billion as White House determines its investment priorities. Letter states that there will be a more formal process for states to […]
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John Mauldin – What I Learned In Washington DC, January 22, 2017 You might have the impression that Trump transition team is in complete disarray. Talking with leaders of transition team did not leave me with that impression. They have broken down into over 30 departments and have created a “landing document” which will be […]
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