▫️ John Bogle Warned Three Firms Would Control the Whole Stock Market.
He put the figure at more than 30 percent, and called it against the national interest.
▫️ Washington Is About to Make the Stock Market Almost Never Close.
NYSE Arca has already been cleared for longer hours and Nasdaq has a proposal out for comment.
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▫️ Berkeley Lab Counted the Power Projects Waiting to Reach the Grid.
About 8,200 of them, and the median wait to switch on now runs past five years.
▫️ The Census Bureau Says 2034. Almost Nobody Is Acting on It.
That is the year Americans over 65 are projected to outnumber children under 18.
▪️ The Treasury Made an Announcement Wednesday. Gold Noticed Immediately.
Wednesday alone carried a 4.15 percent move, the largest single session of the summer so far.
▫️ The Senate Called Its Final Report "Crisis Averted." Others Called It Waste.
Most documented domestic incidents turned out to be minor, localised and over within hours.
▫️ The SEC Took Three Months to Work Out What Broke the Market.
At the low, nobody in the entire market would put up $25 million to buy it at a discount.
▫️ Someone Can Legally Drill Your Land. You Get a Letter First.
A 1993 amendment requires notification before entry and gives the landowner no power to refuse.
▫️ America's Nuclear Command Ran on Floppy Disks Until 2019. Ask Why.
A 1970s IBM computer handled functions for missiles, bombers and tankers, and replacing it kept losing.
▫️ Every Industry Gets Cheaper With Scale. Mining Does the Opposite.
Theodore Wright measured the same effect in aircraft in 1936, and it still describes new technologies.
▪️ Eight Ships Crossed Hormuz in a Day. Before the War It Was 130.
Americans spent $763.6 billion in July, and equities finished the week almost exactly where they started.