Ford fell earlier this month. It reported “mixed” fourth quarter results because of chip shortages.
Wall Street wasn’t happy and kicked the shares down from $25 to $17.
That was panic. That was machines. That was hedge funds. All out for a quick short-term profit.
Long-term, it made no sense. The company is doing everything right. Today at $18-plus it is an incredible bargain.
I have spent hours researching them. Four things most impress:
+ The present CEO, Jim Farley and the lady behind the design of the F150 electric — Linda Zhang. Check her out on YouTube.
+ That which caused Wall Street conniptions — chip shortages — is being fixed. It ain’t no long-term problem.
+ The fact that Ford is putting out an electric vehicle for three buoyant markets:
The van.
The F150 Lightning.
The Mustang Mach-E.
Want to learn more about the demand for electric vehicles in the U.S. (which is off the charts) , read yesterday’s front page NYTimes story, “Electric Cars Set for Breakthough as Sales Soar.” Click here.
My first car in the U.S. was a Ford Mustang. It cost me $600 and other $600 in repairs. But it was fantastic.
+ And fourth, Ford has moved into the cloud to provide its F150 buyers customer software services in partnership with Salesforce. Read more about al the incredible features that Linda has brought to the F150 Lightning. Click here.
I am not an anti-vaxer
I have my two Modern vaccines and one booster. I’ll go for fourth shot, as soon as I can finagle it. Friends already have it.
Yesterday, I referenced the long piece “Needle Points,’ Tablet’s exploration into the sources and nature of vaccine hesitancy. This is not the hesitancy that comes from nutty conspiracy theories. — like the ones that Joe Rogan pushes. It comes from the way our government functions and how it responds to the huge amount of lobbying dollars big and little pharma throws at it. You really should read the long article yourself. It’s an incredible history of our pharmaceutical industry. Click here.
Your chances of getting sick, being hospitalized and dying are much much higher if you’re not vaccinated. Please get vaccinated.
A little more on Zimbabwe’s decline
Under Mugabe’s Marxist rule, Zimbabwe had gone from a food exporter to food importer with much of the population starving. In the 1980’s the AIDS epidemic hit and Mugabe’s incompetent government was unfit to deal with the crisis. The white population was harassed, then terrorized into fleeing the country, and the Ndebele tribe suffered genocidal ethnic cleansing. As the years of corruption turned into decades, the Zimbabwean currency collapsed, and the currency was suspended. In 2015 a 100 trillion dollar Zimbabwean note was worth 40 U.S. cents.
I don’t like autocrats.
Useful stuff
+ One of your Apple AirPods dies before the other. There are three solutions: 1. Reboot them by pushing the button on the outside of the case for ten seconds until a white light comes on. Bingo, you have re-booted the AirPods. 2. Start a phone call with one AirPod. When it craters, pull the other out of the case and charge the first one. 3. Buy a new set. They sound better and have longer battery life. If you baulk at giving Apple more money, use my philosophy with companies I buy from (like Amazon);
Own enough stock to make a profit on what you buy from the company.
I could never spend enough with Apple to spend all the money I’ve made (on paper) with their stock.
+ Doesn’t anyone answer their office phone any longer? Here’s a simple solution: Get your office phone system to simultaneously ring your cell phone. When we first invented voicemail, it seemed like a great way to never miss a message. Now it’s a total waste of time. You call back. You get their voice mail. And on and on the circle goes. Texting works only on cell phones. But not if your business requires a real conversation. Remember what they were?
How to live forever
No supplements. No pills. No retreats on mountain tops.
Is Long Covid for real?
Yes. And it can be very very bad. Click here.
Wrong on many levels
Susan and I celebrating
We ordered two Miele dishwashers on May 9, 2021.
They’re being delivered tomorrow, February 10, 2022. That’s only 10 months! We were told it might be a year.
I played tennis yesterday and today. I feel great. My c shoulder hurts less. And I’m being very very careful.
See you tomorrow. — Harry Newton
