{"id":35973,"date":"2016-09-28T11:00:26","date_gmt":"2016-09-28T15:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=35973"},"modified":"2016-09-28T11:00:26","modified_gmt":"2016-09-28T15:00:26","slug":"amazons-upgrade-and-colberts-brilliant-take-on-the-debate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=35973","title":{"rendered":"Amazon’s upgrade. And Colbert’s brilliant take on the Debate."},"content":{"rendered":"

Good Amazon news:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\u00a0Here’s Amazon over the past spectacular year. I’m glad I have a big holding. I wish it were bigger.<\/p>\n

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How the election will influence the stockmarket\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Yesterday J.P. Morgan Private Bank released an excellent report covering equity markets during\u00a0during US Presidential election cycles. Conclusions:<\/p>\n

The U.S. Presidential Election is now entering the homestretch and we expect it to dominate the headlines in the next several weeks. This current race is shaping up to be one of the most acrimonious in recent memory and has been characterized by voters opposing rather than supporting the candidates. In fact, Donald Trump is polling as the least favorable presidential candidate from either party to run over the past 35 years, followed only by Hillary Clinton (see chart below). While we are not predicting the outcome, below we address key equity market implications.<\/p>\n

Key Points:<\/p>\n

1. There is little historical evidence to suggest that the Election will have a large or long-lasting impact on the broad U.S. equity market.<\/p>\n

2. Our base case is that the U.S. will have a divided government in 2017 with control of one or both houses of Congress split with the Presidency between the Democrats and Republicans.<\/p>\n

3. We see seven key issues with market impact that are at stake this election season: Energy, Healthcare, Financials, Industrials, Free Trade, Tax Reform, and Immigration.<\/p>\n

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Apple’s new iPhone 7 may do wonders for its earnings.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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Yesterday Susan ordered a new iPhone 7 plus from Verizon.<\/div>\n
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She won’t get it until the middle of November. That’s seven weeks. That’s a long time to get a phone.<\/div>\n
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She bought it from Verizon because they gave her an incredible $400 trade-in on her iPhone 5. If she had had an iPhone 6, they would have given her a $600 trade-in.<\/div>\n
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I’m trying for the same deal today on my iPhone 6. To get it, you have to call 1-866-259-3883 and do some heavy begging.<\/div>\n
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Meantime, I must report: My Apple Watch (first generation) is increasingly useless — despite God-knows-how many software upgrades from Apple.<\/div>\n
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The upgrades have made the watch much more difficult to use. Don’t buy an Apple Watch.<\/div>\n
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Apple in the last year:<\/div>\n
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Fees, Fees and fees<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n

You need one credit card and one debit card (for traveling). That’s it. Two max. No more.<\/p>\n

Close the others. Save all the monthly\/annual\/and sundry made-up fees.<\/p>\n

My cutest fee: Bank of America just dinged me a $1.50 charge because I was “late.”<\/p>\n

Yet I was on “auto-pay.” Try this: They were late paying themselves. and charged me $1.50 for their own transgression!<\/p>\n

Neat trick.<\/p>\n

Why do I not trust banks?<\/p>\n

Don’t buy no-iron shirts.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

They don’t breathe like normal cotton. They make me too hot.<\/p>\n

Don’t cut off your nose to spite your face:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

+ If you promise to send someone your contact information, do it.<\/p>\n

+ If someone emails you something you asked for, send them back a nice “Thank You” email.<\/p>\n

+ For God’s sake, put your phone numbers and address in each email you send out.<\/p>\n

Fuse boxes<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There are two fuse boxes in my Subaru. The one I wanted was inside the car, behind the coin caddy (which I never knew existed).<\/p>\n

Some cars have more than two fuses boxes. The owner’s manual may tell you where they are.<\/p>\n

You watched the debate. Now watch Colbert. <\/span><\/strong>This video, made within minutes of the end of Monday’s debate is\u00a0hysterical.<\/p>\n

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For the video, click here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

Where should I locate my cell phone?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Carrier charges are all equal. The BIG gotcha is local taxes and sundry made-up fees. They\u00a0can range between 6% and 44% (Hawaii). I kid you not.<\/p>\n

Fees have to do with your phone’s area code, apparently. Good idea to check.<\/p>\n

No more debates?<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. (The Borowitz Report)\u00a0—\u00a0Plunging the future of the 2016 Presidential debates into doubt, Donald J. Trump said on Tuesday morning that he would not participate in the remaining two debates if Hillary Clinton is there.<\/p>\n

Trump blasted the format of Monday night’s debate by claiming that the presence of Clinton was “specifically designed” to distract him from delivering his message to the American people.<\/p>\n

“Every time I said something, she would say something back,” he said. “It was rigged.”<\/p>\n

He also lambasted the “underhanded tactics” his opponent used during the debate. “She kept on bringing up things I said or did,” he added. “She is a very nasty person.”<\/p>\n

Turning to CNN, Trump criticized the network’s use of a split screen showing both him and Clinton throughout the telecast. “It should have been just me,” he said. “That way people could have seen how really good my temperament is.”<\/p>\n

The billionaire said that debate organizers had not yet responded to his ultimatum, but he warned that if he does not get assurances in writing that future debates will be “un-rigged, Hillary-wise,” he will not participate.<\/p>\n

“I have said time and time again that I would only do these debates if I am treated fairly,” he added. “The only way I can be guaranteed of being treated fairly is if Hillary Clinton is not there.”<\/p>\n

Next Monday is Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year.<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n
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A little explanation, with an Irish flavor:<\/div>\n
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Paddy says to Mick, I’m getting circumcised tomorrow.<\/div>\n
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Mick: I had that done when I was a few days old.<\/div>\n
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Paddy: Did it hurt?<\/div>\n
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Mick: Well, I couldn’t walk for about a year.<\/div>\n

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\nHarry Newton whose Australian friend David emails yesterday with legitimate concerns:<\/p>\n

Harry:
\nThe disturbing issue isn’t Trump. Of course he is all the things any reasonably intelligent person with double digit IQ can see. Every society has its Trumps, and its Hitlers, and its Musolinis, and its Berlusconis etc etc etc. So what’s the real problem? The real problem is that we are weeks away from the Presidential election and he is running neck and neck with Hilary. The real problem is that there are clearly A LOT of Americans who think this guy should be in the White House running the country. Even if Hilary wins, those people are still out there with those views. It’s gone beyond a few rednecks, or KKK racists, or fringe crazies with posters of even crazier people on their cabin walls. What’s gone wrong with America? That’s the issue we need to be wringing our hands over because there will be other Presidential and Gubernatorial elections coming up real soon.<\/p>\n