{"id":55138,"date":"2021-07-15T13:54:18","date_gmt":"2021-07-15T17:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=55138"},"modified":"2021-07-15T15:20:43","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:20:43","slug":"in-praise-of-saying-no-practice-say-no-again-satisfying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.technologyinvestor.com\/?p=55138","title":{"rendered":"In praise of saying NO. Practice: Say NO again. Satisfying?"},"content":{"rendered":"

All the stocks you shouldn’t buy<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

There are currently 244 Chinese companies listed on a U.S. stock exchange, either directly or as an ADR.<\/p>\n

For the full list of companies you should not buy, click here.<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

Stuff. You don’t need any more of “it.”\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

No matter what IT is. No matter how “cheap” IT is.<\/p>\n

+ You don’t have the time to read the 720-page plus instruction manual.<\/p>\n

+ If you don’t read the instruction manual, it won’t work.<\/p>\n

+ You don’t have anywhere left to store new, non-working things. Hint: try a dumpster.<\/p>\n

+ You don’t need to know that new is better. In fact, Harry Newton’s First Law<\/em>\u00a0is “If the old works, don’t f*ck with it by buying new.”<\/p>\n

+ You will feel “saved” by not<\/strong>\u00a0buying.<\/p>\n

Saying NO <\/strong>is cathartic. It’s my new religion.<\/p>\n

You don’t need …<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

+ an extended warranty on your car.<\/p>\n

+ to know how your social security number has been compromised.<\/p>\n

+ to have your Google business listing verified, at vast expense.<\/p>\n

You don’t need to invest in this company<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

XYZ is the first reliable, secure, and verifiable individual digital identity product, managed as a service in real-time.<\/p>\n

The XYZ service is offered by ABC Corp.\u00a0 an innovative U.S.-based venture with deep experience and expertise in practically-focused computer science. It is lead by successful entrepreneurs with a proven track-record.<\/p>\n

The service operates simultaneously, synergistically, and seamlessly across multiple public and private clouds as well as distributed on-premise computing installations<\/p>\n

I didn’t write the above.. But I love the words. I have no idea what they do, except they clearly do it well. And I should invest. NO!<\/p>\n

Now you know why your cell phone doesn’t work in new buildings<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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\nTo make cell calls, walk outside or use the in-building WiFi.<\/p>\n

Favorite old cartoons<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you missed you yesterday’s story on SPACs…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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…click here.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Not good day in the market today<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mr. Market’s doesn’t like NVDA’s upcoming split<\/p>\n

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Motley Fool writes:<\/p>\n

Interestingly, NVIDIA stock’s decline followed the arrival of positive news:\u00a0Hyundai Motor<\/strong>\u00a0has selected the NVIDIA DRIVE platform for future Hyundai, Kia, and Genesis models’ infotainment systems.<\/p>\n

Now what?<\/p>\n

Amid all this volatility, investors should remain focused on NVIDIA’s underlying business.<\/p>\n

The company’s revenue grew 50% year over year in its most recently reported quarter. Further, CEO Jensen Huang seemed confident about the company’s momentum at the time. “Despite the pandemic’s impact on our professional visualization and automotive platforms, we are well positioned to grow, as gaming, AI, cloud computing and autonomous machines drive the next industrial revolution around the world.”<\/p>\n

The sun is finally out<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Up here in Columbia County NY, the sun has finally come out and I can use some of the sunscreen made by an ailing startup invested in by my friend.<\/p>\n

See you tomorrow.\u00a0 — Harry Newton<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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