1. ABNB -35% from Highs
2. SMCI Hit $1229 on March 7th 2024…
-60% from highs but stock was at $300 to start year.
3. Ethereum ETF -25% Since Launch
4. 94% of Stock Market Years Have a 5% Drawdown
Irrelevant Investor Blog
https://www.theirrelevantinvestor.com/p/thoughts-selloff
5. Consumer Debt Issues at Lows
Wolf Street Blog
Household Debt, Delinquencies, Collections, and Bankruptcies: Our Drunken Sailors and their Debts in Q2
6. Add Latin America to the Demographic Slowdown
7. More than 80% of S&P Outsources to India. Will AI Change that?
8. Olympic Streaming
9. What are the Most Dangerous Jobs in the United States? From Zerohedge
Some of the most dangerous jobs in the U.S. involve significant physical labor and working in hazardous environments, like loggers, roofers, and fishing and hunting workers.
Many of these jobs also are usually done in isolated areas, like logging and fishing, where access to emergency medical attention is limited.
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/these-are-most-dangerous-jobs-us The figures come from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and are updated as of December 2023.
10. The 5 Stages of the Creative Process -James Clear Blog
In 1940, an advertising executive named James Webb Young published a short guide titled, A Technique for Producing Ideas. In this guide, he made a simple, but profound statement about generating creative ideas.
According to Young, innovative ideas happen when you develop new combinations of old elements. In other words, creative thinking is not about generating something new from a blank slate, but rather about taking what is already present and combining those bits and pieces in a way that has not been done previously.
Most important, the ability to generate new combinations hinges upon your ability to see the relationships between concepts. If you can form a new link between two old ideas, you have done something creative.
Young believed this process of creative connection always occurred in five steps.
- Gather new material. At first, you learn. During this stage you focus on 1) learning specific material directly related to your task and 2) learning general material by becoming fascinated with a wide range of concepts.
- Thoroughly work over the materials in your mind. During this stage, you examine what you have learned by looking at the facts from different angles and experimenting with fitting various ideas together.
- Step away from the problem. Next, you put the problem completely out of your mind and go do something else that excites you and energizes you.
- Let your idea return to you. At some point, but only after you have stopped thinking about it, your idea will come back to you with a flash of insight and renewed energy.
- Shape and develop your idea based on feedback. For any idea to succeed, you must release it out into the world, submit it to criticism, and adapt it as needed.
For a More Creative Brain Follow These 5 Steps