1. Dow Transportation Index Breaks Out to New Highs
For Dow Theory Believers This is Bullish….Dow Theory explained https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dowtheory.asp
2. Over the past 12 months, companies repurchased another $960 billion in stock, about 65% of free cash flow
PKW Buyback ETF New Highs….1% Buyback tax has not slowed purchases.
3. Tesla Weighting Drives Consumer Discretionary Stocks to New Highs
4. Biggest Trump Trade Winner …GEO Group
5. Pre-Election… Tech Stocks Had Biggest 4-Week Outflow Ever
6. Will This Small Cap Rally Be the Real Deal? Or 4th False Start?
Mind the Hype: However, as Kantro points out below, at least in the case of small caps relative performance, there have been many false starts and bouts of premature speculation. While price does tend to move faster than fundamentals, the point he makes with this chart is that you need real fundamental follow-through if things are going to sustainably turnaround for this specific case, but also for wider bullish follow-through (and on that note, check out the bonus chart section…!)
Source: @MichaelKantro
7. Private Equity Unicorns ($1B Valuation) Have Grown 1100% Since 2014
Barrons
The Morningstar PitchBook US Unicorn index tracks privately held, late-stage venture-backed U.S. companies with valuations of at least $1 billion. Evens observes the number of companies in it has grown 1,100% since 2014 as the public small-cap market has shrunk.
https://www.barrons.com/articles/small-cap-stocks-vanishing-5-funds-5be855f4?mod=past_editions
8. Private Market Valuation of SpaceX +170% Post Election
9. Communism Sucks Weekly …South vs. North Korea
Barrons By Andy Serwer
In a memo Marks wrote in September, “Shall We Repeal the Laws of Economics?”, he extolled the virtues of capitalism: “History is littered with command economies that didn’t succeed.…Eighty years ago, Korea was a single country. Then, following World War II, it was split in two….South Korea has operated as a capitalist democracy and North Korea as a communist dictatorship…[North Korea’s] GDP in purchasing power terms is estimated at $2,000 per person versus $50,000 in South Korea. North Korea’s citizens are described as impoverished, but at least it doesn’t have a border problem, since nobody’s trying to sneak in….I think it’s fair to say capitalism has won.”
https://www.barrons.com/articles/markets-trump-risk-howard-marks-fd779c8a?mod=past_editions
10. This 1 Tweak to Your Behavior Makes You Instantly More Attractive, According to New Wharton Research
How you behave affects how attractive other people find you. New research uncovers a way to use that to your advantage.
EXPERT OPINION BY JESSICA STILLMAN, CONTRIBUTOR, INC.COM @ENTRYLEVELREBEL
Americans spend more than $420 billion a year trying to look more beautiful. And not just because they’re vain or looking for love.
Fair or not, research shows “pretty privilege” is very real. Being perceived as attractive won’t just help you get a date, it will help you get ahead. Beautiful people are viewed as more trustworthy, smarter, and more capable just for looking the way they do.
Which means you probably shouldn’t feel shallow for shelling out a stupid amount for skin-care products or gym memberships if that makes you feel more confident. But are there other, subtler ways to appear more attractive that don’t involve complicated beauty or fitness routines?
A new study out of the Wharton School just revealed one, and I have to say, these are some of the nicest research findings I’ve come across in a while. They found that just by being kind, you can make yourself appear instantly more attractive to others.
Beautiful acts make you appear more beautiful.
If you need convincing that this research is relevant for a business site, then just look at who conducted it. Natalia Konova, author of the study recently published in the British Journal of Social Psychology, got her PhD in marketing and is now doing research at a prestigious business school, Wharton.
A stack of previous studies show that when people are attractive, we tend to ascribe other positive qualities, like intelligence and kindness, to them too. Together with her collaborators, Konova wanted to see if this so-called “halo effect” works the other way around as well. Does being a beautiful person make others see you as more physically beautiful as well?
To find out, the team designed a series of experiments that tested how people’s behavior influenced others’ estimation of their attractiveness. For instance, would being told about someone’s kind and cooperative acts cause people to rate them as more beautiful?
After running 10 different experiments on more than 4,000 people, the answer was clear and consistent. The more kindly you act, the more beautiful you appear. And the more consistently you are kind—the more kindness is seen as a fundamental part of your character—the more impact it has on how other people rate your looks.
“Beautiful acts do, indeed, lead us to see people as more beautiful,” Kononov sums up on PsyPost.
That’s true regardless of gender, and the effects weren’t tiny.
“We thought prosociality would play a significant role, but we didn’t expect it to surpass traits like intelligence and humor,” Kononov continues. “It’s interesting because, while people often view humor and intelligence as highly appealing traits, kindness may actually have a stronger impact on how attractive someone appears.”
How to improve your attractiveness and your mental health
You don’t need a PhD to interpret these findings. Whether you’re looking to impress a potential romantic partner, an investor, or a sales prospect, you should think about showing off your kindness along with your slick new hairstyle or wardrobe. (As a very welcome bonus, a ton of other research shows kindness makes you happier and more resilient too.)
Human brains are packed with irrational quirks. Among them is that we clearly don’t judge inner and outer beauty entirely separately. When one is appealing, we’re more likely to have a positive impression of the other. Use that to your advantage.
Kindness, unlike new creams or clothes, is free, instantly accessible, and psychologically great for you. It is also pretty much guaranteed to help you come across as more attractive too.
The opinions expressed here by Inc.com columnists are their own, not those of Inc.com.
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