Economy/Markets.
US Stocks down 22%, tech down 28%, ARKK down 55%.
Inflation print. CPI at 9.1%
Energy and Gas up 60%
Food up 10%.
These are the items that are killing average Americans.
What now:
War, Supply Chains, Inflation (supply driven), and Fed actions.
We need a peace deal to end the war and we need China open.
Are we in a recession? Yes.
Politics:
- 70-80% of americans in general agreement. Then the 10% wacko’s come out and ruin everything for the rest of us.
- Climate change or die! No. There is a middle ground.
- Energy. Pass $1 trillion bill. $500b on near term energy and $500b on long term sustainable clean energy. To easy, right!?
- Abortion. Shouldn't have gone here!?
Netflix:
- Bad guide. Stock down 75%.
- Partnering with Microsoft for ads
- TikTok kicking Netflix’s ass…so why not compete head on.
Lots of Cheap stocks:
Example: Stitchfix down 95%. Bill Gurley buys $5m of StitchFix. 20x return if it goes back. That’s the good news.
Twitter/Musk
- Spam accounts hard to determine.
- Twitter suit against Musk looks like a looser.
- Elon Musk is a nightmare client. The Atlantic.
- Tesla returning to office.
As for Musk himself, the CEO had said in an email a few days earlier that he would spend six days a week in the factory, “seven if physically possible.” In the email, which The Information reviewed and which hasn’t been previously reported, Musk added, “BTW, anything I ask others to do, I do myself even more.”
Tesla:
- All automakers down today. Watching this guy say that Tesla will “revert to mean” of other company valuations. No they wont.
- Solar, Battery, Cars, AI, HVAC, Semi’s,
Entertainment:
- Topgun
- Tour de France.
- British Open for Golf. Tiger shot a 78.

