My Thoughts on Current Events

My Thoughts on Current Events

My Thoughts on Current Events


Are Electric Vehicle Batteries Really Dying?

10 Dec 2024 9 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

The sales curve of electric cars is increasing rapidly. Especially the advantages given on the campaign side have increased the interest in electric cars. But people are very afraid. First, is the range sufficient? Second, what if this battery dies?...

Weekly Outlook

8 Dec 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

We are leaving behind a week in which uncertainties have been lifted. In Syria, opposition forces are advancing towards Homs after Aleppo and Hama. Homs is a very important supply city for the regime. It is also of critical importance as it is 160 ki...

The Dark Side of Xinjiang Cotton

7 Dec 2024 4 minute read 2 comments Perfectionist25

Uniqlo is in a difficult position. CEO Tadashi Yanai has revealed that the Japanese clothing giant does not use Xinjiang cotton. This did not sit well with Chinese consumers. Now, if you’re wondering why this has caused such a stir, Xinjiang, a regi...

Amazon's (AMZN) Moves in AI and Its New Ultracluster Supercomputer

7 Dec 2024 2 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

Amazon.com (AMZN), Amazon Web Services (AWS) yesterday announced plans for “Ultracluster,” a massive AI supercomputer built on hundreds of thousands of its own Trainium chips. At the center of its strategy is the introduction of Project Rainier, a ma...

Bitcoin Surpasses $100K: Historic Milestone

6 Dec 2024 7 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

Bitcoin and the crypto world are experiencing a historic moment. Bitcoin has risen above $100,000 for the first time. Thus, it has increased by around 40% since Trump was elected. The main issue that triggered this rally is President Donald Trump's n...

A $6 Million Banana

4 Dec 2024 5 minute read 8 comments Perfectionist25

Let me explain why art can fetch millions, even billions of dollars.It’s not as simple as it seems. Where does cryptocurrency fit into this? The Mona Lisa is worth around a billion dollars. So who determines the value of this art? Is it the artist’s...

Time, Health and Money

3 Dec 2024 1 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

When you’re young, they say you have time and health, but no money. In middle age, they say you have money but no time. When you’re old, they say you have enough time but no health. But what about having all three? What happens when someone bets on y...

Employment Week in the USA

2 Dec 2024 11 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

We have completed a very positive November, we are now entering December. As you know, the stock markets were closed last Thursday. They were open for half a day on Friday and investors were still in a celebratory mood on Friday after Thanksgiving. S...

Plastic Garbage Waste

2 Dec 2024 4 minute read 1 comment Perfectionist25

In 1862, British chemist Alexander Parkes invented a revolutionary material he called Parkesine. This was something he did by dissolving cotton fibers in a cocktail of nitric and sulfuric acids mixed with a bit of vegetable oil. Parkesine wasn’t just...

Weekly Outlook

1 Dec 2024 4 minute read 0 comments Perfectionist25

The Russian ruble has fallen to its lowest level since March 2022 amid concerns that new US sanctions will further restrict trade channels. The ruble exceeding 100 against the dollar is considered a critical threshold in terms of economic confidence....