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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - June 23rd

Housekeeping: It's time for a summer break!  I'll return again in a few weeks.  In the meantime, enjoy the 4th of July holiday and celebrate this nation's 250th anniversary! I was vaguely aware of how women's health is not well funded or really taken seriously.  But, the fact that this doesn't get much press left me in the dark about the depth of the disparity. Here's an article that calls out some of the issues, and how women are treated differently than men. For example, I just learned that women weren't even included in large research studies about health until 1993.  Wait, how did I not know that? (shame on me in a way) ...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - June 16th

The World Cup kicked off this week, and there's rather a lot going on, beyond the pitch.   First off, let's talk about ticketing.  When it was first announced that the World Cup would be making its way to the US for the first time in some years, I was intrigued.  And when some games were announced for Miami, I was excited.  Games in my backyard?  Maybe I could catch one!  Except that the price point was well beyond what it was 4 years ago (10x the amount!), and there was some weird lottery to get in.  There have been investimagations into price gouging, and it appears as though not all...
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Bitchin Dave's Newsletter - June 9th

This planned IPO for SpaceX is so bizarre.  Wealthy investors and the investment banking firms are losing their minds about it.  It's so valuable! Elon is letting us in on his world! ... IMHO, It is a silly amount of hype! For the average investor, there's nothing to see here.  We can't feed at this trough (though he sure likes to tell us we can). As we look at it, "going public" via an IPO doesn't feel quite right.  It would seem that any rules the SEC has, and applicable laws in place, are being bent or outright abused. ...
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