Me
A previously energetic outgoing dad…
Work
I’m an Electrical engineer by trade, now leading HVDC projects specializing in offshore wind.
Life
Writing: my journey through life, including recovery (on-going) of chikungunya fever
Around the world today…
- Discussions to focus on 'strategic cooperation', as well as issues related to security, water and the economy.
- Both countries expect to see temperatures soar into Wednesday, which could cause the blazes to spread.
- Mancini coached the national side in 2018-2023 and returns to the job with Italy having missed the World Cup.
- An Israeli soldier filmed himself running a marathon around a military outpost in Gaza.
- The conditions faced by the brothers in prison in Miami are a far cry from the luxury lifestyle they once flaunted.
- Negotiators are trying to break the deadlock over transit fees and management of the Strait of Hormuz.
- Pregnant Palestinian woman loses baby after Israeli checkpoint stop
- ‘Here’s a more natural flowing version of that section…’
- Settlers burned homes and a mosque in at-Tuwani. Residents say it is part of a campaign to push them off their land.
F1
Top Sporties
- Celtic break their transfer record to sign Denmark striker Kasper Hogh from Bodo/Glimt on a four-year contract.
- British world champion Caroline Dubois has split with trainer Shane McGuigan and will be relocating to America.
- Chaos consumed Italian football as Paolo Maldini and Leonardo resigned during the search for a manager – can Roberto Mancini now bring calm on being given the role?
- Sam Tolchard says winning his first Commonwealth Games gold medal at his fifth games "means everything".
- Roberto Mancini is appointed Italy manager for a second time – just a day after Andrea Pirlo rules himself out of the running for the job and technical director Paolo Maldini resigns.
- New France head coach Zinedine Zidane produces a masterclass against Brazil in the quarter-finals of the 2006 World Cup.
- Xabi Alonso's first game as Chelsea manager is defined by four strikers – from one who scored a hat-trick to one who could leave.
Rugby
- Prem champions Northampton host Newcastle on the opening weekend of the 2026-27 season, with Exeter at home to Gloucester.
- Tokyo Suntory Sungoliath confirm the signing of former Ireland and Leinster wing James Lowe on a two-year deal.
- ITV will show next year's Rugby World Cup in Australia, extending the broadcaster's coverage of the tournament to a 10th successive edition.
- Gloucester's loosehead prop joins last season's Prem runner's up as cover for the departing Scott Sio.
- The Channel Islands rugby union team beat Poland 38-27 in their second annual "international" match.
- Started with a list of every US stock (excluding ETFs/funds) and ran a baseline filter for size and liquidity (market cap > $1B, TTM sales > $10M, Dollar volume > $1M/day). From about 15,000 that narrows the […]
- Tomorrow skhy (00066) reports snd kospi is already collapsed for all intents and purposes… i am still holding through this mayhem but it appears that nasdaq ignores all fundamentals and only follows kospi… which is a gambling […]
- This is the daily discussion, so anything stocks related is fine, but the theme for today is on technical analysis (TA), but if TA is not your thing then just ignore the theme. Some helpful day to […]
- The market disagrees – expects the Fed to hold. https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/citadel-securities-sees-warsh-delivering-214213265.html Citadel Securities expects the Federal Reserve to raise interest rates this week, a surprise move strengthening Chairman Kevin Warsh's credibility in the battle with inflation. A quarter-point […]
- The market is currently pricing CXMT as though it is ready to challenge SK hynix (and others) across the entire memory industry. First, it is true that CXMT is a legitimate competitor in commodity DRAM. It can […]
- America’s biggest companies say they might need more people after all. For months, major employers treated hiring as an expensive last resort. Now, a shift is emerging across industries. Companies ranging from railroad giant CSX to Google […]
- Oil dropped about 8% this morning on the Iran de-escalation news, WTI back near $83. Odds of a hike later this year had jumped to something like 38% last week purely because oil broke above $100. Two […]
- FUBO trades at $8.30-8.60 ncluding Disney’s 70% stake, the look-through enterprise value is about $1 billion against $6.2 billion in annual revenue, or 0.16x sales. The market values each subscriber at roughly $140, versus $250–$400 in comparable […]