By Lambert Strether of Corrente
Today’s Bird Song
My readers have been very happy with the Mockingbird so I plan to continue drawing it. I’m currently in my third week!
Long-tailed Mockingbird, Road to Ronquillo, -14.80588, -74.78986, Ica, Peru. “Birds singing on tall cacti in the early morning.”
Dear readers, this water cooler is being shortened as I am finishing up my post on the “insect apocalypse” so I will share some recent events as a conversation starter.
“Schwab, Fidelity and other online trading brokers appear to be halting trading during market crashes.”Associated Press“Several online brokerages, including Charles Schwab, Fidelity and Vanguard, appeared to be down for thousands of users early Monday during one of the biggest stock market offerings of 2024. Reports from users appeared to peak at around 10 a.m. ET and just before, according to data from downtracker DownDetector. Some frustrated customers online said they were unable to log in or access their account balances.”• Not unlike what Goldman did with Michael Burry. The Big ShortI’m sure you are. Honor Student:
🚨#breaking newsSeveral brokerages, including Charles Schwab, Fidelity, Vanguard, TD Ameritrade, E-Trade, UPS, CenturyLink and Interactive Brokers, are currently down and reporting errors due to the market crash. pic.twitter.com/H2htHnXynT
— RAWSALERTS (@rawsalerts) August 5, 2024
Meanwhile, “To the bare walls!”
Last night at CVS
Flowflex has completely disappeared
Several other brands have also disappeared.
Vinax is being bought pic.twitter.com/NrlMnz9yI7
— Alexander Riccio (@co2trackers) (@ariccio) August 5, 2024
This is New York, and I can imagine it would be similar in California.
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