Monday, July 31, 2023

Stellantis | STLA stock

意法汽车巨头合并 全球第四大车企将问世

在上月经过欧盟主管机构审批批准后,法国标致-雪铁龙集团与意大利菲亚特-克莱斯勒集团的股东大会于1月4日通过了合并案。这两大车企合并后,将成立名为“Stellantis ”的新实体。合并后的新集团也面临着重振中国市场表现的重任。

(德国之声中文网)据路透社报道,在标志雪铁龙一场特别召开的股东大会上,合并成立新公司的计划得到标志家族、中国东风集团以及法国政府(由投行Bpifrance代表)这些拥有双重投票权的大股东支持,该集团其他股东也在另一场在线会议上批准了合并案。菲亚特克莱斯勒方面也于周一稍晚时候做出了同样的决定。

菲亚特克莱斯勒的总裁艾尔肯(John Elkann)和标志雪铁龙集团总裁唐唯实(Carlos Tavares)均称,这次合并具有历史意义。“我们准备好合并了”,标志雪铁龙的总裁唐唯实说。他表示,该交易已经通过所有监管审查。唐唯实也将成为合并后新集团的负责人。他面临着重振该车企在中国市场表现的重任,同时也要向其竞争者一样聚焦产能过剩、清洁能源等问题。

合并后,新集团将以源于拉丁文"Stella"(星)的"Stellantis"为名。14个原有品牌,如欧宝、雪铁龙、标致、克莱斯勒、吉普、阿尔法·罗密欧、兰夏、阿巴斯或道奇等,均予保留。汽车年产量将达到870万辆,仅次于大众、丰田和雷诺-日产,将是世界第四大车企。

另外,“Stellantis”的新股票将上市,在米兰、纽约、巴黎进行交易。 

GLAZING CONTRACTOR & INSTALLER QUALIFICATION CHANGES

 GLAZING CONTRACTOR & INSTALLER QUALIFICATION CHANGES Update your Specifications Today North American Contractor Certification (NACC) and Architectural Glass & Metal Technician (AGMT) Certification now provide ANSI-accredited, third-party credentials for glazing contractors and glazing technicians/installers (glaziers). Since the National Glass Association (NGA) ended its NGA Certified Glass Installer Program, AGMT provides the ONLY comparable substitute. NACC and AGMT are North America’s ONLY glazing certification programs.

Quality Assurance Installer Qualifications: A qualified glazing contractor for this project who is certified under the North American Contractor Certification Program (NACC) for Architectural Glass & Metal (AG&M) contractors and who employs glazing technicians and/ or glass installers who are certified under the Architectural Glass & Metal Technician (AGMT) certification program OR a glazing contractor that can provide the following: 

  • Five (5) years of glazing co. ownership and experience 
  • Written references to demonstrate evidence of successfully completed similar projects 
  • A formal Safety Program documented in writing 
  • A formal Quality Manual documented in writing 
  • Resume and qualifications for a Quality Manager 
  • Evidence of a fully implemented Quality Management System, including installation quality verification metrics to be utilized on the project References North American Contractor Certification (NACC) (https://www.naccprogram.com) – Contractor Certification Architectural Glass & Metal Technician (AGMT) (https://agmtprogram.com) – Installer Certification

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What makes a great software programmer?

July 31, 2023

I took 9 months break, and I came back to work on Leetcode algorithms to warm up my skills. I think that the following are a list of things to remember:

  1. Always take some time to work on Leetcode algorithms;
  2. Coding is like playing tennis sports, if I stop practicing, then I stop learning; 
  3. I should practice very often, and learn from my mistakes;
  4. Tree algorithms - best algorithms to evaluate my skills; 
  5. 776 Split BST - My weakness, my practice is here
  6. Continue to work on at least 20 tree algorithms



Saturday, July 29, 2023

Previous 5 days | Eearnings date | Morningstar report update after earnings date

July 24 - July 28, 2023 
  1.  META
  2. XOM
  3. MA
  4. PG
  5. CVX
  6. KO
  7. ABBV
  8. TMO
  9. MCD
  10. AZN
  11. SHEL
  12. CMCSA
  13. LIN
  14. TMUS
  15. TTE
  16. INTC
  17. UNP
  18. BA
  19. SNY
  20. HON
  21. BMY
  22. SPGI
  23. NOW
  24. T
  25. ADP
  26. CP
  27. MDLZ
  28. LRCX
  29. EQNR
  30. AMT
  31. FI
  32. HCA
  33. BSX
  34. CME
  35. AON
  36. NOC
  37. VALE
  38. KLAC
  39. CL
  40. STLA
  41. CHTR
  42. GD
  43. ORLY
  44. F
  45. NSC
  46. APH
  47. CMG
  48. STM
  49. DXCM
  50. EW
  51. HSY
  52. KDP
  53. CARR
  54. AJG
  55. HES
  56. VLO
  57. TEL
  58. ODFL
  59. AEP
  60. PCG

Mike Sievert career path | T-mobile

 

Career[edit]

Sievert started his career at Procter & Gamble,[5] where he oversaw brands such as Pepto-Bismol and Crest.[10] He subsequently worked at IBM[5] and Clearwire.[11] He was also executive vice president (EVP) and chief global marketing and sales officer at E-Trade[12][13] and CEO of tablet gaming company Discovery Bay Games.[14] From 2002 to 2005, Sievert was EVP and CMO of AT&T Wireless.[15] He joined Microsoft's Global Windows Group as corporate vice president of product management in 2005, leading preparations for the release of Longhorn (later called Windows Vista).[16][12] In 2008 he co-founded Switchbox Labs,[15] a startup acquired by Lenovo in 2009.[17] In 2012, John Legere, T-Mobile's then-new CEO, hired Sievert as CMO.[18]

Sievert became COO of T-Mobile in 2015,[19] then became the company's president in 2018.[6][20] During this time, Sievert oversaw the "Un-carrier" marketing campaign, which sought to rebrand T-Mobile's public image[21] with a focus on no overage charges,[10] no contracts, unlimited data, and other offerings.[22] In April 2020, Sievert succeeded Legere as CEO of T-Mobile.[7] Under Sievert's leadership, T-Mobile surpassed 100 million total customers,[23] and created the first nationwide standalone 5G network in the U.S.[24][25] Sievert has declared his strategy of focusing on dominating in 5G, saying “We’re making the rules for the 5G era because we’re way ahead — and I mean miles ahead."[26]

In October 2017, he joined the board of Canadian company Shaw Communications.[27]

T-Mobile US, Inc. | TMUS stock

 T-Mobile US, Inc. is an American wireless network operator headquartered in Overland Park, Kansas, and Bellevue, Washington, U.S.[4] Its largest shareholder is multinational telecommunications company Deutsche Telekom AG, which as of April 2023, holds a 53.3% majority stake in the company.[5][6] T-Mobile US is the third-largest wireless carrier in the United States, with 113.6 million subscribers at the end of Q4 2022.[7]

The company was founded in 1994 by John W. Stanton of the Western Wireless Corporation as VoiceStream Wireless. Deutsche Telekom then gained plurality ownership in 2001 and renamed it after its T-Mobile brand. T-Mobile US provides wireless voice and data services in the United States under the T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile brands (the latter was acquired via the purchase of MetroPCS in a reverse takeover in 2013, resulting in T-Mobile going public on the NASDAQ stock exchange), and also serves as the host network for many mobile virtual network operators. The company has annual revenues of around $80 billion.[4] In 2015, Consumer Reports named T-Mobile the number one American wireless carrier.[8]

On April 1, 2020, T-Mobile and Sprint Corporation completed their merger, with T-Mobile now being the sole owner of Sprint, making Sprint an effective subsidiary of T-Mobile until the Sprint brand was officially discontinued on August 2, 2020, with the headquarters becoming T-Mobile offices.[9][10][11] As part of the merger, T-Mobile US acquired Assurance Wireless, the service subsidized by the Lifeline Assistance program of the federal Universal Service Fund.

Net Worth of G Michael Sievert

 The estimated Net Worth of G Michael Sievert is at least  $184 Million dollars as of 11 May 2023. Mr. Sievert owns over 40,000 units of T-Mobile US Inc stock worth over $108,527,987 and over the last 10 years he sold TMUS stock worth over $59,345,359. In addition, he makes $16,369,700 as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director at T-Mobile US Inc.

Thursday, July 27, 2023

Earnings season | RTX | 2023 July 22

 RTX went down over 15% on earnings date, but Morningstar kept the same fair price. 


Earnings season | July 27, 2023

 


Meta vs Snap | 广告业务

 AI并非“灵丹妙药”,财报一出,几家欢喜几家愁。智通财经注意到,二季报一出Meta (META.US) 再度成为华尔街的宠儿,盘后大涨逾7%,年初至今公司已经上涨了超过160% 。而同样公布业绩大考的Snap(10.73,-1.78,-14.23%)(SNAP.US) 命运则截然不同,一度下挫近15%。


自2021年底以来,鉴于苹果(194.5,0.88,0.45%)(APPL.US)的iOS隐私变更、通货膨胀、利率攀升以及乌克兰战争等一系列负面因素影响,两家公司均遭受重创,不得不面临广告业务收缩,投资者纷纷撤资,从而导致大规模裁员。

那么,为何两家公司会面临截然不同的命运呢?

财报数据显示,二季度Meta营收创一年半最大同比增幅,EPS盈利止降回升、超预期增长21%;广告和App收入均超预期增近12%,为一季度三倍,元宇宙收入超预期减少39%;Facebook日活续创单季历史新高,月活史上首次突破30亿。此外,Meta三季度营收指引高于预期,今年费用指引上调20亿美元,今年资本支出指引下调30亿美元,对非AI服务器节约成本,称继续投资AI和元宇宙将导致明年费用增加,元宇宙业务明年亏损将大增。

扎克伯格和Spiegel都没有计划削减在实验项目的开支。Meta每个季度在未来世界的元宇宙上烧钱数十亿美元,而Snap则将资金投入增强现实产品和服务。两家公司都大力宣传人工智能的好处。Meta已经采取了有效的措施来调整和优化其财务状况,以适应市场环境的变化。Meta的增长势头良好,主要得益于Facebook的广告业务。但Snap在第二季度的收入下降了4%。

Meta首席财务官Susan Li在公司财报电话会议上指出,广告收入部分原因是在线零售商和中国企业的支出增加,延续了上一个季度的趋势。在线广告商正在采用Meta的Advantage+服务,分析师们认为这有助于公司在iOS隐私变更后改善其广告系统的效果。

尽管广告反弹,但分析师们在财报电话会议上质疑扎克伯格有关在元宇宙中投资的商业逻辑,并对公司Reality Labs部门不断增加的亏损表示担忧。

扎克伯格发力元宇宙甚至直接将公司更名为Meta主要基于“平台经济”,众说周知苹果拥有iOS,谷歌(129.66,6.87,5.59%)拥有Android,而Facebook一直在追逐。扎克伯格表示投资元宇宙这可能需要十年的时间,并向分析师表示:“我不能保证我的这个赌注是正确的,鉴于世界正在朝着这个方向发展,目前已经有十亿或二十亿人使用VR眼镜,未来客户人群还会持续扩大。

与此同时,Spiegel认为Snap的AR项目是一个“长期关注”的投资,代表着“核心平台的延伸,而不是全新的赌注”。一位分析师问Spiegel是否有很多员工在从事五年以上的项目,而这些项目并没有产生收入,强调Snap过多地将时间和投资放在未来,而未解决眼前的财务问题。

Meta 似乎已经解决了大部分广告问题,但Snap仍然面临困境。Atlantic Equities分析师指出,由于Snap在基础设施支出上的大幅增加,以投资于人工智能来提升用户体验并改善广告定位能力,盈利能力受到了影响。作为一个“规模较少的平台”,他对Snap在这些领域取得成功同时“仍然向投资者提供可观回报”的能力持怀疑态度。

Wednesday, July 26, 2023

Mike Sievert, Chief Executive Officer of T-Mobile.

 Here is the link. 

Michael Sievert

 Michael Sievert is an American business executive, currently the president and CEO of T-Mobile US, and a member of the company's board of directors.[4][5][6] In November 2019, T-Mobile announced that Sievert would be promoted from chief operating officer (COO) to CEO in May 2020 when John Legere stepped down.[4] Sievert took control a month earlier than planned, on April 1, 2020, the same day T-Mobile closed its merger with Sprint.[7]

Victor Sperandeo

 Victor Sperandeo, known as “Trader Vic”, is a US trader, index developer, and financial commentator based in Grapevine, Texas, United States. He serves as the President and CEO of Alpha Financial Technologies, LLC (AFT), is a founding partner of EAM Partners L.P., and serves as the President and CEO of its general partner, EAM Corporation.

Sperandeo traded in commodities, particularly in the energy and metals sectors. He is renowned for having 'predicted' the stock market crash of 1987 during an extensive interview in the September 21 issue of Barron's; on October 16, one trading session prior to Black Monday, Sperandeo shorted the Dow and made 300% during a day the DJIA fell by over 20%.[2]

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Here is the link.

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Tuesday, July 25, 2023

Leetcode | 20 days to warm up | 9 month break

 




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Munger | Five advice

 The two billionaires also weighed in on how to chase success—and an important part of it is keeping away from “toxic” people.

“The great lesson of life is get them the hell out of your life—and do it fast,” Munger said of people who are a bad influence. But that’s not all: He advises people to also be prudent with money and always be open to learning throughout their lives.

"It's so simple to spend less than you earn, and invest shrewdly, and avoid toxic people and toxic activities, and try and keep learning all your life, and do a lot of deferred gratification. If you do all those things, you are almost certain to succeed. If you don't, you're going to need a lot of luck."

Buffett agreed with Munger, noting that cutting out toxic people should be done “tactfully.” But while distancing from toxic influences is important, the Oracle of Omaha warned against vilifying people. He said that burning bridges would lead to a worse outcome: having no friends at all.

“I’ve never known anybody that was basically kind that died without friends,” Buffett said. “And I’ve known plenty of people with money that have died without friends.”

芒格的话 | 巴菲特基金的股东投资人大会

 芒格的话

By Bayfamily

一个聪明的人。一个成功的人,在他生命将尽的时候,对你提出的忠告,可能是非常有价值的需要耐心听取一下,今年芒格在巴菲特基金的股东投资人大会上说了这样一句话。

"It's so simple to spend less than you earn, and invest shrewdly, and avoid toxic people and toxic activities, and try and keep learning all your life, and do a lot of deferred gratification. If you do all those things, you are almost certain to succeed. If you don't, you're going to need a lot of luck."

总结下来就是 

  • 第一条,量入为出。 
  • 第二条,精明的投资 
  • 第三条,避开不良习惯和不良习气的人。 
  • 第四条,持续学习。 
  • 第五条,延迟满足

我虽然还没有活到99岁,但我感觉这五句话,句句都是肺腑之言。然后对于生活在美国这样富裕的国家的人,做到这五点,这一生基本上可以做到财富无忧。

这五条说起来一点都不难,每一条都很容易做到,但是真的全部做到的,我感觉在美国全部人口中的比例还是很低的。当然。我们老中的做到的比例很高,特别是高学历的老中也基本上做到了。

然而我们生活中也看到千千万万的人做不到这五点,其中的一点做不到,可能都会毁掉你一生财富的自由。

第一条,做不到量入为出的人,往往是因为贪慕虚荣。他们太在意自己在别人的眼中是怎么样的了。女性被奢侈品迷惑。男性打肿脸充胖子。有人生活很节省,但无法拒绝亲戚找自己索取财物。大部分人做不到量入为出, 可能主要原因还是不自信。如果支出大于收入,你挣再多的钱,永远也感觉不到财富给你带来的自由。当然这些建议只是对于中产而言,如果你收入过低,还是想办法提高收入为主。

第二条,做不到精明投资的人往往是过度自信。相信自己的选股能力超过股神巴菲特。不知道自己有几斤几两。中国有句话说,人生最大的开支就是炒股。金融市场的本质就是底层人民把辛辛苦苦劳动所得,交给社会顶层的那些人。

我们这个社会的每一分财富都是底层劳动人民勤劳的双手创造出来的。如果没有华尔街,没有金融市场,顶层的人你又怎么能够让底层的人心甘情愿把财富交到他们手上了?金融和投资的本质,就是把财富从笨人手里转移到聪明人手里。芒格可能从来没有从事过生产,没有那些过度自信的笨人在金融市场投资,他怎么可能变得富有。

第三条,不良嗜好。我们生来人性本善。是我们内心都知道哪些是对的,哪些是错的?哪些是应该做的?哪些是应该避免的,可是我们往往控制不住自己。有人沉迷于赌博。有人沾染上毒品。传统文化把不良嗜好归为黄赌毒嫖。其实是再简单不过的方式了。

大部分老中并没有特别恶劣的不良嗜好。不过我观察很多老中中年开始酗酒,号称每日小酌。酗酒的人和吸大麻的人一样,长期都会变得颓废,性情起伏不定。不过,每个人都会给自己的不良嗜好找借口。

第四条。很多人30岁以后基本就停止了学习。永远生活在曾经的认知体系里。没有良好的阅读习惯。第四条老中很普遍。不过第四条危害不大。最多让你认知受限。罗曼罗兰说,“大部分人在二三十岁上就死去了,因为过了这个年龄,他们只是自己的影子,此后的余生则是在模仿自己中度过,日复一日,更机械,更装腔作势地重复他们在有生之年的所作所为,所思所想,所爱所恨”。大体就是这个道理。

第五条,老中这点一般都做的很好。老美略差一点。能够在高考中拼杀出来的人,一般延迟满足的能力都比较强。美国普通人群,大量却是生活在paycheck by paycheck中。老美的精英创业者,当事业刚刚起色有所成就的时候,就会忙着去买second home度假屋。他们往往在经济萧条的时候被迫去承受这些房产蒙受损失。

总结一下,芒格说的话,句句都是年轻人应该牢记的名言。可惜人是不会因为别人一句话而改变的。年轻人只会觉得99岁的老头子唠叨烦死了,虽然那是他凝聚一生智慧的肺腑之言。也是每个渴望财富自由的人应该去遵守的原则。

RTX | Earnings date 18% drop

 RTX 股票 RTX –14.55%  由于一些普惠公司发动机出现问题,这家航空航天和国防公司降低了对全年自由现金流的预期,周二该公司股价下跌。

RTX (股票代码:RTX)报告每股收益 1.29 美元,销售额 183 亿美元。华尔街预计销售额为 177 亿美元,每股利润为 1.18 美元。

全年销售指引从之前的 725 亿美元中点上调至 735 亿美元中点。盈利指引从之前每股 4.98 美元的中点上调至 5 美元。据 FactSet 称,华尔街目前预计 2023 年每股收益为 5.02 美元。

根据道琼斯市场数据,RTX 股价周二暴跌 15%,至 82.07 美元,并有望创下 2001 年 9 月以来最大百分比跌幅。该股是 标准普尔 500 指数中表现最差的股票 标普X +0.15%  如果收盘于这些水平,这将是该股有记录以来第三大单日跌幅。

目前的结果不是问题。RTX还在其第二季度收益报告中表示,目前预计全年自由现金流为43亿美元,低于之前指导的48亿美元。这是由于该公司所谓的用于制造某些发动机零件的粉末金属存在“罕见状况”。

首席执行官格雷格·海耶斯表示:“我们正在降低自由现金流前景,以反映最近发现的一个问题的影响,这将要求普惠公司比预期更早地停止使用某些发动机进行检查。”

Vertical Research Partners 分析师Rob Stallard在一份报告中写道:“鉴于 RTX上个月才在巴黎航展上举办了一场投资者活动,我们原本预计这将是一组令人惊讶的免费结果。” “因此,除了现有的[维护和维修]问题之外,[齿轮涡轮风扇]发动机的这个新问题是该股本可以避免的另一次打击……这可能会掩盖RTX在第二季度的良好运营表现。”

RTX 的打击对 通用电气 来说是一个小小的利好 通用电气 +5.89%  (通用电气)。普惠公司与 GE 的 LEAP 发动机争夺单通道喷气发动机份额,该发动机由与法国 赛峰集团 的合资企业生产 (法国武装部队)。

GE股价上涨4.2%,普拉特并不是最大的原因。通用电气周二公布的盈利好于预期,并上调了全年财务指引。

两家公司强劲的销售和业绩指引反映出商业航空旅行从 Covid-19 大流行中持续复苏。RTX 和 GE 的盈利对 波音 来说是个好兆头 文学士 –1.71%  (BA)将于周三公布第二季度业绩。华尔街预计销售额将达到 186 亿美元,高于 2021 年第二季度报告的 167 亿美元。

RTX 股价今年已下跌 18%。