Alex Ban
alexban.bsky.social
Alex Ban
@alexban.bsky.social
Learning about #Finance, #Formula1, #UltraEndurance and this #BlueSky thing...

Both in English y español
October 5, 2024 at 1:21 PM
October 5, 2024 at 1:20 PM
October 5, 2024 at 1:19 PM
Stop looking for life hacks
October 4, 2024 at 5:02 AM
It's NOT
Fake it till you make it

It's more

Face it till you make it
October 4, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Countries with the Largest Copper Production in 2023:
In 2023, global copper mine production continued to rise, driven by increasing demand from key sectors like renewable energy, electric vehicles, and infrastructure. Chile remained the world's top copper producer, contributing around 22.7%
October 4, 2024 at 4:58 AM
One of the key arguments for BTC is its hedging ability against the rest of the economy

However, what I've noticed is that it goes up and down quite parallel to the rest of the stock market and also following the interest rates movements.

Am I the only one seeing this?
September 29, 2024 at 10:17 PM
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And look, mclaren came around
September 27, 2024 at 1:23 AM
#Europe vs. #USA

no comment
September 26, 2024 at 3:36 AM
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Picture, thousand words, etc.
September 24, 2024 at 11:23 PM
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Tech companies are already the biggest purchasers of #wind & #solar power, but it isn’t enough to meet the round-the-clock needs of data centers. A search on a generative #AI platform like #ChatGPT uses at least 10x the #energy as a standard one on #Google chart @WSJ www.wsj.com/tech/ai/big-...
September 25, 2024 at 7:40 AM
Apple vs. Dropbox, NYT, EA, Spotify, Mastercard, Netflix
September 26, 2024 at 2:28 AM
Trump donors vs. Harris donors
September 26, 2024 at 2:26 AM
I know I don't know a lot of this gun control issue.

However, as a European, I struggle to understand the need to take all these guns for a burger
September 25, 2024 at 12:03 PM
Can this strategy work at a personal level too?

#bitcoin #microstrategy
September 25, 2024 at 4:27 AM
Check out Belize, Honduras and Guatemala...
September 25, 2024 at 4:25 AM
Need this today

When the $#&* hits the fan

Just keep swimming

@wisdommadeeasy
September 25, 2024 at 4:22 AM
There you go... we're all...
September 25, 2024 at 12:46 AM
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"By caving in to anti-migration sentiment, supposedly 'centrist' political parties are doing the far right's bidding and legitimising its vision of a Europe with hardening borders."

Maurice Stierl's piece about Germany reimposing border checks is spot on:

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Germany’s border clampdown threatens the entire European project | Maurice Stierl
No wonder Viktor Orbán and Geert Wilders are cheering. Olaf Scholz is helping them to reshape the EU as they want it
www.theguardian.com
September 16, 2024 at 5:02 PM
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Schopenhauer. He's right
September 19, 2024 at 6:03 PM
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Walking or cycling to school more likely in ULEZ, study suggests - BBC News

'Children living in ultra-low emission zone (Ulez) Nearly four times as likely to switch to walking and cycling compared with those outside the zone.'
Walking or cycling to school more likely in ULEZ, study suggests
Research shows children living in the zone are now nearly four times more likely to be walking or cycling.
buff.ly
September 23, 2024 at 9:53 AM
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Here's what $100 invested in 1970 was worth in 2023

#investing #finance
September 24, 2024 at 10:52 PM
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I once read that the stock market should be thought of as a teenager that is going through puberty that over-reacts to EVERYTHING, and once I got that perspective it made more sense.
September 23, 2024 at 2:51 PM
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Another day, another stock market record high - to go along with superb 4.2% unemployment and 2.5% inflation. Thanks Biden-Harris and Congressional Democrats for helping create this amazing macroeconomic situation! bluevirginia.us/2024/09/mond...
September 23, 2024 at 9:05 PM