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Here’s a state-by-state breakdown of the U.S. and country-by-country breakdown of Europe showing where our portly compatriots reside. It seems like Kentucky is the heftiest, with over 40% of the population obese (!!!!) whereas most of France can still fit in their pants.
Here’s an at-a-glance way of seeing the countries with which the U.S. has a trade surplus (green) or deficit (red, with China obviously being far and away the largest).
For you dog fans out there, here’s a cute little video of Duke and Mojave. They roughhouse a lot, and in this instance Mojave bit Duke a little harder than he should have, which made him yelp. Duke came over a few moments later to assure Mojave that all was forgiven.
During the 35 day bear market we enjoyed earlier this year (remember?) I would often drag out our Options Chatyrts to bemoan how much certain positions had gone up since I had sold them. For obvious reasons, I haven’t had to do that in a while, but I would like to show an important exception: my United Healthcare $500 puts, which are worth eight-fold what I sold ’em at.
