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Economic Slowdown, Banks, & Negative Narrative Push Stocks Lower On Wednesday – $ARWR $CMG $INM $META $MSFT Rise!

By John F. Heerdink, Jr.
Quote of the Day — “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas


Happy Wednesday!

I hope that you had a great day.

As for the broad markets, stocks overall traded lower today, however if you were loaded in the key NASDAQ stocks then you were typically happy as it swung back strongly on the back of strong moves from the likes of Microsoft (MSFT) that popped 7.24% closing at $295.37after beating Wall Street’s expectations on Tuesday after the close. It was not all good news for Microsoft though as it was reported widely that the UK is going to block Microsoft’s acquisition of Activision Blizzard (ATVI $76.81, -11.5%). Banks stocks and their interest rate-related issues also continued to weigh on investors minds along with global growth concerns that seemed flourish. Shares of San Francisc-based First Republic (FRC) continued to drop precipitously falling another 29.75% and closed at $5.69. I am hoping that Jamie Dimon and JPMorgan Chase (JPM, $135.23, -1.77%) will buy them out and help to calm investors’ nerves.  SPDR Regional Bank ETF (KRE) swung up .61% to close at $41.61.  

Another set of macroeconomic reports hit the tape today including the Weekly MBA Mortgage Applications Index report that came in at 3.7%. The. March Durable Orders report came at 3.2%. The March Advanced International Trade in Goods report cam in at -$84.6B. The March Advanced Retail Inventories report came in at .7%. The March Advanced Wholesale Inventories report came in at .1%. The weekly EIA Crude Oil Inventories confirmed a 5.05M barrel draw as oil prices fell another 3.54% to close at $74.34. Note that we that Friday’s March core-PCE Price Index report, a key indicator of inflation is also due this week. The yield curve diverged a bit on Wednesday as the 2-yr yield moved lower by 3bps to 3.92% & the 10-yr yield closed up 3bps at 3.43%. The U.S. Dollar Index dropped .42% to end at 101.44. 

The S&P 500 closed at 4,055.99 (-.38%).  The heavily-weighted technology giant Apple (AAPL) showed relative strength falling .01% closing at $163.76. EV-maker Tesla (TSLA) dropped lower again by 4.31% and closed the day at $153.75.  Apparently, a Jefferies analyst downgraded Tesla today. 

The Dow 30 closed at 33,301.87 (-.68%) as Dow component Disney (DIS) closed at $96.61, -1.43% as Disney filed a lawsuit against Florida Governor DeSantis. Nike (NKE) closed at $123.84 off .66%.

The Nasdaq had a good day on the strength of the tech stocks closed at 11,854.35 (+.47%), while Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) fell 1.92% to close at $35.22. Shares of Nvidia (NVDA) rose to $269.56, +2.72%. After the close today, shares of Meta Platforms (META) jumped +11% after their quarterly earnings beat expectations as expenses dropped. Mark Zuckerberg, Meta founder and CEO stated, “We had a good quarter and our community continues to grow. Our AI work is driving good results across our apps and business. We’re also becoming more efficient so we can build better products faster and put ourselves in a stronger position to deliver our long term vision.”

The growth oriented small caps fell for the third day this week as the Russell 2000 closed at 1,730.41 (-.89%) as did the MicroCaps with the Micro-cap ETF (IWC) closing at $100.28, -.77%.

On the lower end of the biotech stocks spectrum, biotech stocks moved lower today as the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) closed off .82% to close at $79.35.  The 52-wk range is $61.78 – $95.18. On the larger side of the biotech market, The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) also moved lower to close at $128.74, -1.35%. The 52-range is $104.29 – $138.74.  Arrowhead Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ: ARWR, $35.52, +5.78%) yesterday announced interim results from an ongoing Phase 1/2 clinical study of ARO-RAGE, the company’s investigational RNA interference (RNAi) therapeutic designed to reduce production of the receptor for advanced glycation end products (RAGE) as a potential treatment for inflammatory pulmonary diseases, such as asthma. These data represent the first clinical demonstration of the potential utility of Arrowhead’s proprietary Targeted RNAi Molecule (TRiMTM) platform optimized for delivery to the lungs.

The iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH) closed at $277.41, -1.41%.  

Around the crypto and precious metals’ tree, Bitcoin (BTC)  traded up.08% at $28,279.60 over the last 24 hours at the time of this writing. Gold prices closed at $1,996/oz., -$10/oz. & silver closed at $25.00/oz., -$.18/oz. on the day. Two mining producers closed the day as follows: Hecla Mining Company (HL) closed at $6.17,-.64% & First Majestic (AG, $7.01, -.57%). Hecla announced it plans to issue a news release reporting its first quarter 2023 operations and financial results before market open on Wednesday, May 10, 2023.

The CBOE Volatility Index (^VIX) closed at $18.84 up .43%. 

The earnings season charges forward on Thursday highlighted by reports from American Airlines (AAL), Bristol-Myers (BMY), Caterpillar (CAT), Comcast (CMCSA), Merck (MRK), Sanofi (SNY), Honeywell (HON), Eli Lilly (LLY), Southwest Air (LUV), Mastercard (MA), & Valero Energy (VLO).


FURTHER AFIELD

Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc. (CMG, $2009.85, +12.91%) today reported financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2023. First quarter highlights, year over year: Total revenue increased 17.2% to $2.4 billion & Comparable restaurant sales increased 10.9%.

Shares of ADT Inc. (ADT), the most trusted brand in smart home and small business security, closed at $6.56, -1.50%. ADT will release its first quarter 2023 financial results before the market opens on Tuesday, May 2, 2023. Following the release, management will host a conference call at 10:00 a.m. ET to discuss the financial results and lead a question-and-answer session. Participants may listen to a live webcast through the investor relations website at investor.adt.com. On March 28, ADT announced the availability of the new ADT Self Setup smart home security system – its most advanced and complete DIY system ever and the first fully integrated DIY offering from ADT and Google (GOOG, $110.90, +.53%). ADT Self Setup integrates Google Nest smart home products with ADT security and life safety technology as well as ADT SMART Monitoring – all with the convenient control of the new ADT+ app.

Shares of Seanergy Maritime Holdings Corp. (SHIP), the only pure-play Capesize ship-owner publicly listed in the US. Seanergy provides marine dry bulk transportation services through a modern fleet of Capesize vessels, closed at $4.82, -1.23%. On April 4, Seaenergy announced that its Annual Report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 has been filed with U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission and can viewed at their websiteOn April 3, Seanergy Maritime announced that its Chairman and CEO, Stamatis Tsantanis, has purchased 100,000 shares at an average price of $5.32, or approximately $532,000 worth of SHIP common stock, in the open market. In addition, the Company’s CFO, Stavros Gyftakis, has purchased 18,510 shares at an average price of $5.40, or approximately $100,000 worth of SHIP common stock, in the open market.


MEMES CENTRAL

Memes stock GameStop Corp. (GME) closed at $18.65, -1.84% as the shorts won the ongoing daily battle. GME released financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended January 28, 2023 last week  soundly beating earnings expectations coming in with Q4 adjusted profit of 16 cents vs. expected loss of 15 cents/share. Net sales were $2.226 billion, compared to $2.254 billion in the prior year’s fourth quarter. Selling, general and administrative (“SG&A”) expenses were $453.4 million, or 20.4% of sales, compared to $538.9 million, or 23.9% of sales, in the prior year’s fourth quarter. Net income was $48.2 million, compared to a net loss of $147.5 million for the prior year’s fourth quarter.

Shares of AMC, the largest movie exhibition company in the United States, the largest in Europe and the largest throughout the world with approximately 950 theaters and 10,500 screens across the globe, closed at $5.19, +.78% and APE closed at $1.39, -2.11%. 


 
VP WATCHLIST UPDATES 

The multi-billion-dollar global fertility market is predicted to reach approximately US$47.9 billion by 2030, yet remains severely underserved with many patients (upwards of 90% by many estimates) unable to access affordable treatment. INVO Bioscience, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVO, $.3779) offers the INVOcell solution which provides an advanced, effective and affordable infertility treatment to help increase access to care. INVO is commercially advancing INVOcell through the opening of INVO Centers, opportunistically now pursuing acquisitions of established fertility (IVF) clinics in the U.S., and continuing to offer the technology to existing fertility practices.

On April 18, Maxim Group’s Analyst Jason McCarthy, Ph.D. issued a BUY rating on INVO Bioscience (INVO), a commercial-stage fertility company focused on expanding the assisted reproductive technology (ART) marketplace by making fertility care accessible and inclusive to people around the world. His report is titled, “4Q Results and Outlook: Fertility Space Remains Active as INVO Expands Strategy with IVF Clinic Acquisition.” His 12-month Price Target is $3. 

On April 17, INVO Bioscience announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and provided a business update. Steve Shum, CEO of INVO stated, “2022 was another important year overall for INVO. Our initial three INVO centers made steady progress throughout their first full year of operation, reaching a combined total revenue of over $1.6 million, setting the stage for our plans to build additional INVO Centers with Tampa targeted to open soon. We further evolved our commercial efforts to build the Company by adding an acquisition strategy that is expected to allow us to synergistically introduce INVOcell into existing IVF clinics and to add profitable revenue sources to our operations. Additionally, we have made significant progress with our 5-day label enhancement efforts with the FDA. The signing of binding agreements to acquire Wisconsin Fertility Institute, an existing, established, profitable conventional IVF center is significant for a number of reasons, but most notably its ability to accelerate our business plan and substantially improve our financial profile. The acquisition approach is highly complementary to our ongoing efforts to build new INVO Centers and increase the distribution of INVOcell across existing IVF clinics. This multi-channel strategy greatly enhances our business and provides a solid foundation and strategy for our future growth.”

On April 5, INVO announced that it congratulates recently acquires Wisconsin Fertility Institute on being named one of America’s Best Fertility Clinics by Newsweek. During the survey period from November to December 2022, Newsweek and Statista invited over 3,000 reproductive endocrinologists, infertility specialists, obstetricians/gynecologists working in and referring patients to fertility clinics, other medical professionals (e.g., registered nurses, laboratory assistants) and fertility clinic administrators/managers working in fertility clinics to participate in the survey. Participants were asked to assess the quality in five categories for each recommended facility and to assign a ranking position to a set of fertility clinics. Only facilities defined as fertility clinics and ART (“Advanced Reproductive Technology”) providers by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) were considered. Click here for a full listing and methodology for inclusion.

On March 27, INVO Bioscience announced the closing of its previously announced registered direct offering of 3,680,000 shares of common stock (or pre-funded warrants in lieu thereof), priced at-the-market under Nasdaq rules. In a concurrent private placement, the Company also issued warrants to purchase up to an aggregate of 5,520,000 shares of common stock. The combined effective offering price for each share of common stock (or pre-funded warrant in lieu thereof) and warrant is $.815. The warrants are immediately exercisable, expire on the eight-year anniversary of the issuance date and have an exercise price of $0.63 per share. Maxim Group LLC is acting as the sole placement agent for the offering.

On Monday, March 20, INVO announced that they have signed binding agreements to acquire Wisconsin Fertility Institute, a materially transformative acquisition. The Madison-based fertility center primarily offers conventional IVF procedures and generated approximately $5.5 million in revenue and net income of approximately $1.9 million for the trailing 12-month period ended September 30, 2022. Wisconsin Fertility Institute is one of the state’s preeminent fertility centers, having helped to welcome over 5,000 babies since opening its doors in 2007 and with approximately 550 conventional IVF procedures completed in 2022. Wisconsin Fertility Institute is led by internationally renowned and well-respected fertility expert, Dr. Elizabeth Pritts, who will continue to serve as the clinic’s lead physician for a minimum period of three years from the closing of the acquisition. Dual-certified in General Obstetrics and Gynecology, as well as Reproductive Endocrinology and Infertility, Dr. Pritts completed a surgical fellowship in Advanced Gynecologic Laparoscopy and Hysteroscopy. She is also a national leader in the use of robotic surgery for gynecologic disorders. Dr. Pritts served as an assistant professor in reproductive endocrinology and infertility at the University of Wisconsin Medical School, as a clinical fellow at the University of California at San Francisco, and as an instructor at Yale University School of Medicine. She has authored more than 70 articles for scientific publications and has lectured throughout the world on reproduction and fertility. Read out latest Progress Report here. 

On Jan. 16, BioSpectrum published an article titled “INVO Bioscience introduces next-gen technologies to fertility market in Taiwan.”

On Jan. 5, INVO Bioscience announced it has entered an exclusive distribution agreement with Ming Mei Technology Co. Ltd (“Ming Mei”) for Taiwan. The agreement will have an initial 1-year term with renewals. Ming Mei is a leading distributor of fertility-based devices and components in Taiwan helping to bring the latest and most advanced medical equipment into the region. Ming Mei estimates it has approximately 90% coverage of reagents and consumables in the reproductive medicine market in Taiwan. With strong customer relationships in the region, and their familiarity with the field of reproductive medicine, Ming Mei is ideally suited to expand distribution of INVOcell in Taiwan. Taiwan is a destination for assisted reproductive technology (ART) throughout Asia and also has the lowest birthrate in the world. Taiwan’s birth rate has dropped as a result of similar trends elsewhere in Asia, such as later marriage and increasing cost of living. Further, the average age of patients requiring therapy is rising. Fortunately, according to the statistics published by “ICMART”, the overall implantation rate of therapy in Taiwan ranked second worldwide, almost equal to the level in the U.S., and a leading country in Asia. The stable high success rate derives from updated medical research and enriched clinical experience from the physicians, advanced laboratory facilities and technology as well as patient-centered customized treatment plans (depending on their age, ovarian functions and causes of infertility, etc.). Prior to the pandemic, in 2019 there were approximately 55,000 ART cases in Taiwan, an increase of approximately 55% compared to 2016. In July 2021, the government in Taiwan implemented a subsidy plan for ART with the goal of encouraging more local married couples to undergo ART treatments. The subsidies are also available to transnational couples in which one spouse holds a Taiwanese ID card.

On Jan. 3, INVO announced it has signed an agreement with Shelly W. Holmström, M.D. FACOG, to serve as the physician operator for the Company’s soon to be opened Tampa, Florida INVO Center.

***INSIDER BUYING ALERT***– On Friday June 3, after the close, a number of Form 4’s were filed at www.sec.gov confirming that the CEO, COO, CFO and 5 members of the board of directors purchased shares at $.95/share on June 1, 2022. Here’s the link to view all of the share purchases. 


Today, shares of InMed Pharmaceuticals Inc. (Nasdaq: INM) closed at $1.20, +4.35%.

  • On March 28, InMed announced it has concluded enrollment of its Phase 2 clinical trial using investigational drug INM-755 cannabinol (“CBN”) cream for the treatment of patients with epidermolysis bullosa (“EB”), a rare genetic skin disease. The Phase 2 study, called INM-755-201-EB, enrolled 19 patients. All four subtypes of inherited EB, including EB Simplex, Dystrophic EB, Junctional EB, and Kindler Syndrome were accepted into the trial. The clinical trial is evaluating the safety of INM-755 cannabinol cream and its preliminary efficacy in treating symptoms of itch, pain, and wound healing in patients with epidermolysis bullosa. The study used a within-patient, double-blind design whereby matched index areas are randomized to INM-755 (cannabinol) cream or vehicle cream as a control. Results from this Phase 2 study of INM-755 CBN cream are expected to be released early calendar Q3 2023. “Enrollment completion of this Phase 2 clinical trial of a cannabinol formulation represents an important milestone for InMed and the scientific community studying rare cannabinoids,” said Eric A. Adams, InMed’s President and CEO. “As a class of compounds, we believe cannabinoids hold tremendous therapeutic potential for their innate interaction with the body, however, to date there have been limited evidence-based studies investigating their effects. Taking a rare cannabinoid formulation through several Ph 1 and Ph 2 clinical trials has been a major undertaking. We look forward to the data read-out in the summer, so we can evaluate our strategic options and next steps.”
  • On Feb. 17, InMed announced financial results for the second quarter of fiscal year 2023 which ended December 31, 2022 and highlighted that they closed calendar year 2022 with strong cash position of $11.5 million, that they are approaching completion of enrollment for Ph 2 clinical trial in EB, & that they are advancing research using rare cannabinoids in treating glaucoma and neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer’s, Huntington’s and Parkinson’s. Read our lastest Progress Report:InMed Began ’23 With Increased Cash Position, BayMedica Revenue Growth, & Milestones On Horizon.



Today, shares of Borqs Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRQS) closed at $.2191 and traded 3.10M shares. The 52-week range is $.1930 – $7.04.  

  • On April 26, Borqs Technologies published its Letter to Shareholders Regarding the Divestment of Solar Subsidiary. Dear Shareholders of Borqs Technologies, Inc.: The purpose of this letter is to help clarify the proposed divestment of our company’s ownership in Holu Hou Energy, LLC (“HHE”) and the implications that this transaction may have to Borqs and our shareholders. Why the divestment? As we have stated in prior press releases, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) has notified our company by a letter dated December 13, 2022, that CFIUS has identified risks to US national security arising as a result of Borqs’s investment in HHE. CFIUS advised us that the national security risks arising as a result of Borqs’s investment transaction with HHE relate to foreign proximity to U.S. military personnel and installations through HHE’s physical access to customers and their facilities, including at off-base military housing. CFIUS therefore required Borqs and HHE to enter into a National Security Agreement with CFIUS, pursuant to which Borqs must divest its interests in HHE. Proactive steps by Borqs. Read the balance here: 
  • On April 20, Borqs announced that its subsidiary, Holu Hou Energy LLC (HHE), a provider of design-to-service solar plus energy storage systems, has signed a contract to install HHE’s HoluPower energy storage and solar photovoltaic (PV) systems on homes at Lendlease’s Island Palm Communities (IPC) in Honolulu, Hawaii. When completed, the project will be worth well into the nine figures in sales for HHE. Lendlease, a leading real estate and investment group that manages almost 8,000 homes for the U.S. Army on Oahu, is the purchaser of the electricity and the installations will come in the form of HHE’s EnergyCluster, where multiple residential units have their systems connected in an energy network or “cluster.” Excess solar generation from any unit’s system in the network that would normally be lost is directly shared in real time with other connected units that have load above solar generation. The benefit is that the optimized PV and energy storage systems can meet 75-80% or more of the overall residents’ energy needs while not exporting power to the utility grid. Lendlease and HHE began initial planning in 2021, which culminated in constructing a “pilot” project in May 2022. Since then, the pilot has been operating with outstanding results across six residential units. In a typical month, approximately a third of the total generated electricity is shared with other units in the “cluster” thereby solving issues related to vacancy and resident load variability, while proving out the superior value created through a clustered approach versus stand-alone systems. The savings realized by Island Palm Communities through deployment of HHE’s systems is being reinvested to enhance the housing and amenities Lendlease offers to military families on the installation. Additionally, residents now have resilient back-up power that can be utilized during grid outage events. These systems also take a load burden off the Oahu electric grid, which improves overall stability. Each residential unit will have approximately 10kW of PV and 25 kWh of energy storage, with six residences typically being connected in an HHE EnergyShare network. Construction is set to begin summer of 2023, with initial installations at the Aliamanu Military Reservation near Honolulu.

  • Shares of BRQS landed in the top ten Reddit Short Squeeze Mentions on Thursday, April 13.
  • On March 23, Borqs announced that the Company has appointed Donald R. Kendall, Jr. as the sole trustee (the “Trustee”) to a divestment trust established to manage the orderly divestment of Borqs’ ownership of Holu Hou Energy, LLC, (“HHE”) as required by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”). Mr. Kendall has an extensive background of over four decades in investment management, including his role as the Chairperson of the Special Committee of the Board of Directors of SolarCity supervising the sale of SolarCity to Tesla, Inc. in 2016 for $2.6 billion. Mr. Kendall currently serves as the Managing Director and CEO of Kenmont Capital Partners, LP, an investment management firm with an emphasis on energy, alternative energy and transportation and General Partner of New Climate Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in innovative early-stage startups with a focus on carbon avoidance and reduction. Mr. Kendall currently serves on the board of Talos Energy Inc. and has served on the boards of SolarCity Corporation, American Midstream Partners, LP, Stream Gas & Electric, Ltd., and Syzygy Plasmonics Inc. “We’re very excited and honored to have Don accepting the appointment to head up the sale of our solar subsidiary. HHE has been growing its share in the Hawaiian solar market significantly since Borqs’ acquisition in October 2021. We believe HHE’s unique EnergyShare solution also has tremendous potential in California and the other parts of the U.S. With Don’s vast experiences in the energy industry, I have no doubt that he will be able to orchestrate a successful divestment for us and find a suitable partner for HHE, while adhering to all applicable CFIUS requirements. We expect to generate a considerable liquidity position for the Company from the sale which will directly contribute to Borqs’ shareholder value, stated Mr. Pat Chan, CEO of Borqs.

  • On March 13, Borqs announced that the Company has entered into the two/three-wheelers automotive space by developing the smart cluster dashboard and has successfully demonstrated the newly developed unit during the 2023 January CES Exhibition. The new smart cluster dashboard is installed on a two-wheeler and connected to the internet via the cellular network. The Company is partnering with Faspro Systems who will assist Borqs in sales and also support deployment in the region. As of October 2022, there are 14.38 million motorcycles and 8.43 million cars registered in Taiwan. That is, about 62 percent of Taiwanese 23.19 million population currently own a scooter. Full Year 2022 sales have been 752,631 units. The electric vehicle segment is growing moderately. he smart cluster dashboard, developed by Borqs’ design team, supports global cellular bands, dual-band Wifi and GPS. The unit enables the connected 2-wheeler to provide mobile telephony, data connectivity, vehicle diagnostics, location services, remote vehicle control, battery management, and sensing capabilities. Through a companion application on a smart phone, a user can locate and control the 2-wheeler, locate near-by charging/gas stations, etc. Connected to a cloud, a whole set of analytics and guidance can be provided to various stake holders. The smart cluster dashboard is modular in architecture and has ample I/Os for any custom design. Borqs having its core strength in development of cellular radios can support OEMs for system integration on the vehicles to get better connectivity

  • On March 8, Borqs announced that the Company has won a contract with a prominent North American company to develop and manufacture an Android 5G rugged waterproof handheld device to be deployed in industries such as agriculture, oil and mining, utilities and safety, etc. The device will feature a long-life 5G chipset that can be used until 2030. The Company has signed multiple contracts with the same customer to develop a suite of enterprise class rugged devices which will be launched initially in the North American and European markets, to be followed by other countries.
  • On March 6, Borqs announced its preliminary revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022 where the Company expects total revenue for the year ended December 31, 2022 to be $53-58 million, increased by over 79% compared to $29.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2021, driven by increased IoT sales globally and revenues from Holu Hou Energy (HHE), Borqs’ solar energy storage system subsidiary. Reportedly, while the revenue from Borqs’ IoT business is expected to be more than 80% of the total revenue, the HHE’s revenue has also increased significantly. The Company has not yet finalized its financial results for the full year ended December 31, 2022. These preliminary financial results reflect the company’s current estimates, based on information available to management as of the date of this release, and are subject to further changes upon completion of the company’s year-end closing and audit procedures.


Holu Hou Energy, LLC, a Delaware Corporation, brings state-of-the-art renewable energy and energy storage systems to the Single-Family Residential, Multi-Dwelling Unit Residential and Commercial building markets. With operations in California, Hawaii, Wisconsin and Shanghai, HHE engineers proprietary storage system and control platform solutions, including a breakthrough “HHE Energy Share” technology that is key to development of the Multi-Dwelling Unit Residential housing market. HHE is a vital partner for investors and asset owners that are seeking ESG solutions. For more information, visit www.holuhou.com.


As Borqs previously announced, the Company is in the process of negotiation with the U.S. government to divest their solar energy storage system subsidiary, Holu Hou Energy (HHE). The agreement with the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (“CFIUS”) is expected to be signed in March. HHE is considered a top ten solar energy storage supplier in Hawaii, and has been increasing its market share. The Company intends to divest this subsidiary based on the terms and timing in the agreement to be reached with CFIUS. In the meantime, the Company has been in active discussions with potential nationally recognized investment bankers that will be involved for the divestiture. Since Borqs’ financial support in HHE starting from October 2021, HHE has signed approximately $60 million in contracts as of the date of this press release and has a growing pipeline approaching half a billion dollars. Borqs believes this voluntary mitigation will enable the tremendous inherent value of HHE to be realized and that the divestment can be a profitable transaction for Borqs’ shareholders. 

  • On Dec.8, Borqs announced its subsidiary, Holu Hou Energy (HHE), has received multiple purchase orders for its HoluPower xP solar energy storage systems for installation at homeowner locations in the Greater San Diego area in California. These orders represent the first for the Company in California. Whereas in Hawaii HHE works to develop and construct Single-Family Residential projects as an “end to end” provider, the Company will target the California homeowner market through already existing channel partners that will sell and construct the projects. For Multi-Dwelling Unit (MDU) Residential properties in the State, the Company will initially target apartment owners, REITs and other MDU stakeholders directly, then partner with existing licensed contractors for system construction. HHE has been focused on the Hawaii market since it began commercial shipments in 2020, in order to become successfully established in the largest market in the United States based upon solar installation penetration. Now it is turning to California, the largest market in terms of size of available opportunity. HHE recently completed the testing and documentation required for the HoluPower xP to be listed as an approved product by the California Energy Commission. The Company expects to be listed by early January 2023, after which permitting and installations can commence. In Hawaii, Holu Hou Energy has quickly become a leader for solar energy storage systems in the Single-Family Residential market, and has essentially created the previously untapped Multi-Dwelling Unit (“MDU”) Residential market for renewable energy by virtue of its “EnergyShare” technology. The same leading product attributes will benefit MDU property owners and homeowners in California. The potential available MDU market in California is believed to be in the billions of dollars. EnergyShare enables networked systems to share excess generation behind their respective utility meters, a game-changer for improving the project economics for the MDU market, including for low-income housing, rental property units and Home Owners Association managed condominiums and town homes. EnergyShare enables more energy to be delivered to load, and fewer batteries to be installed than the standard approach of a unit-by-unit installation.
  • On Nov. 4, Borqs announced its subsidiary, Holu Hou Energy (HHE), has rolled out its next generation HoluPower xP energy storage system. The product is the first system capable of economically addressing the Multi-Dwelling Unit Residential market through EnergyShare, a unique application and advantage, enabling networked systems to share excess generation behind their respective utility meters. This has been a game-changer for improving the project economics for the MDU market, including for low-income housing, rental property units and Home Owners Association managed properties. EnergyShare enables more energy to be delivered to load, and fewer batteries needing to be installed than the standard approach of unit-by-unit installation.

Brad Hansen, CEO of Holu Hou Energy

“Our products and services are improving the lives of customers every day by delivering cheaper, cleaner and more reliable electricity, including to those living in Multi-Dwelling Unit residential housing,” stated Brad Hansen, CEO of Holu Hou Energy. “We look forward to building on our Hawaii leadership position and bringing this same energy independence to markets like California in the near future. The cost of utility electricity in Hawaii has risen by about 60% over the last 18-months, with residential rates being at a historical high of around $0.50/kWh. Reliance on fuel oil for a significant part of Hawaii’s power generation means that these unprecedented rates are not likely to abate soon. HHE brings the most safe and productive solar and energy storage solutions to customers, including to those in income brackets not historically able to have their energy needs met by renewables.”


  • According to a recent research report by BloombergNEF (BNEF), global energy storage installations are projected to reach a cumulative 411 gigawatts (or 1,194 gigawatt-hours) by the end of 2030, 15 times the 27GW/56GWh of storage that was online at the end of 2021. The anticipated accelerated growth of the US market follows the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in August 2022. Besides the United States, many of other largest power markets in the world such as the EU, China and India have all passed legislation that incentivizes energy storage deployments.
 
 
 
Shares of Atossa Therapeutics (ATOS), a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company seeking to develop innovative medicines in areas of significant unmet medical need in oncology with a current focus on breast cancer and lung injury caused by cancer treatments, rose to an intraday high of $.6718 prior to closing at $.6045, -4.79% on 269,294 shares of trading volume. 
 
On March 22, Atossa announced financial results for the fiscal quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2022 and provided an update on recent company developments. Key developments from Q4 2022 and year to date included the Initiation and First Patient Dosed in Phase 2 EVANGELINE Study – EVANGELINE (Endoxifen Versus exemestANe GosEreLIn), is our Phase 2 randomized non-inferiority study of (Z)-endoxifen compared to exemestane plus goserelin as a neoadjuvant treatment for premenopausal women with Grade 1 or 2 ER+ / HER2- breast cancer. Participants receive neoadjuvant treatment for up to six months, followed by surgery. Several FDA-approved neoadjuvant therapies exist for ER- breast cancers, but few exist for ER+ patients, which account for approximately 78% of breast cancers. We expect to enroll approximately 175 patients at up to 25 sites across the United States. READ MORE.

On March 21, Atossa and Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative™ announced that Atossa’s proprietary Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulator (SERM), (Z)-endoxifen, will be evaluated in a new study arm of the ongoing I-SPY 2 clinical trial. The I-SPY 2 TRIAL evaluates neoadjuvant treatments for locally advanced breast cancer and is a collaborative effort among academic investigators from major cancer research centers across the United States, Quantum Leap Healthcare Collaborative, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, and the Foundation for the National Institutes of Health (FNIH) Cancer Biomarkers Consortium. Approximately 20 patients will be treated with (Z)-endoxifen for up to 24 weeks prior to surgery.


 

Shares of Chinook Therapeutics, Inc. (KDNY), a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of precision medicines for kidney diseases, closed at $20.78, -5.55%.

On April 13, Chinook announced the appointment of Robert W. Azelby to its Board of Directors. Mr. Azelby brings more than 20 years of executive leadership and commercial experience in the biopharmaceutical industry to Chinook.“We are thrilled to welcome Bob to Chinook’s board of directors as we advance our pipeline through key milestones in 2023 and beyond,” said Eric Dobmeier, president and chief executive officer of Chinook Therapeutics. “Bob brings significant industry experience in building and growing companies and commercially launching new therapies, including in nephrology. His strategic counsel will be invaluable as we continue to advance treatments for patients with rare, severe chronic kidney diseases.” Mr. Azelby has more than two decades of experience leading biotech companies through key periods of development. Most recently, he served as president and chief executive officer of Eliem Therapeutics, a biotechnology company focused on developing novel therapies for neurology disorders, where he led the company through early growth with a $190 million in financing and a successful IPO. Previously, he served as the president and chief executive officer and a member of the board of directors of Alder BioPharmaceuticals, Inc. where he negotiated the successful sale of the company to Lundbeck. Prior to that, Mr. Azelby served as executive vice president and chief commercial officer of Juno Therapeutics through its acquisition by Celgene, and spent 15 years at Amgen in commercial roles across their nephrology and oncology business units. Mr. Azelby currently serves on the board of Clovis Oncology. He holds an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and a B.A. in Economics and Religious Studies from the University of Virgin

On March 23, Chinook announced presentations at the ISN World Congress of Nephrology 2023 from March 30 – April 2, 2023 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Economic Reports

On Monday, the macroeconomic schedule was quiet. 

On Tuesday, the FHFA Housing Price Index confirmed a .5% rise in February, however the S&P Case-Shiller Home Price Index report showed a .4% drop in February. The New home sales report confirmed a 9.6% rise M/M in March to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 683k units, but on a Y/Y basis new home sales dropped 3.4%. The Conference Board’s Consumer Confidence Index report for April also came in lower at 101.3.

 

Investing & Inspiration

  1. “Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
     
  2. “We must not allow other people’s limited perceptions to define us.” – Virginia Satir
  3. “There is a wisdom of the head, and a wisdom of the heart.” – Charles Dickens
  4. “Perfection is the child of time.” – Joseph Hall
  5. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.” – Robin Williams
  6. “Find something you’re passionate about and keep tremendously interested in it.” – Julia Child
  7. “The glow of one warm thought is to me worth more than money.” – Thomas Jefferson
  8. “Between stimulus and response there is a space. In that space is our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our freedom.” – Viktor E. Frankl
  9. “Progress lies not in enhancing what is, but in advancing toward what will be.” – Khalil Gibran
  10. “Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.” – Booth Tarkington
  11. “The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
  12. “If you’re going through hell, keep going.” – Winston Churchill
  13. “The only sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.” – Alfred Whitney Griswold
  14. “Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.” – Rudyard Kipling
  15. “The more things change, the more they are the same.” – Alphonse Karr
  16. “Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.” – Herodotus
  17. “Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
  18. “The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” – Woodrow Wilson
  19. “Success is the sum of small efforts – repeated day in and day out.” – Robert Collier
  20. “You exist only in what you do.” – Federico Fellini
  21. “Most people have the will to win, few have the will to prepare to win.” – Bobby Knight
  22. “The true art of memory is the art of attention.” – Samuel Johnson
  23. The secret of happiness is something to do.” – John Burroughs
  24. “A will finds a way.” – Orison Swett Marden
  25. “To live is to think.” – Marcus Tullius Cicero
  26. “The sea hath fish for every man.” – William Camden
  27. “What is called genius is the abundance of life and health.” – Henry David Thoreau
  28. “Prosperity tries the fortunate, adversity the great.” – Rose Kennedy
  29. “No one can figure out your worth but you.” – Pearl Bailey
  30. “Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” – Nelson Mandela
  31. “When one paints an ideal, one does not need to limit one’s imagination.” – Ellen Key
  32. “Perfection is attained by slow degrees; it requires the hand of time.” – Voltaire
  33. “Time passes irrevocably.” – Virgil
  34. “The world of reality has its limits; the world of imagination is boundless.” – Jean-Jacques Rousseau
  35. “The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” – Bertrand Russell
  36. “Mastering others is strength. Mastering yourself is true power.” – Lao Tzu
  37. “You begin with the possibilities of the material.” – Robert Rauschenberg
  38. “If you live to be a hundred, I want to live to be a hundred minus one day so I never have to live without you.” – A. A. Milne
  39. “The only way to discover the limits of the possible is to go beyond them into the impossible.” – Arthur C. Clarke
  40. “Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
  41. “Curiosity will conquer fear even more than bravery will.” – James Stephens
  42. “There are years that ask questions and years that answer.” – Zora Neale Hurston
  43. “The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched – they must be felt with the heart.” – Helen Keller
  44. “Every failure is a step to success.” – William Whewell
  45. “If you aren’t fired with enthusiasm, you will be fired with enthusiasm.” – Vince Lombardi
  46. “Either you run the day or the day runs you.” – Jim Rohn
  47. “A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kick boxing.” – Emo Philips
  48. “I attribute my success to this – I never gave or took any excuse.” – Florence Nightingale
  49. “I can’t change the direction of the wind, but I can adjust my sails to always reach my destination.” – Jimmy Dean
  50. “If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” – H. G. Wells
  51. “The world breaks everyone, and afterward, some are strong at the broken places.” – Ernest Hemingway
  52. “The quality, not the longevity, of one’s life is what is important.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
  53. “You can’t expect to hit the jackpot if you don’t put a few nickels in the machine.” – Flip Wilson
  54. “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts. This is the secret of success.” – Swami Sivananda
  55. “If the highest aim of a captain were to preserve his ship, he would keep it in port forever.” – Thomas Aquinas
  56. “The secret of your future is hidden in your daily routine.” – Mike Murdock
  57. “Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance, order, rhythm and harmony.” – Thomas Merton
  58. “Seek the lofty by reading, hearing and seeing great work at some moment every day.” – Thornton Wilder
  59. “Once you bring life into the world, you must protect it. We must protect it by changing the world.” – Elie Wiesel
  60. “Let us permit nature to have her way. She understands her business better than we do.” – Michel de Montaigne
  61. “Great minds have purposes; others have wishes.” – Washington Irving
  62. “The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.” – Madeleine L’Engle
  63. “If you’re alive, there’s a purpose for your life.” – Rick Warren
  64. “Dream in a pragmatic way.” – Aldous Huxley
  65. “The works must be conceived with fire in the soul but executed with clinical coolness.” – Joan Miro
  66. “Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.” – Corrie Ten Boom
  67. “Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
  68. “Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.” – Og Mandino
  69. “I think about my work every minute of the day.” – Jeff Koons
  70. “I restore myself when I’m alone.” –  Marilyn Monroe
  71. “Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best you are capable of becoming.” – John Wooden
  72. “Courage is found in unlikely places.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
  73. “The first wealth is health.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
  74. “Courage is found in unlikely places.” – J. R. R. Tolkien
  75. “Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” – Theodore Roosevelt
  76. “A good beginning makes a good end.” – Louis L’Amour
  77. “What you do today can improve all your tomorrows.” – Ralph Marston
  78. “One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.” – Thomas Fuller
  79. “Joy in looking and comprehending is nature’s most beautiful gift.” – Albert Einstein

“The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams.” – Eleanor Roosevelt

“Never go to bed mad. Stay up and fight.” – Phyllis Diller

“The undertaking of a new action brings new strength.” – Richard L. Evans

“It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.” – Walt Disney

“Real riches are the riches possessed inside.” – B. C. Forbes

“Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.” – Marcus Aurelius

“It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.” – Rene Descartes

“A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.” – John C. Maxwell

“It takes an endless amount of history to make even a little tradition.” – Henry James”It’s not what you pay a man, but what he costs you that counts.” – Will Rogers

“Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it’s about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.” – Elvis Duran

“Everything in the world may be endured except continual prosperity.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Where is all the knowledge we lost with information?” – T. S. Eliot

“All I ask is the chance to prove that money can’t make me happy.” – Spike Milligan

“Out of difficulties grow miracles.” – Jean de la Bruyere

“Nine-tenths of wisdom is being wise in time.” – Theodore Roosevelt

“Time is money.” – Benjamin Franklin

“I can, therefore I am.” – Simone Weil

“Where there is no vision, there is no hope.” – George Washington Carver

“Greatness is a road leading towards the unknown.” – Charles de Gaulle

“Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.” – Blaise Pascal

“The world is round so that friendship may encircle it.” – Pierre Teilhard de Chardin

“Our deeds determine us, as much as we determine our deeds.” – George Eliot

“The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.” – William James

Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.” – Dalai Lama

“If opportunity doesn’t knock, build a door.” – Milton Berle

“I would define, in brief, the poetry of words as the rhythmical creation of Beauty.” – Edgar Allan Poe

“There are people who have money and people who are rich.” – Coco Chanel

“The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

“The past always looks better than it was. It’s only pleasant because it isn’t here.” – Finley Peter Dunne
“With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.” – Frank Lloyd Wright
“To begin, begin.” – William Wordsworth
“You can find peace amidst the storms that threaten you.” – Joseph B. Wirthlin
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke
“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.” – Mark Twain
“Adapt or perish, now as ever, is nature’s inexorable imperative.” – H. G. Wells
“Won’t be long before we view gasoline cars the same way we view steam engines today.” – Elon Musk
“The aim of life is to live, and to live means to be aware, joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware.” – Henry Miller
“It is not in the stars to hold our destiny but in ourselves.” – William Shakespeare“Opportunity is missed by most people because it is dressed in overalls and looks like work.” – Thomas A. Edison“Experience is one thing you can’t get for nothing.” – Oscar Wilde
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” – Arthur C. Clarke
“Good questions outrank easy answers.” – Paul Samuelson
“Thinking: the talking of the soul with itself.” – Plato
“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” – Anne Frank
“All money is a matter of belief.” – Adam Smith
“People are not disturbed by things, but by the view they take of them.” – Epictetus
“Uncertainty is seen to retard investment independently of considerations of risk or expected return.” – Ben Bernanke
“I never called my work an ‘art’. It’s part of show business, the business of building entertainment.” – Walt Disney
“Hitch your wagon to a star.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” – William James
“Success – keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.” – Walter Scott
“If I had to live my life again, I’d make the same mistakes, only sooner.” – Tallulah Bankhead
“When one must, one can.” – Charlotte Whitton
“Wealth consists not in having great possessions, but in having few wants.” – Epictetus
“If we open a quarrel between past and present, we shall find that we have lost the future.” – Winston Churchill
“Hope is patience with the lamp lit.” – Tertullian
“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” – Francis of Assisi
“With the past, I have nothing to do; nor with the future. I live now.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” – Anne Frank
“I never think of the future – it comes soon enough.” – Albert Einstein
Hope is but the dream of those who wake.” – Matthew Prior
“The more sand that has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.” – Jean Paul
“Real knowledge is to know the extent of one’s ignorance.” – Confucius
“Better keep yourself clean and bright; you are the window through which you must see the world.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Nothing great in the world has ever been accomplished without passion.” – Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
“History is a vast early warning system.” – Norman Cousins
“We first make our habits, and then our habits make us.” – John Dryden
“The traveler sees what he sees, the tourist sees what he has come to see.” – Gilbert K. Chesterton
“Adventure is worthwhile.” – Aesop
“We must build dikes of courage to hold back the flood of fear.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.
“The return we reap from generous actions is not always evident.” – Francesco Guicciardini
“Courage is knowing what not to fear.” – Plato
“Science may never come up with a better office communication system than the coffee break.” – Earl Wilson
“Progress was all right. Only it went on too long.” – James Thurber
“If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.” – Hal Borland
“We aim above the mark to hit the mark.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Hope is being able to see that there is light despite all of the darkness.” – Desmond Tutu
“Our chief want is someone who will inspire us to be what we know we could be.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Patience is a virtue, and I’m learning patience. It’s a tough lesson.” – Elon Musk
“Great things are done when men and mountains meet.” – William Blake
“The man who has no imagination has no wings.” – Muhammad Ali
“Formula for success: rise early, work hard, strike oil.” – J. Paul Getty
“Action is the foundational key to all success.” – Pablo Picasso
“Hope is like the sun, which, as we journey toward it, casts the shadow of our burden behind us.” – Samuel Smiles
“The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.” – Carl von Clausewitz
“There are no shortcuts in evolution.” – Louis D. Brandeis
“I am fascinated by what is beautiful, strong, healthy, what is living. I seek harmony.” – Leni Riefenstahl
“If one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours.” – Henry David Thoreau
“Waste no more time arguing about what a good man should be. Be one.” – Marcus Aurelius
“It is during our darkest moments that we must focus to see the light.” – Aristotle Onassis
“Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.” – George S. Patton
“You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant.” – Robert Louis Stevenson
“It is in the character of very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.” – Aeschylus
“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don’t resist them – that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” – Lao Tzu
“The more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate.” – Oprah Winfrey
“Anything simple always interests me.” – David Hockney
“He who angers you conquers you.” – Elizabeth Kenny
“Concision in style, precision in thought, decision in life.” – Victor Hugo
“The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of the child into old age, which means never losing your enthusiasm.” – Aldous Huxley
“View health as an investment, not an expense.” – John Quelch
“The most effective way to do it, is to do it.” – Amelia Earhart
“Man needs his difficulties because they are necessary to enjoy success.” – A. P. J. Abdul Kalam
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could do only a little.” – Edmund Burke
“You must do the things you think you cannot do.”- Eleanor Roosevelt
“Success is dependent on effort.” – Sophocles
“Nobody who ever gave his best regretted it.” – George Halas
“Lots of people want to ride with you in the limo, but what you want is someone who will take the bus with you when the limo breaks down.” ~ Oprah Winfrey
“And when I breathed, my breath was lightning.” – Black Elk
“Moderation is the silken string running through the pearl chain of all virtues.” – Joseph Hall
“You are the sum total of everything you’ve ever seen, heard, eaten, smelled, been told, forgot – it’s all there. Everything influences each of us, and because of that I try to make sure that my experiences are positive.” – Maya Angelou
“If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.” – Clint Eastwood
“We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.” – Ray Bradbury
“If you think in terms of a year, plant a seed; if in terms of ten years, plant trees; if in terms of 100 years, teach the people.” – Confucius
“I’d rather attempt to do something great and fail than to attempt to do nothing and succeed.” – Robert H. Schuller
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” Desmond Tutu
“It takes considerable knowledge just to realize the extent of your own ignorance.” – Thomas Sowell
“Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment.” – Buddha”
Surprise is the greatest gift which life can grant us.” – Boris Pasternak
“Trust in dreams, for in them is hidden the gate to eternity.” – Khalil Gibran
“Always be yourself, express yourself, have faith in yourself, do not go out and look for a successful personality and duplicate it.” – Bruce Lee
“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson
“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning from failure.” – Colin Powell
“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” – Mahatma Gandhi
“Your attitude is like a box of crayons that color your world. Constantly color your picture gray, and your picture will always be bleak. Try adding some bright colors to the picture by including humor, and your picture begins to lighten up.” – Allen Klein
“Definiteness of purpose is the starting point of all achievement.” – W. Clement Stone
“Success usually comes to those who are too busy to be looking for it.” – Henry David Thoreau
“In matters of truth and justice, there is no difference between large and small problems, for issues concerning the treatment of people are all the same.” – Albert Einstein
“Life is too short for long-term grudges.” – Elon Musk
“There cannot be a crisis next week. My schedule is already full.” – Henry Kissinger
“Success consists of getting up just one more time than you fall.” – Oliver Goldsmith
“The Earth is the cradle of humanity, but mankind cannot stay in the cradle forever.” – Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
“Ours is a world of nuclear giants and ethical infants. We know more about war that we know about peace, more about killing that we know about living.” – Omar N. Bradley
“Beauty surrounds us, but usually we need to be walking in a garden to know it.” – Rumi
“But man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Don’t watch the clock; do what it does. Keep going.” – Sam Levenson
“Let there be work, bread, water and salt for all.” – Nelson Mandela
“The social object of skilled investment should be to defeat the dark forces of time and ignorance which envelope our future.” – John Maynard Keynes
“A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.” – Robert Trout
“I know not with what weapons World War III will be fought, but World War IV will be fought with sticks and stones.” – Albert Einstein
“It is the fight alone that pleases us, not the victory.” – Blaise Pascal
“If you can’t describe what you are doing as a process, you don’t know what you’re doing.” – W. Edwards Deming
“Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.” – Napoleon Bonaparte
“Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Without investment there will not be growth, and without growth there will not be employment.” – Muhtar Kent
“You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was.” – Abraham Lincoln
“Victory has a thousand fathers, but defeat is an orphan.” – John F. Kennedy
“Delete the negative; accentuate the positive!” – Donna Karan
“It’s crazy how fast time flies and how things progress.” – Nathan Chen
“The world is a dangerous place to live; not because of the people who are evil, but because of the people who don’t do anything about it.” – Albert Einstein
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
“Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.” – Confucius
“A man must be big enough to admit his mistakes, smart enough to profit from them, and strong enough to correct them.” – John C. Maxwell
“Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.” – Helen Keller
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” – Charles Darwin
“The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” – Michelangelo
“Progress is man’s ability to complicate simplicity.” – Thor Heyerdahl
“I like to encourage people to realize that any action is a good action if it’s proactive and there is positive intent behind it.” – Michael J. Fox
“Nothing is impossible, the word itself says ‘I’m possible’!” – Audrey Hepburn
“But investment in space stimulates society, it stimulates it economically, it stimulates it intellectually, and it gives us all passion.” – Bill Nye
“Bitcoin, in the short or even long term, may turn out be a good investment in the same way that anything that is rare can be considered valuable. Like baseball cards. Or a Picasso.” – Andrew Ross Sorkin
“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.” – Charlie Chaplin
“No matter what you’re going through, there’s a light at the end of the tunnel and it may seem hard to get to it but you can do it and just keep working towards it and you’ll find the positive side of things.” – Demi Lovato
“Infrastructure investment in science is an investment in jobs, in health, in economic growth and environmental solutions.” – Oren Etzioni
“Educating our children and giving them the skills they need to compete in a global economy is a smart investment in our country’s future.” – Sheldon Whitehouse
“Know thy self, know thy enemy. A thousand battles, a thousand victories.” – Sun Tzu
“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.” – Lucius Annaeus Seneca
“Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.” – Franz Liszt
“The sofa is a really important investment for anybody, and I don’t mean financially. You need to find a really great sofa that can transition with you, and you can build from there.” – Jeremiah Brent
“There is no investment you can make which will pay you so well as the effort to scatter sunshine and good cheer through your establishment.” – Orison Swett Marden
“Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.” – Marie Curie
“There is little that can withstand a man who can conquer himself.” – Louis XIV
“In tennis, you strike a ball just after the rebound for the fastest return. It’s the same with investment.” – Masayoshi Son
“A camel makes an elephant feel like a jet plane.” – Jackie Kennedy
“The advance of technology is based on making it fit in so that you don’t really even notice it, so it’s part of everyday life.” – Bill Gates
“Success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure.” – Confucius, Chinese
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” – Edward Everett Hale
“Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it.”– Albert Einstein
“Education is not only a ladder of opportunity, but it is also an investment in our future.” – Ed Markey
“The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.” – Samuel Johnson
“In my view, the biggest investment risk is not the volatility of prices, but whether you will suffer a permanent loss of capital. Not only is the mere drop in stock prices not risk, but it is an opportunity. Where else do you look for cheap stocks?” – Li Lu
“A successful society is characterized by a rising living standard for its population, increasing investment in factories and basic infrastructure, and the generation of additional surplus, which is invested in generating new discoveries in science and technology.” – Robert Trout
“The best preparation for tomorrow is doing your best today.” – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.
“Friendship marks a life even more deeply than love. Love risks degenerating into obsession, friendship is never anything but sharing.” – Elie Wiesel
“Investing in women’s lives is an investment in sustainable development, in human rights, in future generations – and consequently in our own long-term national interests.” – Liya Kebede
“Success isn’t measured by money or power or social rank. Success is measured by your discipline and inner peace.” – Mike Ditka
“No matter how many goals you have achieved, you must set your sights on a higher one.” – Jessica Savitch
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.”– Arthur Ashe
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain
“The amount of work and the amount of both physical and emotional investment it takes to get to the top.” – Drew Bledsoe

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