Yellen’s Systematic Intervention Speech Pushes Banks, Stocks Higher on Tuesday Rise – $ADT $AMZN $ARKK $FRC $INVO $JPM $KRE $TSLA Rise!

Happy Second Day of The Week!

I hope you had a wonderful day and that the stock market treated you well. 

As for the broad markets, Tuesday’s session was an overall positive one as Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen offered her systemic intervention comments at the American Bankers Association conference in Washington, D.C. that proved to be pleasing to investors. In short, she stated that authorities are ready to extend unlimited deposit insurance to other banks if need be to avoid a ‘contagion.’ Yellen also stated, “The situation is stabilizing. And the US banking system remains sound.” The markets effectively took off after that led by the beleaguered regional bank stocks, broadly represented by the SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) that jumped 5.8%. San Francisco-based First Republic Bank (FRC), which had been crushed lately, closed at $15.77, +29.5% after hitting $19.44 during intraday trading Reports we’re flying around that FRC is possibly up for sale and that Jamie Dimon CEO of JPMorgan Chase (JPM, $130.55, +2.68%) is advising them to some degree. I wonder if Chase will end up tucking them in?

The Fed’s FOMC meeting will end tomorrow, Wednesday, March 22 and they will deliver their next interest rate decision. The vast majority of investors currently believe that the Fed will raise rates by 25bps. The yield curve rose again today with the 2-yr yield moving up 26 bps to 4.18% & the 10-yr yield rose 13bps to 3.61%. 

The macroeconomic schedule offered the Existing home sales report that confirmed a 14.5% M/M jump in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.58M, while total sales in February were off a whopping 22.6% Y/Y.

All major indices moved higher again today with the S&P 500 closing at 4,002.87 (+1.30%).  The energy sector led all with a 3.5% gain as oil prices moved up 2.75% to close at $69.50/bbl followed by the consumer discretionary sector that rose 2.7% & the financials sector that moved up 2.5%. Providing particular strength, the heavily-weighted technology giant Apple (AAPL) moved up by 1.19% closing at $159.38, EV-maker Tesla (TSLA) closed the day jumping 7.82% to close at $197.58 & Amazon (AMZM) moved up 3% to close at $100.61. Amazon confirmed this week that they they are laying off another 9k of its employees, bringing their overall layoff count to 27k or ~8% of Amazon’s entire corporate workforce just in the last few months.

The Dow 30 closed at 32,560.60 (+.98%) as Dow component Disney (DIS) closed at $96.54, +2.46%. Nike (NKE) also moved higher to close the day at $125.61, +3.64% and then proceeded to release its third quarter ended February 28, 2023 aft era close today. Third quarter reported revenues were $12.4 billion, up 14 percent compared to the prior year and up 19 percent on a currency-neutral basis. NIKE Direct sales were $5.3 billion, up 17 percent on a reported basis and up 22 percent on a currency-neutral basis. NIKE Brand Digital sales increased 20 percent on a reported basis, or 24 percent on a currency-neutral basis. 

The Nasdaq moved up today and closed at 11,860.11 (+1.58%), while Cathie Wood’s ARK Innovation ETF (ARKK) surged 5.5% to close at $40.34.  

The growth oriented small caps exhibited particular strength again today as the Russell 2000 closed at 1,777.74 (+1.88%), while the MicroCaps had a great day as the Micro-cap ETF (IWC) closed at $104.49, +2.10%.

Volatility lovers took a hit today as the Volatility Index (VIX) ended 11.47% lower to close at $21.38 & traded within the range of $21.29 – $24.16. 

Biotech stocks, on the lower end of the spectrum, moved lower today as the SPDR S&P Biotech ETF (XBI) closed down .99% to close at $76.02. The 52-wk range is $61.78 – $97.19. On the larger side of the biotech market The iShares Biotechnology ETF (IBB) moved higher to close at $126, +.12%. The 52-range is $104.29 – $138.74. 

The iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF (IYH) closed at $270.00, +.70%.  

Around the crypto and precious metals’ tree, Bitcoin (BTC) traded up .22% at $28,058.86 over the last 24 hours at the time of this writing. Gold prices closed at $1,946/oz., -$36/oz. & silver closed at $22.46/oz., -.11/oz. on the day. Two mining producers closed the day as follows: Hecla Mining Company (HL) closed at $5.62, -3.44% & First Majestic (AG, $5.76, -22.58%) announced today it is taking action to reduce overall costs by reducing investments, temporarily suspending all mining activities and reducing its workforce at Jerritt Canyon effective immediately. Over the past 22 months since the acquisition of the Jerritt Canyon Gold Mine in Nevada, the Company has been focused on increasing underground mining rates in order to sustainably feed the processing plant at a minimum of 3,000 tpd in order to generate free cash flow as our plans suggested. Despite these efforts, mining rates have remained below this threshold and cash costs per ounce have remained higher than anticipated primarily due to ongoing challenges such as contractor inefficiencies and high costs, inflationary cost pressures, lower than expected head grades and multiple extreme weather events affecting northern Nevada, which have compounded conditions and caused material headwinds for the operation. “The decision to temporarily suspend mining activities at Jerritt Canyon, which represented approximately 21% of the Company’s 2022 revenue, was driven by our goal to produce profitable ounces across the Company,” stated Keith Neumeyer, President and CEO.

 

 

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 $.6878 prior to closing at $.6674, +1.89% on 301,243 shares of trading volume. 

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.

Today, shares of Borqs Technologies, Inc. (Nasdaq: BRQS) closed $.2360 and traded 425,139 share. The 52-week range is $.1930 – $7.36.  

• 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.

Economic Reports

On Tuesday, the Existing home sales report confirmed a 14.5% M/M jump in February to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 4.58M, while total sales in February were off a whopping 22.6% Y/Y.

Investing & Inspiration

“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