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"Youth E-Cigarette Use Drops to Lowest in Decade; Youth Use of Nicotine Pouches Remains Low" (FDA)
Past-30-day e-cig use is 5.9% (PY: 7.7%)
Past-30-day nicotine pouch use is 1.8% (PY: 1.5%)
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"Youth E-Cigarette Use Drops to Lowest in Decade; Youth Use of Nicotine Pouches Remains Low" (FDA)
Past-30-day e-cig use is 5.9% (PY: 7.7%)
Past-30-day nicotine pouch use is 1.8% (PY: 1.5%)
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Half a million fewer U.S. youth reported current use of e-cigarettes in 2024 compared to 2023, according to new data from the National Youth Tobacco Survey (NYTS) released today: https://t.co/xb5BKdD6JQ https://t.co/yox02Ygkxs tweet
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Alibaba $BABA to launch 1st co-branded business credit card in the US with Mastercard $MA & Cardless
"3% cashback on purchases" on Alibaba website
"Will be available for application later this year" https://t.co/UI47UdVbVQ
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Alibaba $BABA to launch 1st co-branded business credit card in the US with Mastercard $MA & Cardless
"3% cashback on purchases" on Alibaba website
"Will be available for application later this year" https://t.co/UI47UdVbVQ
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Google AI ROI Survey
Early adopters of generative AI systems are already seeing return on investment for the applications they’ve added, Google Cloud found in a survey that was exclusively shared with Forbes. Google talked to 2,508 C-suite executives across the globe and found a variety of positive outcomes, with 74% already seeing some kind of ROI. Nearly half that implemented generative AI for productivity (45%) said it’s doubled. More than three-quarters (77%) said they have improved leads and customer acquisition as a result of generative AI. As far as revenue goes, 86% said they’ve received a boost of 6% or more.
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Google AI ROI Survey
Early adopters of generative AI systems are already seeing return on investment for the applications they’ve added, Google Cloud found in a survey that was exclusively shared with Forbes. Google talked to 2,508 C-suite executives across the globe and found a variety of positive outcomes, with 74% already seeing some kind of ROI. Nearly half that implemented generative AI for productivity (45%) said it’s doubled. More than three-quarters (77%) said they have improved leads and customer acquisition as a result of generative AI. As far as revenue goes, 86% said they’ve received a boost of 6% or more.
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Google exec comments:
I still think that [74]% seeing ROI feels about right. Two things are going to happen. One is those that are using it already are going to be ahead, and it’s going to be a huge snowball with more use cases. Then you’re going to have a whole new bunch of cohorts jumping on. The question for the new ones is: Are the platforms better, where they can see a better ROI quicker, or are they going to follow the same trajectory as the ones that came in 12 months prior? My sense is it’s going to be somewhere in the middle, but it’s a massive amount more volume. Those that were using it are going to see exponential value, which becomes leapfrogging the new ones coming in.
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Google exec comments:
I still think that [74]% seeing ROI feels about right. Two things are going to happen. One is those that are using it already are going to be ahead, and it’s going to be a huge snowball with more use cases. Then you’re going to have a whole new bunch of cohorts jumping on. The question for the new ones is: Are the platforms better, where they can see a better ROI quicker, or are they going to follow the same trajectory as the ones that came in 12 months prior? My sense is it’s going to be somewhere in the middle, but it’s a massive amount more volume. Those that were using it are going to see exponential value, which becomes leapfrogging the new ones coming in.
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Google exec comments:
The technology is so incredibly powerful. It’s not like it’s infrastructure, like when the internet was born and a lot of that buildout was happening. It was like, ‘This is going to be game changing,’ but it took a while before [anyone could] take advantage of it. This is incredibly obvious and valuable to the user very quickly. It’s such a huge leapfrog in capability of platforms to be this intelligent. Just the raw capability is leading to a different sort of adoption curve.
I think having a company culture that is espousing experimentation, that is asking for the workers to provide use cases where they think it can be valuable, that is doing hackathons, that’s number two.
There’s a lot of organizations, because of cloud computing being pretty pervasive, ones that we’ve been working with have been doing a lot of work around data: data transformations, rationalizing their data estate, and cleaning up data environments within their companies. That’s been a big initiative for many companies over the last three to five years. Having a lot of that data in a better position is also accelerating the adoption of generative AI. Where we see clients that have done big data transformations, we’ve seen incredible value accelerate out of generative AI because their data estate is also in order.
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Google exec comments:
The technology is so incredibly powerful. It’s not like it’s infrastructure, like when the internet was born and a lot of that buildout was happening. It was like, ‘This is going to be game changing,’ but it took a while before [anyone could] take advantage of it. This is incredibly obvious and valuable to the user very quickly. It’s such a huge leapfrog in capability of platforms to be this intelligent. Just the raw capability is leading to a different sort of adoption curve.
I think having a company culture that is espousing experimentation, that is asking for the workers to provide use cases where they think it can be valuable, that is doing hackathons, that’s number two.
There’s a lot of organizations, because of cloud computing being pretty pervasive, ones that we’ve been working with have been doing a lot of work around data: data transformations, rationalizing their data estate, and cleaning up data environments within their companies. That’s been a big initiative for many companies over the last three to five years. Having a lot of that data in a better position is also accelerating the adoption of generative AI. Where we see clients that have done big data transformations, we’ve seen incredible value accelerate out of generative AI because their data estate is also in order.
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Ariel Investments on Affiliated Managers Group $AMG US
Thesis: AMG’s unique business model, which balances independence with scale advantages, makes it an attractive opportunity in the boutique asset management space
(Extract from their Q2 letter) https://t.co/TYnursr9ww
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Ariel Investments on Affiliated Managers Group $AMG US
Thesis: AMG’s unique business model, which balances independence with scale advantages, makes it an attractive opportunity in the boutique asset management space
(Extract from their Q2 letter) https://t.co/TYnursr9ww
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RT @HiddenValueGems: Quote of the day #80
#investing #StockMarket https://t.co/9J1JvjNG0p
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RT @HiddenValueGems: Quote of the day #80
#investing #StockMarket https://t.co/9J1JvjNG0p
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AI drugs? Eli Lilly just made a huge bet
Here's their deck: https://t.co/cynnhjwDij
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AI drugs? Eli Lilly just made a huge bet
Here's their deck: https://t.co/cynnhjwDij
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Dimitry Nakhla | Babylon Capital®
“I've found that when the market's going down and you buy stocks wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy'.”
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“I've found that when the market's going down and you buy stocks wisely, at some point in the future you will be happy. You won't get there by reading 'Now is the time to buy'.”
— Peter Lynch 🗣️
#stocks #investing
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Quality Stocks
It is important to distinguish between CHEAPER and CHEAP
For example, Salesforce $CRM and Visa $V may be considered cheaper right now, but they are not necessarily cheap
When PayPal ($PYPL) dropped below $100, it became cheaper, but only around $55 could it be considered truly cheap
Of course, a company can have a PE of 30x and still be considered cheap, while another with a PE of 15x might be expensive. This single metric alone isn't enough to assess a stock's true value
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It is important to distinguish between CHEAPER and CHEAP
For example, Salesforce $CRM and Visa $V may be considered cheaper right now, but they are not necessarily cheap
When PayPal ($PYPL) dropped below $100, it became cheaper, but only around $55 could it be considered truly cheap
Of course, a company can have a PE of 30x and still be considered cheap, while another with a PE of 15x might be expensive. This single metric alone isn't enough to assess a stock's true value
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