Happy Friday, and you guessed it. It is blogging time.
Today, I’m going to share what’s going on in the news this week and more…. I love to be in the know. In sports, news, weather, and current events. Here are a few tidbits of my findings.
Apple now has 1B paying cloud and streaming subscribers
Apple announced that it now has 1 billion paying subscribers to its services and that revenue from these sales has reached an all-time high.
In its third-quarter financial results, reported after the stock market closed on Aug. 3, Apple reported $21 billion in net sales for its services category out of $81 billion in total net sales, meaning that these subscriptions now account for a quarter of the Cupertino, California-based technology company’s total sales-P.S. I’m a proud owner of Apple shares.
In Sports…..
There is exactly one millimeter of space between the ball and the goal line, and that one millimeter is what knocked the U.S. women’s national team out of the World Cup early Sunday morning. The penalty-kick ball crossed the goal line by just one millimeter. The thickness of a fingernail. The width of a pencil tip. That’s how narrow the line is between hope and desolation.
China, Russia send warships near Alaska; US responds with Navy destroyers.
Tuesday, August 8th was International Cat Day.
There’re over 500 million pet cats around the world.
🐾 Cats have 230-250 bones in their bodies,
while humans have around 206.
🐾 One of the largest domestic cat
breeds is a Maine Coon.
🐾 Cats are champion sleepers, spending
about 13 to 16 hours a day snoozing.
🐾 A cat’s sense of smell is 14 times
stronger than a human’s – Courtesy of #SurveysOnTheGo
Self-Care tips to boost your mood
With such a variety of options, summertime may be one of the best times to practice self-care and boost your mood.
From getting your summer self-care essentials like sunscreen to relaxing outdoors by meditating or reading, there are many options when it comes to self-care in the summer – Courtesy of #Evidation.
New Jersey is now the only state in America where it’s illegal for drivers to pump their own gas cnn.it/3s0B95T
The coming year marks a major demographic and retirement planning milestone for America. It’s Peak 65 — when more Americans will reach the traditional retirement age of 65 in the same year than at any time in history.
The graying of the baby boomer generation will have a huge impact on retirement planning, health care, Social Security, taxes and investing in 2024 and beyond. And that’s not just for Americans 65 and over, but for younger Americans saving for retirement as well.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau’s population projections, about 12,000 people will turn 65 every day in the next year. That’s about 4.4 million in 2024. And by 2030, all boomers — those born from 1946 through 1964 — will be 65 or older. This means one in every five Americans will have reached the traditional retirement age.
Retirement for boomers is different than it was for their parents in the so-called Silent Generation. Life expectancy has improved, and today’s 65-year-old can expect to live at least another 20 years. About 80% of households with older adults — or 47 million such households — are struggling today with money. And they risk falling into economic insecurity as they age, the National Council on Aging says– Courtesy of Investor’s Business Daily.
Gold prices are on track to rally to all-time highs in 2024 on the back of tapering interest rates, and looming recessionary fears that elevate its role as a safe haven asset.
Spot gold prices hit a record intraday high of $2,072.5 on Aug. 7, 2020, according to data from Refinitiv. Analysts who spoke to CNBC say they could surpass that level and push beyond the record.
“I do see gold move above $2,100 in late 2023, early 2024 as a trading level,” said TD Securities’ managing director and global head of commodity strategy, Bart Melek, attributing his optimism to a potential pause in the U.S. Federal Reserve tightening cycle.
“I am positive on gold as I believe that the Fed will tilt policy away from its current restrictive mode. This I believe will happen before the 2% inflation target is reached,” Melek told CNBC in an email- Courtesy of CNBC.com– I’m an investor in Gold Funds.
These are all my findings so far this week. Thanks for reading.
See you next post.
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