Autonomy🪬: 2m Anti-Aging Routine or Mango Juul Pods?

🌞Buenos Dias🌞

Someone forgot to flip a switch at the NY Stock Exchange, US GDP comes out today for end of 2022, and Mango Juul pods are an illicit delicacy for some. 

Trends🕺

Pod: Juul, the e-cig company known for popularizing fruit-flavored vapes that look like USBs, is reported to be in talks with three tobacco behemoths. It could be exploring a sale or other deal. (RH)___

Global clean energy investment has matched fossil fuel spending for the first time. The $1.1 trillion spent on the energy transition in 2022 roughly matched the money gone to oil, gas, and coal production, according to Bloomberg’s research arm. (BBG)___

Tech Millionaire Bryan Johnson is pending 2M per year to be 18 again. The software entrepreneur has a team of 30 physicians pushing his body to the limits of what is possible to achieve “18 everywhere” de-aging his body from 40s to 18. (BBG)___

Markets 💹

Tesla: The automaker said Wednesday that demand has been strong following a big price cut on its cars. That helped push shares up more than 7% premarket. Tesla also reported nearly $3.7 billion in profit in the fourth quarter, shy of the $3.8 billion Wall Street expected. (WSJ)___

Chevron: The energy giant’s stock was up 2.7% in premarket trading, following the announcement of a $75 billion stock buyback program. (WSJ)

Autonomous Note🪬: Chevron has been at the center of US-Venezuelan relations and the ability to do business in the region again is boosting Chevron’s output and future outlook. It’s frustrating to see business coldly driving normalization of relations but it is progress.___

Macro 🌐

China is on its way to becoming the worlds #2 exporter of vehicles passing the US and S.Korea. 

Autonomous Note🪬: This sector growth will likely increase political and commercial tension between China and the other major exporters (particularly Japan who is #1 here and has suffered the brunt of Chinese policy maneuvers in the S. China Sea). China is also the #1 importer of energy and raw materials. ___

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