The latest covid-19 worry is named Mu, a Greek letter representing the newest variant. The BA airline has developed a whole racket for making passengers get tested for the Greek letters despite their vaccination status, mainly because not many people were flying yesterday. Apart from us most of them we Chassidic Rabbis and their families returning to the US I think from Israel. They were all together in the back of the plane which we were in the mid-section where there were few passengers. We had to pay pounds 35 each for the mu test which was as simple as the one we got for free on our out flight: you poke a cotton stick up your nose and then put it in a test fluid which turns green if there is no evil Greek variant and red if one is found.
For what it is worth our home and my office are both in good shape. And our stocks are doing well too.
Today London and New York fell on the huge drop in new employment levels in August, with 235,000 jobs filled while the forecast was for 720,000 hires, a disappointingly sharp fall. The Down Jones suffered while gold and mines did better.
Our Kirkland Lake Gold KL mine stock rose 3.13%.
Mexichem MXCHF, which now makes drip feed systems and other agricultural lines, was top gainer, up 17.94%. It only trades occasionally.
Japan was buoyant, not just Eisai ESALY which is doing better than its US partner in Alzheimer treatment but also Japan funds like GSJY and JOF, up 2.88% and 1.73% resp., but also Takeda TAK and our SMFG financial firm. The main reason is a reaction to further crackdown against Chinese tech firms by Xi Jin Ping and his gang of 4000.
Ericsson ERIC today announced that it plans to stick to the production of 5G for China. Neutrality comes with the territory in Sweden. Emerging market fund FCO (Aberdeen Global Income Fund) also rose sharply along with new holding Deere bought 9 days ago in London.
Computer Modelling CMDXF of Canada rose despite its target price being lowered by the Bay Street boys.
BCE and Scotia bank BNS are upwardly mobile.
Dr. Reddy's RDY in India gained 7.16%, the best percentage gain, an Abhimanyu pick. UUUU gained 0.99%.
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