MARKET FACTS
MARKET FACTS
Welcome. This is a resource page with all market facts those in business nowadays should read to understand key statistics that do impact your business & marketing. Many cards here were the result of putting together related statistics with one central stat, resulting in a card that matters a lot for businesspeople and marketing experts. Naturally, this resource page will be constantly updated and/or corrected to prevent any misleading information and to maintain a good, reliable list of top market facts that may help you in your business or marketing strategy, or in understanding why your marketing is not working anymore.
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- MARKET FACT #662:
is approximately how much China produces toys for The USA. Around 80% of midsize companies and 64% of small companies are cancelling orders because of Tariffs. - MARKET FACT #661:
facilities across 22 countries is what Amazon has in its Monopoly. This includes 386 warehouse and distribution centers in The USA. - MARKET FACT #660:
flights across 5 DAYS were cancelled because of the recent Crowdstrike outage. The incident cost Delta Airlines $500 MILLION. - MARKET FACT #659:
of SENIOR executives are expecting smaller workforces in the next 5 years due to A.I. implementation. - MARKET FACT #658:
of Meta’s millions of DAILY content removals were mistakes. The company is removing a lot of legitimate content. - MARKET FACT #657:
of the organic food consumed in The USA is imported from countries like China and Turkey (!). - MARKET FACT #656:
million subscribers is Netflix’s customer base. The platform is now testing VERTICAL videos to compete with Youtube Shorts and Tik Tok. It’s war. - MARKET FACT #655:
of Japan’s workforce is employed by the Automobile Industry. Additionally, japanese merchandise exports to The USA is big in this category. - MARKET FACT #654:
weeks is what The Port of Los Angeles (USA) has of full retail inventories if current Trade War trends continue. - MARKET FACT #653:
faster than password-based logins are passkey logins. This new security trend might be the future of online authentication methods. - MARKET FACT #652:
million is the fine that Tik Tok recently received from the EU privacy regulators for illegally transfering European users’ personal data to China. - MARKET FACT #651:
increase in military defense funding will be the new number of White House’s spending on that area, reaching $1 TRILLION and boosting homeland security by nearly 65%. - MARKET FACT #650:
of IPhones are currently produced in China. Now, Apple is increasing production in India for about 15% of its device and importing them on planes to get them faster. - MARKET FACT #649:
THOUSAND dollars per location is how much Walmart is spending in an initiative to modernize more than 1,400 stores nationwide. - MARKET FACT #648:
billion users is the number of Google Chrome’s user base. Talks of potential buyers of the browser include OpenAI, Perplexity and Yahoo. What’s next? - MARKET FACT #647:
million people is the number of China’s internet users. And nearly 50% of them participate in Live Streaming. A Nation 2.0. - MARKET FACT #646:
of arable land in China feeds 1/5 of the world’s population (done by China). Nowadays, more farmers are expected to leave and move to the cities. - MARKET FACT #645:
places to eat is what Shangai, China has in its city. More than London, Paris and New York combined. The city has become the nation’s food capital. - MARKET FACT #644:
of the whole GLOBAL energy consumption is done by Cities, despite covering only 3% of The Planet Earth’s surface. - MARKET FACT #643:
main plastic types are worth recycling: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) and High Density Polyethylene. The rest is not feasible to recycle. - MARKET FACT #642:
of the TRASH of The USA is recycled. America is one of the biggest waste producers because of it. Waste management is divided in around 9000 different locations. - MARKET FACT #641:
of unpaid work is currently done by women (globally). In the Middle East and North Africa, 25% of women are economically active. - MARKET FACT #640:
is the level of urbanization in The USA. In China, they are still at 50%. Megacities are being built in China which puts both countries in a powerful dispute for tourism and economic growth. - MARKET FACT #639:
people is the amount of urban population growing EACH YEAR nowadays. That means more people needing food, water and homes. - MARKET FACT #638:
truck drivers currently exist in The USA. Robotics will displace and extinguish many of those in the coming wave of self-driverless trucks. - MARKET FACT #637:
deliveries PER DAY is what Fedex accomplishes in their daily routine. The company is almost unmatched. - MARKET FACT #636:
people in The USA don’t have access to drinkable tap water. Some Americans pay $73 for 14000 gallons of water. Farmers get 1 MILLION gallons of water for the same price. - MARKET FACT #635:
people in India have no access to clean water at all. A bucket from water trucks costs about 1¢. Bottled water costs 30x that. - MARKET FACT #634:
of global WATER pollution comes from the Textile Industry. Clothing- making is turning water sources into polluted water today. - MARKET FACT #633:
is how much water consumption has increased as of 2020, reaching 4.000 km³. There’s more people on The Planet now and less water for everyone. - MARKET FACT #632:
is how much Indians pay for 20,000 liters of drinking WATER, which is enough for 2-to-3 months. That’s expensive water for them. - MARKET FACT #631:
of milk requires 1000 liters of WATER to produce. And 1kg of cheese requires 5000 liters to produce. Agriculture’s costs. - MARKET FACT #630:
of strawberries need around 300 liters of WATER to grow. One kilo of potatoes need 120 Liters. - MARKET FACT #629:
to 2,5k gallons of water PER MINUTE is what it takes to make chips nowadays. There’s a lot of waste in the use of water for chip manufacturing today. - MARKET FACT #628:
jobs in The USA came from chip manufacturers. More than $570 BILLION worth of semiconductors were sold globally in 2022. - MARKET FACT #627:
of the world’s chips are made in Asia. Hence why China and The USA are going back and forth in imposing export controls. - MARKET FACT #626:
CPUs are inside the smartphone you use today. The phone uses these CPUs to recognize your fingerprint, manage the camera and run all applications. - MARKET FACT #625:
of The World’s total memory production DRAM is coming from The United States of America. And all of that comes from Micron. - MARKET FACT #624:
homes worth of ENERGY is what the new Micron’s factories will use. The cost of renewable energy for these fabs are 25% the cost of equivalent energy in Asia. - MARKET FACT #623:
of Micron’s business revenue comes from China’s markets, and about 50% of that revenue is at risk due to a ban by the Chinese government citing national security risks. Hardcore game. - MARKET FACT #622:
BILLION is how much Micron, the memory chip production company made in 2023. They employ 43,000 global employees and they have 54,000 patents. - MARKET FACT #621:
malls PER YEAR is what CHINA is building today. Around 50% of all malls being opened in The World are in China. - MARKET FACT #620:
was the year that CHINA was already a superpower, producing 90% of the world’s computers, 80% of the world’s air conditioners and 70% of the world’s cellphones. - MARKET FACT #619:
biggest Fashion Industry in The World is CHINA. Additionally, clothes are the #1 product that Chinese people purchase online. - MARKET FACT #618:
MONTHS is what took WeChat to reach 100 million users. Facebook took 54 months. And Twitter took 49 months. The super-app is growing really fast. - MARKET FACT #617:
users is what WeChat, a major super-app in China receives every single day. Around 1/5 of Chinese companies have their own WeChat account. - MARKET FACT #616:
of Chinese users access The Internet using their mobile phones. This shows that notebooks / laptops / desktops are only 20% of internet access in China. - MARKET FACT #615:
major things were invented by the Chinese: Paper, The Compass, Printing, Gun Powder and The Mechanical Clock. - MARKET FACT #614:
cities are being connected in China through their high-speed rail network. The largest, fastest and more complex in The World. - MARKET FACT #613:
of China’s farmlands are polluted. Additionally, 3/5 of its ground WATER is also polluted. - MARKET FACT #612:
cities were built in China since the year of 1978 (!). The country in 1980 was 20% urbanized. By 2030, that number will go to 70% reaching around 1 BILLION people. - MARKET FACT #611:
of the World’s population don’t have access to banking. If you have, then you are “special” in Modern Society in some way. - MARKET FACT #610:
BILLION dollars is what Canadian banks have on their reserve. But they lend $1.5 TRILLION to the people of Canada. Fake money. - MARKET FACT #609:
solar panels producers exist in China today, serving its Market. For a while, YingLi Solar was the #1 solar manufacturer in The World. - MARKET FACT #608:
TRILLION is the amount of R&D spending in The World. China accounts for $400 billion of that international amount (per year). - MARKET FACT #607:
hospitals now work and collaborate with Linkdoc, a Chinese company that helps doctors diagnose several diseases and also track patients with chronic diseases. - MARKET FACT #606:
of China’s Economy nowadays is PRODUCTS, not services. This means that they sell more goods than their services around the world. - MARKET FACT #605:
smartphones are around in China nowadays. This shows that the “new TV” is dominating Chinese people’s pockets and almost everyone in the country is now reachable by video, audio or text. - MARKET FACT #604:
countries is where Tiandy, a chinese video surveillance company is present despite CHINA. - MARKET FACT #603:
users is what Baidu serves in China. The company is the biggest search engine in the country. The business is even broader than Google itself. - MARKET FACT #602:
people in Delhi, India are homeless people. The city has also high numbers of homeless people like San Francisco, USA. - MARKET FACT #601:
out of the 10 most polluted cities in The World are in India. The other two are from Pakistan and Bangladesh. - MARKET FACT #600:
of Chinese exported products are machineries, equipment and IT products. Lenovo for instance, is a Chinese IT product. - MARKET FACT #599:
is the recent record high of China’s exports to Thailand, whereas exports from Thailand to China decreased 5%. - MARKET FACT #598:
of China’s GDP are being invested in the country. That number is considered high because when compared to global standards, most countries tend to invest around 25% of their GDP. - MARKET FACT #597:
is how many people are Gig workers in China nowadays. The country has a lot of people in this kind of informal workforce. - MARKET FACT #596:
of the top 23 Chinese companies across the industries of real estate, internet, automotive and finances, laid off employees in 2023. - MARKET FACT #595:
thousand in annual income in China are obligated to pay taxes. Personal income taxes revenue fell by 16% in the first 2 months of last year (2024). - MARKET FACT #594:
was the expansion of China’s GDP in pre-pandemic levels. But in 2024, that number went down to 5%. Although the Chinese government expects a 5% expansion for 2025, indicators show otherwise. - MARKET FACT #593:
of China’s household wealth is invested in real estate. And it’s common for chinese middle-class to own more than one property. - MARKET FACT #592:
TRILLION is how much saving deposits reached in China after the “pandemic” in 2022. Rather than spending their money, the chinese are choosing to SAVE money now. - MARKET FACT #591:
low is the reality of China regarding a 20% drop in sales of the luxury goods market (2024). China’s largest drop in 14 years. - MARKET FACT #590:
people in China is part of the middle-class today, more than the whole population of The USA. It’s the world’s largest middle-class. - MARKET FACT #589:
of Americans were unemployed in The Great Depression of 1930. This level of unemployment is getting closer nowadays. - MARKET FACT #588:
of ALL seeds sold in The World belong to only 4 multinationals: Bayer Monsanto, Dow Du Pont, Limagrain and Syngenta. - MARKET FACT #587:
farms have a contract with Syngenta in Kartanaka, INDIA, to provide food and seeds for the multinational company. - MARKET FACT #586:
people work day and night to extract Tantalum (a rare component used in smartphones) from mines in Africa. Without good conditions. - MARKET FACT #585:
parts is what your smartphone has today, with the vast majority made from MINERALS. - MARKET FACT #584:
largest smartphone vendor / manufacturer in the world is Huawei, a chinese company. And the #1 drone company is DJI, also from China. - MARKET FACT #583:
per day and having ONE day off every two weeks is how the workforce of many factories in China work to make phones. And many use children. - MARKET FACT #582:
is Apple’s profit margin for the IPhone 5S. Devices like this usually cost €900 or maybe more. Very fat margins they have for phones. - MARKET FACT #581:
per day is how many times people look at their smartphones on average. Across the globe, 57 smartphones are sold every SECOND. - MARKET FACT #580:
out of 600 cities in China are running out of Water. The Water crisis is becoming a major issue for chinese people nowadays. - MARKET FACT #579:
of China’s power consumption comes from Coal. The country is trying to innovate to get rid of that dependency but it’s a hard mission. - MARKET FACT #578:
TERABYTES per second using light is the speed at which a company in China, LiFi can transfer data nowadays. - MARKET FACT #577:
on a SINGLE charge is how many meters a Ninebot transportation device can travel, a product from a chinese company. - MARKET FACT #576:
cooking OIL used as fuel for aircraft Boeing 747 in China was on March 21st, 2015. They used a mix of conventional fuel and BIO fuel. - MARKET FACT #575:
largest internet search engine in China is now Sogou. The level of precision is next-level to deliver things like food orders. - MARKET FACT #574:
less energy consumption is what China’s latest trams (not trains) use if compared to conventional models. The country is investing HEAVY on new solutions. - MARKET FACT #573:
minnects were completed back in 2021 (the app). In 2022 it was around 550 minnects. In 2023, it was over 2,500. In 2024, the app reached over 36,000 minnects! - MARKET FACT #572:
BILLION internet searches happen every single day. Instagram has 6.5 billion searches per day. - MARKET FACT #571:
in the WORLD to millionaire exits is now The United Kingdom (UK). Like in China, millionaires are leaving the UK. - MARKET FACT #570:
of the workforce in Japan will be made of contractors and freelancers (by 2027). Freedom is becoming the end goal now. - MARKET FACT #569:
of japanese workers said they would change jobs IF they had the chance. Japanese workers are mostly unhappy with their jobs. - MARKET FACT #568:
businesses is how many companies Japan has in the country. And 99% of them are small and medium enterprises. - MARKET FACT #567:
TRILLION (or $557 BILLION) is how much money it cost Japan because of low engagement levels at work. That’s more than 1/10 of the country’s GDP on this problem. - MARKET FACT #566:
of Japanese employees are NOT engaged or actively disengaged at work (2024). - MARKET FACT #565:
of companies in Japan currently offer a 4-day workweek, a measure that was implemented by the government to diminish karoshi (death by overwork) and toxic work culture. That’s a small number. - MARKET FACT #564:
days workweek is what Japan’s government is now implementing because of karoshi (death by overwork) and toxic work culture. - MARKET FACT #563:
people is the amount in labor shortage in Japan (2024). By 2040, that number will be likely 11 MILLION because women in Japan are not having enough babies. - MARKET FACT #562:
THOUSAND minimum wage is what the japanese people are fighting for now. Japan’s working hours are 1.5x longer than those in Germany, yet wages in Japan are much lower. - MARKET FACT #561:
credit card accounts is what Thailand currently has in the country (2024). Back in 2014, there were only 20 MILLION. - MARKET FACT #560:
largest in Asia in household debt-to-GDP ratio is Thailand. The country has around $35 BILLION in debt nowadays. - MARKET FACT #559:
people is the population of Thailand today. But more than 1/3 are living in debt. Families in average have over $50K in debt nowadays. - MARKET FACT #558:
is the average debt levels of those who live in Thailand. And it has been surging in the last few years since 2015 where it was around $7K. More thai people are in debt. - MARKET FACT #557:
is the average monthly income of households in Thailand. There are 45 MILLION people in that group or 65% of Thailand’s population. - MARKET FACT #556:
of consumers under 25 years old and 57% of those between 25-to-34 years old find products or brands on Social Media in The USA. Weekly! - MARKET FACT #555:
of Primark offerings is basics, like T-shirts, underwear, socks, licensed products etc. - MARKET FACT #554:
retail stores is what H&M has in The United States, making it a household name. The company is now on its hardest season, facing Shein and Temu as Market competition. - MARKET FACT #553:
(nearly) store openings happened in the USA from 2019 to 2023. And 30% of those were foreign-owned companies. Retail is dominating. - MARKET FACT #552:
main MESSAGING apps currently dominate The Market: Signal, Telegram and Whats App. - MARKET FACT #551:
BILLION is how much money Google Maps makes for GOOGLE (2023). The whole Navigation app industry is around $18.3 BILLION. - MARKET FACT #550:
people constantly contribute to Google Maps every single day. They share reviews, or keep the hours up-to-date and things less objective like what issues to expect while on a road etc. - MARKET FACT #549:
countries and territories is the business reach of Google Maps. The level of Market penetration is very high for the Navigation app. - MARKET FACT #548:
updates is what Google’s workforce is making on Google Maps every single day. - MARKET FACT #547:
users is what Google Maps has today. It’s The World’s top Navigation app. Competitors are Moovit (1.5B), Apple Maps (500M), Waze (140M) and Strava (95M). - MARKET FACT #546:
full-time contract employees were REPLACED by a homegrown ChatGPT-powered Customer Service bot in Klarna, a fintech company. - MARKET FACT #545:
of Amazon’s overall 7.7 BILLION dollars operating profit (Q2 2023) is Amazon Web Services (AWS). - MARKET FACT #544:
more EXPENSIVE is the reality of building a global chip production factory in The United States if compared to Asia. - MARKET FACT #543:
of Samsung’s revenue comes from Memory parts. It’s only second to devices in its business. - MARKET FACT #542:
liters per day of water shortage is what the city of Bangalore, India, faces today. - MARKET FACT #541:
new credit card accounts have been opened since 2019 in the United States, increasing the amount of credit card debt of the nation. - MARKET FACT #540:
higher than the bottom 10% is the income of the Top 10% (in the USA). - MARKET FACT #539:
people in the USA are currently living in Poverty. Americans are not earning enough to keep up with Economic Destruction / Crisis. - MARKET FACT #538:
of workers in the USA say they can’t cover a $500 emergency expense. Additionally, most Americans don’t have $1,000 in the bank today. - MARKET FACT #537:
of the buildings in Manhattan, New York could not be built today because they would be illegal. - MARKET FACT #536:
the landsize of the European Union (EU) is what The USA has in practice, without counting Alaska and Hawaii. But the EU has more than 100 MILLION people than the USA living there. - MARKET FACT #535:
in traffic on average is what Americans spent their time in 2024. It means an extra workweek in traffic jams. In New York and Chicago that number is 2x. - MARKET FACT #534:
registered vehicles exist today in the USA. The population is currently over 340 MILLION people. America is getting close to 1 car per person in recent years. - MARKET FACT #533:
of Americans drive themselves to work. Only 3,5% take public transportation in the USA. - MARKET FACT #532:
of the world’s electricity comes from Geothermal power plants. And it’s also less than 1% of the electricity in the United States of America. - MARKET FACT #531:
main types of Hydrogen are in use on The Market: Gray, Blue and Green Hydrogen. - MARKET FACT #530:
DOLLARS is the combined amount that Microsoft, Meta, Google and Amazon spent on Data Centers alone in 2024 because of AI. - MARKET FACT #529:
DOLLARS is how much money took DeepSeek, the chinese company, to develop / create the AI app. A lot less than its american counterparts. - MARKET FACT #528:
people in Brazil are under social government programs like “Bolsa Familia” (family provision). This means that about 10% of Brazil’s population don’t work. - MARKET FACT #527:
regulatory norms were revoked in the last government of Jair Bolsonaro. He also transformed Brazil’s government in the 2nd most digital government in the world. - MARKET FACT #526:
is the level of popularity of Lula, the current Brazil’s president. The lowest ever in his “career”. - MARKET FACT #525:
PEOPLE rely nowadays on Brazil for food security. The country is the world’s farm. - MARKET FACT #524:
COUNTRIES share borders with Brazil. The USA shares borders with only 2 other main countries, Canada and Mexico. China shares borders with other 14 countries. - MARKET FACT #523:
of Restaraunt food is delivered nowadays. People are not leaving their homes as they used to do in past years. - MARKET FACT #522:
forces exist on scaling a business: Customer Service, Products, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Recruiting and Finance. - MARKET FACT #521:
old (and under) of CHINA’s flexible workers make more or less $1100 per month. That’s about 70% of them to be more precise. - MARKET FACT #520:
people are expected to retire in CHINA each year for the next decade. But retirement funds may not provide for them in the future. - MARKET FACT #519:
child (grown) in CHINA has to take now on the responsibility of providing for their aging parents and grandparents. Six aging people for every 1 young adult. - MARKET FACT #518:
of the wealth of the USA is in New York City nowadays. The city is responsible for many parts of USA’s complex economy. - MARKET FACT #517:
of the phones used today are DUMBPHONES. However, there’s a 48% increase in smartphone ownership among those who are 65 years old or more, (2012 to 2021). - MARKET FACT #516:
was the year that Purism, the smartphone company was launched in the USA. They produce both the hardware and the software. - MARKET FACT #515:
suppliers is what Apple has across 50 states of the United States of America. The company recently announced a $430 MILLION in new investments at home, not abroad. - MARKET FACT #514:
was the year when China surpassed The USA in manufacturing output, going from 3.5% in 1990 to 30.5% in 2021. The USA now ranks with 16.8% of global manufacturing output. - MARKET FACT #513:
of Americans today have a smartphone. And that percentage has grown every single year. - MARKET FACT #512:
main websites today are the go-to place for those who are job hunting: Linkedin, Indeed and Glassdoor. - MARKET FACT #511:
unique monthly visitors is how many users GLASSDOOR, the job hunting website reached (2024). - MARKET FACT #510:
BILLION is how much money Linkedin has made in Advertising alone (2022). - MARKET FACT #509:
job website in the World is INDEED. The website has 350 MILLION unique monthly visitors (2023). - MARKET FACT #508:
MILLION tax-free is how much parents can transfer to a bank account of their children in Germany to avoid taxes. - MARKET FACT #507:
ago the top 10% in Germany had 50x the wealth of the lower 50%. Now that number is 100x. Wealth Inequality has grown in Germany. - MARKET FACT #506:
smart fact: Most of the super- wealthy in Germany aren’t mega- achievers. They have inherited their wealth. They haven’t worked for it. - MARKET FACT #505:
reasons exist for why Apple won’t build it’s own search engine. - MARKET FACT #504:
more steel than the USA is what China produces. Also, they produce 2x the number of cars and trucks, and China controls 80% of the minerals needed for electric vehicles. - MARKET FACT #503:
BILLION is the possible amount of money lost in cost for the USA if upskilling doesn’t catch up with workplace demand. - MARKET FACT #502:
of UNEMPLOYED adults today said they’ve been searching for a new job for so long that they are completely burnt out (2023). - MARKET FACT #501:
of American workers say they need a higher income. And 95% of American workers say they’re after a NEW job. Money talks. - MARKET FACT #500:
TRILLION is how much debt Americans have nowadays on their credit cards (collectively). - MARKET FACT #499:
of respondents of a survey say they can’t afford the down payment of owning a home today. - MARKET FACT #498:
TRILLION is the ceiling reached by Student loan debt in the 1st quarter of 2023. This means there’s a ticking time bomb about to explode. - MARKET FACT #497:
people’s household median income in the states of Mississipi, Arkansas or Kentucky was between $71,000 and $87,000. - MARKET FACT #496:
states of The USA require more than a $100,000 annual income for everyday living, with 38 states needing more than $140,000. - MARKET FACT #495:
employees are partners in Goldman Sachs. The company has 46,000 employees. New partners are selected every 2 years. - MARKET FACT #494:
of Board Members are currently over 50 years old. - MARKET FACT #493:
CEOs announced their departure between october 2023 and october 2024. Reasons include: Retirement, Burnout, Changing Roles, Under- performance and Misconduct. - MARKET FACT #492:
passengers went into and out of Washington D.C. in 2023. A good recovery from the times of lockdowns. - MARKET FACT #491:
areas consist of GDP: Consumer Spending + Government Spending + Investments + Net Exports. - MARKET FACT #490:
tech professionals is how many people Washington D.C. employs. The top industries in the city include IT services, research and development and telecom. - MARKET FACT #489:
is the amount of money handed to 142 lobbyists by Social Media Companies like Facebook, Tik Tok, X, Snapchat and Discord in 2023 alone (combined value). - MARKET FACT #488:
main areas Samsung, the South Korean company operates: Technology, Finance, Insurance, Military Production and Ship Building. - MARKET FACT #487:
of the used energy in The USA comes from NUCLEAR energy, whilst fossil fuels is around 60%. And about 21% is renewables. - MARKET FACT #486:
MW is how much energy Small Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) generate. Whilst Traditional Commercial Reactors generate 1GW of energy. These reactors can stay online for 60 to 80 years. - MARKET FACT #485:
of India’s GDP comes from the Services and Manufacturing Industries and they provide around 44% of India’s jobs in The Market. - MARKET FACT #484:
of India’s entire workforce are informal workers. And for Indonesia, this number is 57%. - MARKET FACT #483:
workers were fired in Toyota (China) in 2024. And IBM closed research and development labs and also fired 1,000 employees in 2024. - MARKET FACT #482:
is how many employees were fired by a recent Alibaba’s headcount reduction in 2023. - MARKET FACT #481:
is China’s youth unemployment rate (2023). India has 42% in this matter. Both countries have to fix this in the years to come or risk losing production capacity. - MARKET FACT #480:
is China when it comes to having the largest population UNDER 30 years old in the world. India is #1. - MARKET FACT #479:
is the amount of young adults unemployed in INDIA. The reasons boil down to only one simple major cause: skills gap. - MARKET FACT #478:
is the average cost of jewelry products on Shein, the e-commerce store. They are 80% of the products in this price point on the store. - MARKET FACT #477:
factories with around 2k to 3k employees which produce 700,000 pieces of Jewelry per year is what a Chinese Entrepreneur has today. - MARKET FACT #476:
famous e-commerce stores are used to sell jewelry on The Market today: Amazon, Shein and Temu. - MARKET FACT #475:
LARGEST Sales Market in the world for Jewelry is China. And it’s one of the largest producers as well. - MARKET FACT #474:
worth of golden chains is what consumers can buy (but with different materials). The same chain that Rappers from the Hip Hop industry use, which have a cost of €20,000. The same chain for fashion purposes can be acquired. - MARKET FACT #473:
Tik Tok videos in ONE DAY is what a Founder and CEO of a Jewelry brand produces to post on the Social Network. - MARKET FACT #472:
BioBanks is how many banks for biological things currently exist on Germany. They use these bio materials to conduct scientific research. - MARKET FACT #471:
is how many years External HDs last due to its durability. SD Cards last 10-to-30 years and CDs and DVDs last about 5-to-10 years. - MARKET FACT #470:
worth of shelves are added to a library in Germany that stores ANYTHING published in or about the country. - MARKET FACT #469:
to be banned due to FRACKING is Germany. #2 is France, #3 is The Netherlands and #4 is Bulgaria. - MARKET FACT #468:
Oil importing country in the world is the USA. #1 is China, #3 is India, #4 is South Korea and #5 is Japan. - MARKET FACT #467:
was the year that THE USA became the largest Oil producer nation in the World. - MARKET FACT #466:
Americans DO NOT have homeowner’s policies. If they lose their home to a natural disaster, the value of the home is completely lost. It’s totaling $1.6 TRILLION in unprotected homes. - MARKET FACT #465:
of the top 20 INSURANCE providers in the USA had loss ratios over 100% (in 2023). And prices are now 35% higher than in 2021. - MARKET FACT #464:
of TROPICAL DEFORESTATION is due to the conversion of forests to farmlands. People are transforming wild forests into land to plant food. - MARKET FACT #463:
old is how many years STREAMING will be making in 2025. And the world already uses it heavily. - MARKET FACT #462:
KILOMETERS is what a byte of data travels on average. This is for those who want to understand Modern Data infrastructure and its content. - MARKET FACT #461:
NEW SONGS every day is what Spotify has. The company was launched in 2008 and has 406M users and stocks 82M songs today. - MARKET FACT #460:
tech workers is what Canada has in its workforce, which makes up 6.5% of the country’s employees. - MARKET FACT #459:
more than the US average salary is what tech workers make in the USA. Nationwide, they tend to earn $87,000 (annually). - MARKET FACT #458:
of the tech workers fired in 2022, were between 30-to-40 years old. And 89% were based in the USA. Additionally, the average employee had about 12 YEARS of work experience - MARKET FACT #457:
was the UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in April 2021, the highest since the Great Depression. - MARKET FACT #456:
COMPANIES employ (in the U.S.A.) 12 MILLION people in the tech industry! - MARKET FACT #455:
BILLION in GENERATIVE A.I. startup deals were announced or finalized in the 1st quarter of 2023. And $4.5 BILLION were invested in the industry in 2022. This is HOT! - MARKET FACT #454:
increase in the number of jobs that mention GENERATIVE A.I. (indeed). - MARKET FACT #453:
more likely to use A.I. tools in the workplace only happens when the company puts safe GUIDELINES in place for all 5 A.I. personas. - MARKET FACT #452:
of workers WORLDWIDE fully trust A.I. nowadays. - MARKET FACT #451:
more the subject of AI increased in conversations between executives worldwide in the last 6 months (2024). - MARKET FACT #450:
FASTER is the number of times that E-waste is growing if compared to the amount of electronics collected or sent for recycling. - MARKET FACT #449:
advantage in a CIRCULAR Economy is actually to repair products, not recycling them. Think about that. - MARKET FACT #448:
is the cost to trash a solar panel, whereas recycling a solar panel costs between $15 to $45. - MARKET FACT #447:
MATERIALS are in Solar Panels. This is in practice a simple product. - MARKET FACT #446:
of old solar panels are landfilled. A huge problem for the recycling industry. But it’s manageable. - MARKET FACT #445:
ago Bandon Dunes, the GOLF company was founded by Mike Kasier. - MARKET FACT #444:
(or 1 in the 3) companies in the defense sector is BOEING who can design and build combat aircraft or anything like that in the USA. - MARKET FACT #443:
and 700 pounds + VAT is the cost of installing V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid). And the annual revenue from V2G for storing cheap electricity and selling back into the grid is between £340 and £725. - MARKET FACT #442:
BILLION is the worth of 45 chinese projects that are under investigation / suspicion by the German Environmental Agency. - MARKET FACT #441:
cars emitting METHANE GAS is the same output some individual wells have found to emit (1 YEAR). - MARKET FACT #440:
as fast as the rest of the ENERGY sector and the U.S. economy is how much renewable energy JOBS are growing. Impressive. - MARKET FACT #439:
increase is what the salary of Chevron’s CEO (Mike Worth) got in just ONE year, reaching 26 MILLION dollars in 2023 just for working in the Oil Industry. - MARKET FACT #438:
barrels of OIL per day is what Texas produced in August 2024. Texas produces around HALF the country’s oil production. - MARKET FACT #437:
DOLLARS is the average mortgage in THE USA today. The average price of a home is 440K, and the average RENT is 1,8K dollars. - MARKET FACT #436:
apartments in THE USA exist today. - MARKET FACT #435:
car trips is what a Hawaii’s skyline railroad is projected to REMOVE from traffic PER DAY. - MARKET FACT #434:
YOU SAVE (of your income) and you only have fun with 25% of it. That’s Shaquille O’Neal best advice which he got from one of his mentors. - MARKET FACT #433:
go OUT of business in the first 5 YEARS in today’s Market. That’s in practice 8 in every 10 companies. - MARKET FACT #432:
NFL players go BROKE within the first 3 to 5 years. Becoming famous and playing in the League doesn’t mean certain WEALTH for them. - MARKET FACT #431:
PREMIUM subscribers is the number that Telegram reached now in 2024. The App is growing fast. - MARKET FACT #430:
WEEKS is what it took for Grant Cardone to lose HALF of his audience because they all went bankrupt in the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. - MARKET FACT #429:
cheaper to RENT a property in Miami (USA) than to own one is the business reality. The same applies to New York City. - MARKET FACT #428:
people of Houston, Texas, live in RENT. It’s the largest apartment concentration in THE WORLD. - MARKET FACT #427:
gallons of WATER are necessary to run daily a TSMC chip factory in Arizona (USA). - MARKET FACT #426:
the cost of making a TSMC factory in Taiwan is what happens if you build the same factory in the USA. - MARKET FACT #425:
EMPLOYEES is the number of workers who are working around the clock to run the TSMC factory in the USA. - MARKET FACT #424:
TIME IN HISTORY, TSMC will now be making its chips in the USA. The company manufactures 92% of the world’s most advanced chips. - MARKET FACT #423:
of CMOs (Chief Marketing Officers) become CEOs. Most CFOs or COOs are the ones who become CEOs. - MARKET FACT #422:
cars is the annual demand of cars in CHINA today, leaving 15 MILLION units available for exports since China produces 40M cars a year. - MARKET FACT #421:
supplier of cars to MEXICO is CHINA nowadays. And China has capacity to deliver HALF of the World’s demand for vehicles now. - MARKET FACT #420:
COUNTRIES have now imported cars from Chinese automaker BYD (2023) recently. It’s now a dominant force in the auto industry. - MARKET FACT #419:
MARKET SHARE in China is what BYD has recently achieved. - MARKET FACT #418:
EMPLOYEES were hired by The Messenger, a news media company in May 2023 that shut down in January 2024. - MARKET FACT #417:
of WEBSITES that were accessible in 2013 cannot be accessed today. The Internet is getting “smaller”. - MARKET FACT #416:
ROI (Return On Investment) is what you see when you work with micro- influencers (1K to 100K followers). - MARKET FACT #415:
regional and super regional MALLS is the number of malls the USA currently have. That’s an amount 8,5% lower than 2015. - MARKET FACT #414:
square feet of U.S.A Mall space is vacant and off the market, despite top tier malls with high demand. - MARKET FACT #413:
of Japan’s labour force is actually self-employed, compared to 25% in South Korea and 35% in the USA. - MARKET FACT #412:
of Japan graduates find jobs during shukatsu (japanese job hunting season). Those 20% who fail, have their odds of getting hired later next to zero. - MARKET FACT #411:
MOST EVIL companies in Japan are: Kansai Electric Power Co., Ad giant Detsu Inc., and public broadcaster NHK. - MARKET FACT #410:
LESS TRAFFIC on the streets of Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia) is what happens whenever there’s a big match between football teams Nassr and Hilal. - MARKET FACT #409:
BILLION worth of returned products, including from Amazon, are ending in landfill waste in the USA alone today. - MARKET FACT #408:
phones are thrown out EVERY DAY creating a mountain of electronic waste for mankind (and landfills). - MARKET FACT #407:
customers year PER DAY is what Unilever serves with its goods and products. - MARKET FACT #406:
new items of CLOTHING are produced each year by Shein. - MARKET FACT #405:
of ALL industrial ROBOTS installed worldwide were installed in China (2022). That’s a rise from 14% from a decade earlier. - MARKET FACT #404:
BILLION kWh of green electricity will be provided through China’s Solar Great Wall in 2030 (annually). - MARKET FACT #403:
of jobs listed in The Market are currently GHOST jobs. They are positions that companies have no immediate intention of filling or don’t exist at all. - MARKET FACT #402:
DOLLARS is the amount of money required now to ship a CONTAINER from China to Los Angeles (USA). Before 2020 it was $1,200. - MARKET FACT #401:
EUROPEAN countries: Austria, Spain and Portugal have untapped lithium reserves. - MARKET FACT #400:
of all raw LITHIUM is produced by Australia, Chile and China. - MARKET FACT #399:
has enough energy to POWER around 750,000 homes. This is where renewable energy gives humanity hope for a nicer future. - MARKET FACT #398:
out of 29 COUNTRIES (EU) had more 18-to-34 year olds living with their parents in 2021 than the USA. - MARKET FACT #397:
MILLENNIALS and Gen Zs adults feel it’s harder to build financial wealth now than when their parents were their age (USA). - MARKET FACT #396:
is how much white-collar workers in China earn more in comparison to blue-collar jobs (2023). A strong rise from 2.4x in 2012. - MARKET FACT #395:
PEOPLE in China work on blue- collar jobs instead of white-collar ones. Generation Z is now choosing this same kind of work over others. - MARKET FACT #394:
ENTITIES recently fired their employees. The subject of massive layoffs is no joke anymore. Hordes of people lost their jobs. - MARKET FACT #393:
trucks go through the El Paso Mexico border in a WEEKDAY to deliver goods. - MARKET FACT #392:
is the amount of vehicles Mexico produces in a single YEAR. And 76% of those are destined to the United States of America. - MARKET FACT #391:
TRILLION liters of WATER are used annually by the Fashion Industry. It’s the 2nd most water-intensive industry in The World. - MARKET FACT #390:
MAIN SUBJECTS are something every Business owner, CEO, Entrepreneur should know about today: WATER and LAYOFFS. - MARKET FACT #389:
types of PLASTIC which are PET and HDPE are legitimately recyclable. And the rates for plastic recycling is less than 10%. - MARKET FACT #388:
of active pharmaceuticals in the USA are IMPORTED from India. - MARKET FACT #387:
DOLLARS for a 20-foot container will be the new SURCHARGE by Maersk on impacted ports due to the strike of Dockworkers. - MARKET FACT #386:
PORTS from Maine to Texas (USA) are going to be affected by the strike of Dockworkers. Additionally, there are 45,000 workers on strike. - MARKET FACT #385:
DRIEST year on record in 2023 is what The Panama Canal recently experienced, impacting the traffic of ships and thus, global commerce. - MARKET FACT #384:
PER DAY will be the amount of money lost in damages of a strike done by U.S. dockworkers. - MARKET FACT #383:
BILLION is the new budget for the Russian military for 2025. This is a 23% increase. - MARKET FACT #382:
COUNTRIES were the target of Donald Trump’s tariffs in 2018: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Mexico, and South Korea. - MARKET FACT #381:
MILLION is how much money Delta Airlines had to spend due to the recent CrowdStrike outage. - MARKET FACT #380:
of THE MARKET is owned by Visa while Mastercard owns 33%. - MARKET FACT #379:
BILLION is how much money the contract between Open AI and Microsoft is worth. The company however, is spending $5 BILLION per year in operation costs. - MARKET FACT #378:
of MARKETERS in the U.S.A. were working with 1-to-5 influencers per campaign (2023). - MARKET FACT #377:
MILLION is what UFC’s parent company agreed to pay in order to settle a class action lawsuit. - MARKET FACT #376:
PEOPLE will watch your 30-second Ads if you pay The Super bowl the price point of $8 MILLION. - MARKET FACT #375:
OF THE WASTEWATER around the world is released untreated. And only 11% of it is reused. - MARKET FACT #374:
DESALINATION PLANTS provide 25% of the water to the population in Singapore. The country is home to 6 MILLION people. - MARKET FACT #373:
WATER SOLUTIONS is what Singapore is doing to solve its water crisis: 1) Water imports; 2) Desalination; 3) Local Catchment; 4) NEWater. The 4 National Taps. - MARKET FACT #372:
CATEGORIES of Artificial Intelligence exist: Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI). - MARKET FACT #371:
OF GREAT BRITAIN’s population which is around 14 MILLION people live in poverty. - MARKET FACT #370:
COUNTRIES have banned X (formerly Twitter): China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Brazil. - MARKET FACT #369:
is what it takes for a MILLIONAIRE to reach billionaire status. And it takes 27 YEARS for a normal person to reach millionaire status. - MARKET FACT #368:
OF ADULTS (internationally) have less than $10.000 in their bank account. All countries are involved. - MARKET FACT #367:
WORST air quality in the world is from Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. Only Lahore, Pakistan beats the city. - MARKET FACT #366:
OF BRAZIL is under water stress (widespread drought). It’s the worst drought of the last 70 years. - MARKET FACT #365:
PER HOUR is how much data Autonomous Vehicles collect from its users on a daily basis. - MARKET FACT #364:
(MILLION) faster than the average home internet is what researchers at England managed to achieve in a new tech milestone. - MARKET FACT #363:
people in the town of Kamikatsu, Japan, have reached a 80% recycling rate, heading towards a ZERO WASTE sustainable future. - MARKET FACT #362:
MORE STORAGE space in the tank of this superyacht is necessary in order for it to function in comparison to diesel-based yachts. - MARKET FACT #361:
MILLION less in tax income is what the French government expects to receive because its people stopped smoking. - MARKET FACT #360:
HOMES in the United States will be powered by a new largest SOLAR project in the country (Washington D.C. state). - MARKET FACT #359:
FILMS and TV titles content library from LIONSGATE will train Runway’s AI model in new AI Deal. - MARKET FACT #358:
DIFFERENT BUS models is what the CATL’s Bus Battery attends. It has a lifespan of 15 years or 1.5 MILLION kilometers (932,000 miles). - MARKET FACT #357:
MINUTES is what the FBI took to break into the smartphone owned by the man who shot Donald Trump. - MARKET FACT #356:
PER MONTH is being charged by The Sun newspaper if the user wants a cookie-less experience. - MARKET FACT #355:
contestants will be fighting over a $5 MILLION prize in a forthcoming game show by Mr.Beast on Amazon Prime Video. - MARKET FACT #354:
LARGEST emitter of greenhouse gasses is Food waste. OBS: Honestly, Top 3 actually. - MARKET FACT #353:
LANDFILLS in The United States have closed because full capacity was reached. There are only 3K left. - MARKET FACT #352:
of THE WORLD’S FOOD that’s produced goes wasted or lost each year. There are over 820 MILLION people worldwide living in hunger. - MARKET FACT #351:
CORPORATIONS are being responsible for the Death of Capitalism: GOOGLE and FACEBOOK. - MARKET FACT #350:
PODCAST EPISODES are being published every 3 days. Back in 2014, there were only 200K listed. - MARKET FACT #349:
downloads is the recent (and impressive) achievement by THE PODCAST Tim Ferriss Show. - MARKET FACT #348:
Smal Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) are underway to power the World’s largest Data Center. A project by ORACLE. - MARKET FACT #347:
Starlink SATELLITES is how many Satellites are in orbit right now by the company. Active satellites number totals over 12,900. - MARKET FACT #346:
by 2035 is the new number of CHINESE people over 60 years old in the country. A rise from 280 million. - MARKET FACT #345:
is the amount of DECLINE in freelance jobs involving writing and coding because of A.I. (ChatGPT). - MARKET FACT #344:
MORE LIKELY to purchase from a brand happens when the customer already follows the brand on Social Media. It’s like a validation card. - MARKET FACT #343:
BARRELS of OIL is the new forecast for global Oil demand per day (increase) for the year of 2024. - MARKET FACT #342:
of AUSTRALIANS are on Social Networks. Total population is currently 26 MILLION people. - MARKET FACT #341:
of searches on PINTEREST are NOT brand-related, but thing-related. Pinterest users are searching for things rather than brands. - MARKET FACT #340:
pieces of CONTENT are being published DAILY on Youtube. - MARKET FACT #339:
of AMERICANS GEN Z use Youtube. Then 72% use Instagram. Then 71% use Tik Tok. Then 70% use Snapchat. - MARKET FACT #338:
RICHEST people in Japan has Takaya Awata among them. He became a billionaire in 2023 and is now worth $1.1 BILLION. - MARKET FACT #337:
quick-service RESTAURANTS is what Toridoll Holdings hold. All across 28 countries and regions covering 21 brands. - MARKET FACT #336:
of the ECONOMIC stake in News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, is what The Murdochs control. - MARKET FACT #335:
DOLLARS is Google’s advertising business, accounting for ¾ of its revenue in the year of 2023. - MARKET FACT #334:
of GAME STUDIOS that develop games are already using generative A.I. tools to create in-game environments. - MARKET FACT #333:
of A COUNTRY’S LAND must be given to solar panels in order for a country to decabornise by 2050. - MARKET FACT #332:
FOOTBALL FIELDS (in size) is the amount of area of a farm solar panel that will provide ENERGY to 37,000 people in Berlin, Germany. - MARKET FACT #331:
DOLLARS is the amount of the total compensation for the new CEO of Starbucks, Brian Niccol. - MARKET FACT #330:
of NIGERIANS live nowadays in extreme poverty. That’s 71 MILLION people in Nigeria needing assistance today. - MARKET FACT #329:
in GLOBAL PAYMENT is where the China’s Yuan ranks nowadays as an international currency. The Yuan has almost 5% of global transactions. - MARKET FACT #328:
of the JAPAN’s population over 65 years old is working FULL-TIME nowadays. - MARKET FACT #327:
of JAPAN’s POPULATION is people over 65 years old. - MARKET FACT #326:
per MONTH is the cost to RENT a 1995-made house with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms with 3,000 square feet in Hollywood. - MARKET FACT #325:
of ALL homes in the United States currently cost 1 MILLION dollars. - MARKET FACT #324:
of A DOLLAR is what Google receives for each advertising dollar spent on Google’s ad tech tools. - MARKET FACT #323:
more emissions NITROUS OXIDE has since 1980 to 2020. The gas lasts in the atmosphere for A CENTURY (100 years). - MARKET FACT #322:
more warming than carbon dioxide is what METHANE GAS can cause considering the same amount of gas taking place. - MARKET FACT #321:
more abundant in the atmosphere is CARBON DIOXIDE in comparison to Methane gas. However, 30% of the warming experience until now was done by Methane. - MARKET FACT #320:
PEOPLE nowadays (globally) have a problem with having access to safe drinking WATER. - MARKET FACT #319:
COUNTRIES are the number of African countries that China is involved with building its infrastructure. - MARKET FACT #318:
TONS of Fuel are burnt EVERY DAY by the container cargo ships that travel the seas to deliver goods. - MARKET FACT #317:
MONTHS of your Search History are stored by Google by default. A very expensive business move in order to have all your data. - MARKET FACT #316:
INDIVIDUALS and ORGANIZATIONS are under financial sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department today. - MARKET FACT #315:
TRANSACTIONS is how many transactions Bitcoin can process per second. Whilst in comparison payment systems like VISA can process 24,000 per second. - MARKET FACT #314:
INCREASE year-over-year in search advertising revenue is what Google managed to get in the last decade. - MARKET FACT #313:
of China’s population currently agree with the statement: “In our country, effort is always rewarded”. A drop from 62% in recent years. - MARKET FACT #312:
of Taiwan’s FOOD is imported. Additionally, 97% of its ENERGY is also imported (!). - MARKET FACT #311:
people in Brazil are now having problems with Water insecurity. Total population exceeds 200M. - MARKET FACT #310:
largest Oil Reserve is currently hold by Mexico. The country has around 7.3 BILLION barrels (January, 2022). - MARKET FACT #309:
of global output of SILVER is done only by Mexico. It’s the World’s largest producer of silver now. - MARKET FACT #308:
tourists went to Mexico (in 2019), ranking the country 7th GLOBALLY in International Tourist arrivals. - MARKET FACT #307:
BILLION is the total amount of TRADE done between Mexico and the United States (in 2023). - MARKET FACT #306:
of ALL GLOBAL Military spending is done only by the United States. - MARKET FACT #305:
LITHIUM MINING operations globally exist (as of 2021) nowadays to provide the mineral to industries. - MARKET FACT #304:
more MINERALS is what the average Electric Vehicle uses in comparison to Petrol cars. - MARKET FACT #303:
DOLLARS is the U.S. National Debt. That’s a little more than 104,500 of debt to be paid per U.S. citizen. - MARKET FACT #302:
of Plutonium represents the ENERGY equivalent of 1 metric TON of Oil. - MARKET FACT #301:
active PODCASTS shows exist nowadays on The Market. The top 25 podcasts reach nearly half of U.S. weekly listeners. - MARKET FACT #300:
people use the Telegram Messaging app worldwide nowadays. - MARKET FACT #299:
people use The Internet worldwide in today’s Modern Society. - MARKET FACT #298:
Monthly Active Users (MAUs) is the number of users Youtube currently holds on its platform. It’s the 2nd MOST VISITED website globally. - MARKET FACT #297:
of Mastercard employees are being laid off by the company. - MARKET FACT #296:
of Generation Alpha in the United States have their own SMARTPHONE by age 10. - MARKET FACT #295:
of Generation Alpha from a pool of 180,000 families in the United States have an X account. - MARKET FACT #294:
IPHONE batteries worth of lithium are necessary to make ONE EV. - MARKET FACT #293:
BILLION DOLLARS in goods were transported by Canada’s railroads recently, in 2022. - MARKET FACT #292:
metric tons of goods / merchandise move DAILY on Canada’s railways. A work stoppage would impact the movement of $1 BILLION in goods daily. - MARKET FACT #291:
of the Market Cap of the Nasdaq comes from companies underwritten by Sequoia Capital. - MARKET FACT #290:
more WASTE INCINERATION is what the European Union (EU) has done from 1995 to 2019. - MARKET FACT #289:
of municipal solid landfills are PRIVATELY owned companies while 15% is owned by municipal governments (United States). - MARKET FACT #288:
is what LARGE municipal landfills made per year in 2020, while SMALL landfills made $1.4M (per year). - MARKET FACT #287:
DOLLARS is what the Waste management industry is expected to grow into by 2027. - MARKET FACT #286:
BROWSERS are currently in the radar of World Markets. Is the browser industry that small? - MARKET FACT #285:
COMPANIES currently used Youtube videos to train their A.I.: Runway, OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple, Nvidia and Salesforce. - MARKET FACT #284:
of Pinterest’s users are OUTSIDE the United States. However, only 20% of its revenue comes from these international users. - MARKET FACT #283:
Search Engines are hot in the radar of World Markets today. Is the Search Engine market that small? - MARKET FACT #282:
of the world’s population is Generation Z. This means there’s a big audience of youngsters for World Markets. - MARKET FACT #281:
is the number of employees now fired by Paramount in a new news round of massive layoffs. - MARKET FACT #280:
is the number of main E-MAIL providers in the world nowadays. - MARKET FACT #279:
of ALL TEXTILES thrown away in the U.S. end up in a landfill or incinerated. - MARKET FACT #278:
worth of material in fast-moving consumer goods (80% of the material value) is thrown away and never recovered EVERY YEAR. - MARKET FACT #277:
is the amount of increase in WATER demand that Africa will see by 2050. A 4x bigger demand than Latin America (by 2050). - MARKET FACT #276:
countries which are the home of ¼ of the GLOBAL population face extremely high WATER stress EACH year nowadays. - MARKET FACT #275:
metric tons is the max amount of production capacity in 2024 of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry. Just 0.5% of total jet fuel needs today. - MARKET FACT #274:
is now the number of BILLIONAIRES in the United States. Of all of them, only 126 billionaires went to College. Self-taught rules. - MARKET FACT #273:
employees were laid off of Microsoft’s Azure cloud business unit, adding more to the numbers of people fired by Microsoft. - MARKET FACT #272:
is the amount in dollars to supply the world with all the BATTERY minerals it needs in PERPETUITY nowadays. A single bill of $1T. - MARKET FACT #271:
of the value of ALL BUSINESS Equity in the Economy is owned by Baby Boomers nowadays. - MARKET FACT #270:
Deepfakes pieces of content were published in 2023. A huge rise from 58 MILLION in 2022. A serious threat to the Global Economy. - MARKET FACT #269:
TOP SKILL on the rise in the Era of A.I. is Creative Thinking. Followed by Analytical Thinking (#2). - MARKET FACT #268:
the average employee is what the Fortune 500 CEOs make as income. - MARKET FACT #267:
EUROS worth of Kanye West’s (Yeezy) Merchandise was sold by Adidas in 2023, who donated some of its profits. - MARKET FACT #266:
NEW STORES will be opened by Walmart in the next 5 years in an effort that represents MILLIONS of dollars to execute. - MARKET FACT #265:
of Tik Tok’s public content is being produced by 25% of the most active U.S.A. adults. - MARKET FACT #264:
employees were laid off at YAHOO! In February, 2023. One more piece of the massive layoffs puzzle. - MARKET FACT #263:
employees are gonna be laid off at SONY PLAYSTATION division. This will impact employees in the Americas, EMEA, Japan and APAC. - MARKET FACT #262:
users are on PINTEREST and more than half of them are on the social network to shop. - MARKET FACT #261:
jobs were cut by Macy’s recently and five of its stores were closed. - MARKET FACT #260:
UNICORN companies exist today around the World. In 2015, there were only 80 of them on The Market. - MARKET FACT #259:
annually is the average value increase of properties in the U.S.A. On the other hand, S&P500 tends to have an average return rate of 10%. - MARKET FACT #258:
of Americans revealed they listened to a PODCAST in the year of 2022. And among adults under 30, about A THIRD listen to podcasts at least a few times a week. - MARKET FACT #257:
is the amount of BILLIONAIRES in the World. The USA is house to 735. - MARKET FACT #256:
of ALL vehicles sold last year (2023) in Mexico were sourced in CHINA. - MARKET FACT #255:
U.S. dollars were made by Mr.Beast on a Youtube video through Ad Share revenue after it received 77 MILLION views in 5 days. - MARKET FACT #254:
of Target (the store) guests browse via its app or website WHILE shopping in-store. - MARKET FACT #253:
of Generation Z are now consuming video content on their own smartphones. TV is now behind. - MARKET FACT #252:
online place for Generation Z to consume entertainment is TWITCH. Mostly because of E-Sports. - MARKET FACT #251:
online place for Generation Z to watch videos and consume entertainment is NETFLIX. - MARKET FACT #250:
paying readers is what The Guardian found in 2017 after directly asking for donations. - MARKET FACT #249:
of Americans today have a 2nd job in order to make ends meet. The highest number in the history of the UNITED STATES. - MARKET FACT #248:
of the small businesses in the U.S.A. have ZERO employees. - MARKET FACT #247:
is the number of stocks you can pick in the U.S. stock market today. In 1996 this number was 8000. - MARKET FACT #246:
is the number of A.I. companies that Apple acquired from 2010 to 2019. - MARKET FACT #245:
of the total planned supply of Bitcoin (21 million bitcoins) was reached in 2023, totaling 19.4 million bitcoins in existence. - MARKET FACT #244:
of UPS employees are gonna be laid off. The company said that 2023 was a very disappointing year. - MARKET FACT #243:
of Snap (Snapchat) employees are gonna be laid off. The social network had around 5,300 workers in the beginning of 2023. - MARKET FACT #242:
BILLIONAIRES left China in the years of 2022 and 2023. The Exodus of big money leaving China is real. - MARKET FACT #241:
of China’s HOME SALES since 2021 are linked to property companies that have defaulted. - MARKET FACT #240:
MILLIONAIRES left China in 2023. And 10,800 millionaires left China in 2022. There’s now an Exodus of big money leaving China. - MARKET FACT #239:
finance commentators with 4.7 MILLION Weibo followers were blocked for speaking the truth about China’s Economy. - MARKET FACT #238:
employees of PayPal are gonna be laid off in yet another massive layoffs round in tech jobs. - MARKET FACT #237:
employees of Jack Dorsey’s Block are gonna be laid off in another wave of tech job cuts. - MARKET FACT #236:
was the increase in bitcoin holdings of the Bitcoin WHALES now in January, 2024. - MARKET FACT #235:
individuals are known as the Bitcoin WHALES, who own 40% of ALL bitcoin available. - MARKET FACT #234:
MINUTES of Domain Spoofing cost Business Insider 10-30 MILLION fake impressions (2017). - MARKET FACT #233:
WEBSITES was where JP Morgan & Chase had Advertisements. Then it had only in 5K websites. And it got the same results (2017). - MARKET FACT #232:
PER DAY was being made by Hackers involved in the biggest Ad Fraud ever (Methbot), faking 300 MILLION video views in 2016. - MARKET FACT #231:
of The World’s RICHEST saw their Wealth increase by $1 TRILLION in the year of 2017. - MARKET FACT #230:
of the RICHEST are on target to own 2/3 of ALL Wealth by 2030. - MARKET FACT #229:
of Facebook Monthly Active Users (MAUs) were already FAKE in 2019. - MARKET FACT #228:
of ALL INTERNET TRAFFIC was already going through websites and services operated by either Google or Facebook in 2017. - MARKET FACT #227:
employees from Ebay are gonna be laid off. The job cuts is around 9% of the e-commerce company. - MARKET FACT #226:
employees are being fired by Microsoft at Activision Blizzard and Xbox. The job cuts is around 8% of Microsoft Gaming division. - MARKET FACT #225:
Data Centers is how much The World currently has to fuel its systems’ daily operations. - MARKET FACT #224:
of the GLOBAL electricity demand is made of 3 things: Data Centers, Cryptocurrencies and A.I. (2022). - MARKET FACT #223:
websites exist today on The Internet. Of these, a little less than 200 MILLION are currently active. - MARKET FACT #222:
employees was the number of workers that Instagram had when it was sold to Facebook for the amount of $1 BILLION in 2012. - MARKET FACT #221:
is the price of a single BITCOIN fetched as of December 30, 2023. - MARKET FACT #220:
employees of Riot Games, the maker of League of Legends, were laid off and lost their jobs. That’s around 11% of its workforce. - MARKET FACT #219:
Americans will need to SWITCH jobs by 2030. Why? Because A.I. will take over their jobs. - MARKET FACT #218:
of CMOs believed they lacked enough money to fully execute their marketing strategy in 2023. - MARKET FACT #217:
journalists who work in the Los Angeles Times are gonna be laid off. That’s 20% of its newsroom. - MARKET FACT #216:
people work in the Videogame Industry GLOBALLY. The 2% of the industry that got laid off, doesn’t tell the whole story. - MARKET FACT #215:
is the GROWTH of the Videogame Industry in the USA across the last decade (2012-2022). Around 212 MILLION Americans play videogames regularly. - MARKET FACT #214:
videogame companies (game publishers, game developers or software developers) are currently located in California, USA. - MARKET FACT #213:
employees who worked in gaming for EA (Electronic Arts) were laid off in March 2023. That’s 6% of its workforce being sent home. - MARKET FACT #212:
employees who work in gaming jobs were laid off so far in a little more than a 12 months period. - MARKET FACT #211:
employees of Fortnite maker, Epic Games were laid off as well. That’s 16% of its workforce. - MARKET FACT #210:
staffers of Sony Playstation’s division Bungie were laid off in 2023. That’s 8% of its workforce being sent home. - MARKET FACT #209:
employees of Walmart were fired in the course of 2023. - MARKET FACT #208:
largest source of CRIMINAL income in the World could be Ad fraud by 2025. Right after drug trafficking. - MARKET FACT #207:
websites is where ads land through average media programmatic buy done by a sophisticated company. - MARKET FACT #206:
years old is the age where the Ad Tech Industry aggressively already has 72 MILLION data points about that child. - MARKET FACT #205:
of Youtube’s employees are gonna be laid off. Once again, Google is cleaning house. Now on Youtube’s creator partnerships team. - MARKET FACT #204:
(or more) of Google’s employees are once again going home. Google is now cutting jobs on its Advertising Sales team. - MARKET FACT #203:
of CEOs are thinking about replacing human workers with A.I., a survey in the World Economic Forum in Davos, revealed. - MARKET FACT #202:
of the WORLD’S TRADE passes through the Red Sea, a “crucial waterway” linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean. - MARKET FACT #201:
of the richest are now owning 43% of GLOBAL financial assets. In the Middle East, Asia and Europe, the richest own 47%. - MARKET FACT #200:
of U.S.A consumers and 93% in APAC (Asia-Pacific) said they want A SINGLE PLATFORM for all their subscription services. - MARKET FACT #199:
of WayFair’s employees are facing another round of massive layoffs. The last round sent 870 employees home. - MARKET FACT #198:
of U.S.A. Adults reported earning money through app-based platforms in 2021 like DoorDash, Uber, Instacart and Grubhub. - MARKET FACT #197:
employees of Citibank are gonna be laid off this year. And $1 BILLION in severance and restructuring costs will be deployed. - MARKET FACT #196:
of Teenagers aged 13 to 17 years old say they use Youtube. Tik Tok, Snapchat and Instagram are far behind. - MARKET FACT #195:
corporate jobs are being cut off by CVS Health in a move to reprioritize healthcare investments. - MARKET FACT #194:
of Discord’s employees are being laid off in 2024. The company is laying off 17% of its workforce. - MARKET FACT #193:
of Twitch’s employees are being laid off in 2024. The company is laying off more than 500 employees. - MARKET FACT #192:
visits down from 8.3M is the drop in Facebook traffic from 2018 to 2023 that BBC has experienced. - MARKET FACT #191:
global publishers had 27% of page views coming from external, search and social in January 2018 (Facebook). In April 2023 it was down to 11%. - MARKET FACT #190:
of North Korea’s exportations go to just one country: CHINA. - MARKET FACT #189:
IP Addresses is what’s available to North Korea for internet access. The country’s computer specialists use them to attack other countries. - MARKET FACT #188:
drop in Facebook traffic for the Media Industry in 2023 is the new reality. - MARKET FACT #187:
people lost their jobs in the Media Industry in 2023. - MARKET FACT #186:
per WEEK is how much Waste Pickers currently make in Indonesia where 1300 garbage trucks arrive every day. - MARKET FACT #185:
new jobs were created globally by startups of the Netherlands. - MARKET FACT #184:
of the Taiwan’s exports is what China consumes today. - MARKET FACT #183:
of the materials and grains that China needs to grow their own FOOD is imported from other countries in the Open Market. - MARKET FACT #182:
USA ships of US Navy Force are 100,000 tons super-carriers and there are 3 more underway. - MARKET FACT #181:
lawsuit was settled with GOOGLE because the “company” kept secretly tracking Google Chrome users while they were browsing in INCOGNITO mode. - MARKET FACT #180:
people are homeless in the United States of America nowadays. - MARKET FACT #179:
employees from Hasbro are gonna be laid off. Not too long ago, 800 employees were already fired. Hasbro is also cleaning house. - MARKET FACT #178:
faster calculations were made by a machine-learning model (A.I.) responsible for predicting how much electricity will be needed the next day on a SMART GRID. - MARKET FACT #177:
of the PLASTIC we make ends up in landfills or the environment. - MARKET FACT #176:
tons of PLASTIC is produced yearly, more than the weight of all human beings combined. - MARKET FACT #175:
PATENTS is what Google has registered to its name today (globally). Samsung has more than 350k. And Apple more than 95k. - MARKET FACT #174:
COUNTRIES expect National Elections now in 2024 + the European Union, which combined represent almost 50% of the global population. - MARKET FACT #173:
internal TikTok meetings gave birth to leaked recordings showing that engineers in China do have access to US data. - MARKET FACT #172:
SENIOR employees who led departments at TikTok recently left the company because they could not influence decision-making. - MARKET FACT #171:
ByteDance employees, based both on U.S. and China, were fired for spying journalists using Tik Tok’s infrastructure. - MARKET FACT #170:
employee positions were brutally cut by Big Banks in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. In 2023, there were 62K positions cut. - MARKET FACT #169:
employee positions were utterly cut by Big Banks in 2023. - MARKET FACT #168:
THOUSAND of Spain’s money gets blocked in UK in renewables Arbitration Case. - MARKET FACT #167:
MILLION in debt is what the Chilean renewable-energy generator ILAP plans to restructure in the US by filing for bankruptcy. - MARKET FACT #166:
of consumers buy on Amazon.com at least ONCE A WEEK. - MARKET FACT #165:
shoppers purchase on one of the 4,200 Walmart stores or shop on its website EVERY MONTH. - MARKET FACT #164:
is the average cut of each sale Amazon took from a product sold on Amazon.com (in 2022). - MARKET FACT #163:
objects in space are monitored autonomously by an operational prototype A.I. named Machina used by Space Force nowadays. - MARKET FACT #162:
AI-related unclassified projects (many are still in testing) is what The Pentagon has in its A.I. porfolio projects nowadays. - MARKET FACT #161:
factory workers were laid off in China by Honda Motor because of the rise of Electric Vehicles. - MARKET FACT #160:
people rely on the Colorado River for water supply and hydro electricity. - MARKET FACT #159:
MILLION is the amount of money required to train Open AI’s GPT-4. - MARKET FACT #158:
is the amount of U.S. bonds held by China and Japan today. A decade ago they held more than 22%. - MARKET FACT #157:
MILLION to $300 MILLION is the cost to install a transatlantic subsea cable that provides internet access. - MARKET FACT #156:
subsea cable connections that provide internet access to TAIWAN are tempting targets to a Chinese military attack. - MARKET FACT #155:
employees were laid off by ByteDance in its gaming unit. - MARKET FACT #154:
TRILLION pages is what Google indexed in 2016. It has grown from 1 trillion indexed pages. That’s how much content is being produced. - MARKET FACT #153:
posts PER DAY is what The Washington Post published in 2016. That’s how much competition exists nowadays in content marketing. - MARKET FACT #152:
NUCLEAR reactors is what CHINA currently has to power the country. Over the past decade, 37 reactors were added. - MARKET FACT #151:
is the ridiculously tiny amount of money that GOOGLE will pay to Canadian News outlets annually for providing the news. - MARKET FACT #150:
is the enormous amount of money recently spent by luxury companies on Advertising in 2021. - MARKET FACT #149:
of the top 20 most followed INSTAGRAM accounts put a focus on the luxury goods industry. - MARKET FACT #148:
of luxury goods consumers in CHINA were born after 1990. Young adults are now half the groundbase for the chinese luxury goods market. - MARKET FACT #147:
of luxury goods consumers are now Millennials and Generation Z. And that number will reach 70% by 2025. - MARKET FACT #146:
VMWare employees will be laid off by Broadcom after it acquired the company for $69 billion. - MARKET FACT #145:
DAYS is the time frame where the computing power required for A.I. needs to double to keep progress. - MARKET FACT #144:
Data Centers is what The USA has operating on its soil. That’s 10x more than Germany, the 2nd place. - MARKET FACT #143:
gallons of WATER is what Google used in 2022 to cool off its Data Centers. Microsoft’s water usage on the other hand, increased 1/3, to 1.7 billion gallons in the same year. - MARKET FACT #142:
of the electric power in Denmark is done by Wind Power, making the country the highest per capita in The World for wind usage as a means for electricity. - MARKET FACT #141:
major companies are now zombie companies for your surprise: Bed, Bath and Beyond, Ford and Uber. - MARKET FACT #140:
of public firms were zombie companies in 2019. That means 1 out of 10 companies are not making money and just stay alive and operational. For what? - MARKET FACT #139:
of the companies in The USA were zombie companies in 2020. That number was only 1% in 1997. A hard increase of 1700%! - MARKET FACT #138:
existing jobs in CHINA could be cut in the next 20 years. - MARKET FACT #137:
URANIUM pellet = 17,000 cubit ft of Natural Gas = 120 gallons of Oil = 1 ton of Coal. - MARKET FACT #136:
more LAND area is what Wind Farms need to operate and produce the same amount of electricity of a typical 1,000 megawatt NUCLEAR facility in The USA. - MARKET FACT #135:
NUCLEAR reactors is what The USA currently has to power the country. And it currently has 53 plants. All across 28 states of the 50. - MARKET FACT #134:
of worldwide NUCLEAR generation of electricity comes from the US. The USA is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power. - MARKET FACT #133:
Million Metric Tons is what NUCLEAR POWER provides, being the cheapest and cleanest way of providing energy. - MARKET FACT #132:
drop in the prices of electricity bills was experienced in FINLAND thanks to its newest Nuclear Reactor harvesting clean energy earlier in 2023. - MARKET FACT #131:
billion in CHINESE LOANS were forced to renegotiate between 2021 and 2022 by Chinese policy banks because loans were not being paid back nor turning a profit. - MARKET FACT #130:
billion in CHINESE LOANS were made to several countries of Latin America and The Caribbean making them too dependent on CHINA. - MARKET FACT #129:
CHINESE LOANS were distributed to Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela in recent years by China, totalling $136 BILLION dollars (since 2005). - MARKET FACT #128:
of The World’s lithium reserves are located in the “lithium triangle”, a region that includes Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. - MARKET FACT #127:
of goods that are passing through the Panama Canal are destined for the United States. - MARKET FACT #126:
BILLION dollars were invested in Latin America between 2005 and 2020: $60 billion in Brazil, $27 billion in Peru, $27 billion in Chile and $12 billion of Chinese ODI in Argentina. - MARKET FACT #125:
largest Trading Partner of Latin America and The Caribbean is now CHINA (as of 2021). It increased its trade volume by almost 40x. - MARKET FACT #124:
companies in the USA focus on selling your DATA on The Market! Data is the New Oil. - MARKET FACT #123:
data points is what the average DATA BROKER has, along with information of each data point regarding EVERY consumer! - MARKET FACT #122:
of businesses WORLDWIDE were buying 3rd party data from data brokers in 2021. It was estimated that the USA alone would fill 16 TRILLION filing cabinets of data! - MARKET FACT #121:
US DOLLARS was what South Korea exported in weapons between 2010 and 2017. More than 3x times its usual defense exports. - MARKET FACT #120:
shoes PER YEAR is what Adidas makes to The Market. Total shoe production reaches 50 BILLION shoes every year, with nearly all of them going into landfills. - MARKET FACT #119:
is the COMBINED value of the famous BIG TECH companies: Apple (2.4 trillion), Google (1.9 trillion), Amazon (1.7 trillion) and Facebook (995 billion) as of September 2021. - MARKET FACT #118:
Data Center is the one being opened by Facebook in 2023. In 2021, Facebook was investing 2 BILLION dollars in 1 Data Center. - MARKET FACT #117:
people is the population of homeless people in San Francisco, Bay Area, as of 2021. Home to the BIG TECH companies. - MARKET FACT #116:
of the nuclear power market is controlled by RUSSIA. And it’s building new reactors in China, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia - MARKET FACT #115:
nuclear reactors are currently in operation worldwide. And 57 are under construction. France is thinking about building 14. - MARKET FACT #114:
of the global Oil Reserves belong to Venezuela. 17% belongs to Saudi Arabia. And 10% belongs to Canada. - MARKET FACT #113:
ROBOTS per 10,000 human workers is what South Korea has in its automation lines. - MARKET FACT #112:
ROBOTS were being produced by other robots in just 24 hours by Fanuc, a japanese company in 2001 - MARKET FACT #111:
of the workforce in Gaza is unemployed since the blockades. And more than 60% of people in Gaza live in Food insecurity. - MARKET FACT #110:
drop of Airbnb listings in New York City is now the market reality. - MARKET FACT #109:
of WATER is what it takes to make a recycled pair of quality Jeans that can be sold on The Market. - MARKET FACT #108:
employees is what Twitter currently has as its workforce under Elon Musk. Down from 8000 employees at the time of its acquisition. - MARKET FACT #107:
countries representing 3.3 BILLION people are currently spending more MONEY on DEBT service than on education or health care. - MARKET FACT #106:
U.S. dollars is what the 2% of the (over) 200 million content creators in the world make annually. - MARKET FACT #105:
United States Military Bases exist abroad, in +70 countries as of 2020. While China, has only ONE. How much money that costs americans? - MARKET FACT #104:
Americans or 61% of United States adults own STOCK. The top 1% holds 54% of stocks. - MARKET FACT #103:
of the Trading Volume is currently done in US Dollars. While the remaining rest, 30% is done in EUROs. - MARKET FACT #102:
financial institutions in 103 COUNTRIES are now connected to the Chinese CIPS system, an alternative to the American SWIFT. - MARKET FACT #101:
is the self-sufficiency rate of energy supply of China, making it less reliant on other nations for power supply. - MARKET FACT #100:
of the world’s top 10 supercomputers are from the United States. China on the other hand, has 2 top supercomputers. - MARKET FACT #99:
dollars in loans was the amount of money lended from China to Africa in 2020. A major drop from U$28.4 billion in 2016. - MARKET FACT #98:
patents related to EVs Power trains belong to China already in 2023. While in 2nd, The United States has just 4000K patents. - MARKET FACT #97:
of the World’s Lithium is processed by China. Along with 30% of Nickel, 70% of Cobalt and almost 75% of Graphite. - MARKET FACT #96:
of the Market Share of BATTERIES belongs to China, and 6 of the 10 largest battery manufacturers are in China. - MARKET FACT #95:
of growth in sales of Electric Vehicles in 2022 is what the international energy agency registered. - MARKET FACT #94:
of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck in 2023 and can’t get out of this reality. - MARKET FACT #93:
more expensive (than in 2020) is the reality of fertilizers costs for farmers now in 2023. - MARKET FACT #92:
of the Global freshwater supply is used by Agriculture. - MARKET FACT #91:
online subscribers is what The Washington Post newspaper lost in the last 3 years. - MARKET FACT #90:
more data is what Google gets through its tech infrastructure in comparison to its next closest competitor. - MARKET FACT #89:
of employees costs were made by Alphabet’s AI lab, Deepmind in 2022 - MARKET FACT #88:
of kids aged 8 to 12 years old listed “Youtuber” as their top career choice in a recent global survey of 2019, which is 3x more than “astronaut”. - MARKET FACT #87:
of the richest in the United States are now holding 31% of net assets. - MARKET FACT #86:
NEW business applications were filed in 2022 in the United States giving birth to new companies. - MARKET FACT #85:
is how much 50 million requests cost for using Reddit’s API. For comparison, only over $160 is the cost for accessing Imgur API with the same amount of requests. - MARKET FACT #84:
Reddit communities went dark on June 2023 in protest of Reddit’s API pricing changes. - MARKET FACT #83:
is the increase in insurance premiums in Florida, United States. - MARKET FACT #82:
is the increase of loneliness in the United States since the 1960s. - MARKET FACT #81:
of online marketing dollars will go to Ad Fraud in 2023. - MARKET FACT #80:
subscribers were added to Apple’s streaming service, Apple TV+ IN ONE DAY thanks to Messi’s 1st game in september. - MARKET FACT #79:
Volkswagen employees from the tech division are on the aim for another massive layoffs round while VW adopts Google’s Apps. - MARKET FACT #78:
more Google searches happened in 2007 when people placed Google.com as their browser homepage, and when they switched away, they did 27% less searches. - MARKET FACT #77:
members (not users!) is what Linkedin reported as ‘record levels of engagement’. - MARKET FACT #76:
employees of Nokia are being laid off in the latest massive layoffs round. - MARKET FACT #75:
workers reported symptoms of BURNOUT in a research of 2022. - MARKET FACT #74:
people in the United States lived in poverty in 2022. - MARKET FACT #73:
is the drop of global Facebook referral traffic to the top 30 news sources from August 2022 to August 2023. - MARKET FACT #72:
smartphone notifications per day is what the average American gets on any given day. - MARKET FACT #71:
companies across the Tech Industry laid off nearly 165,000 workers in 2022. And in 2023 up until now, that number jumped to 240,000 workers. - MARKET FACT #70:
of United States consumers start their product search on Amazon. - MARKET FACT #69:
of ALL online advertising spending – $84 billion! – is lost to Ad Fraud annually. - MARKET FACT #68:
of 200 Agency Professionals said they invest a lot in ORIGINAL content for Facebook, a major decline from 34% in 2022. - MARKET FACT #67:
of 200 Agency Professionals told their clients post content on Facebook EVERY DAY, compared with 40% in 2022. - MARKET FACT #66:
of 200 Agency Professionals told they posted content on Facebook on behalf of their clients in the past month, a decline from 81% in 2022 and a decline from 86% in 2021. - MARKET FACT #65:
minutes of length is the sweet spot for advertisement on Youtube. - MARKET FACT #64:
of advertisements on Youtube are either 15, 30 or 60 seconds long. - MARKET FACT #63:
of agency pros said their clients spend at least a very small portion of their marketing budgets on Google Ads. - MARKET FACT #62:
dollars is the minimum average cost of a sponsored Youtube video with 1 million views. - MARKET FACT #61:
of all consumers prefer short-form, 1-minute length videos on social media, finding it the most engaging type of content. - MARKET FACT #60:
of US consumers spend more time watching user-generated content (UGC) in video format online than they do watching TV shows and movies on streaming video services. - MARKET FACT #59:
HOURS of content have been streamed across the Internet in the last 7 minutes. - MARKET FACT #58:
of content creators made between $500K and $5K in 2023 - MARKET FACT #57:
of smart car brands say they can share personal data with service providers, data brokers, and other businesses - MARKET FACT #56:
dollars per year is the amount of cash Google paid to Apple and others to maintain its search engine as default on people’s smartphones and web browsers - MARKET FACT #55:
federal employees in the U.S. were furloughed or worked without pay during the last 34-day government shutdown that ended in January of 2019 - MARKET FACT #54:
MILLION (or 400 million U.S. dollars) is the fine Intel will have to pay in Europe for paying PC manufacturers to halt / delay product launches featuring AMD processors - MARKET FACT #53:
of the World’s TOP 1000 Websites are now blocking crawler bots that gather data for A.I. services - MARKET FACT #52:
employees are employed by KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and EY consultancy companies combined - MARKET FACT #51:
employees were fired in the latest round of layoffs by Google - MARKET FACT #50:
of agencies and advertisers currently advertise in Podcasts, which is up from 34% in 2020 - MARKET FACT #49:
dollars is the gigantic amount of US government DEBT - MARKET FACT #48:
Minutes per Day is the consumption mark of Tik Tok in 2023 while just 3,9M minutes per day on Instagram (among the US adult population) - MARKET FACT #47:
of Canada’s digital advertising dollars went to GOOGLE and FACEBOOK - MARKET FACT #46:
the amount of Gold possessed by all BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) combined is what the USA has as a reserve - MARKET FACT #45:
of Global GDP GROWTH comes from China - MARKET FACT #44:
of The World population is under BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) while just 13% is under NATO - MARKET FACT #43:
is the amount of how much Food Production needs to increase by 2050 to support the expected 10 billion world population - MARKET FACT #42:
of shortfall of water is what The World faces in freshwater supply by 2030 - MARKET FACT #41:
of hosts on the Airbnb platform own nearly 2/3 of the listings - MARKET FACT #40:
of Google’s entire revenue in 2020 came from Advertising - MARKET FACT #39:
Americans were College Dropouts in July 2020 - MARKET FACT #38:
fewer American Teenagers (Generation Z) went to College in 2022 in comparison to 2012 - MARKET FACT #37:
of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store - MARKET FACT #36:
IBM human resources department workers now do the job of what previously required 700 employees due to A.I. - MARKET FACT #35:
of workers will have to RESKILL in the next 3 YEARS due to A.I. - MARKET FACT #34:
of the companies on the S&P 500 have their largest shareholder being either State Street, Black Rock or Vanguard - MARKET FACT #33:
the average salary of a citizen in Beijing is the price of a real estate in Beijing, China - MARKET FACT #32:
is the impressive number of ACTIVE e-mail users nowadays - MARKET FACT #31:
of the top 75,000 websites on the Internet use Google Analytics - MARKET FACT #30:
cyberattacks were detected in just a 3-MONTH (90 days) window recently in 2023 - MARKET FACT #29:
accounts are being closed EVERY day by UK Banks in a new debanking wave - MARKET FACT #28:
of creators agreed they get more requests for brand collaborations than they can handle - MARKET FACT #27:
of the 3 BILLION GAMERS are Mobile Gamers - MARKET FACT #26:
of The WORLD’s Central Banks are pursuing Central Bank Digital Currency projects - MARKET FACT #25:
of ALL small businesses in Japan can end up without a successor or a buyer by 2025 - MARKET FACT #24:
was almost the number of imposed restrictions on Trade in 2022, which in 2019 was only around 1000 - MARKET FACT #23:
of all Startups fail on The Market - MARKET FACT #22:
of all websites on the Internet are powered by the Wordpress Content Management System (CMS) - MARKET FACT #21:
consumers checks their SMS text notifications within ONE minute after receiving a text - MARKET FACT #20:
of customers subscribe to SMS Marketing - MARKET FACT #19:
BILLION unbanked people were around the World in 2016 - MARKET FACT #18:
of Generation Z prefers to discover information on Tik Tok or Reddit or even Wikipedia instead of Google - MARKET FACT #17:
of workers’ core SKILL are expected to change in the next 5 years - MARKET FACT #16:
is the percentage of ALL actors who make a living from the profession - MARKET FACT #15:
AMERICAN companies have filed for Bankruptcy just in April 2023 (!) - MARKET FACT #14:
MORE car thefts are happening since 2019 in the United States (!) - MARKET FACT #13:
of work GLOBALLY could be automated—with more advanced economies heavily impacted than emerging markets - MARKET FACT #12:
of jobs in China’s financial sector will be replaced by A.I. in 2027 - MARKET FACT #11:
BILLION Dollars investment already in Solar Energy in 2023 - MARKET FACT #10:
of content gets NO TRAFFIC from Google (worldwide) - MARKET FACT #9:
page views of an article on Slate makes MORE money than it does from the 6 million page views it receives on Apple News - MARKET FACT #8:
of Youtube’s watch time occurs on a mobile device (globally) - MARKET FACT #7:
of JP Morgan’s display ads on websites were completely wasted due to massive ad fraud - MARKET FACT #6:
of online traffic is made of humans while the rest is just robots - MARKET FACT #5:
of Google searches result in ZERO clicks because of Google answering them - MARKET FACT #4:
of Global digital investments are going only to Google & Facebook - MARKET FACT #3:
of America’s wealth is controlled by Americans over 50 years old - MARKET FACT #2:
of Annual Growth in Europe’s Digital Advertising market relies on data use - MARKET FACT #1:
of content is being shared via Dark Social channels
is approximately how much China produces toys for The USA. Around 80% of midsize companies and 64% of small companies are cancelling orders because of Tariffs.
DATE: 13/05/2025
COMMENT: A final word: “Nearly HALF of small and medium-sized enterprises report they may soon go OUT OF BUSINESS due to the tariff policy”. The 1st Trade War made China stronger and America weaker because China has more trading partners across the Globe than the US. Now, we are seeing Round 2. This won’t be good for both The USA and The Global Economy, that’s for sure. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
facilities across 22 countries is what Amazon has in its Monopoly. This includes 386 warehouse and distribution centers in The USA.
DATE: 13/05/2025
COMMENT: The BIG TECH company is facing hardships by protestors because of its monopoly status. Boycotts are on the horizon now because of Amazon’s market dominance. For the record: “Amazon’s empire extends far beyond its e-commerce plaform, gathering over 100 subsidiaries across DIVERSE industries. A few examples: AWS, Twitch, IMDb, Ring, One Medical”. Nothing good can come from BIG TECH that are doing shady business moves. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
flights across 5 DAYS were cancelled because of the recent Crowdstrike outage. The incident cost Delta Airlines $500 MILLION.
DATE: 13/05/2025
COMMENT: The recent outage involving CrowdStrike dealt a big blow on Delta Airlines, with CEO Ed Bastian stating that the incident cost the company around $500 MILLION in lost revenue, customer compensation, and operational recovery expenses. In a matter of 5 days businesses can get disrupted by sudden problems and the truth is that no one is safe. No company is invincible. That’s the truth. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
of SENIOR executives are expecting smaller workforces in the next 5 years due to A.I. implementation.
DATE: 13/05/2025
COMMENT: Interesting data points: “48% of hiring managers are now using AI to screen resumes before human review, and 46% are employing AI to match candidates to roles based on SKILLS”. This shows that A.I. is taking over BEFORE people are granted a job. And in the companies that are using AI well, smaller workforces are the new rule. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
of Meta’s millions of DAILY content removals were mistakes. The company is removing a lot of legitimate content.
DATE: 13/05/2025
COMMENT: The BIG TECH company that is acting like a censorship giant is having to admit that they are not doing a good job when it comes to monitoring and removing daily content that should be on the platform since it’s not infringing or breaking any rules. Zuckerberg acknowledged that amount of mistakes, which is a big step. He also said that multiple human reviewers are having to be used now, more than never. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
of the organic food consumed in The USA is imported from countries like China and Turkey (!).
DATE: 13/05/2025
COMMENT: Additional info: “U.S. farmers are particularly concerned about products that could be grown domestically – including soybeans, wheat, barley, and berries – being imported instead. Organic grains imports are depressing prices by approximately 30% for corn and 20% for soybeans. Labor represents a significant portion of organic farming costs, accounting for 20-30% of total expenses and running 7-13% higher than conventional farming operations”. Farming is getting harder for The USA. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
million subscribers is Netflix’s customer base. The platform is now testing VERTICAL videos to compete with Youtube Shorts and Tik Tok. It’s war.
DATE: 13/05/2025
COMMENT: Interesting intel: “Over 80% of Netflix viewing comes from its recommendation system (!). Additionally, this response in recommendation system is set to target mobile users and their phones, representing a major advancement in Netflix’s already sophisticated AI infrastructure, which analyzes BILLIONS of data points”. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
of Japan’s workforce is employed by the Automobile Industry. Additionally, japanese merchandise exports to The USA is big in this category.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: Interesting intel: “One unnamed Japanese automaker reportedly loses $1 MILLION PER HOUR under the current tariff regime with The United States”. This shows how vulnerable a country can get from day to night, economically speaking. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
weeks is what The Port of Los Angeles (USA) has of full retail inventories if current Trade War trends continue.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: Additional info: “With 145% tariffs on Chinese imports now in place, cargo shipments from China to the United States have plummeted by 60% triggering warnings from major retailers like Walmart and Target that store shelves could face significant shortages as the final pre-tariff shipments are distributed”. There’s a ticking time-bomb. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
faster than password-based logins are passkey logins. This new security trend might be the future of online authentication methods.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: Additional info: “According to Microsoft’s testing, passkey-based logins are up to three times faster than traditional password authentication, with 98% of passkey login attempts being successful compared to only 32% for passwords”. Although we are not fans of Microsoft, this is something worth highlighting because new Microsoft accounts are now defaulting to this feature. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
million is the fine that Tik Tok recently received from the EU privacy regulators for illegally transfering European users’ personal data to China.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: Additional info: “Tik Tok failed to demonstrate that this information was adequately protected from potential access by Chinese authorities. Furthermore, the company has Project Clover that represents a €12 BILLION investment to enhance data security for 150 million European users, using dedicated data centers within Europe”. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
increase in military defense funding will be the new number of White House’s spending on that area, reaching $1 TRILLION and boosting homeland security by nearly 65%.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: The West and The East and everyone else in the world are boosting their military spending in the past 10 years to record high numbers. This is when you realize that world leaders and the government know information you don’t, hence why the budget to boost Military Forces to new heights. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
of IPhones are currently produced in China. Now, Apple is increasing production in India for about 15% of its device and importing them on planes to get them faster.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: This card deserves quoting one more thing: “Apple’s supply chain faces unprecedented challenges as Trump’s tariff policies target its global manufacturing network”. The case for the rise in prices and delay in delivery, is being heavily impacted by Tariffs. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
THOUSAND dollars per location is how much Walmart is spending in an initiative to modernize more than 1,400 stores nationwide.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: This initiative is part of Walmart’s broader $9 BILLION investment to modernize more than 1,400 stores nationwide, reinforcing its commitment to improving both customer experience and environmental impact. That’s a big number to handle and it shows why Walmart is currently staying in The Game of Business without losing market share. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
billion users is the number of Google Chrome’s user base. Talks of potential buyers of the browser include OpenAI, Perplexity and Yahoo. What’s next?
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: When there’s too much Market Domination you can bet that there’s some sort of criminal, shady activity behind. It’s rare to find GOOD monopolies these days in The Business Game, as those who are in business may know. You can’t build something as big as the Google monopolies without shady business moves. PS: The main source is Perplexity.AI.
million people is the number of China’s internet users. And nearly 50% of them participate in Live Streaming. A Nation 2.0.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: Despite being a communist country, the whole population in China is getting closer and closer to become a Digital Nation first. The number of internet users is astonishing because having internet access requires a lot of infrastructure and modern cities. The Future of China is to connect even more of its almost 2 BILLION people population. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of arable land in China feeds 1/5 of the world’s population (done by China). Nowadays, more farmers are expected to leave and move to the cities.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: There’s a lot of food that comes from China’s production farmlands that feeds people around the globe. As the 2nd largest economy, exporting food to other countries is part of its business activities. At the same time, The Market for the food industry in China is growing, as you can see in the previous card about Shangai being a big place to eat. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
places to eat is what Shangai, China has in its city. More than London, Paris and New York combined. The city has become the nation’s food capital.
DATE: 11/05/2025
COMMENT: A powerful city for the Food Market is now Shangai, in China. The revolution they are making in the food industry is enormous, bringing tourists from all the corners of the Earth while at the same time, attracting celebrity chefs from around the globe. The economy is growing thanks to its food market. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of the whole GLOBAL energy consumption is done by Cities, despite covering only 3% of The Planet Earth’s surface.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: A true interesting company in Switzerland is now allowing energy consumers to STORE their energy and sell that energy on The Market to other customers, creating a Marketplace for energy without having to rely on the grid. Smart Entrepreneurship worth mentioning. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
main plastic types are worth recycling: Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) and High Density Polyethylene. The rest is not feasible to recycle.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: PET is found in beverage bottles and food containers and High Density Polyethylene is used in shampoo bottles and detergent containers. They are the most commonly accepted plastics in recycle programs due to their high reusability and demand. Plastic bags, PVC and similar plastics have low value and aren’t usually recycled. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of the TRASH of The USA is recycled. America is one of the biggest waste producers because of it. Waste management is divided in around 9000 different locations.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: Every year, The United States of America throws away $6.5 BILLION worth of recyclable goods like paper, aluminum and plastic. The country is one of the biggest waste producers and because of its number of different waste management locations, standardization is HARD. For decades, the USA could rely on China to buy its unprocessed trash. Now the reality is different. PS: The main source is Business Insider.
of unpaid work is currently done by women (globally). In the Middle East and North Africa, 25% of women are economically active.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: There’s more you must know: Of the biggest companies in the world, only around 5% are run by women. On Corporate Boards, less than 20% of decision-makers are women. Back in 2014, only 17% of women of age between 25 and 54 years old were working in The USA. There’s a disproportion here that few talk about. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
is the level of urbanization in The USA. In China, they are still at 50%. Megacities are being built in China which puts both countries in a powerful dispute for tourism and economic growth.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: Megacities are being the new investment that governments are making, putting their budgets on Smart Cities and Sponge Cities to bring stability to several regions that need economic growth and protection against natural disasters. The future looks bright. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
people is the amount of urban population growing EACH YEAR nowadays. That means more people needing food, water and homes.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: The Housing Crisis and The Water Crisis are two main subjects that will haunt governments worldwide because population growth is reaching new heights. Another point is FOOD. Around 1/3 of THE WORLD'S FOOD that's produced goes wasted or lost each year. There are over 820 MILLION people worldwide living in hunger. And now we have more people to worry about. What’s next? PS: The main source is Moconomy.
truck drivers currently exist in The USA. Robotics will displace and extinguish many of those in the coming wave of self-driverless trucks.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: The coming wave of Robotics will displace many jobs, even if your job is to drive a big truck. The companies putting serious money behind self-driverless trucks are soaring, and in the near future the only thing that blocks them from “world domination” is one thing: LAWS. Because this involves security risks, people need to be protected. Once that’s achieved, many truck drivers will be left without a job. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
deliveries PER DAY is what Fedex accomplishes in their daily routine. The company is almost unmatched.
DATE: 10/05/2025
COMMENT: The company was once at the brink of bankruptcy and its Founder gambled with the remaining amount of cash he had to save the company future, earning a little more than $20,000 to pay the bills. Every entrepreneur eventually has his or her back against the wall and has to make a bold decision to keep moving forward. PS: The main source is The Venture (Instagram).
people in The USA don’t have access to drinkable tap water. Some Americans pay $73 for 14000 gallons of water. Farmers get 1 MILLION gallons of water for the same price.
DATE: 25/03/2025
COMMENT: There’s nothing more to add. You know that the Water Crisis is hitting everyone in the World. Doesn’t matter if you are a developed country or not. We all have to handle this crisis. PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
people in India have no access to clean water at all. A bucket from water trucks costs about 1¢. Bottled water costs 30x that.
DATE: 25/03/2025
COMMENT: The people in India are suffering because of The Water Crisis today. India is the largest producer of rice these days, having a global market share of 40% but its use of water both for food production and personal needs are in a crisis. There are some serious cases. EXAMPLE: 500M liters per day of water shortage is what the city of Bangalore, India, faces today. That’s something we should all worry about. PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
of global WATER pollution comes from the Textile Industry. Clothing-making is turning water sources into polluted water today.
DATE: 25/03/2025
COMMENT: The Market is REVEALING which industries are being bad for the Environment. If you don’t know, 100 TRILLION liters of WATER are used annually by the Fashion Industry. It's the 2nd most water-intensive industry in The World as previously published. Additionally, here’s one more thing you should know: 10K of WATER is what it takes to make a recycled pair of quality Jeans that can be sold on The Market. The Industry is being responsible for a lot of water problems. PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
is how much water consumption has increased as of 2020, reaching 4.000 km³. There’s more people on The Planet now and less water for everyone.
DATE: 25/03/2025
COMMENT: The Market is requiring more and more water supply for a growing GLOBAL population. Agriculture alone represents 70% of water use, then 20% goes to industries, and 10% goes to people’s needs. The Water Crisis is getting bigger since we are heading towards a 10 BILLION people global population. But there are major SOLUTIONS (!). PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
is how much Indians pay for 20,000 liters of drinking WATER, which is enough for 2-to-3 months. That’s expensive water for them.
DATE: 25/03/2025
COMMENT: Additionally, India is home to around 18% of the world’s population. But the country only has 4% of the fresh water supply for its people’s needs. India is the world’s largest EXPORTER OF RICE, with a global market share of 40%. To produce 1kg, it takes 3000 liters of water. This shows that the whole country is in water stress. PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
of milk requires 1000 liters of WATER to produce. And 1kg of cheese requires 5000 liters to produce. Agriculture’s costs.
DATE: 25/03/2025
COMMENT: And for 1kg of beef, it requires 15,000 liters of water to produce (!). The Agriculture industry is very water intensive and now having clean water is a problem. Natural water from the sky is getting more polluted because the water cycle is being “sabotaged” by climate crisis. Water evaporates and fills the clouds. Which then delivers water back to Earth’s rivers and ground waters through rain. But because of floods the water that turns into rains are polluted now. Hard problem. PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
of strawberries need around 300 liters of WATER to grow. One kilo of potatoes need 120 Liters.
DATE: 25/03/2025
COMMENT: In warmer places like Egypt, the same kilo of potatoes need 420 liters of water to grow. This is some of the demand of water that countries are having to deal with today. Water is used for everything. For perspective, 100 TRILLION liters of WATER are used annually by the Fashion Industry. It's the 2nd most water-intensive industry in The World. Food uses water. Clothes uses water. We all need to watch out for The Water Crisis. Agriculture alone requires 70% of the water proper for use in the world. PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
to 2,5k gallons of water PER MINUTE is what it takes to make chips nowadays. There’s a lot of waste in the use of water for chip manufacturing today.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: Samsung used 38 BILLION gallons of water to make its chips just in 2021 alone. Most companies use a lot of water in their chip manufacturing, and this is a serious problem because of The Water Crisis. If you remember well, 4.7M gallons of WATER are necessary to run daily a TSMC chip factory in Arizona (USA). PS: The main source is CNBC.
jobs in The USA came from chip manufacturers. More than $570 BILLION worth of semiconductors were sold globally in 2022.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: No wonder that number of jobs is high. Chips power our cars, phones, computers, military communication systems, fighter jets, advanced weaponry and more. The number of jobs that the chip industry provides is high because we all rely on chips for our Modern day lives. If the United States become chip-independent, that number will grow. PS: The main source is CNBC.
of the world’s chips are made in Asia. Hence why China and The USA are going back and forth in imposing export controls.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: As of 2021, 92% of the world’s most advanced chips were made in Taiwan. TSMC is a huge juggernaut when it comes to chip manufacturing and countries like the USA are trying to phase out, becoming independent on chip production. A lot of their home companies rely on chips, the more reliant The USA is on Taiwan, the more vulnerable these companies become since Taiwan has issues with China, a major communist country. The next episodes will reveal more. PS: The main source is CNBC.
CPUs are inside the smartphone you use today. The phone uses these CPUs to recognize your fingerprint, manage the camera and run all applications.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: The device we all use on a daily basis has a lot of CPUs inside of it, making it a smaller-scale supercomputer. Of course, today true supercomputers are much bigger and much more powerful than smartphones. But what you have on your pocket today can do a lot of things, even make films. On the right hands it can bring businesses to life. PS: The main source is CNBC.
of The World’s total memory production DRAM is coming from The United States of America. And all of that comes from Micron.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: The company is being responsible for chip manufacturing and faces competition like Samsung on World Markets. The United States wants to be independent on this area because a lot of its businesses like Apple for instance, rely on chips for their final product. The more they have everything under a national supply chain, the better. But that is still far away in today’s reality. Maybe they’ll gain that edge in the near future. PS: The main source is CNBC.
homes worth of ENERGY is what the new Micron’s factories will use. The cost of renewable energy for these fabs are 25% the cost of equivalent energy in Asia.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: There’s more: EACH factory will be using 25 Olympic sized swimming pools worth of water PER DAY. And 75% of that water will be reused and recycled right on site. Energy costs are actually lower in The United States. It’s the skilled labor that costs more than in other parts of the world. Interesting, right? PS: The main source is CNBC.
of Micron’s business revenue comes from China’s markets, and about 50% of that revenue is at risk due to a ban by the Chinese government citing national security risks. Hardcore game.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: The reverse also happens and american companies are also facing bans due to claims of National Security risks. This is also why the company doesn’t get bigger, in a faster pace. PS: The main source is CNBC.
BILLION is how much Micron, the memory chip production company made in 2023. They employ 43,000 global employees and they have 54,000 patents.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: The ones competing with Micron are big dogs. Samsung has 43% of The Market, SK hynix has 28% and Micron has 23%. The company acquired 11 businesses since 1998 going up to 2019. They provide memory chips to phones of Apple, Motorola, Asus and others. PS: The main source is CNBC.
malls PER YEAR is what CHINA is building today. Around 50% of all malls being opened in The World are in China.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: The retail industry in China is the 2nd biggest in the wold, behind only of the USA. Furthermore, the fashion industry in China is also the 2nd in The World nowadays, proving that the country is growing in many different areas today. Then there’s infrastructure, which is another point worth developing where around 100+ cities are being connected through high-speed railroads. China is growing. Fast. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
was the year that CHINA was already a superpower, producing 90% of the world’s computers, 80% of the world’s air conditioners and 70% of the world’s cellphones.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: There’s another point that must be said here: CHINESE products back in 2011 were of low quality, and cheap. Now, the game has shifted. The country is now producing products of similar quality if compared to the USA. Remember: 72% of China's Economy nowadays is PRODUCTS, not services. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
biggest Fashion Industry in The World is CHINA. Additionally, clothes are the #1 product that Chinese people purchase online.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: This is another data point on China that reveals how the country is becoming a superpower and touching the U.S.. And if you don’t know, here’s another data point: 50% of luxury goods consumers in CHINA were born after 1990. Young adults are now half the groundbase for the chinese luxury goods market. China is the future for many. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
MONTHS is what took WeChat to reach 100 million users. Facebook took 54 months. And Twitter took 49 months. The super-app is growing really fast.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: This is why WeChat has grown a lot in so little time: their network includes over 5.8 MILLION accounts from several industries. The super-app includes services like Instant Messaging, Mobile Payment, Apps, Public Service, Social Media, Government Services, QR Code Services and more. Impressive. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
users is what WeChat, a major super-app in China receives every single day. Around 1/5 of Chinese companies have their own WeChat account.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: The digital ecosystem in China is different, with super-apps like WeChat leading the Market. Nowadays, their network includes over 5.8 MILLION accounts from several industries. The super-app includes services like Instant Messaging, Mobile Payment, Apps, Public Service, Social Media, Government Services, QR Code Services and more. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of Chinese users access The Internet using their mobile phones. This shows that notebooks / laptops / desktops are only 20% of internet access in China.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: The Chinese people are more connected nowadays using their own smartphone devices. This is a bit of a shock when you look at it, but it’s how the Chinese Market functions. There are around 500 MILLION active cellphone accounts in China today. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
major things were invented by the Chinese: Paper, The Compass, Printing, Gun Powder and The Mechanical Clock.
DATE: 24/03/2025
COMMENT: China is a country that despite its communist agenda by its bad government, the people are more than capable of bringing new tech to life. All these 5 things people use today were invented by the chinese, and maybe there’s more on the horizon now that the country has become a superpower filled with technology and AI. Maybe AI will assist them in the near future to invent something else. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
cities are being connected in China through their high-speed rail network. The largest, fastest and more complex in The World.
DATE: 22/03/2025
COMMENT: China is putting a lot of money into infrastructure to make sure that the development of their cities (China built 500+ cities since 1978) are well-connected for its people and tourists. For comparison, Spain has 4,000km of railroads network. China is set to build 45,000km! That’s A HUGE number to say the least. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of China’s farmlands are polluted. Additionally, 3/5 of its ground WATER is also polluted.
DATE: 22/03/2025
COMMENT: China may be investing heavily on technological advancements and in infrastructure but the country is taking big chances putting investments in those areas without FIXING these previous problems, that can cause more harm to the nation, and thus, cost more money in the end. Furthermore, 400 out of 600 cities in China are running out of Water. The Water crisis is becoming a major issue for chinese people nowadays. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
cities were built in China since the year of 1978 (!). The country in 1980 was 20% urbanized. By 2030, that number will go to 70% reaching around 1 BILLION people.
DATE: 22/03/2025
COMMENT: Shangai had 12,000,000 people back in 1978. Today, the city has around 23,000,000 people. That’s the population of London, Madrid and Singapore combined. This level of growth proves that China is putting heavy money on developing the country at all costs. Urbanizing the nation is another major goal. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of the World’s population don’t have access to banking. If you have, then you are “special” in Modern Society in some way.
DATE: 22/03/2025
COMMENT: Those who think that having a bank account is standard and “normal” can think again because 80% of the world’s population don’t have access to banking services. Additionally, many people are being debanked. Back in 2023, 1000 accounts were being closed EVERY day by UK Banks in a new debanking wave for political reasons etc. Another point is when the customer don’t have enough money to keep paying the bank for its services, and has its account shut down. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
BILLION dollars is what Canadian banks have on their reserve. But they lend $1.5 TRILLION to the people of Canada. Fake money.
DATE: 22/03/2025
COMMENT: The people of Canada is no different than the people of the US, and some other major countries as well. People being victims of corrupt political leaders and criminal banks, which are colluding to enslave the people by increasing the debt of the nation and making its people pay with their lives. A genius 12-year old could spot the plot. Amazing. Wake up my friend. It’s time. PS: The main source is @chaaaching.money.
solar panels producers exist in China today, serving its Market. For a while, YingLi Solar was the #1 solar manufacturer in The World.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: The Chinese company produces devices worth 10 MegaWatts per day and is growing rapidly nowadays on The Market. China has been dominating in several fields, where PRODUCTS are the end goal of the business. For those who remember previous published Market Facts, 72% of China’s Economy is products, not services. This is one more add to the list of goods that may come from the country. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
TRILLION is the amount of R&D spending in The World. China accounts for $400 billion of that international amount (per year).
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: Technical papers by Chinese teams exploded in the last few years, with more engineering papers being published from China than any other country. Supercomputers, Telecommunications and Artificial Intelligence are now at the heart of China’s goals. SMART FACT: It’s true that although China has produced more research papers than the USA, the level of quality is still not superior, with the USA leading in the field. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
hospitals now work and collaborate with Linkdoc, a Chinese company that helps doctors diagnose several diseases and also track patients with chronic diseases.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: China is growing stronger in terms of international reach, with many companies being present in other nations with a competitive edge. The company Linkdoc, has a workforce of just 800 employees but is now reaching new levels of business with their advanced technology. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of China’s Economy nowadays is PRODUCTS, not services. This means that they sell more goods than their services around the world.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: China deals with other countries as a trading partner selling more products than any service. The country has been putting several companies on the spotlight and at the same time, chinese products on several nations where most of the times, these nations can’t have a cheaper option from their own country. Chinese products are everywhere. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
smartphones are around in China nowadays. This shows that the “new TV” is dominating Chinese people’s pockets and almost everyone in the country is now reachable by video, audio or text.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: China is becoming a very advanced technology-driven Society. Reaching out to any person in the country is now much easier. You are literally one video / audio / text away. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
countries is where Tiandy, a chinese video surveillance company is present despite CHINA.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: The company ranks #11 in video surveillance around The World. Tiandy is a company full of experts in surveillance cameras technology in China. They employ around 2,000 workers where 800 of them are EXCLUSIVELY dedicated to R&D. Their product identifies criminals and car plates. Facial recognition technology is only currently on China, though. And it can identify people even if they’re wearing sunglasses. Their cameras can zoom in from a very long distance, allowing a panoramic view of cities while executing surveillance at the same time. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
users is what Baidu serves in China. The company is the biggest search engine in the country. The business is even broader than Google itself.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: China is gearing up with all they have to battle the supremacy of the U.S., proving over and over again that the country is investing heavily on technological advancements. Baidu, the biggest search engine in China has already 700 MILLION users. What’s next? PS: The main source is Moconomy.
people in Delhi, India are homeless people. The city has also high numbers of homeless people like San Francisco, USA.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: For those who remember well, the land of the biggest BIG TECH companies have also transformed San Francisco in a city where there’s a lot of homeless people. Hardcore fact: 35K people is the population of homeless people in San Francisco, Bay Area, as of 2021. Home to the BIG TECH companies. If wealthy companies are displacing people from their homes, where’s the actual hope? PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
out of the 10 most polluted cities in The World are in India. The other two are from Pakistan and Bangladesh.
DATE: 21/03/2025
COMMENT: Additionally, 83 of the 100 most polluted cities in the world are also in India. The country is having a hard time solving its air quality crisis, which delivers toxins to its people’s lungs, killing them slowly and having their children sick at a very early age. Air quality is a serious issue. One last thing: The 2nd WORST air quality in the world is from Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. India is not alone. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of Chinese exported products are machineries, equipment and IT products. Lenovo for instance, is a Chinese IT product.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: This is evidence that China has grown into a country that now is technologically advanced, becoming the 2nd largest economy and exporting IT products to everyone around the world. Back in the days of the first Trade War with the USA, China’s trading partners were around 20, whereas the USA was around 9 trading partners. This shows that nations are after doing business with China. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
is the recent record high of China’s exports to Thailand, whereas exports from Thailand to China decreased 5%.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: Thailand shut down 2,000 factories recently (in 2023), leading to a loss of thousands of jobs in the manufacturing industry. The two nations are going through a major financial crisis when you look at the numbers, but Thailand is getting things worse (unfortunately). PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of China’s GDP are being invested in the country. That number is considered high because when compared to global standards, most countries tend to invest around 25% of their GDP.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: The chinese government is putting 40% of the country’s GDP back into the nation to try to grow China. Instead of saving the money and having a reserve, they are spending. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
is how many people are Gig workers in China nowadays. The country has a lot of people in this kind of informal workforce.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: More massive layoffs, more chinese people selling their homes to survive, more youth unemployment, less tax revenue being gathered by the chinese government, and fewer chinese people in a formal job. The China we are seeing today has a major ECONOMIC problem, despite being the 2nd largest economy in the world. When you have this amount of informal workers, there’s a problem. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of the top 23 Chinese companies across the industries of real estate, internet, automotive and finances, laid off employees in 2023.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: The Technology and the Real Estate sectors were the worst hits, sending people home as a result. The chinese people are already saving instead of spending, the youth is unemployed, and there’s a 16% drop in tax revenue recently. Additionally, the chinese people (middle-class) are selling their properties to survive. What more do you need to understand that China is in trouble? Now there’s more layoffs. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
thousand in annual income in China are obligated to pay taxes. Personal income taxes revenue fell by 16% in the first 2 months of last year (2024).
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: When you have a major drop in tax revenue like that, it means the Economy is not doing so great. The chinese people are now in a War to survive, and it likely means that the chinese middle-class are earning less nowadays, since there’s a 16% drop in tax revenue, pushing the middle-class to poorer levels of Society. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
was the expansion of China’s GDP in pre-pandemic levels. But in 2024, that number went down to 5%. Although the Chinese government expects a 5% expansion for 2025, indicators show otherwise.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: Wealthy people leaving China. The youth being unemployed. The chinese middle-class selling their properties for a fraction of the price. China’s growth is compromised. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of China’s household wealth is invested in real estate. And it’s common for chinese middle-class to own more than one property.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: But since 2021 that reality is now changing, with the Chinese people using ALL their wealth to survive. Additionally, prime areas in bigger cities saw a drop in prices of 15% or more. It looks like the chinese Economy is crashing, and these people who have more than one property are using it to survive a Global Economic Crisis that they don’t understand. As previously reported, the chinese people are saving their money now, and are not spending. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
TRILLION is how much saving deposits reached in China after the “pandemic” in 2022. Rather than spending their money, the chinese are choosing to SAVE money now.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: In 2023, it reached ¥16.7 trillion and in 2024, it reached ¥14.3 trillion. Although the levels have been becoming smaller regarding savings deposits, this didn’t translate in more consumer spending, showing that the chinese middle-class is spending just on the basics (food, transportation and clothing). PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
low is the reality of China regarding a 20% drop in sales of the luxury goods market (2024). China’s largest drop in 14 years.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: China is having a major problem because there’s no growth expected in the luxury goods market for 2025. For those who remember, 21% is China's youth unemployment rate (2023). At the same time, 13K MILLIONAIRES left China in 2023. And 10,800 millionaires left China in 2022. There's now an Exodus of big money leaving China. The chinese youngsters are the main drivers of consumers of luxury goods, but they are not spending much. Global Financial Crisis, remember? Now what? PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
people in China is part of the middle-class today, more than the whole population of The USA. It’s the world’s largest middle-class.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: The chinese people have the largest middle-class population in the world. They are 1/3 of China’s population. Additionally, they are defined by a three-person household with a total income between ¥100,000 to ¥500,000. Back in 2022, China’s middle-class spending reached $2.3 TRILLION, or about ¼ of China’s GDP. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of Americans were unemployed in The Great Depression of 1930. This level of unemployment is getting closer nowadays.
DATE: 19/03/2025
COMMENT: The ones who still defend that the Economy is strong (mostly in the USA) are not looking at things carefully. The Economy is not strong. It’s crashing since 2019 where ANOTHER Global Financial Crisis began once again. Back in the days of The Great Depression, 6% of the population was committing suicide because they couldn’t pay the bills or rent. Haven’t you seen similar symptoms nowadays? PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of ALL seeds sold in The World belong to only 4 multinationals: Bayer Monsanto, Dow Du Pont, Limagrain and Syngenta.
DATE: 17/03/2025
COMMENT: This is evidence for those who think that The Market is not too monopolized today. As previously published, in addition to this hard Market Fact, people in farms don’t make much money. Men tend to cost $4.20 per day whereas women tend to cost just $2.80 per day. BOTH are below minimum wage, which is €4.25. Farmers are paid by the kilo. They usually make $115 per sack of 1kg of products like tomato seeds. How just is this Market when you look at it through better lens? PS: The main source is Moconomy.
farms have a contract with Syngenta in Kartanaka, INDIA, to provide food and seeds for the multinational company.
DATE: 17/03/2025
COMMENT: Limagrain in comparison, have contracts with 600 farmers in the region. Multinationals that are part of the seeds / food Market are: Basf, Dow Du Pont, Bayer Monsanto, Syngenta and Limagrain. Men tend to cost $4.20 per day whereas women tend to cost just $2.80 per day. BOTH are below minimum wage, which is €4.25. Farmers are paid by the kilo. They usually make $115 per sack of 1kg of products like tomato seeds. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
people work day and night to extract Tantalum (a rare component used in smartphones) from mines in Africa. Without good conditions.
DATE: 15/03/2025
COMMENT: They work 12 hours per day and make only €5 in the whole day. Only 360,000 tons of Tantalum were extracted in 2024. A 14kg sack of the material sells for €600 each. If the miners get injured, the local hospital (built by an NGO) only has 60 beds, and ONE operating table. Your smartphone is built by this kind of hard work. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
parts is what your smartphone has today, with the vast majority made from MINERALS.
DATE: 15/03/2025
COMMENT: Smartphones parts come from different countries. Your screen is made of Aluminium from Australia. Your circuit board, made of Zinc from Malaysia. Your chip is made of Copper from Chile. Your battery is made of Lithium from Bolivia. And the assembled result comes usually from China. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
largest smartphone vendor / manufacturer in the world is Huawei, a chinese company. And the #1 drone company is DJI, also from China.
DATE: 15/03/2025
COMMENT: China has been pushing its entrepreneurs to success with measures that reward innovation, and they’re selling a GLOBAL vision of China as well. As the last Trade War between The USA and China revealed, more countries (around 20) do business with China than with The United States (around 11). Market dominance is a problem. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
per day and having ONE day off every two weeks is how the workforce of many factories in China work to make phones. And many use children.
DATE: 15/03/2025
COMMENT: A few of China’s smartphone factories (like LCE) have 50% of their workforce being children under the age of 16 years old (!). Many work 13 hours per day and have only ONE day off every TWO weeks (!). An illegal business practice according to chinese law, and international law as well. Your smartphone is built by this kind of labor. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
is Apple’s profit margin for the IPhone 5S. Devices like this usually cost €900 or maybe more. Very fat margins they have for phones.
DATE: 15/03/2025
COMMENT: For the Galaxy line of Samsung, the profit margin is €307. Additionally, on AVERAGE both of these brands usually have labor costs of just €2.38 (!!!) in devices that will usually cost €900. This shows that there’s likely slave labor in the supply chain. Workers in phone factories in China have to check 6,000 screens for scratches etc, in a 10-hour shift. It means checking 5 screens every 30 seconds. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
per day is how many times people look at their smartphones on average. Across the globe, 57 smartphones are sold every SECOND.
DATE: 15/03/2025
COMMENT: Another way to put it: 1.8 BILLION units of smartphones are sold per year. That’s almost ¼ of the population of the Planet. The majority of phones today that are sold in the world are manufactured in China. This tool that we now carry every single day is the new TV which we use for several purposes, including business and market monitoring. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
out of 600 cities in China are running out of Water. The Water crisis is becoming a major issue for chinese people nowadays.
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: The Water Crisis has been hitting several nations left and right, and for the chinese people that’s no different. But nations are fighting back. Example, here’s what Singapore is doing: 4 WATER SOLUTIONS is what Singapore is doing to solve its water crisis: 1) Water imports; 2) Desalination; 3) Local Catchment; 4) NEWater. In China, a team of 600 expert landscape architects are on the problem now. The chinese government deployed ¥.86 BILLION over the next 3 years for projects like sponge cities. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
of China’s power consumption comes from Coal. The country is trying to innovate to get rid of that dependency but it’s a hard mission.
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: At the last APAC meeting, China promised to use at least 20% of energy consumption from renewables. In China, the limit for emissions, is 50 milligrams per cubic meter. For some additional data, 18% of the used energy in The USA comes from NUCLEAR energy. Whilst fossil fuels is around 60%. And about 21% is renewables. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
TERABYTES per second using light is the speed at which a company in China, LiFi can transfer data nowadays.
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: China is getting really strong on innovations. This time, using just beams of pure LIGHT, a company named LiFi can transfer data as fast as 3 TERABYTES per second (!), marking a new Era in computing. The technology is incredibly innovative because there’s unlimited bandwidth and ultimate reliability in data transfered through light beams. Cutting-edge technology. China is becoming a superpower fast. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
on a SINGLE charge is how many meters a Ninebot transportation device can travel, a product from a chinese company.
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: China has a company that is revolutionizing transportation. Ninebot is a portable transportation device that weighs under 30KG and can travel up to 35KM on A SINGLE charge. It also has a top speed of 22km/h, which is perfect for short range commutes. This level of innovation may change the problems of massive traffic happening not only in China, but around the world. The company has 3 main models to sell nowadays. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
cooking OIL used as fuel for aircraft Boeing 747 in China was on March 21st, 2015. They used a mix of conventional fuel and BIO fuel.
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: Shangai Airport. A flight that took off as a Boeing 747 jet, used a mix of conventional fuel and BIO fuel, produced from cooking oil! China has been aiming to become more sustainable and this is evidence that they’re getting close. No other famous case hit the news with actual commercial aircraft using cooking oil that was thrown away at the garbage. Reusing used cooking oil is a first for aviation companies. Talk about turning waste into wealth, right?! Who knew?! PS: The main source is Moconomy.
largest internet search engine in China is now Sogou. The level of precision is next-level to deliver things like food orders.
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: The company built a piece of software that is a masterpiece. Placing food orders can be done via voice or text. You have your data connected to personal details and payment information. Next, it then checks for your preferences, then the search engine searches its database to find the CLOSEST business that can serve you, then it sends you an electronic confirmation receipt. And then it sends a text alert showing that your order has arrived. Smart, next-level search engine. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
less energy consumption is what China’s latest trams (not trains) use if compared to conventional models. The country is investing HEAVY on new solutions.
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: This shows that the country is rapidly evolving technologically. The new models only recharge when they stop to leave passengers on trams stations, removing the need of electric wires for miles and miles in the tram’s course. China is investing a lot in technological advancements in the country. This is just one example of it. PS: The main source is Moconomy.
minnects were completed back in 2021 (the app). In 2022 it was around 550 minnects. In 2023, it was over 2,500. In 2024, the app reached over 36,000 minnects!
DATE: 14/03/2025
COMMENT: This hard data is evidence that you MUST NOT give up on your goals and dreams when building a business, whether that’s a website, an app or something else. Patrick Bet-David managed to go through years of low engagement levels to reach success PERSISTANCE, my friend. The app is now running on 46 countries. PS: The main source is Valuetainment.
BILLION internet searches happen every single day. Instagram has 6.5 billion searches per day.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: Additionally, Amazon has 3.5 BILLION searches per day. Pinterest has 2 BILLION searches per day. The more people use The Internet the higher these numbers become, and the more opportunity you have as a business owner to tap into a low-cost massive audience. Funny fact: GOOGLE – THE MONOPOLY – has been losing its place on the internet search today. Youngsters tend to use voice search often and other competitors like the ones mentioned are gaining market share. PS: The main source is Neil Patel.
in the WORLD to millionaire exits is now The United Kingdom (UK). Like in China, millionaires are leaving the UK.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: Balanced economies are seeing a drop in millionaires. The people with money at that level are leaving their countries. For those who don’t know, 13K MILLIONAIRES left China in 2023. And 10,800 millionaires left China in 2022. There's now an Exodus of big money leaving China. The UK is not alone in this market trend. PS: The main source is Chris WIlliamson.
of the workforce in Japan will be made of contractors and freelancers (by 2027). Freedom is becoming the end goal now.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: One more time: Around 17% of Japan's labour force is actually self-employed, compared to 25% in South Korea and 35% in the USA. This shows that the japanese people are fighting things like karoshi (death by overwork) and are pursuing solutions on their own since only 8% of companies in Japan provide a 4-day workweek, which increases quality of life for them. The japanese people is fighting back and going freelance. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of japanese workers said they would change jobs IF they had the chance. Japanese workers are mostly unhappy with their jobs.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: There’s more: only a little more than 7% said they can be self-employed. In Japan, most workers are unhappy with their job life. Around 17% of Japan's labour force is actually self-employed, compared to 25% in South Korea and 35% in the USA. And because of karoshi (death by overwork), many employees are seeking other jobs and they also hire agencies to start a resign process on their behalf. The labor force of Japan has been under duress. Hard. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
businesses is how many companies Japan has in the country. And 99% of them are small and medium enterprises.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: Additionally, back in 2024, a record breaking of 10,000 companies filed for bankruptcy. Only TWO were small / medium size businesses. Despite this fact, another important thing to remember is that 1/3 of ALL small businesses in Japan can end up without a successor or a buyer by 2025. The Economy in the country is facing hard challenges. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
TRILLION (or $557 BILLION) is how much money it cost Japan because of low engagement levels at work. That’s more than 1/10 of the country’s GDP on this problem.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: For those who don’t know, Japan has other bad symptoms: In 2024, a record breaking of 10,000 companies filed for bankruptcy. Only TWO were small / medium size businesses. The country is also without a future workforce and small businesses with people of age over 70 don’t have a successor to take over the business. Lots of red flags. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of Japanese employees are NOT engaged or actively disengaged at work (2024).
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: Because of poor working conditions, the japanese don’t see their jobs as a fulfilling position. Japan is the home of the 2nd most disengaged workers in the world. Back in 2022, the average workers’ productivity was about $52 per hour. A 1/3 of Ireland. Additionally, 251,000 people is the amount in labor shortage in Japan (2024) showing that the FUTURE WORKFORCE of the country is compromised. PS: Source is CNA Insider.
of companies in Japan currently offer a 4-day workweek, a measure that was implemented by the government to diminish karoshi (death by overwork) and toxic work culture. That’s a small number.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: After the “pandemic” of 2019-2020 ended, japanese companies also cut down on remote work. IMPORTANT fact: 1/3 of JAPAN'S POPULATION is people over 65 years old. PS: Source is CNA Insider.
days workweek is what Japan’s government is now implementing because of karoshi (death by overwork) and toxic work culture.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: In an effort to try to make Japan’s society sustainable again, the japanese government is trying to install a 4 days workweek. With too many japanese people killing themselves and fewer japanese people having babies, the future labor force of the country is compromised. Additional facts: 1/3 of JAPAN'S POPULATION is people over 65 years old. And another fact: 1/3 of ALL small businesses in Japan can end up without a successor or a buyer by 2025. PS: Source is CNA Insider.
people is the amount in labor shortage in Japan (2024). By 2040, that number will be likely 11 MILLION because women in Japan are not having enough babies.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: A country with great technology is at risk of not having enough workers in the next decade. Since people in the country are not having enough babies, both those retiring as those in the workforce will not be replaced. It’s a serious issue. Additionally, 13% of the JAPAN's population over 65 years old is working FULL-TIME nowadays. PS: Source is CNA Insider.
THOUSAND minimum wage is what the japanese people are fighting for now. Japan’s working hours are 1.5x longer than those in Germany, yet wages in Japan are much lower.
DATE: 12/03/2025
COMMENT: In Japanese work cultulre, employees are not hired to do specific jobs. Instead, they enter into a contract agreement to become members of an organization, this means employment is like a blank agreement where the company holds significant authority over personnel decisions. Because of this system, leaving a company is seen as a betrayal. PS: Source is CNA Insider.
credit card accounts is what Thailand currently has in the country (2024). Back in 2014, there were only 20 MILLION.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: This means a lot of the nation is putting their debts in another level, leveraging credit card debt to make ends meet. And for those who don’t know, to own a credit card in Thailand you must qualify with a monthly income of AT LEAST $300. Hence why many families end up with family and friends’ loans while trying to survive when they can’t use credit card debt to pay the bills. Economically speaking, this is a hard Era for Thailand when you look at the numbers. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
largest in Asia in household debt-to-GDP ratio is Thailand. The country has around $35 BILLION in debt nowadays.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: Thailand has 89%, South Korea has 92%, Hong Kong has 91%, Malaysia has 69% and Singapore has 45% in debt-to-GDP ratio. The country is living a very difficult Era with 1/3 of its population in debt, with families having to take multiple jobs to pay the bills along with loans. The Global Economy when looked with bigger lens shows that there’s a lot of work to be done to fix things, economically. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
people is the population of Thailand today. But more than 1/3 are living in debt. Families in average have over $50K in debt nowadays.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: Thailand’s population is not doing good because the average monthly income of people in Thailand is just $860. A life without debt in the country is very hard to find, because workers have to usually take more than one job to pay the bills. And even when they do that, they still have to acquire debt. Some people there have around $25K in home loans, $10K in car loans, $10K in family business debts, $4K in loans from a friend, and $2K from a loan with interest. And they can’t get out. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
is the average debt levels of those who live in Thailand. And it has been surging in the last few years since 2015 where it was around $7K. More thai people are in debt.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: Household debts usually comply credit cards, automobiles, personal loans and housing loans. As previously published, the average monthly income of people in Thailand is just $860. Not enough money to make a decent living. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
is the average monthly income of households in Thailand. There are 45 MILLION people in that group or 65% of Thailand’s population.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: The middle-class is becoming poorer and poorer nowadays. The range goes from $740 to almost $3,0000. That’s not enough money to live a good life for thai people. This is also a big red alert showing how many countries are living under a short income, proving that the Global Economy is not good. PS: The main source is CNA Insider.
of consumers under 25 years old and 57% of those between 25-to-34 years old find products or brands on Social Media in The USA. Weekly!
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: Real business life stories: Aritzia’s views on Tik Tok surpassed 2 BILLION and are growing at a rate of nearly 100 MILLION every month (2023). Uniqlo managed to land big viral hits, and sold over 14 MILLION units worldwide (2023). There’s opportunity to sell – social selling – on Social today. A lot actually. PS: The main source is CNBC.
of Primark offerings is basics, like T-shirts, underwear, socks, licensed products etc.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: The retail store is aiming to become a GIANT household name in the USA and they are currently in 12 states. Major retail companies today require their clothing to be sent from Europe on PLANES instead of ships, making them more expensive at the end. For brands like Zara, the cost of goods is 25-to-35% MORE expensive than if the selling is done in Europe instead of the U.S.A. PS: The main source is CNBC.
retail stores is what H&M has in The United States, making it a household name. The company is now on its hardest season, facing Shein and Temu as Market competition.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: For comparison, Primark currently has 29 stores in The USA. SMART FACT: Running a retail store is CHEAPER than an e-commerce business in the U.S.. Funny huh? PS: The main source is CNBC.
(nearly) store openings happened in the USA from 2019 to 2023. And 30% of those were foreign-owned companies. Retail is dominating.
DATE: 11/03/2025
COMMENT: These stores are predominently operating inside shopping malls today. Primark (a retail store) currently has 29 stores in The United States, showing a rise in foreign retailers. However, Primark doesn’t run an e-commerce business in the U.S., it only has brick and mortar stores. Maybe America will have a different ecosystem in the coming years. PS: The main source is CNBC.
main MESSAGING apps currently dominate The Market: Signal, Telegram and Whats App.
DATE: 10/03/2025
COMMENT: The more digital you become today the more you have to rely on messaging tools that allow you to reach customers faster than E-mail. Signal is mostly used by Journalists to provide a secure conversation channel without comprimising data privacy. Telegram is the best app for those who run a company and its operations, where you can create SEVERAL channels for one-to-many consumers. Whats App is the copycat of Telegram these days, to be honest. Telegram reached 12 MILLION Premium users in 2024. And the company / app now has 900 MILLION users (worldwide).
BILLION is how much money Google Maps makes for GOOGLE (2023). The whole Navigation app industry is around $18.3 BILLION.
DATE: 10/03/2025
COMMENT: Google Maps makes its money from Advertising. But it’s now also playing around with the idea of selling DATA to companies that are building solar products, which things like StreetView and ImmerseView can help with, showing rooftops of over 480+ MILLION buildings / homes across 40 countries. Google is hoping to make $100 MILLION from it. PS: The main source is CNBC.
people constantly contribute to Google Maps every single day. They share reviews, or keep the hours up-to-date and things less objective like what issues to expect while on a road etc.
DATE: 10/03/2025
COMMENT: Google Maps users also provide private data passively as well, like traffic delays which is gathered through speed and drive time, for instance. Not to mention destinations. But it goes wrong too (!). PS: The main source is CNBC.
countries and territories is the business reach of Google Maps. The level of Market penetration is very high for the Navigation app.
DATE: 10/03/2025
COMMENT: SMART FACT: ImmerseView (a feature) uses Artificial Intelligence to MERGE Google Maps’ images and aerial imagery to deliver a new experience to consumers, showing a life-like preview of each step on a route. They use the imagery and Neural Radiance Fields (a generative A.I. technique) to take a PHOTO and transform it into a 3D representation of a place. Very interesting. PS: The main source is CNBC.
updates is what Google’s workforce is making on Google Maps every single day.
DATE: 10/03/2025
COMMENT: The application relies on Street View cameras, Satellite and Aerial images, 1000+ 3rd party sources, info from local governments and data directly from Google Maps users. The app is now used by around 2 BILLION users and was done because of an idea of Larry Page, Google’s co-founder. There are new features using A.I. that will make things harder for competitors to keep competing. PS: The main source is CNBC.
users is what Google Maps has today. It’s The World’s top Navigation app. Competitors are Moovit (1.5B), Apple Maps (500M), Waze (140M) and Strava (95M).
DATE: 10/03/2025
COMMENT: Although Waze was bought by Google a few years ago (2013) for $1.3 BILLION, the app is still in play. Google Maps uses AI for image analysis on billions of images to keep the map up-to-date. This was a move made by Google 20 years ago (2025) following an idea of Google’s co-founder, Larry Page. PS: The main source is CNBC.
full-time contract employees were REPLACED by a homegrown ChatGPT-powered Customer Service bot in Klarna, a fintech company.
DATE: 09/03/2025
COMMENT: This is evidence for those who want to defend that “A.I. won’t replace your job, people using A.I. will”. That’s false. The more A.I. gets smarter, the less the need for analytical personnel in your business. Customer Service is a big part of a company. If people are being replaced in that area already, fasten your seat belts because more layoffs are coming. PS: The source is TechCrunch.
of Amazon’s overall 7.7 BILLION dollars operating profit (Q2 2023) is Amazon Web Services (AWS).
DATE: 09/03/2025
COMMENT: The big business of cloud infrastructure has gone to new heights because of new industries like A.I. chatbots and things like ChatGPT powered-assistants. The company (Amazon) now has being one of the top providers of cloud services for businesses, Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurs. If you thought that Amazon.com or Amazon Prime were Amazon’s main businesses, think again. SMART FACT: AWS also designs chips in the USA (Silicon Valley) now, and also in Canada and Israel. They then send the chips design to TSMC to be manufactured in Taiwan. PS: The main source is CNBC.
more EXPENSIVE is the reality of building a global chip production factory in The United States if compared to Asia.
DATE: 09/03/2025
COMMENT: Over the last 30+ years the U.S. share of global chip production has plummeted from 37% to just 12%. That’s because it’s far more expensive to build a factory in the United States than in Asia, where labor is cheaper, supply chain is more accessible and government incentives are just better. SMART FACT: In 2021, Samsung used around 38 BILLION gallons of water to make its chips. Some Samsung’s projects aim to reuse 75% of its used water. Nice, right? PS: The main source is CNBC.
of Samsung’s revenue comes from Memory parts. It’s only second to devices in its business.
DATE: 09/03/2025
COMMENT: Samsung’s primarily chip manufacturing happens in South Korea. The company also manufactures in Texas, USA and China. THE LEVEL of growth that Samsung has been enjoying is also due to the boom of technology which includes A.I. etc. What few people know is that Samsung was the 2nd in The Market for delivering small computer parts. PS: The main source is CNBC.
liters per day of water shortage is what the city of Bangalore, India, faces today.
DATE: 09/03/2025
COMMENT: If you recall another Market Fact about Water Shortage and The Water Crisis then you know how serious this issue is for CEOs and Entrepreneurs. They city of Bangalore depends on just ONE river for its water needs, and certain crop owners receive water from the river ONCE per month (!). In certain areas of India, 75% of people work in Agriculture, where many are facing water scarcity. The more we are aware of nation’s problems, the faster we can deliver solutions and results. PS: The main source is DW Documentary.
new credit card accounts have been opened since 2019 in the United States, increasing the amount of credit card debt of the nation.
DATE: 09/03/2025
COMMENT: A Market Trend few businesses are talking about is this: The American people will have reached new heights of credit card debt until the end of 2025. In 2019, around 65% of Americans owned a credit card and that number grew to 69% in 2023 (!). With people having less money, people being fired due to massive layoffs, people having to deal with AI, what do you think will happen next? That’s right: more credit card debt. PS: The main source is CNBC.
higher than the bottom 10% is the income of the Top 10% (in the USA).
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: Although it’s true that the Top 10% generate work that usually impacts many lives at once and is more complex work, this number is now too high. Some major companies have been overpaying for certain jobs and many companies were built on the back of shady business moves to acquire wealth. It’s a truth that Markets today have to deal with. People are not making enough money at the bottom 10% and people at the top 10% are not sharing their wealth (quite the opposite actually, they’re using it to multiply it). There’s HEALTHY businesspeople who are honest, but there’s also crime (unfortunately). Something to think about. PS: The main source is CNBC.
people in the USA are currently living in Poverty. Americans are not earning enough to keep up with Economic Destruction / Crisis.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: Americans now have $1 TRILLION in credit card debt alone, and there’s mass unemployment taking place, which will be heated by the AI industry. If people in the United States are being pushed into poverty, it means that they are fighting back but are losing the battle. Many serious issues from the past decade are still here today (like government & banks corruption), and that means Americans have to handle too many big problems all at once. Impossible. PS: The main source is CNBC.
of workers in the USA say they can’t cover a $500 emergency expense. Additionally, most Americans don’t have $1,000 in the bank today.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: This data point is about those WHO DO HAVE JOBS (!). Imagine those who are looking for a job, what reality they are in today. Now, any potential new costs result in the use of credit cards to cover that expense. PS: Americans now have $1 TRILLION in credit card debt. PPS: The main source is CNBC.
of the buildings in Manhattan, New York could not be built today because they would be illegal.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: The use of land and civil engineering from past decades could not get a green light for construction projects today. Almost half the buildings in Manhattan, New York (USA) would be blocked for construction, due to modern laws and new regulations. This shows that the city of NY has buildings that are in the way of city progress in some sense. PS: The main source is CNBC.
the landsize of the European Union (EU) is what The USA has in practice, without counting Alaska and Hawaii. But the EU has more than 100 MILLION people than the USA living there.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: Additionally, the EU has a resulting population of 448M people whilst the US is around 340M. This is also why americans love using theirs cars to drive through their land. PS: The main source is CNBC.
in traffic on average is what Americans spent their time in 2024. It means an extra workweek in traffic jams. In New York and Chicago that number is 2x.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: Americans spent around $12,000 per person in order to operate and own a car (2024). The cost on their pockets and on their minds don’t seem to slow them down of owning a vehicle. Major traffic jams, hours spent on traffic are not being bad enough to make them ditch their cars and go for a more clean transportation like electric bikes or the like. PS: Source is CNBC.
registered vehicles exist today in the USA. The population is currently over 340 MILLION people. America is getting close to 1 car per person in recent years.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: The people in America love their cars and can’t live without them. So much so, that driving is both a part of their lifetimes and some sort of therapy for relaxing when they feel stressed. As previously posted, 70% of Americans drive themselves to work which means they’re putting their cars to good use. PS: Source is again CNBC.
of Americans drive themselves to work. Only 3,5% take public transportation in the USA.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: The reason why Americans use cars to go to work is mainly because THEY LOVE driving, and they love their cars. The car industry and its manufacturers discovered this fact a few decades ago, hence why cars are in mass production not only in the United States but also abroad. Despite the truth that they waste a lot of time on traffic, they don’t seem to care. If your business has anything to do with cars, it’s likely that you won’t have a problem regarding finding customers. PS: Source is once again CNBC.
of the world’s electricity comes from Geothermal power plants. And it’s also less than 1% of the electricity in the United States of America.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: The 1st Geothermal power plant, which harness its power from the heat of the Earth’s core, came online around 100 years ago in ITALY. This is something that is in the radar of AI companies because all kinds of energy making solutions are on sight. Maybe the future holds more power plants based on Geothermal-made electricity.
main types of Hydrogen are in use on The Market: Gray, Blue and Green Hydrogen.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: Gray Hydrogen accounts for 95% of the world’s consumption and it’s made using fossil fuels, releasing a lot of CO2 when produced. Blue hydrogen uses the same process but with Carbon Capture. Green hydrogen is produced with renewable energy through a more expensive process using wind or solar to split water molecules apart. It’s the most expensive hydrogen type among these three. PS: Source is CNBC.
DOLLARS is the combined amount that Microsoft, Meta, Google and Amazon spent on Data Centers alone in 2024 because of AI.
DATE: 02/03/2025
COMMENT: It’s estimated that by 2028, these companies will be using 12% of US energy consumption, which has been growing 15-20% EVERY YEAR in the US. Average Data Centers use 100MW and they consume the same amount of energy as 100K households. PS: Source is CNBC.
DOLLARS is how much money took DeepSeek, the chinese company, to develop / create the AI app. A lot less than its american counterparts.
DATE: 01/03/2025
COMMENT: Anthropic and Open AI are now facing a serious competitor in the AI space but now coming from China. The company quickly stole headlines in mainstream media for its reliable AI model, but done with a fraction of the cost. Although it’s true that DeepSeek learned from current AI models and was trained by them, resulting in a more efficient AI model faster. Real chinese competition is here, despite how it came to life. PS: Source is DW News.
people in Brazil are under social government programs like “Bolsa Familia” (family provision). This means that about 10% of Brazil’s population don’t work.
DATE: 01/03/2025
COMMENT: A truth about Brazil is that there’s a lot of people in the country who are being fed by social government programs, where they receive an amount of money to buy food and groceries and they don’t have to work. Many in Brazil CHOOSE not to work because there’s no advantage in getting a job with minimum wage. It’s a serious issue. PS: Source is PBD Podcast.
regulatory norms were revoked in the last government of Jair Bolsonaro. He also transformed Brazil’s government in the 2nd most digital government in the world.
DATE: 01/03/2025
COMMENT: Making a great government despite the amount of corrupt leaders in politics is not a very easy achievement. Jair Bolsonaro (and his family) managed to deliver great advancements in an Era where corrupt politicians reign supreme. The country, which is the world’s farm (!), experienced TRUE progress. Will that progress return? PS: Source is PBD Podcast.
is the level of popularity of Lula, the current Brazil’s president. The lowest ever in his “career”.
DATE: 01/03/2025
COMMENT: For those who don’t know Lula go consume the documents on Operation Car Wash and you’ll be very educated about the president’s “work”. Since truth always come out sooner or later, and Justice always ends up for the right people, this new market fact proves that eventually the truth will start to come out. Brazil needs assistance. International assistance. Not many countries can be proud of having a great climate, great farmland and great people. Brazil should have been one of the main superpowers but it’s not due to EXTREME corruption levels. What a shame. PS: Source is PBD Podcast.
PEOPLE rely nowadays on Brazil for food security. The country is the world’s farm.
DATE: 01/03/2025
COMMENT: Food security is a problem of the world, but Brazil is in the spotlight for having farmlands as wide as people need. The country is food security for 1/8 of the Planet and powerful countries like The United States of America and China are already in the country conducting business deals to secure food in exchange. If you are leaving Brazil out of the equation when it comes to major countries in this New Era of Information and Geopolitics, you’re making a mistake. PS: Source is PBD Podcast.
COUNTRIES share borders with Brazil. The USA shares borders with only 2 other main countries, Canada and Mexico. China shares borders with other 14 countries.
DATE: 01/03/2025
COMMENT: Military speaking, the fewer the number of countries the better for border management patrol and geopolitics. That’s less work the country’s leaders have to do on a daily basis. China, the 2nd world largest economy has to worry about these countries in case you don’t know: North Korea, Russia, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Bhutan, Myanmar, Laos, and Vietnam.
of Restaraunt food is delivered nowadays. People are not leaving their homes as they used to do in past years.
DATE: 01/03/2025
COMMENT: This is a trend that shows how people are not leaving their homes like they used to, resulting in more food deliveries than never before in human history. What people need to realize is that socializing has its benefits, and the lack of it, has its consequences, both in personal life as in business. Fewer people will likely marry, resulting in an aging population in the future and less networking will be done, resulting in fewer business connections.
forces exist on scaling a business: Customer Service, Products, Sales, Marketing, IT, HR, Recruiting and Finance.
DATE: 15/01/2025
COMMENT: Alex Hormozi brings to light something you should pay attention when you want to scale a business. The breakdown he did shows entrepreneurs what they should watch out for when scaling a business. All these areas are key to monitor when you want to go next-level. – SOURCE: Impact Theory.
old (and under) of CHINA’s flexible workers make more or less $1100 per month. That’s about 70% of them to be more precise.
DATE: 12/01/2025
COMMENT: China may have a new problem of not being able to provide for their retired people, with pension funds going bankrupt and youngsters avoiding contributions in order to protect themselves from future global financial crises. This also means that even if they wanted to, those who are 40 years old and younger, don’t make more than $1100 per month. It’s a serious problem. – SOURCE: Bloomberg Originals.
people are expected to retire in CHINA each year for the next decade. But retirement funds may not provide for them in the future.
DATE: 12/01/2025
COMMENT: China has a problem of not having enough funds for those who will retire in the coming years, with the aggravanting of having some of the young workers not wanting to contribute to pension funds. Furthermore, they are facing one new reality: ONE YOUNGSTER who’s now adult may have to provide for 6 aging people: their parents and grandparents. – SOURCE: Bloomberg Originals.
child (grown) in CHINA has to take now on the responsibility of providing for their aging parents and grandparents. Six aging people for every 1 young adult.
DATE: 12/01/2025
COMMENT: China is the 2nd largest economy in the world but they might not stay that way due to their aging population. Due to its one-child per couple policy that lasted many years to prevent overpopulation, the chinese people are now in a different dilemma: THE ONE CHILD who’s now adult may have to provide for 6 aging people: parents and grandparents. – SOURCE: Bloomberg Originals.
of the wealth of the USA is in New York City nowadays. The city is responsible for many parts of USA’s complex economy.
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: Netflix has many shows and documentaries that you should watch to help you master the Business Game. The company is part of the Market, and its shows reveal secrets of other industries, like in this case the real estate industry. Watch more Netflix if you are a business owner. You’ll not regret it. – SOURCE: NETFLIX: Selling The City - Episode 1.
of the phones used today are DUMBPHONES. However, there’s a 48% increase in smartphone ownership among those who are 65 years old or more, (2012 to 2021).
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: Nothing to add for now, except this: A study found that Americans in their 20s are on their phones for about 29 hours a week, which equals 4 HOURS per day. People are connected today as never before, and developing nations are responsible for a good amount of dumbphone users. – SOURCE: CNBC.
was the year that Purism, the smartphone company was launched in the USA. They produce both the hardware and the software.
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: Purism is a new smartphone company and they give birth to laptops, mini PCs and smartphones that run on a private operating system. A new company taking on the smartphone Market (watch out IPhone and Androids). The phones cost $2,000. Purism says that almost 1/3 of its revenue comes from the american-made USA phone model. – SOURCE: CNBC.
suppliers is what Apple has across 50 states of the United States of America. The company recently announced a $430 MILLION in new investments at home, not abroad.
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: There’s nothing more to add for now. – SOURCE: CNBC.
was the year when China surpassed The USA in manufacturing output, going from 3.5% in 1990 to 30.5% in 2021. The USA now ranks with 16.8% of global manufacturing output.
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: There’s nothing more to add for now. – SOURCE: CNBC.
of Americans today have a smartphone. And that percentage has grown every single year.
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: There’s more you should know: 70 smartphone notifications per day is what the average American gets on any given day. Additionally, if you want to map out the people, know also that 42% of Generation Alpha in the United States have their own SMARTPHONE by age 10 (!). That’s something for you to think about if you want to reach people nowadays. – SOURCE: CNBC.
main websites today are the go-to place for those who are job hunting: Linkedin, Indeed and Glassdoor.
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: Despite all that fame, not even these 3 companies are holding their employees due to the Global Financial Crisis that began in 2019. Here’s the truth: Linkedin fired 200 employees in November 2024, and Indeed fired 1000 employees in the same year. Additionally, look HOW MANY layoffs happened in the Media Industry, Tech Industry and more. – SOURCE: Fortune.
unique monthly visitors is how many users GLASSDOOR, the job hunting website reached (2024).
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: One more thing: Currently, there are 3 MAIN websites to go to if you’re after a job: Linkedin, Indeed and Glassdoor. Linkedin has reached 1 BILLION users recently and is a fierce competitor for Glassdoor. Nonetheless, all three websites are the norm for job hunting today. – SOURCE: Fortune.
BILLION is how much money Linkedin has made in Advertising alone (2022).
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: There’s more: Linkedin reported in the fiscal year of 2024 the amount of $16.37 BILLION in revenue, up from $15 BILLION in 2023. The company ranks at the #116 position as one of the most innovative companies by Fortune. – SOURCE: Fortune.
job website in the World is INDEED. The website has 350 MILLION unique monthly visitors (2023).
DATE: 06/01/2025
COMMENT: The number of people looking for jobs today has grown since we don’t have enough jobs for everyone (mathematically speaking). And because of the Global Financial Crisis that started in 2019, people are after work. Indeed is having to deal with this demand and has shown its numbers proving that they’re one of the biggest websites in the world. Demand is high. – SOURCE: Fortune.
MILLION tax-free is how much parents can transfer to a bank account of their children in Germany to avoid taxes.
DATE: 03/01/2025
COMMENT: The benefit allows €800,000 transfers every 10 years, starting from when the child is still a BABY (!). It’s impressive how some laws benefit the ultra-wealthy in practice. And that’s a problem. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
ago the top 10% in Germany had 50x the wealth of the lower 50%. Now that number is 100x. Wealth Inequality has grown in Germany.
DATE: 03/01/2025
COMMENT: The people who think Wealth Inequality is not a serious issue must revisit their knowledge of World Markets. Because without any access to wealth, individuals can’t start businesses, buy homes, and afford groceries in a normal way, without having to fight to survive. Germany hasn’t won this war yet. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
smart fact: Most of the super-wealthy in Germany aren’t mega-achievers. They have inherited their wealth. They haven’t worked for it.
DATE: 03/01/2025
COMMENT: The money of the super-wealthy works for them, they don’t work hard as the working class does. So in practice it’s wrong to think of the super-wealthy in Germany as the Titans of their Industries (of course, exceptions exist). For those people, they have many benefits and don’t work as much as normal people do in their everyday lives (if any). – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
reasons exist for why Apple won’t build it’s own search engine.
DATE: 03/01/2025
COMMENT: The reasons are: 1) Building massive web crawling infrastructure to index billions of web pages; 2) Developing sophisticated algorithms for ranking and relevance; 3) Establishing data centers worldwide for efficient query processing; 4) Recruiting and retaining top talent in search technology and artificial intelligence. – SOURCE: Perplexity.AI. That was the answer provided by Eddy Cue, Apple’s senior vice president of services. If you were expecting Apple to produce a search engine to compete with Google (Alphabet) and Bing (Microsoft), then your hopes are gone. Some other company will show up just as much as Brave Search and DuckDuckGO are showing up.
more steel than the USA is what China produces. Also, they produce 2x the number of cars and trucks, and China controls 80% of the minerals needed for electric vehicles.
DATE: 03/01/2025
COMMENT: China is the 2nd largest economy in the World and they are beating the USA in some areas, when you stop to analyze. A chinese economy with its roots on the communist agenda growing and beating the biggest capitalist nation in the world is a problem. – SOURCE: Al Jazeera.
BILLION is the possible amount of money lost in cost for the USA if upskilling doesn’t catch up with workplace demand.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: One final thing: only 46% of working-age Americans have an associate’s, bachelor’s, graduate or professional degree today. Furthermore, upskilling requires TIME and MONEY. Both need to be invested to make the current workforce ready for the coming years. If the workers don’t upskill, A.I. changes The Market and many useless workers suddenly become the new normal of The Market. How long will that take? – SOURCE: CNBC.
of UNEMPLOYED adults today said they’ve been searching for a new job for so long that they are completely burnt out (2023).
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: One more thing: This trend is now hitting Gen Z with 2/3 of them suffering from application burnout. The Market when it’s ill, sends signals and evidence to say whether it’s HEALTHY or not. You do the math now and reach your own conclusions. – SOURCE: CNBC.
of American workers say they need a higher income. And 95% of American workers say they’re after a NEW job. Money talks.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: There’s more. Additionally, Americans tend to stay at their jobs for an average of 4 YEARS. Then, they leave to occupy a position somewhere else. – SOURCE: CNBC.
TRILLION is how much debt Americans have nowadays on their credit cards (collectively).
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: There’s more. Additionally, 73% of Gen Zers say the current economy makes it difficult to set up long-term goals. Also, student loan debt reached $1.7 TRILLION in 2023 (!) proving that The United States is NOT in a healthy economy anymore. Americans are not making enough money for a normal life for years now, and there’s not enough jobs for everyone. Finally, MANY people are being fired from 2023 until now. – SOURCE: CNBC.
of respondents of a survey say they can’t afford the down payment of owning a home today.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: Additionally, 17% of all HOME BUYERS said that saving for the down payment was the most difficult task in the buying process. And 52% said student loan debt delayed their ability to save. The household income for the typical 1st-time homebuyer was $95,900 (in 2022). – SOURCE: CNBC.
TRILLION is the ceiling reached by Student loan debt in the 1st quarter of 2023. This means there’s a ticking time bomb about to explode.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: A NORMAL life is getting more and more expensive for americans. Now, students begin life with a loan to pay and are having fewer and fewer options to apply when hunting for jobs because of massive competition. Additionally, A.I. is coming for people’s jobs in a way never seen before in human history. Add that to the fact that most governments commit tons of crimes and you have a global event never seen before. – SOURCE: CNBC.
people’s household median income in the states of Mississipi, Arkansas or Kentucky was between $71,000 and $87,000.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: Americans need at least 100K per year to live a NORMAL life. This data point alone points out that many americans are under financial stress without having much way to go. In a world where there aren’t enough jobs for everyone (mathematically) and massive layoffs are rampant (!!!), americans are suffering. – SOURCE: CNBC.
states of The USA require more than a $100,000 annual income for everyday living, with 38 states needing more than $140,000.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: The life of americans is getting more and more expensive due to the Global Financial Crisis that began in 2019. This time for an average american to be able to live life normally, they need at least 100K per year. Expensive, right? – SOURCE: CNBC.
employees are partners in Goldman Sachs. The company has 46,000 employees. New partners are selected every 2 years.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: There’s nothing more to add this time. – SOURCE: Financial Times.
of Board Members are currently over 50 years old.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: The crowd of executives are currently over 50 years old. This means that a lot of power AND money is concentrated in the hands of the older generation. Although at times, things go wrong. Example: Poorly CEO transitions in S&P 1500 companies resulted in $1 TRILLION of lost market value annually. This means that companies are not filling the “job blanks” well, losing talent and being unable to fit the best person into the CEO role often. When you lose the CEO with a certain skill and can’t fill that skill back, you lose a lot in practice. Furthermore, CEOs tend to last 18 months on their positions on this Market. – SOURCE: Financial Times.
CEOs announced their departure between october 2023 and october 2024. Reasons include: Retirement, Burnout, Changing Roles, Under-performance and Misconduct.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: For those who don’t know, CEOs leaving companies in a fast pace means that companies are not performing or losing talents, which means that overall, the economy is NOT well. This data point alone shows a 19% rise from 2023. A number to be concerned about – SOURCE: Financial Times.
passengers went into and out of Washington D.C. in 2023. A good recovery from the times of lockdowns.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: The Economy of Washington D.C. is complex as many know, and this data point is a sign that it’s recovering from the bad times of international lockdowns. People flying in and out of the city proves that economic activity is on the rise. Let’s hope things will get back to normal (despite The GLOBAL Financial Crisis) – SOURCE: Economics Explained.
areas consist of GDP: Consumer Spending + Government Spending + Investments + Net Exports.
DATE: 02/01/2025
COMMENT: If you want more information you can calculate the total expenditure by households (consumption), businesses (investment), government (government spending), and foreigners (exports minus imports). That’s GDP – SOURCE: Economics Explained.
tech professionals is how many people Washington D.C. employs. The top industries in the city include IT services, research and development and telecom.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: The United States is a very strong economy but some major cities like Washington D.C. have a complex infrastructure and provide a lot of goods and services to the rest of the country. This is done by design. Well done D.C. – SOURCE: Economics Explained. PS: The main data point is from 2021.
is the amount of money handed to 142 lobbyists by Social Media Companies like Facebook, Tik Tok, X, Snapchat and Discord in 2023 alone (combined value).
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: The social media companies are spending heavy on lobbying in order to try to get good favor and avoid potential regulation. The amount of 30 MILLION dollars (combined) is what they spent in 2023. Success has a price. – SOURCE: Economics Explained.
main areas Samsung, the South Korean company operates: Technology, Finance, Insurance, Military Production and Ship Building.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: The company is not as well known by working in other industries like the military for instance, but it’s true. Samsung operates in around 5 main different industries with a considerable amount of success. Despite producing TVs and Smartphones, other products are in The Market thanks to Samsung’s operations. – SOURCE: Economics Explained.
of the used energy in The USA comes from NUCLEAR energy, whilst fossil fuels is around 60%. And about 21% is renewables.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: Additionally, 30% of worldwide nuclear generation of electricity comes from the USA. The USA is the largest producer of nuclear power in the world. Currently, the USA has around 92 nuclear reactors to power the country. – SOURCE: CNBC.
MW is how much energy Small Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) generate. Whilst Traditional Commercial Reactors generate 1GW of energy. These reactors can stay online for 60 to 80 years.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: A project by ORACLE, is bringing 3 SMRs to power the world’s largest Data Center. The company is also putting their money where BIG TECH companies are placing their bets as well. – SOURCE: CNBC.
of India’s GDP comes from the Services and Manufacturing Industries and they provide around 44% of India’s jobs in The Market.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing else to add for now. – SOURCE: CNA Insider.
of India’s entire workforce are informal workers. And for Indonesia, this number is 57%.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: When talking about Indonesia, there’s 11.5% in the range of 20-to-24 years old and 7.8% of 25-to-29 years old of unemployed people. In a recent card, more about India was published: 42% of young adults in India are unemployed. Asians need assistance and professional help to get to the next level on World Markets. – SOURCE: CNA Insider.
workers were fired in Toyota (China) in 2024. And IBM closed research and development labs and also fired 1,000 employees in 2024.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: The business reality many are avoiding to talk is that unemployment is high (very high), massive layoffs are happening a lot and government spending is at the roof. FOR AN IDEA of how many people are beind laid off in the main companies, just visit Market Fact #244: MASSIVE LAYOFFS. You’ll see the reality. And a recent card on this as well: Market Fact #482, where 20,000 employees were sent home. – SOURCE: CNA Insider.
is how many employees were fired by a recent Alibaba’s headcount reduction in 2023.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: No one is monitoring as they should the subject of massive layoffs. In THE WORLD, there has been an entire explosion of massive layoffs when you stop to track the subject. If you want to know just how many key companies are reducing their headcount as well, just visit Market Fact #244: MASSIVE LAYOFFS. You’ll see how the Economy really is today and which companies are doing massive layoffs. – SOURCE: CNA Insider.
is China’s youth unemployment rate (2023). India has 42% in this matter. Both countries have to fix this in the years to come or risk losing production capacity.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing more to add for now. – SOURCE: CNA Insider.
is China when it comes to having the largest population UNDER 30 years old in the world. India is #1.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s nothing more to add other than the obvious: These countries if investments are right, they can become the next superpower because they’ll have a brand new workforce for the years to come. While some countries like Japan are dealing with an aging population, China and India are in the game. – SOURCE: CNA Insider.
is the amount of young adults unemployed in INDIA. The reasons boil down to only one simple major cause: skills gap.
DATE: 31/12/2024
COMMENT: The youngsters in India are facing a hard moment in history nowadays. There’s 42% of them without a job. Big number, don’t you think? The estimated number of indians that will enter the labor force in the NEXT year is around 10-to-12 MILLION. – SOURCE: CNA Insider.
is the average cost of jewelry products on Shein, the e-commerce store. They are 80% of the products in this price point on the store.
DATE: 30/12/2024
COMMENT: The young generation in China (50% of luxury goods customers were born in 1990 in China) + the Western younger generation are putting more and more money on jewelry products. The stores behind Jewelry products tend to have a good margin, where in the case of Shein is around 10-to-20% PER ITEM. If the orders go over 4k, Shein needs to hire temporary staff, which allows them to then ship 5k to 6k a day. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
factories with around 2k to 3k employees which produce 700,000 pieces of Jewelry per year is what a Chinese Entrepreneur has today.
DATE: 30/12/2024
COMMENT: That’s how much product a single chinese Entrepreneur can add to The Market. He’s been in this business for 56 years. And he’s seeing the young generation in China (50% of luxury goods customers were born in 1990 in China) become everyday customers. PS: His employees tend to cost €1000 EACH. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
famous e-commerce stores are used to sell jewelry on The Market today: Amazon, Shein and Temu.
DATE: 30/12/2024
COMMENT: The young generation in China (50% of luxury goods customers were born in 1990 in China) are becoming heavy customers of the jewelry industry. But in the USA, this is not so different. People from the whole country are becoming fashion jewelry customers due to the influence of the Hip Hop industry. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
LARGEST Sales Market in the world for Jewelry is China. And it’s one of the largest producers as well.
DATE: 30/12/2024
COMMENT: No other country can match China in the jewelry industry when it comes to Market size. It’s not by chance that the GLOBAL jewelry Market was valued at $33 BILLION (2022). That’s in part thanks to China. The luxury segment for instance, accounts for a lot of the sales. There’s Diamonds, Gold, Platinum etc. China is also heavy on the fashion jewelry industry, and a lot of its customers are the young generation (50% of luxury goods customers were born in 1990 in China). – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
worth of golden chains is what consumers can buy (but with different materials). The same chain that Rappers from the Hip Hop industry use, which have a cost of €20,000. The same chain for fashion purposes can be acquired.
DATE: 30/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing to add this time. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
Tik Tok videos in ONE DAY is what a Founder and CEO of a Jewelry brand produces to post on the Social Network.
DATE: 30/12/2024
COMMENT: Do you think that the War for Attention is not something to worry about? Think again. This one Founder & CEO is pushing 100 videos per day just to post on Tik Tok to get the attention of potential customers. If you’re competing in the Jewelry industry, you might wanna match that business reality. The game is brutal. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
BioBanks is how many banks for biological things currently exist on Germany. They use these bio materials to conduct scientific research.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: One last interesting thing by the way: “4 nucleotide bases constitute the fundamental building blocks of DNA: adenine, thymine, cytosine and guanine”. Something for those who love knowledge, like we do on a daily basis. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
is how many years External HDs last due to its durability. SD Cards last 10-to-30 years and CDs and DVDs last about 5-to-10 years.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: One last thing: “The most reliable storage materials until this day are paper, clay and stone”. Funnny huh? We may be all digital nowadays, but having our records, memories and documents for business and personal life last, requires more than technology – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
worth of shelves are added to a library in Germany that stores ANYTHING published in or about the country.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: One last thing: “Until now, the library went through 4 extensions, the 4th one with 13KM of space of modern shelving”. The library categorizes all books with bar codes and a very precise system – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
to be banned due to FRACKING is Germany. #2 is France, #3 is The Netherlands and #4 is Bulgaria.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s more you should know: “The United States has 5 states on the same horizon of being banned due to fracking: #1 is Vermont, #2 is New York, #3 is Maryland, #4 is Washington D.C., and #5 is California”. – SOURCE: Economics Explained.
Oil importing country in the world is the USA. #1 is China, #3 is India, #4 is South Korea and #5 is Japan.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s more intel on this: #6 is The Netherlands, #7 is Germany, #8 is Italy, #9 is Spain and #10 is Thailand. Furthermore, China’s import spending reaches $336.5 BILLION whilst the USA spends $ 172.4 BILLION. Nations are still heavy on Oil. – SOURCE: Economics Explained.
was the year that THE USA became the largest Oil producer nation in the World.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s more intel on this: And in 2019 the USA became the largest producer of Oil of ALL TIME, reaching the global record of 12.3 MILLION barrels per day! Looks like the Oil Industry is here to stay, despite the whole renewable energy talks from nations – SOURCE: Economics Explained.
Americans DO NOT have homeowner’s policies. If they lose their home to a natural disaster, the value of the home is completely lost. It’s totaling $1.6 TRILLION in unprotected homes.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing more to add. – SOURCE: Morning Brew.
of the top 20 INSURANCE providers in the USA had loss ratios over 100% (in 2023). And prices are now 35% higher than in 2021.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: The Weather is not the same now, which impacts the insurance industry and the housing crisis at the same time. PS: 1 in 6 Americans live in an area of severe wildfire risk, not to mention hurricanes and floods. Again, the weather is now at another level, impacting the Economy. Don’t assume the same conditions for the future. Three years from now may be at another level (again) – SOURCE: Morning Brew.
of TROPICAL DEFORESTATION is due to the conversion of forests to farmlands. People are transforming wild forests into land to plant food.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: This is something that may surprise you, but it’s true. Humans are still in control. Farmlands are the end product of a lot of deforestation. Who knew? – SOURCE: Statista [ Telegram post on December 27, 2024 ].
old is how many years STREAMING will be making in 2025. And the world already uses it heavily.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: When people download content they have a copy of the audio / video / text file, allowing them to share infinite times over and over. When you’re streaming, you’re receiving the content but only for consumption. This technology will be making 30 years old now in 2025. Who knew? – SOURCE: ENDEVR.
KILOMETERS is what a byte of data travels on average. This is for those who want to understand Modern Data infrastructure and its content.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing else to add other than the form of Digital data consumes 8 to 10% of France’s energy consumption, which is a lot for a country. The digital world is here to stay, and infrastructure needs to keep up. INTERESTING POINT: The further DATA travels, the more it consumes energy. – SOURCE: ENDEVR.
NEW SONGS every day is what Spotify has. The company was launched in 2008 and has 406M users and stocks 82M songs today.
DATE: 28/12/2024
COMMENT: Companies like Spotify that stream content, in this case in audio format, are booming. Customers and users are constant on the platform and there’s no sign of this trend slowing down. The Internet has changed World Markets forever. – SOURCE: ENDEVR.
tech workers is what Canada has in its workforce, which makes up 6.5% of the country’s employees.
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing more to add, except one thing: CANADA is “stealing” workers from the USA by being more open to growing their tech sector, especially when it comes to improving their A.I. market share. Canada is a country that will be appearing in the Global Market more and more in future years if they stay consistent to the Game. – SOURCE: CNBC.
more than the US average salary is what tech workers make in the USA. Nationwide, they tend to earn $87,000 (annually).
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing more to add, except that the average ANNUAL salary of people who work in the UNITED STATES is around $54,000. And California tech workers tend to make $117,000 per year. – SOURCE: CNBC.
of the tech workers fired in 2022, were between 30-to-40 years old. And 89% were based in the USA. Additionally, the average employee had about 12 YEARS of work experience
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing more to add. – SOURCE: CNBC.
was the UNEMPLOYMENT RATE in April 2021, the highest since the Great Depression.
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: As if this wasn’t enough, here’s something else you need to know to put two and two together: “By 2008, Silicon Valley tech companies employed 17% FEWER workers than in 2001”. This means we have a high number of people unemployed and at the same time, during the course of history, technology is taking away jobs for good. REMEMBER: There aren’t enough jobs (mathematically) for everyone already. And A.I. is taking a lot of jobs already. It’s the truth many think they can hide. – SOURCE: CNBC.
COMPANIES employ (in the U.S.A.) 12 MILLION people in the tech industry!
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s more you should know: The U.S.A. tech industry accounts for 10% of the nation’s GDP (Gross Domestic Product). That’s a lot of the country relying on the technology itself and little people supporting it, when you stop to look at it. Companies like Google, Microsoft, Apple and others are the foundation of Modern Society and yet they employ a small percentage of the country’s workforce, not to mention others. There’s a small number of people running Tech in practice when you stop to think about it. – SOURCE: CNBC.
BILLION in GENERATIVE A.I. startup deals were announced or finalized in the 1st quarter of 2023. And $4.5 BILLION were invested in the industry in 2022. This is HOT!
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: The number of generative A.I. Startup deals has increased a lot in just ONE year. This means that all the resources, both physical and personnel are going to be laser-focused on taking these startups off the ground. – SOURCE: CNBC. Watch the source for more.
increase in the number of jobs that mention GENERATIVE A.I. (indeed).
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: The war for landing a dream job where you can execute your AI skills is rampant. Companies are desperate to fill some positions nowadays. Additionally, there’s a 6,000% increase in the DEMAND for job seekers for these A.I.-driven jobs. Again: 6,000%! And the TOTAL demand for AI talent exceeds the number of AI professionals today. – SOURCE: CNBC. True A.I. professionals are rare by the way, which is something few people talk about.
more likely to use A.I. tools in the workplace only happens when the company puts safe GUIDELINES in place for all 5 A.I. personas.
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: Furthermore, 43% of workers said they received NO guidelines from their leaders about A.I., making it the cause for why workers are not using it according to the source. The integration of A.I. will depend on what the company says about it, since workers don’t want to make mistakes or risk losing their jobs for mismanaging A.I. tools – SOURCE: Financial Times. A.I. may be here, but implementing it in daily activities is another phase yet to happen.
of workers WORLDWIDE fully trust A.I. nowadays.
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s not that many people putting their faith in the whole A.I. movement, proving that the technology may be hyped. But there are some who are serious about implementing it, but are being cautious about it, and not compromising daily operational processes to a brand new technology. Nonetheless, the fact: only 7% of workers WORLDWIDE fully trust A.I. now.
more the subject of AI increased in conversations between executives worldwide in the last 6 months (2024).
DATE: 27/12/2024
COMMENT: More and more the subject of AI becomes Top of Mind for executives worldwide. However, here’s an interesting fact: Around 2/3 of desk workers currently DO NOT use the technology yet. So there’s a storm of conversations about it, desire to implement AI, but deep down workers are not using it in practice in their daily activities. – SOURCE: Financial Times.
FASTER is the number of times that E-waste is growing if compared to the amount of electronics collected or sent for recycling.
DATE: 26/12/2024
COMMENT: More on this? Not this time. Just reach the source for more additional information that might suit you. – SOURCE: DW Planet A.
advantage in a CIRCULAR Economy is actually to repair products, not recycling them. Think about that.
DATE: 26/12/2024
COMMENT: More on this: “Repair is considered a higher value circular strategy because FIXING a product retains its functionality and its value. You could save several times the energy required by repairing a household item rather than recycling it, which would include breaking down the device, separating its parts, changing their form and sending each back into a stream of circulation.” – SOURCE: DW Planet A.
is the cost to trash a solar panel, whereas recycling a solar panel costs between $15 to $45.
DATE: 26/12/2024
COMMENT: Although EACH element of a solar panel (after recycled) can be sold (but not with 100% purity levels), solar panels are still easier to get rid of by just throwing them out on the trash. Simply throwing it all away for the garbage collector is cheap, whilst putting them on a recycling journey is more expensive. – SOURCE: DW Planet A.
MATERIALS are in Solar Panels. This is in practice a simple product.
DATE: 26/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s 6 materials in solar panels that go to Market: #1: tempered glass; #2: thermoplastic glue; #3: solar cells, silver and copper; #4: thermoplastic glue. #5: plastic backsheet; #6: aluminum frame. The components of a solar panel in essence are 76% glass, 10% plastic, 8% aluminum, 5% silicon, 1% copper and 0.1% silver. Who knew? – SOURCE: DW Planet A.
of old solar panels are landfilled. A huge problem for the recycling industry. But it’s manageable.
DATE: 26/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s a lot more to add: One: plastics end up in the environment. Two: metals go to waste. Three: recycling saves emissions. Furthermore, there are those who think that we have a big problem with solar panels that go to waste because it’s a hard job to recycle them after their lifetime OR after they are broken for some reason. Nonetheless, it’s something to monitor if you are those who love to talk about business and World Markets.
ago Bandon Dunes, the GOLF company was founded by Mike Kasier.
DATE: 26/12/2024
COMMENT: The story of a GOLF COMPANY is rare to know about in this Market. People don’t see golf as a probable avenue to adventure when considering sports. But golfers would journey 4 hours from Portland and 11 hours from San Francisco to play GOLF on the Bandon Dunes resort. The company peaked $125 MILLION in revenue (2023) and the resort is valued at $350 MILLION. That’s great success. PS: The SOURCE is Forbes.
(or 1 in the 3) companies in the defense sector is BOEING who can design and build combat aircraft or anything like that in the USA.
DATE: 24/12/2024
COMMENT: The F-15 FIGHTER JETS and the Apache attack helicopters are some of the products that Boeing can deliver. But the company is now slowing down production due to recent scandals and crisis. PS: The SOURCE is the Financial Times.
and 700 pounds + VAT is the cost of installing V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid). And the annual revenue from V2G for storing cheap electricity and selling back into the grid is between £340 and £725.
DATE: 24/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s nothing to add. PS: This data point is from DW Planet A.
BILLION is the worth of 45 chinese projects that are under investigation / suspicion by the German Environmental Agency.
DATE: 24/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s some shady activity by certain chinese companies by installing entire factories and starting companies without having the PAPERWORK in place, sometimes for YEARS (!). It’s a serious issue Germany has been facing since some operational factories are running without notice or legal contracts. They’re tricking the German state under their noses. Money eventually brings things to light. PS: This data point is from DW Planet A.
cars emitting METHANE GAS is the same output some individual wells have found to emit (1 YEAR).
DATE: 24/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s nothing else to add other than these data points are key to understanding real crisis and real world problems faster. When you have the right data all you have to do is take action. PS: This data point is from DW Planet A.
as fast as the rest of the ENERGY sector and the U.S. economy is how much renewable energy JOBS are growing. Impressive.
DATE: 24/12/2024
COMMENT: The number of jobs being lost in the 3 recent years is astounishing due to the Global Financial Crisis of 2019, but some sectors are in heavy growth. Renewables is one of them. Thank GOD we have growth despite the bad news. Maybe you can get a job in the renewable energy industry next time. What do you think? PS: This data point is from DW Planet A.
increase is what the salary of Chevron’s CEO (Mike Worth) got in just ONE year, reaching 26 MILLION dollars in 2023 just for working in the Oil Industry.
DATE: 24/12/2024
COMMENT: The salary of CEOs who are in the Oil Industry are massive because countries are reliant too heavy on Oil today. Despite renewables and the whole green energy subject being around for a considerable amount of time, the Oil Industry is still strong. And so are their salaries. PS: This data point is from DW Planet A.
barrels of OIL per day is what Texas produced in August 2024. Texas produces around HALF the country’s oil production.
DATE: 24/12/2024
COMMENT: The only thing worth adding (because we value your attention) is that Texas’ Oil Production matches the entire oil production of Canada. A single U.S. state is producing a LOT of Oil. PS: This data point is from DW Planet A.
DOLLARS is the average mortgage in THE USA today. The average price of a home is 440K, and the average RENT is 1,8K dollars.
DATE: 23/12/2024
COMMENT: Nothing else to comment on this card. Just know your data well and you’ll bleed less. PS: This data point is from Grant Cardone.
apartments in THE USA exist today.
DATE: 23/12/2024
COMMENT: For those who are in business and like to dissect the Economy and World Markets, know this as well: There’s $300 TRILLION worth of REAL ESTATE on Planet Earth today. And there’s $20 TRILLION of Gold. And there’s about $115 TRILLION worth of stocks – SOURCE: Grant Cardone. If you know the Market up to a certain point, everything becomes a game of numbers and probability. Find out what’s your number of progress (and of freedom) and push until success is achieved. In America alone, there’s 45M potential opportunities.
car trips is what a Hawaii’s skyline railroad is projected to REMOVE from traffic PER DAY.
DATE: 23/12/2024
COMMENT: This is not the only project we need to place our eyes on, but it’s surely one of the main megabuilds in modern history. Each train has the CAPACITY to hold 800 passengers or 10 city buses (!). GO HAWAII! There’s definitely a bright future if this huge project get completed. Something interesting to monitor since it’ll change Hawaii’s effiency and thus, its economy.
YOU SAVE (of your income) and you only have fun with 25% of it. That’s Shaquille O’Neal best advice which he got from one of his mentors.
DATE: 23/12/2024
COMMENT: The Business Game is ruthless. HARD. Hardcore. You need to think strategically in every move and with your income, it’s not different. This advice given by one of Shaq’s mentors is something you can learn and apply. Great business advice. PS: Here’s Shaquille O’Neal being interviewed about it.
go OUT of business in the first 5 YEARS in today’s Market. That’s in practice 8 in every 10 companies.
DATE: 23/12/2024
COMMENT: Any serious Entrepreneur and Businessperson knows that the ability to generate JOBS and CASHFLOW is a superhero journey. You have to push constantly through countless moments filled with adversity for you to at least break even. Success in business is NOT easy, that’s for sure. Something for you to remember us by. Face the lions and the dragons and everything else with a hardcore mindset expecting real business wars. The Game is HARD!
NFL players go BROKE within the first 3 to 5 years. Becoming famous and playing in the League doesn’t mean certain WEALTH for them.
DATE: 23/12/2024
COMMENT: A serious NFL player can have its entire amount of money lost because of mismanagement or some other serious reason. It’s a cold hard truth that few people know about. Once again: 1 in 3 NFL players go BROKE within the first 3 to 5 years of their careers. Who knew, right?
PREMIUM subscribers is the number that Telegram reached now in 2024. The App is growing fast.
DATE: 23/12/2024
COMMENT: And thanks to an increase in Advertising revenue, Telegram’s total revenue surpassed $1 BILLION (!), allowing the company from Durov to close the year with $500 MILLION in cash reserves. Those who are in Telegram now in 2024 and a few years before, will see a major growth in their channels as well because the App is becoming more and more successful. Furthermore, if you want to know a good channel start with PETERSON TEIXEIRA COMPANY – Introduction: All channels. And follow Durov’s channel (Founder & CEO of Telegram). You will not be wasting your time.
WEEKS is what it took for Grant Cardone to lose HALF of his audience because they all went bankrupt in the Global Financial Crisis of 2008.
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s nothing more to add for now. This is just a reminder that whenever we navigate over a Global Financial Crisis, your customers could be going out of business. Then you have no business on the very next day. PS: HERE’S GRANT CARDONE saying about this.
cheaper to RENT a property in Miami (USA) than to own one is the business reality. The same applies to New York City.
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: The USA has the largest rental community in the world. But the way its people live whether that’s renting or owning a property when it comes to big decision makers, CHANGE where you go. Networking in some cities may get you different results just because rent patterns are not the same as if compared to a certain city. But now you know that (thanks to Grant Cardone), renting a property in Miami is 3x times cheaper than owning one.
people of Houston, Texas, live in RENT. It’s the largest apartment concentration in THE WORLD.
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: The USA has the largest rental community in the world. For those who are in business, knowing this Market Fact helps in knowing also where to go for netwoking, since 8% of millionaires today are RENTERS (!). They DO NOT own a home. This means that owning a home is a liability for those who are smart (nowadays). Become super-wealthy before buying real estate. That’s a good advice. PS: Here’s the SOURCE of the main news (in case you need).
gallons of WATER are necessary to run daily a TSMC chip factory in Arizona (USA).
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: However, by recycling some of that water (around 65% of it), the factory can use “just” 1 MILLION gallons of water instead. Other interesting facts: “There’s the need of 2.85 gigawatt-hour PER DAY for the 1st TSMC factory in the USA to function normally, which is equivalent to enough energy to power 100K U.S. homes” – SOURCE: CNBC. Energy and Water are major requirements for running a chip factory. The world is already in a water crisis (remember?), so we hope that all this effort will bring economic progress.
the cost of making a TSMC factory in Taiwan is what happens if you build the same factory in the USA.
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: There are other interesting facts: “The USA INVENTED semiconductors and used to manufacture nearly 40% of the world’s chips, but now makes closer to 10% of them and none of the most advanced chips” – SOURCE: CNBC. Looks like the U.S. is focusing on what they are good at (i.e. building next-level technology) and are letting countries like Taiwan rule the chips industry. Nonetheless, they still want control. And now they’ll have it. Finally, once 3 TSMC factories are completed, it will cost $65 BILLION.
EMPLOYEES is the number of workers who are working around the clock to run the TSMC factory in the USA.
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s more interesting facts by the way: “The NEW TSMC factory in the USA has enough concrete to build 10 Empire State Buildings and has over 15 MILLION feet of cable and wire that could stretch from New York City to Los Angeles. And also steel that weighs as much as 970 Boeings 777s planes” – SOURCE: CNBC. That’s a very big operation, to say the least.
TIME IN HISTORY, TSMC will now be making its chips in the USA. The company manufactures 92% of the world’s most advanced chips.
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: The WAR for chip supremacy is getting a new chapter now that TSMC is putting factories inside the United States. For those who don’t know and never heard: “TSMC manufactures 92% of the WORLD’s most advanced chips” – SOURCE: CNBC. This means more market dominance for TSMC now that they’ve entered in the land of the free and the home of the brave, where Capitalism rules. The future looks bright.
of CMOs (Chief Marketing Officers) become CEOs. Most CFOs or COOs are the ones who become CEOs.
DATE: 20/12/2024
COMMENT: Of those who are in business and need to understand WHY certain things are the way they are, you must pay attention to the basics. Most CMOs will never become CEOs due to their nature when working in a company.“Only 4% of CMOs become CEOs” – SOURCE: Patrick Bet-David & Simon Squibb. The reason is simple: Systems are making CMOs obsolete (up to a point) and the very position itself is being erradicated by companies like Coca-cola for instance. True Marketing Masters are rare, and not many will become CEOs.
cars is the annual demand of cars in CHINA today, leaving 15 MILLION units available for exports since China produces 40M cars a year.
DATE: 19/12/2024
COMMENT: One additional piece of intel you should know: “China sent 5 MILLION cars to over 100 countries in 2023 making the nation one of the largest exporters in the world” – SOURCE: CNBC. And for those who care, the SOURCE from the data point above [ here ].
supplier of cars to MEXICO is CHINA nowadays. And China has capacity to deliver HALF of the World’s demand for vehicles now.
DATE: 19/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s something else you must know: “BYD is currently the top selling EV maker in Thailand, Brazil, Colombia and Israel” – SOURCE: CNBC. And as if that wasn’t enough, the car automaker received – approximately – $4.3 BILLION in state support between 2015 and 2020 (!). A car maker receiving support from the chinese government is a serious thing to consider. Or threat.
COUNTRIES have now imported cars from Chinese automaker BYD (2023) recently. It’s now a dominant force in the auto industry.
DATE: 19/12/2024
COMMENT: There was a growth in exportation of about 334% resulting in over 240,000 vehicles being delivered across 70 countries by the car maker – SOURCE: CNBC. Additionally, about 40% of the EV Market in China is owned by BYD, proving that the company is being extremely dominant not just at Home, but in World Markets as well.
MARKET SHARE in China is what BYD has recently achieved.
DATE: 19/12/2024
COMMENT: There’s more you should know: “In 2023, BYD produced more than 3 MILLION new energy vehicles, being hybrids and battery electrics, surpassing Tesla’s production of 1.84 MILLION cars” – SOURCE: CNBC. The percentage number above is from this SOURCE. For now, there’s nothing more to add.
EMPLOYEES were hired by The Messenger, a news media company in May 2023 that shut down in January 2024.
DATE: 18/12/2024
COMMENT: Just pay attention to the following: “The Messenger launched in May 2023 and had hired some 300 employees, covering politics, business, health, technology, entertainment, international affairs, sports, travel and other areas.” – SOURCE: Variety. Now think: if a NEW media company is shutting its doors in less than a year, then what is happening to the Open Internet? We have the business reality where a drop of 48% in Facebook traffic for The Media Industry happened in 2023, and massive layoffs in the Media Industry [ quick note ].
of WEBSITES that were accessible in 2013 cannot be accessed today. The Internet is getting “smaller”.
DATE: 18/12/2024
COMMENT: The Internet is a vast sea of businesses, personal stories online and modern infrastructure. However, this is only possible when we have WEBSITES being exposed, being....online. Here’s something key to monitor: “38 percent of webpages accessible in 2013 are not accessible today. This happens because pages are taken down, URLs are changed, and entire websites vanish, as in the case of dozens of scientific journals and all the critical research they contained. This is especially acute for news: researchers at Northwestern University estimate we will lose one-third of local news sites by 2025” – SOURCE: The Verge. The Internet is powerful, but has a cost. What’s your cost to exist online?
ROI (Return On Investment) is what you see when you work with micro-influencers (1K to 100K followers).
DATE: 18/12/2024
COMMENT: Today where all companies are facing Content Apocalypse and pure Online Chaos forcing them to be smarter to survive, having a way to get WINDOWS of ATTENTION is a must. Thanks to the awesome source (SOURCE: Neil Patel) we also now know that micro-influencers are here to stay. You may not have enough followers to be on the spotlight of Social Media, but you may have a possible income stream flowing to you because of those you can reach.
regional and super regional MALLS is the number of malls the USA currently have. That’s an amount 8,5% lower than 2015.
DATE: 18/12/2024
COMMENT: Once again, the source adds more important points: “In 2020, $400 BILLION were contributed in taxes by malls and shopping centers. Dead malls are being converted into mixed used spaces like offices, medical facilities and housing. Of these convertions, nearly 54% are being used for residence and office space” – SOURCE: CNBC. Notice that the number of BUSINESSES seems to be shrinking (not considering online businesses). Because with less 8.5% malls on the country, there’s fewer stores and thus, fewer businesses.
square feet of U.S.A Mall space is vacant and off the market, despite top tier malls with high demand.
DATE: 18/12/2024
COMMENT: The source adds more important points: “68% of Americans live within an hour of a mall that has a high vacancy rate, low consumer traffic or is abandoned. At the same time, the country is facing a massive housing deficit of 4.5 MILLION homes.” – SOURCE: CNBC. The years of 2020 and forward changed the game for commercial real estate, with companies struggling to make their buildings and malls a place for profit. Additionally, because of the Global Financial Crisis, homelessness is on the rise and real homes are in deficit, proving that banks and the government are doing things wrong (again).
of Japan’s labour force is actually self-employed, compared to 25% in South Korea and 35% in the USA.
DATE: 28/11/2024
COMMENT: The source: “Only 17% of Japan’s labour force is self-employed like Kashiwa compared to 25% in South Korea and 35% in the US ” – SOURCE: CNA Insider. The individual just mentioned earlier reports that there’s too much uncertainty, and japanese people are not familiar with that. They need security. Hence why Japan has so little self-employed people today. And because Japan has a way of doing business in a more traditional way, where companies are passed on to heirs in order for the business to continue, entrepreneurship suffers when you look at the big picture.
of Japan graduates find jobs during shukatsu (japanese job hunting season). Those 20% who fail, have their odds of getting hired later next to zero.
DATE: 28/11/2024
COMMENT: Here’s ONE LAST THING that reveals a sickness in Japan over its shukatsu seasons: “As a result of this pressure, 1 in 5 students contemplate suicide [ those who fail ] ” – SOURCE: CNA Insider. The pressure is so hard, that students are forced into a state of mind where suicide is plausible.
MOST EVIL companies in Japan are: Kansai Electric Power Co., Ad giant Detsu Inc., and public broadcaster NHK.
DATE: 28/11/2024
COMMENT: Japan is famous for having companies that drain the energy off of its employees while mistreating them. It’s a reality where every business day, employees from these 3 companies can be forced into super-hard work for too long resulting in awful events like suicide. NO BUSINESS should treat their workforce as a modern slave. Doesn’t matter the objectives. Here’s the source by the way: SOURCE: CNA Insider.
LESS TRAFFIC on the streets of Riyadh ( Saudi Arabia) is what happens whenever there’s a big match between football teams Nassr and Hilal.
DATE: 25/11/2024
COMMENT: Another fast card. Here’s what you need to read just to understand how big Saudi Arabia is becoming in the football (soccer) industry: ”Everyone is either at home watching or at the stadium” – SOURCE: Netflix: Saudi Pro League Kick Off Documentary [ 10:15min - Episode #1 ]. Period. Saudi Arabia is coming for the West in terms of dominance in the football industry.
BILLION worth of returned products, including from Amazon, are ending in landfill waste in the USA alone today.
DATE: 21/11/2024
COMMENT: Another fast card. Here’s what you need to read: ”Returned products, including from Amazon, accounted for £5 BILLION of landfilled waste in the USA alone” – SOURCE: Netflix: Buy Now Documentary [ 39:10min ].
phones are thrown out EVERY DAY creating a mountain of electronic waste for mankind (and landfills).
DATE: 21/11/2024
COMMENT: This is another fast card, but here’s what you need to read as well: ”13 MILLION phones are thrown out every day creating a mountain of electronic waste. Consumers tend to exchange phones every 2-3 years.” – SOURCE: Netflix: Buy Now Documentary [ 28:10min ]. All this waste adds up to the waste of the Fast Fashion industry, where 13 BILLION new items of clothing are being produced every year (by Shein alone, not to mention other brands). Around 10,000 Landfills are now closed in the U.S. because full capacity was reached. Where will all this waste go in 2 years?
customers year PER DAY is what Unilever serves with its goods and products.
DATE: 21/11/2024
COMMENT: This is a fast card, but you need to read just the following: ”Unilever is one of the biggest producers of household goods. Think shampoos, detergents and more, reaching around 3.5 BILLION consumers per day.” – SOURCE: Netflix: Buy Now Documentary [ 20:19min ]. There aren’t that many brands that are so critical for everyday lives. Something worth sharing.
new items of CLOTHING are produced each year by Shein.
DATE: 21/11/2024
COMMENT: Fast Fashion is here and it’s a CHAOS: ”Gap produces around 12,000 NEW items every year. H&M produces around 25,000. And Zara produces 36,000 new pieces of clothing. EVERY YEAR.” – SOURCE: Netflix: Buy Now Documentary [ 09:40min ]. Do you know where all these pieces of clothing go? Do you have an idea? That’s right: GARBAGE. PS: Remember landfills? About 85% of ALL TEXTILES thrown away in the U.S. end up in a landfill or incinerated. And 10,000 landfills in the U.S. closed (!). With that many new clothing items being produced, landfills cannot recycle them nor handle the volume of clothing. It all ends up in overfilled landfills eventually.
of ALL industrial ROBOTS installed worldwide were installed in China (2022). That’s a rise from 14% from a decade earlier.
DATE: 19/11/2024
COMMENT: Something else that’s important and eye-opening is the following: ”According to the Information Technology and Innovation Foundation, Japan, Germany, and Switzerland, are the leading robot makers” – SOURCE: CNA Insider. China is about to change that (it seems). Furthermore, according to CHINESE government data (which is not reliable), as of July 2024, China holds around 190,000 patents related to Robotics. Who knew?
BILLION kWh of green electricity will be provided through China’s Solar Great Wall in 2030 (annually).
DATE: 18/11/2024
COMMENT: There’s more you need to read here: ”By 2030, the Dalad Banner section of the project is expected to transmit 48 billion kWh of green electricity annually to the Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei region through ultra-high-voltage transmission lines. The scale of the project is evident in the Dalad Banner power station alone, which boasts 196,000 solar panels” – SOURCE: Perplexity.AI. China is raising the bar on the renewable energy game.
of jobs listed in The Market are currently GHOST jobs. They are positions that companies have no immediate intention of filling or don’t exist at all.
DATE: 18/11/2024
COMMENT: The next part you also need to read on this subject: ”Ghost jobs create a false impression of job availability, potentially inflating unemployment figures; Job seekers waste time and resources applying for positions that don't actually exist; ghost jobs continues to rise, with four in 10 companies posting fake job listings in 2024 according to a CNBC report” – SOURCE: Perplexity.AI.
DOLLARS is the amount of money required now to ship a CONTAINER from China to Los Angeles (USA). Before 2020 it was $1,200.
DATE: 18/11/2024
COMMENT: The next quote is all you need to read: ”Prior to the pandemic, it would cost about $1,200 to ship a container from China to Los Angeles. Today, it’s about $20,000 for just one container.” – SOURCE: CNBC - How Amazon Beat Supply Chain Chaos with Ships, Containers and Planes. Impressive! How expensive will goods and services on The Market become once everything shipped in a container goes through this price point?
EUROPEAN countries: Austria, Spain and Portugal have untapped lithium reserves.
DATE: 18/11/2024
COMMENT: The European Union is dependent on other countries for its Lithium reserves and produces around 0.1%. The economic block though, has lithium reserves that weren’t accessed, meaning they can start to be independent depending on what they find. A side point: Around 21 LITHIUM MINING operations exist today globally. This means that there’s no need for that many mining operations to fuel the economy. Furthermore, 60% of The World's lithium reserves are located in the "lithium triangle", a region that includes Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. The Market os lithium has “secret” countries ready to enter the game. PS: The SOURCE is this one for the main stat.
of all raw LITHIUM is produced by Australia, Chile and China.
DATE: 18/11/2024
COMMENT: The war over lithium independence is hot as never before and 3 countries are in the spotlight of lithium harvesting and production in order to serve countries including themselves. Australia produces 49%, Chile produces 28% and China produces 13% of lithium. The European Union produces around 0.1% and has to import its lithium instead. Once that raw lithium is in the hands of the country, it needs to be treated. Another point: Around 21 LITHIUM MINING operations exist today globally. Furthermore, 60% of The World's lithium reserves are located in the "lithium triangle", a region that includes Chile, Argentina and Bolivia. The Market is set.
has enough energy to POWER around 750,000 homes. This is where renewable energy gives humanity hope for a nicer future.
DATE: 17/11/2024
COMMENT: The Global Economy rests in part assured that renewable energy is here to stay, giving us all (mankind) a new kind of economic progress. And because of recent progress made, the future does looks bright. As informed above, 1GW is enough to power 750,000 homes meaning that a Red Sea dam of 50 GW could power 37 MILLION homes (!). What else can be in the works like that Red Sea Dam (that never happened) but that can change our lives?
out of 29 COUNTRIES (EU) had more 18-to-34 year olds living with their parents in 2021 than the USA.
DATE: 17/11/2024
COMMENT: The millennials and Gen Zs are stil in good part living with their parents (Baby Boomers) because of The Global Financial Crisis that began in 2019. Economic destruction is hitting an entire generation, to say the least. Another point, is massive layoffs. Massive layoffs are restructuring everything (remember: Market Fact #244: Massive Layoffs?) And this is a consequence of that. Furthermore, over 70% of 18-to-34 year olds in countries like Italy, Portugal, Greece, Serbia and Croatia are living with their parents. Bad economy.
MILLENNIALS and Gen Zs adults feel it’s harder to build financial wealth now than when their parents were their age (USA).
DATE: 17/11/2024
COMMENT: The younger generation are having a hard time earning a living and moving to a life of their own thanks to the recent economic destruction done by criminals in the government and in corrupt enterprises. Massive layoffs are restructuring everything (remember: Market Fact #244: Massive Layoffs?) and ANOTHER Global Financial Crisis is here (!). Hence why, youngsters are having a very difficult life in today’s modern world. PS: This stat applies worldwide.
is how much white-collar workers in China earn more in comparison to blue-collar jobs (2023). A strong rise from 2.4x in 2012.
DATE: 17/11/2024
COMMENT: The population in China are having good progress in terms of Wealth Gap considering recent numbers that came out. Now, blue-collar workers are earning just 1.4x less than white-collar ones. This means that the chinese economy is starting to reward working people. On a side note, remember that massive layoffs are restructuring everything (remember: Market Fact #244: Massive Layoffs?) Nonetheless, go Chinese people!
PEOPLE in China work on blue-collar jobs instead of white-collar ones. Generation Z is now choosing this same kind of work over others.
DATE: 17/11/2024
COMMENT: The number of chinese youngsters choosing more blue-collar jobs over white-collar ones is growing, and it’s boosting the number of actual people who work in these kind of jobs (plumbers, cleaners etc) in China. Some are choosing this because it makes them happy and give them a sense of accomplishment. Others, might be doing this over Massive layoffs (remember: Market Fact #244: Massive Layoffs?) Total Population is almost 2 BILLION.
ENTITIES recently fired their employees. The subject of massive layoffs is no joke anymore. Hordes of people lost their jobs.
DATE: 07/11/2024
COMMENT: The subject of massive layoffs is here to stay (unfortunately). People all over the world are losing their income due to how The Market entered a Global Financial Crisis. If you want a taste of how many people were fired you can look at the Market Fact #244: Massive Layoffs. You’ll get a pretty good idea of how serious this is in practice.
trucks go through the El Paso Mexico border in a WEEKDAY to deliver goods.
DATE: 02/11/2024
COMMENT: The border where trucks go through in heavy numbers prove that Mexico is turning itself into the 1st nation to do business with the United States. If no tariffs are imposed in the near future, China may lose its place as a trading partner. We are yet to see how big Mexico can become in Trade with the U.S. In this operation, most truck drivers do this trip 2-3 times a day.
is the amount of vehicles Mexico produces in a single YEAR. And 76% of those are destined to the United States of America.
DATE: 02/11/2024
COMMENT: The Global Market for the automotive industry is becoming more and more reliant on Mexico. The United States is now importing more from the country, leaving “Made in China” products as the 2nd option. As the source says: “The Top 10 commodities traded between Mexico and the U.S. in June 2024 were vehicles, computers and electrical machinery” – SOURCE: CNBC. Mexico is rising as a new trading partner for sure. What’s next?
TRILLION liters of WATER are used annually by the Fashion Industry. It’s the 2nd most water-intensive industry in The World.
DATE: 03/10/2024
COMMENT: The whole point about bringing up data points involving water is because of the Water scarcity [ important! ] crisis which is a HUGE issue on its own. Additionally, as the source (CNA Insider) puts it: “Agriculture is the 1st most water-intensive industry. Then the 3rd one is the Energy Industry. Then the Meat industry is the 4th one. Then the 5th one is the Beverage Industry. Then the 6th is the Construction, Mining and Car industries” – SOURCE: CNA Insider. Water use is being monitored for a good reason. Companies should wake up.
MAIN SUBJECTS are something every Business owner, CEO, Entrepreneur should know about today: WATER and LAYOFFS.
DATE: 03/10/2024
COMMENT: World Markets are imploding because there are two main crises which are rapidly evolving in the world of business: Water scarcity and Massive Layoffs. The subject of Massive Layoffs places a business insight because IF too many PEOPLE are being laid off (including in the Tech sector) and too many businesses are FIRING, then eventually bills will stop being paid and you’ll have masses of people not knowing what to do or what is happening. And water is another important point, because it guarantees our survival. Think about that.
types of PLASTIC which are PET and HDPE are legitimately recyclable. And the rates for plastic recycling is less than 10%.
DATE: 03/10/2024
COMMENT: The level of recycling companies need to do in order to push The World to a cleaner future needs to be harder, as plastic alone is a problem big enough to fix. Around 56 companies are pushing into our ecosystem HALF of the plastic that is going into nature with some it causing harm. Finally, remember this: “For those two plastics the recycling rate is close to 30%”. SOURCE: Business Insider (Youtube). We can recycle plastic up to a point, but it can be done. The thing is that many companies don’t see any profit in it today.
of active pharmaceuticals in the USA are IMPORTED from India.
DATE: 02/10/2024
COMMENT: This is related to the Dockworkers strike. Here’s a big heads up: “First week, it will be all over the news — boom, boom, boom. Second week, guys who sell cars can’t sell cars because the cars ain’t coming in off the ships. They get laid off. Third week, malls start closing down. They can’t get the goods from China. They can’t sell clothes. They can’t do this. Everything in the United States comes on on a ship. They go out of business. Construction workers get laid off because the materials aren’t coming . The steel i s not coming in. The lumber is not coming in. They lose their jobs. Everybody is hating the Longshoremen now because now they realize how important our jobs are now.”. SOURCE: Quartz. And the source of this main Market Fact is also QUARTZ.
DOLLARS for a 20-foot container will be the new SURCHARGE by Maersk on impacted ports due to the strike of Dockworkers.
DATE: 02/10/2024
COMMENT: The Global Commerce world will start to see some major disruption as dockworkers in the USA begin a 45K-employee strike. Here’s more you must know: “Denmark-based carrier Maersk is implementing a surcharge on the impacted ports, ranging from $1,500 for a 20-foot container to $3,780 for a 45-foot container.”. SOURCE: Quartz. The dockworkers strike will likely cost $7.5 BILLION per week. And Walmart, Ikea and Home Depot will “suffer” the most.
PORTS from Maine to Texas (USA) are going to be affected by the strike of Dockworkers. Additionally, there are 45,000 workers on strike.
DATE: 02/10/2024
COMMENT: The recent strike is the 1st action in 50 YEARS which will impact the United States in a very particular way, causing market disruption. More worth sharing: “Approximately 45,000 workers walked off the job after their contract expired at midnight, demanding a 77% pay increase over six years and protections against automation. The strike could lead to supply chain disruptions, higher prices, and shortages of goods if unresolved”. SOURCE: VT NEWS.AI. The dockworkers strike will likely cost $7.5 BILLION per week.
DRIEST year on record in 2023 is what The Panama Canal recently experienced, impacting the traffic of ships and thus, global commerce.
DATE: 01/10/2024
COMMENT: The level of water – water scarcity – also has a direct impact on global shipping. Recently The Panama Canal had its 3rd driest year. Some of the consequences and main points: “At times, more than 100 ships at a time lined up and waited up to 21 days to use the canal, which is responsible for about 5% of global shipping.”. SOURCE: Reuters - Panama Canal to increase transit slots in September as rains come early. The Water Crisis hits us all. No exceptions.
PER DAY will be the amount of money lost in damages of a strike done by U.S. dockworkers.
DATE: 01/10/2024
COMMENT: World Markets work as a unit, and ONE precise strike can deliver a big blow to The Market if done for too long. Here’s Quartz: “The potential damage of such a strike is expected to cost somewhere between $1 billion and $5 billion per day,…..Oxford Economics has said a prolonged strike could impact up to 100,000 jobs and reduce U.S. economic activity by between $4.5 billion and $7.5 billion for every week it persists........The congestion and delays at these major ports will severely impact the availability of containers, increase costs, and disrupt schedules”. SOURCE: Quartz - A massive U.S. port strike is just hours away. DockWorkers have disruptive power ($7.5 BILLION a week!).
BILLION is the new budget for the Russian military for 2025. This is a 23% increase.
DATE: 01/10/2024
COMMENT: There’s no need to add anything else, just read this: “The planned 23% budget increase to $145 billion will exceed the country’s combined expenditure on education, healthcare, and social policies. The hike confirms that Moscow has switched to a ‘war footing,’ independent Russian outlet The Bell wrote, and that the Kremlin will make the military a top funding priority regardless of when the war in Ukraine ends. President Vladimir Putin recently ordered the army to add 180,000 troops and bring its total active force to 1.5 million, which would make Russia’s military the world’s second largest, after China’s.”. SOURCE: Semafor Newsletter, September 30, 2024.
COUNTRIES were the target of Donald Trump’s tariffs in 2018: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, the European Union, India, Mexico, and South Korea.
DATE: 29/09/2024
COMMENT: Since The United States is the home of Capitalism and its presidential elections are near, it’s good to remind ourselves of this fact. Additionally, here’s more: “several universities found that in the first year or so, U.S. consumers and firms that bought imports lost $51 billion.”. SOURCE: Fortune Newsletter, August 1, 2024. Joe Biden didn’t touch this matter much.
MILLION is how much money Delta Airlines had to spend due to the recent CrowdStrike outage.
DATE: 29/09/2024
COMMENT: This is not a negative card but one that shows how companies and CEOs and business owners should act on any given crisis. This recent outage that damaged Delta Airlines and its customers, revealed true CEOs that care about their customers and personnel. Here: ”’We have no choice, between not just the lost revenue, but the tens of millions of dollars per day in compensation and hotels,’ he said. ‘We did everything we could to take care of our customers over that period.’. SOURCE: Quartz. Respect.
of THE MARKET is owned by Visa while Mastercard owns 33%.
DATE: 28/09/2024
COMMENT: One truth that is hitting Markets is that even credit card payment companies are facing a new struggle, because of innovation and The Global Financial Crisis, which is blocking people from getting NEW cards and using old ones. Finally, here’s more: ”Digital competition, including real-time payments, related pay-by-bank options and buy now, pay later financing, are increasing the alternatives to card payments. In addition, legislative and regulatory pressures are building.”. SOURCE: Payments Dive - Is Visa readying for an expiration of cards? . The Game of Markets doesn’t give anyone a rest. It’s a good point of view to consider whether credit card payments will be around in the near future, with the same “strength” or not. Everybody needs to keep working, isn’t?
BILLION is how much money the contract between Open AI and Microsoft is worth. The company however, is spending $5 BILLION per year in operation costs.
DATE: 28/09/2024
COMMENT: One more – TRUE – thing : ”There's an exodus of executives from OpenAI, the company is burning billions a year, its enterprise offerings are widely criticized, Sam Altman appears to spend half of his day doing podcasts, and there is still no proven business model.”. SOURCE: Futurism. There’s a time clock where Open AI has to prove itself to World Markets.
of MARKETERS in the U.S.A. were working with 1-to-5 influencers per campaign (2023).
DATE: 28/09/2024
COMMENT: Marketers are in control when it comes to defining how many CREATORS should get work (and also get paid). Additionally, because of MASSIVE competition online nowadays, Creators are having to fight every single post from everyone else to get attention. Hence why this: ”That’s a big drop compared with 2021, when the most common number of influencers per campaign was between 11 and 20.”. SOURCE: EMARKETER - 3 shifts and opportunities in the creator economy. The Game of Winning Attention for your business has never been so brutal. Not even Creators are keeping up. The days of throwing money at Influencers and expecting sales to grow are long gone.
MILLION is what UFC’s parent company agreed to pay in order to settle a class action lawsuit.
DATE: 28/09/2024
COMMENT: For a while now many have been vocal about UFC not paying its fighters enough money, with the exception of those who put on a show and draw attention (fighters like Connor McGregor). The UFC’s parent company agreed to settle the class action lawsuit which accuses the company of “tamping down fighters’ pay by making it hard for them to accept offers from rival fight promoters”. SOURCE: Morning Brew Newsletter, September 28, 2024. The Market is WAR. Remember that.
PEOPLE will watch your 30-second Ads if you pay The Super bowl the price point of $8 MILLION.
DATE: 26/09/2024
COMMENT: Those who are in the Advertising Game know that Gary Vee’s words about The Super Bowl being the LEAST expensive Ad you can pay know that he’s not lying. For 8 MILLION DOLLARS you are given access to 130 MILLION american eyeballs for a 30-second window. If you’re smart enough with your Ads and you know how to create Art and how to deliver the message of your goods or service, it’s a good trade. Remember that. SOURCE: Gary Vee.
OF THE WASTEWATER around the world is released untreated. And only 11% of it is reused.
DATE: 26/09/2024
COMMENT: The Water Crisis involves caring about our WASTE WATER as well. Some nations are being a role model while others are still in their infancy on the subject. A few other cards worth mentioning since we are in the water crisis subject are Market Fact #373 and Market Fact #374. Furthermore, watch Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve our Water Crisis (NETFLIX). You’ll see water crisis solutions. As mentioned before, it’s never enough to talk about the Water Crisis. OBS: SOURCE: DW Documentary.
DESALINATION PLANTS provide 25% of the water to the population in Singapore. The country is home to 6 MILLION people.
DATE: 26/09/2024
COMMENT: The Water Crisis is once more a subject we all need to wake up to in order to avoid international conflict and WAR. By watching Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve our Water Crisis (NETFLIX) you can see how some solutions already exist, with some very portable ones. Nonetheless, it’s never enough to talk about the Water Crisis. OBS: SOURCE: DW Documentary.
WATER SOLUTIONS is what Singapore is doing to solve its water crisis: 1) Water imports; 2) Desalination; 3) Local Catchment; 4) NEWater. The 4 National Taps.
DATE: 26/09/2024
COMMENT: The Water Crisis is actually an International issue and many nations are having to handle this on top of everything else. However big, solutions do exist. Some of them you can see by watching Brave Blue World: Racing to Solve our Water Crisis (NETFLIX). Others are in the works. But countries like Singapore are already fixing the problem. OBS: SOURCE: DW Documentary.
CATEGORIES of Artificial Intelligence exist: Artificial Narrow Intelligence (ANI), Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Artificial Superintelligence (ASI).
DATE: 26/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s the concern among business leaders that AI will take over EVERYTHING in our lives (I know, that’s not everybody but some) which is simply not true. When it comes to AI, there are only 3 levels, and reaching AGI is already a superfeat. To reach ASI, is close to impossible. PS: SOURCE: Codebots (of the explanations on 3 AI levels). AGI is scary enough already.
OF GREAT BRITAIN’s population which is around 14 MILLION people live in poverty.
DATE: 26/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s Wealth Inequality all over the globe and in one of Europe’s richest countries in the world is no different. Rich people and poor people are also seeing each other’s wealth differences on a daily basis on Britain. Housing, Food and Energy costs are suffocating 14 MILLION people in the country. – SOURCE: DW Documentary.
COUNTRIES have banned X (formerly Twitter): China, Iran, North Korea, Russia, Pakistan, Venezuela and Brazil.
DATE: 25/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s a level of criminals that have been persecuting FREE SPEECH with everything they got by using “The Democratic State” as a cover for their criminal acts of censorship. True Capitalists – true entrepreneurs – know in practice that in order to defend freedom itself you also need to defend freedom of speech. And it’s something like a WAR. One of the main criminals in Brazil is Alexandre de Moraes, pretending to be in the right side of Democracy but using his fingers to help destroy freedom. – SOURCE: Valuetainment (of the stat).
is what it takes for a MILLIONAIRE to reach billionaire status. And it takes 27 YEARS for a normal person to reach millionaire status.
DATE: 25/09/2024
COMMENT: Those who believe in get rich quick schemes should always remember facts like this one because there’s no path to HONEST WEALTH without a journey of hard work and pure faith on yourself. Remember: “around 5.3 MILLION americans took 27 YEARS to reach millionaire status. And around 700 americans took more 14 years to reach a billion dollars.”. – SOURCE: Valuetainment. The money game takes time.
OF ADULTS (internationally) have less than $10.000 in their bank account. All countries are involved.
DATE: 25/09/2024
COMMENT: The business reality is harder to face because GLOBALLY speaking, most adults don’t have enough money to start a business, nor they have enough money to invest in a business or nor they have enough money for groceries, bills and emergencies. And here’s more to complement this: “’34.4% have $10.000 to $100.000 and 12% have $100.000 to $ 1 MILLION and ONLY 1% have $ 1 MILLION or more to their name (globally).”. – SOURCE: Valuetainment. This is wealth inequality at its worst.
WORST air quality in the world is from Sao Paulo, BRAZIL. Only Lahore, Pakistan beats the city.
DATE: 23/09/2024
COMMENT: The consequences of wildfires and drought are horrible, and this is a case worth mentioning. Here’s more: “’From the beginning of the year until Sept. 8, Brazil registered almost 160,000 fires, the worst year since 2010......Most fires are manmade as part of the deforestation process or for clearing pastures and agricultural land. So far this year, an area the size of Italy has burned in Brazil.”. – SOURCE: The Associated Press. Around 2021-2022 a stat came out saying that about 60% of Sao Paulo’s population want to leave the city. Makes sense. Bad traffic and air quality among other things explain that.
OF BRAZIL is under water stress (widespread drought). It’s the worst drought of the last 70 years.
DATE: 23/09/2024
COMMENT: The whole water crisis is hitting countries left and right and those who actually care about bringing up solutions (honestly, without a crime) are few. This is a factor where WARS could be triggered, as water is the 1st natural resource mankind uses the most. And here’s a final point: “’More records will be broken,’ Cunha told Mongabay. ‘The next round of rain is expected to be delayed, so you can expect more rain only in November, or even later”. – SOURCE: EcoWatch. And this is not mentioning old water distribution infrastructure, by the way. One of the main causes for the water crisis.
PER HOUR is how much data Autonomous Vehicles collect from its users on a daily basis.
DATE: 23/09/2024
COMMENT: This is the reason why the Biden administration plans to put a ban on Chinese software in “smart cars”, blocking The Market for China (and Russia) at the same time. Here’s more: “The move, which also applies to similar technology from Russia, is intended to prevent Chinese or Russian intelligence agencies from using internet-connected vehicles to access U.S. infrastructure or the electric grid.”. – SOURCE: Quartz. Well, 19 TERABYTES is no joke.
(MILLION) faster than the average home internet is what researchers at England managed to achieve in a new tech milestone.
DATE: 20/09/2024
COMMENT: Because progress is something we all need to cheer up (especially when it comes to our beloved Internet – the FREE space we all love –) this is another data point worth publishing. And a final point: “It is also a ‘greener solution’ than deploying more, newer fibers and cables since it makes greater use of the existing deployed fiber network, increasing its capacity to carry data and prolonging its useful life & commercial value.”. – SOURCE: Great Big Story.
people in the town of Kamikatsu, Japan, have reached a 80% recycling rate, heading towards a ZERO WASTE sustainable future.
DATE: 20/09/2024
COMMENT: Boy it’s good to bring once again more GOOD NEWS in a decaying world where there are many crises to solve. But good fighters are here to prove that there’s hope in mankind. Here’s more: “Fast-forward to 2016, and Kamikatsu was recycling roughly 80% of its trash — about 60% higher than the national average. Integral to this feat is the Zero Waste Center, a unique recycling hub where residents can sort their refuse into 45 categories for reuse, recycling, or disposal.”. – SOURCE: Nice News. PS: 1,5k is the entire town’s population.
MORE STORAGE space in the tank of this superyacht is necessary in order for it to function in comparison to diesel-based yachts.
DATE: 20/09/2024
COMMENT: Every once in a while GOOD NEWS is mandatory and this is a card that reinforces brand new luxury technology using Hydrogen to power a superyacht. Here’s what you need to know: “Superyachts, and the people who own them, tend to get a bad rap. Besides representing excess in a time when many are struggling to make ends meet, the luxurious ships carry a staggering carbon footprint. Enter Project 821: the world’s first superyacht powered by hydrogen”. – SOURCE: Nice News.
MILLION less in tax income is what the French government expects to receive because its people stopped smoking.
DATE: 20/09/2024
COMMENT: Funny how certain data points explain things we don’t tend to look at, but it’s true. Some markets may stop selling as much and will directly impact the pockets of the french government. Although it’s true that there’s less money in their annual revenue with this fact, smarter minds know that its WORKFORCE will become healthier, will likely spend less on medical bills, meds and will be constant on their work without having to get a leave due to health issues. – SOURCE: The Daily Upside - Newsletter, July 30, 2024. Interesting.
HOMES in the United States will be powered by a new largest SOLAR project in the country (Washington D.C. state).
DATE: 19/09/2024
COMMENT: The rise of green energy is coming with full power, so here’s another project that is worth highlighting if you’re in the United States: “The U.S. Department of Energy announced plans last week to transform a contaminated former nuclear weapons production site into what could be the largest solar project in the country. The installation would stretch across up to 8,000 acres in south-central Washington state and boast up to 1 GIGAWATT of energy capacity” – SOURCE: Canary Media. Powerful.
FILMS and TV titles content library from LIONSGATE will train Runway’s AI model in new AI Deal.
DATE: 19/09/2024
COMMENT: Those out there thinking that AI will be blocked from entering International Markets can rest assured that the penetration is already here. Lionsgate library includes popular titles like John Wick and The Hunger Games, and much more. Here: “The training process will involve analyzing visual styles, cinematography techniques, and narrative structures present in Lionsgate's productions to create a custom "cinematic video" model tailored to the studio's content” – SOURCE: Perplexity.AI - Lionsgate's Runway AI Video Deal.
DIFFERENT BUS models is what the CATL’s Bus Battery attends. It has a lifespan of 15 years or 1.5 MILLION kilometers (932,000 miles).
DATE: 19/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s additional info: “Tianxing-B battery can withstand submersion in water for up to 72 hours, ensuring durability in harsh conditions. This innovative power solution comes with a robust warranty of 10 years or 1 million kilometers....By lasting up to 15 years or 1.5 million kilometers, these batteries reduce the need for frequent replacements, minimizing waste and resource consumption associated with battery production” – SOURCE: Perplexity.AI.
MINUTES is what the FBI took to break into the smartphone owned by the man who shot Donald Trump.
DATE: 18/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s no security that can’t be breached since every work produced by human hands is flawed, and passive of human error, bugs etc. This is a great example of how we should NOT trust our smartphones and consider them SAFE and unbreakable.: “FBI agents seeking to crack his cell phone turned to software developed by Cellebrite, an Israeli firm that specializes in exploiting flaws in cell phone encryption..” – SOURCE: IT BREW Newsletter, July 29, 2024. Nothing is 100% secure. Remember that.
PER MONTH is being charged by The Sun newspaper if the user wants a cookie-less experience.
DATE: 18/09/2024
COMMENT: This is a smart development of news media outlets charging money where it makes sense to pay. True Journalism always needs to be rewarded, and having the end user pay to access the news media website for a small price is a smart business move. The Sun is NOT alone, by the way: “Mail Online, The Independent and the websites of the Daily Mirror and Daily Express have begun requiring readers to pay for access if they do not consent to third-party cookies.” – SOURCE: Press Gazette . Don’t want any cookies? Pay. It’s worth it.
contestants will be fighting over a $5 MILLION prize in a forthcoming game show by Mr.Beast on Amazon Prime Video.
DATE: 18/09/2024
COMMENT: Why is that important? THINK. There are 2,000 people in a contest. The prize is just $5 MILLION. Don’t you think people are being underpaid? And this is not a market fact card striking MrBeast nor Amazon (despite it being a BIG TECH). But rather something to open up your eyes to market realities that are unsustainable. It’s little money. And too many people. Hence why we are in a Global Financial Crisis since 2019 (remember?). [ SOURCE: Time Magazine ]
LARGEST emitter of greenhouse gasses is Food waste. OBS: Honestly, Top 3 actually.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: Interesting data points that you need to know apart from the main topic above: “When food scraps enter the landfill, it emits methane as it breaks down. Globally, landfills and wastewater emit 67 million metric tons of methane — that’s 20% of methane emissions, according to the United Nations. When food waste breaks down it also produces nitrogen, which when exposed to air, forms nitrate, which can then leach into the groundwater, which is often times used as our drinking water..........When we waste food we also waste the natural resources it involves to produce it.” – SOURCE: EcoWatch.
LANDFILLS in The United States have closed because full capacity was reached. There are only 3K left.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: Food waste has turned into a problem for landfills and we are all running out of places to put them. Here’s an interesting data point: “According to the USDA, in the United States alone, 30-40 percent of the food supply is wasted. Half of all produce is thrown away in the US because it is too ‘ugly’ to eat. This amounts to 60 million tons of fruit and vegetables. ‘Ugly’ fruit and vegetables make up a third of all wasted food.” – SOURCE: EcoWatch. THAT’S A LOT of waste in terms of food, don’t you think?
of THE WORLD’S FOOD that’s produced goes wasted or lost each year. There are over 820 MILLION people worldwide living in hunger.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: This is a Market Fact that helps us remind ourselves how we can do better as mankind. Famine is a serious modern issue that entrepreneurs and world leaders need to resolve. Additionally, one thing leads to another. Here’s why: “Some of this food, particularly in the United States, often ends up in our landfills emitting greenhouse gases, and taking forever to decompose.” – SOURCE: EcoWatch. Remember this whole gas conversation?
CORPORATIONS are being responsible for the Death of Capitalism: GOOGLE and FACEBOOK.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: FACT: No amount of entrepreneurial effort can win in a game that’s rigged by TWO main BIG TECHs: Google and Facebook. We have to remind ourselves of this: Google Search; Google Maps; Google Gmail, Google Youtube, Google Analytics, Google Android, Google Calendar, Google Home, Google Ads, Google Alerts, Google News, Google Translate, Google Drive, Google Chrome, Google DNS, Google Meet, Google Play Store + Facebook? The Internet can’t be that monopolized, if we are defending Capitalism, remember?
PODCAST EPISODES are being published every 3 days. Back in 2014, there were only 200K listed.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: Something you can read to reinforce podcast publishing is THIS ONE ARTICLE right here (by Tim Ferriss). But when it comes to numbers in this area, learning quickly that in 2014 there were “only” 200,000 podcasts listed, and today there are over 4,200,000 is critical before venturing yourself in the podcast game. Because the World is now partially DIGITAL, many have entered the game. Know your stats before anything else. It’s key.
downloads is the recent (and impressive) achievement by THE PODCAST Tim Ferriss Show.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: Despite what many people think, PODCASTS became a very good vehicle for achieving Fame and Fortune. Podcasts like the ones from Joe Rogan and Tim Ferriss alone prove that there’s not only an audience if you’re putting out audio-based content, but there’s a new, permanent trend that’s here to stay. People like podcasts. Hence why Tim Ferriss just reached an impressive milestone, reaching 1 BILLION DOWNLOADS. And 450,000 active podcasts shows exist nowadays on The Market. Competition is fierce. But there’s money in the game. Something to remember.
Smal Modular Nuclear Reactors (SMRs) are underway to power the World’s largest Data Center. A project by ORACLE.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: Oracle’s founder Larry Ellison is about to bring to World Markets a heavy investment of $100 BILLION in order to be in the forefront of A.I.. As reported by Perplexity.AI: “This gigawatt-plus facility will house ‘acres of Nvidia GPU clusters’ capable of training the most advanced AI models. While Oracle's current largest data center operates at 800 megawatts, the new facility represents a significant leap in scale and energy capacity”.
Starlink SATELLITES is how many Satellites are in orbit right now by the company. Active satellites number totals over 12,900.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: It’s impressive how ONE True Entrepreneur can provide to World Markets alone. Like reported by Perplexity.AI, almost HALF of satellites in orbit today in 2024 are from Starlink.” This represents 47% of the total operational satellite population in orbit nowadays. Another point worth reporting is that SpaceX added brand new 853 new satellites in the 1st FIVE months of 2024, something possible thanks to Falcon 9 reusable rockets.
by 2035 is the new number of CHINESE people over 60 years old in the country. A rise from 280 million.
DATE: 17/09/2024
COMMENT: China’s population is aging and its workforce is hostage of youngsters who don’t want to have kids. By having 400 MILLION people aged 60 and older it will have the COMBINED population of the U.S.A and Britain. By 2100 (although that’s distant years), a striking 46% of China’s population will be of aged workers. As the source says: “These trends are putting immense pressure on the pension system, with the ratio of workers to retirees decreasing from 5-to-1 a decade ago to a projected 2-to-1 by 2050”.
is the amount of DECLINE in freelance jobs involving writing and coding because of A.I. (ChatGPT).
DATE: 11/09/2024
COMMENT: This is for those who remember those dumb words by “experts” who said that there would be no job destruction nor massive layoffs due to A.I.. It’s annoying to keep bringing the truth so people can fight back in time. Speaking the truth is a must in the game of business (especially nowadays), and many are hiding behind false pretenses to protect careers and C-level roles or brand value. But the reality is that massive amounts of money are being spent on A.I. using high-quality data which WILL bring to World Markets high-class A.I. that destroys both companies and jobs altogether. It’s not coming. It’s here.
MORE LIKELY to purchase from a brand happens when the customer already follows the brand on Social Media. It’s like a validation card.
DATE: 11/09/2024
COMMENT: Marketers, Advertisers, CMOs, CEOs, businesspeople, entrepreneurs and salespeople alike should be aware of this stat, which surprisingly was A TEST on how ChatGPT is bringing relevant data points to World Markets. And it’s true. Brands, Companies and INFLUENCERS have a stronger probability of reaching a sale if they have strong online presence. It’s like “proving” you’re not a dinosaur brand, so to speak. Are you on social? Maybe you should try some social. It’s a smart move (depending on the network).
BARRELS of OIL is the new forecast for global Oil demand per day (increase) for the year of 2024.
DATE: 11/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s not much to say other than the following intel: “Oil futures were trading below $70 a barrel on Wednesday, the lowest levels they’ve seen since 2022..........Much of that softening demand came from China. OPEC expects China’s economy to grow by 4.6% this year and 4.3% next year; neither are the 5% clip that China has set as its expectation for GDP expansion.” – SOURCE: Quartz. It’s not that oil prices dictate EVERYTHING in terms of prices nowadays, since many developed nations started to migrate to EVs. But it’s something to watch and monitor. PS: DON’T FORGET China’s data doctoring.
of AUSTRALIANS are on Social Networks. Total population is currently 26 MILLION people.
DATE: 11/09/2024
COMMENT: Despite the number of WEBSITES in the world being currently around 2 BILLION (with around 200 MILLION being active), Social Networks (which are websites) have gathered 4/5 of Australia’s population. We know that Generation Z and Millennials are probably the most guilty for that. This means that some are addicted to it, others are working with it. Nonetheless, ATTENTION on Social platforms have never been this big for Australia. One more thing: ¾ of Australians aged 12 to 17 have used Youtube and Instagram.
of searches on PINTEREST are NOT brand-related, but thing-related. Pinterest users are searching for things rather than brands.
DATE: 10/09/2024
COMMENT: Pinterest is a Social Network that has been growing among Generation Z and Millennials lately. But the social network is seeing search activity that is about finding out things rather than brands: “rather than searching ‘Nike running shoes’ they’re looking for ‘new shoes’, for example.” SOURCE: Marketing Brew Newsletter, July 29, 2024. This means that at the same time no single brand is getting targeted attention, brands have an advertising opportunity to explore on the Social Network.
pieces of CONTENT are being published DAILY on Youtube.
DATE: 10/09/2024
COMMENT: Youtube is the new TV but at the same time amateurs are also publishing their videos on the platform as well. Additionally, here’s the rest of the stats you should be aware: “Tik Tok: 23 MILLION; Facebook: 350 MILLION; X / Twitter: 500 MILLION; Linkedin: 2 MILLION; Instagram: 95 MILLION.” SOURCE: Neil Patel on Tik Tok. Furthermore, know now that there’s 2 BILLION monthly active users on Youtube, and 75% of Youtube’s watch time occurs on a mobile device (globally). THIS MEANS THAT YOU CAN’T OUTWORK ANYONE. You can create a PORTFOLIO of content and massively promote that link. Otherwise, you’re wasting your time posting on Social Networks.
of AMERICANS GEN Z use Youtube. Then 72% use Instagram. Then 71% use Tik Tok. Then 70% use Snapchat.
DATE: 10/09/2024
COMMENT: Youtube for Generation Z in The United States of America is definitely the new TV. Probably for Millennials too, but let’s stick to the point. Additionally, here’s the rest of the stats: “Then 67% use NETFLIX. Then 49% use Facebook. Then 44% use Disney+. Then 34% use Pinterest. Then 26% use X. Then 26% use Reddit. Then 24% use Whats App.” SOURCE: Emarketer.
RICHEST people in Japan has Takaya Awata among them. He became a billionaire in 2023 and is now worth $1.1 BILLION.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: Takaya Awata’s fast-food business: Maragume Seimen. He’s adamant about fighting McDonalds and KFC, and has some impressive numbers behind him: “To grow domestically would mean snatching market share from rivals, including American juggernauts such as McDonald’s and KFC, which between them operate over 4,000 stores in Japan. Despite this, Toridoll posted record revenue of $1.6 billion in the latest fiscal year ended March, with 38% generated from overseas.” SOURCE: Forbes Newsletter, September 9, 2024.
quick-service RESTAURANTS is what Toridoll Holdings hold. All across 28 countries and regions covering 21 brands.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: Japan’s newest billionaire – Takaya Awata – reached billionaire status with its fast-food success: Maragume Seimen. Fighting McDonalds and KFC, the entrepreneur is doing well: “Awata aspires to make it a $7 billion company by revenue in the next decade, and to get there, he wants to reduce Toridoll’s dependence on domestic diners in a shrinking home market and focus on overseas expansion.” SOURCE: Forbes Newsletter, September 9, 2024. In Japan, the entrepreneur has to face over 4,000 stores from McDonalds / KFC.
of the ECONOMIC stake in News Corp., the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, is what The Murdochs control.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: Sometimes PROGRESS means business connections. This is for those who want more. So here’s more: “The Murdochs’ shares, as well as similar controlling stock for Fox, are held in a family trust that Rupert Murdoch controls. Control will pass to his four eldest children after he dies, but three of them are fighting their father in court over a move to give his son Lachlan majority control of the trust when Rupert Murdoch dies.” SOURCE: The New York Times Dealbook Newsletter, September 9, 2024. Networking. Changes the game.
DOLLARS is Google’s advertising business, accounting for ¾ of its revenue in the year of 2023.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: World Markets can’t survive another decade of this criminal monopoly. Here’s more: “Last December, a jury ruled that the company violated antitrust laws by extracting fees and limiting competition on its app store; and last month, a federal judge ruled that Google maintained an illegal monopoly in its highly profitable search business. Together, they are a huge challenge to its business model just as artificial intelligence propels rivals like Microsoft, and the new technology poses a potentially existential threat to search.” SOURCE: The New York Times Dealbook Newsletter, September 9, 2024.
of GAME STUDIOS that develop games are already using generative A.I. tools to create in-game environments.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: Here’s more: “Others are using it for game testing or looking for bugs, while Ubisoft is experimenting with using AI to create different basic dialogue options. And even more help is coming. A tool developed by the team at Roblox aims to allow developers to make 3D environments and scenes in an instant with nothing but text prompts. Typically, creating an environment may take a week for a small game or much longer for a studio project...” SOURCE: MIT Technology Review Newsletter, September 9, 2024.
of A COUNTRY’S LAND must be given to solar panels in order for a country to decabornise by 2050.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s more from the source you should know: ”Floating solar arrays, deployed on man-made reservoirs or lakes that aren’t used for recreation, could help alleviate the problem. Especially for land-scarce countries, it simply makes sense. It’s the same logic that pushed wind farms offshore. The bulk of growth in floating solar has been in the population-dense regions of East Asia. The world’s biggest plant, the Dezhou Dingzhuang solar array in China, has a peak output of 320MW. Meanwhile, South Korea is currently building a floatovoltaics park that will eclipse all others with a capacity of 2GW — enough to power around 1 million homes.” – SOURCE: The Next Web.
FOOTBALL FIELDS (in size) is the amount of area of a farm solar panel that will provide ENERGY to 37,000 people in Berlin, Germany.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: The company Q Energy is bringing to life the largest floating solar farm of Europe. Once completed, the farm will comprise over 134,000 floating solar panels, an array of 73MW that provides electricity. Additionally: “Global floatovoltaics – floating solar farms – capacity has skyrocketed in recent years, from just 68MW in 2015 to over 3GW in 2022. Floatovoltaics offer some distinct advantages over land-based PV. The cooling effect of the water can help cool the panels, boosting efficiency.”.
DOLLARS is the amount of the total compensation for the new CEO of Starbucks, Brian Niccol.
DATE: 09/09/2024
COMMENT: A Founder’s Card was recently published on the necessity of a CMO. Despite some companies phasing out the role, CEOs will likely never go away because companies do need a smart leader with sharp strategic vision. Besides the number above, the CEO of Starbucks also gets a compensation package of $10 MILLION sign-on bonus and a $75 MILLION equity grant. And that’s on top of Niccol’s annual $1.6 MILLION salary and an annual cash bonus that could range from $3.6 MILLION to $7.2 MILLION – SOURCE: Fortune Newsletter, September 9, 2024. Businesses need strategic leaders, remember?
of NIGERIANS live nowadays in extreme poverty. That’s 71 MILLION people in Nigeria needing assistance today.
DATE: 08/09/2024
COMMENT: Although Africa has little information to show, both because there’s a lack of entrepreneurship and consequently businesses and news reporting and because of too much corruption, thanks to companies like the FINANCIAL TIMES we can look at how many nigerians need assistance today. The country has 71 MILLION people living in extreme poverty (less than $2.15 a day). Who’s gonna help? Step up. People need you.
in GLOBAL PAYMENT is where the China’s Yuan ranks nowadays as an international currency. The Yuan has almost 5% of global transactions.
DATE: 08/09/2024
COMMENT: Impressive. Although China is the 2nd superpower it looks like they’re going after the dollar. The country already has 5% of global transactions taking place, proving that they are being serious about taking over the crown. If you don’t remember, Europe’s central banks were already starting to replace dollar reserves with the yuan not too long ago.
of the JAPAN’s population over 65 years old is working FULL-TIME nowadays.
DATE: 08/09/2024
COMMENT: This indicates that the elderly can’t retire, leaving them no other way out other than get back to work to support themselves. And in a country as developed as Japan, this is a problem they shouldn’t have but it seems that the youth of the country is blocking themselves from having children (probably due to lack of money) and are not being able to support the aging population at the same time (The Market is bad). So we know now that 13% of those over 65 in Japan are working full-time. At least this number is not bigger.
of JAPAN’s POPULATION is people over 65 years old.
DATE: 08/09/2024
COMMENT: This is a problem not only Japan has, but other developed countries too (like Germany), but in a smaller scale. However, no one beats Japan when it comes to an aging population which means Japan’s labor force is slowing down and 1/3 of them need to be supported financially by the others who are still in the work force. Retiring requires that others are working for you. And on a related subject, some japanese businesses are also having a hard time because 1/3 of ALL small businesses in Japan can end up WITHOUT a successor or a buyer by 2025 (next year). Since it’s not a good thing to pass on a company to a foreigner in the country’s culture, Japan has another hard problem to solve regarding their economics. Maybe the country will bring a NEW Era. Who knows?
per MONTH is the cost to RENT a 1995-made house with 4 bedrooms, 4 bathrooms with 3,000 square feet in Hollywood.
DATE: 07/09/2024
COMMENT: The United States of America is EXPENSIVE to live today². If you’re not looking at the real estate market wisely YOU’LL waste your money either living on a place you don’t deserve or you’ll overpay. There’s the need to be SMART now more than ever and the reason is simple: HAPPY PEOPLE are more productive in their jobs or running their companies. There’s a cost to everything in life. Map the real estate market and see which cities are giving you the best deal and that will make you happier.
of ALL homes in the United States currently cost 1 MILLION dollars.
DATE: 07/09/2024
COMMENT: The United States of America is EXPENSIVE to live today. That’s a cold hard fact. You have to make money. Additionally, here’s more you need to know: “ONE (1) out of FIFTEEN (15) homes in America cost $1 MILLION. The average home in America costs $440,000 (!) with around 1,000 square feet.” – SOURCE: Youtube - Grant Cardone (over 4.30 hours of Sales Training). Americans need to wake up because living paycheck to paycheck is a dangerous road nowadays. You need more money than you think to live a life you deserve now. And the place you live is getting more expensive. Again, America is now a very expensive country to live today.
of A DOLLAR is what Google receives for each advertising dollar spent on Google’s ad tech tools.
DATE: 05/09/2024
COMMENT: The massive criminal (and international) monopoly – GOOGLE – is being well-paid thanks to its monopolistic activities. However, recent lawsuits at the DOJ are now proving to be a direct attack to Google’s market dominance. Here’s some of it: “’By deploying opaque rules that benefit itself and harm rivals, Google has wielded its power across the ad tech industry to dictate how digital advertising is sold, and the very terms on which its rivals can compete’, the lawsuit alleged, in part. ‘Google abuses its monopoly power to disadvantage website publishers and advertisers who dare to use competing ad tech products in a search for higher-quality, or lower-cost, matches” – SOURCE: The Current.
more emissions NITROUS OXIDE has since 1980 to 2020. The gas lasts in the atmosphere for A CENTURY (100 years).
DATE: 05/09/2024
COMMENT: Once again, MIT Tech Review has more worth sharing: “over that time it can trap over 200 times more heat than carbon dioxide does in the same period. Cutting down on these emissions will largely require careful adjustment of soil management practices in agriculture. Decreasing use of synthetic fertilizers, applying the fertilizer we do use more efficiently, and choosing products that eliminate as many emissions as possible”– SOURCE: MIT Technology Review Newsletter, September 4, 2024.
more warming than carbon dioxide is what METHANE GAS can cause considering the same amount of gas taking place.
DATE: 05/09/2024
COMMENT: This is worth resharing: “Quick side note: Comparisons of greenhouse gases are usually made over a specific period of time, since gases all have different lifetimes and there’s no one number that can represent the complexity of atmospheric chemistry and physics”– SOURCE: MIT Technology Review Newsletter, September 4, 2024.
more abundant in the atmosphere is CARBON DIOXIDE in comparison to Methane gas. However, 30% of the warming experience until now was done by Methane.
DATE: 05/09/2024
COMMENT: There’s not much intel on climate change yet (I like putting out intel-heavy information), but this is a card worth sharing. More on this: “What’s most different about methane is that the gas is very short-lived, having a lifetime of somewhere around a decade in the atmosphere before it breaks down”– SOURCE: MIT Technology Review Newsletter, September 4, 2024. Nice.
PEOPLE nowadays (globally) have a problem with having access to safe drinking WATER.
DATE: 04/09/2024
COMMENT: The reality of all of us as a PLANET is that 1 in 3 people nowadays simply don’t have access to clean, drinking water. The Water Crisis is getting worse and in 2025, at least 2/3 of the planet will have issues with water. Most countries have old infrastructure and poor distribution services, despite having a population that isn’t aware of how dangerous is the water crisis. Some are saying it’s one of the triggers for WWIII. Besides, only around 0.5% of the water on the planet is proper for humans to drink, with the remaining 2.5% being proper for daily use (stats are not exact). The rest, which is around 97%, is not safe for humans to use on a daily basis. But solutions do exist to fight the crisis.
COUNTRIES are the number of African countries that China is involved with building its infrastructure.
DATE: 04/09/2024
COMMENT: Despite the headline of the video in question (the source) saying that the chinese debt trap is a MYTH, here I say otherwise. As the video says, China has invested around 340 BILLION dollars in Africa alone, and that number can’t be that big from a communist country (that lies in its data) without any international-grade communist, and sometimes, MILITARY goals. Remember its ever-evolving military tech lately? And how much China upped its spending in the military as well? Make no mistake. China has been weaponizing capital.
TONS of Fuel are burnt EVERY DAY by the container cargo ships that travel the seas to deliver goods.
DATE: 03/09/2024
COMMENT: Do you have an idea of how much fuel that is for producing energy? This is the same amount of FUEL as if you were powering 30,000 households in Germany in a day. Something to make you think about how much energy is necessary on a daily basis in order for goods to reach a country. Trade has a cost in energy terms. Remember that 90% of world trade is done by shipping. Without fuel there’s no goods for everybody.
MONTHS of your Search History are stored by Google by default. A very expensive business move in order to have all your data.
DATE: 02/09/2024
COMMENT: One of the WORST big tech companies between all five (Google, Facebook, Microsoft, Apple and Amazon) is GOOGLE. If you’re half smart you should leave its surveillance systems as quick as possible. Here’s the surveillance realm: Google Search, Google Android, Google Play, Google Meet / formerly Hangouts, Google Calendar, Google Chrome, Google Maps, Google Gmail, Google Analytics, Google Ads, Google Home, Google Translate, Google News, Google Drive, Google DNS, Google Youtube. They know YOU! Leave.
INDIVIDUALS and ORGANIZATIONS are under financial sanctions by the U.S. Treasury Department today.
DATE: 30/08/2024
COMMENT: The other important point on this subject? SIMPLE: Countries under some form of U.S. Sanctions account for nearly 20% of Global GDP (!). That’s not good for business. Some heavy sanctions were imposed since the Trump administration took place and the more sanctions the U.S. delivers on others (and consequently their countries), the higher the chances foreign countries will seek alternative currencies to hold as wealth, since their citizens / organizations are having their stored wealth blocked. Something to think about.
TRANSACTIONS is how many transactions Bitcoin can process per second. Whilst in comparison payment systems like VISA can process 24,000 per second.
DATE: 30/08/2024
COMMENT: This is one of those important points to remember when defending cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, because it’s true. It’s a constraint in some sort. Furthermore, achieving DECENTRALIZATION, SECURITY and SCALE at the same time is also another problem. You can’t have all three. Solutions?
INCREASE year-over-year in search advertising revenue is what Google managed to get in the last decade.
DATE: 30/08/2024
COMMENT: The famous criminal monopoly – GOOGLE – has managed to have a significant increase of 20% year-over-year in search advertising revenue, while still increasing its MARKET SHARE at the same time (!). There’s little doubt among business and marketing experts (and the global business community) that such achievement is possible in a Globalized World where smart, hard-working, true entrepreneurs are everywhere thanks to The Internet. Google has achieved such “business success” thanks to criminal activities and alliances with the U.S. Government, that date back from at least Snowden.
of China’s population currently agree with the statement: “In our country, effort is always rewarded”. A drop from 62% in recent years.
DATE: 30/08/2024
COMMENT: Whether do you agree with the statement or not, it’s obvious that this is not the case anymore. A 28% is still a pretty high number. World Markets are attacking Capitalism for more than a decade by now, and that includes the United States. In China is no different. Actually, to be brutally honest, most of the GROWTH China experienced is thanks to theft of Intellectual Property from Germany and The USA [ remember?! ]. Then the people are put to work. Inequality in China happens because people don’t have means or connections
of Taiwan’s FOOD is imported. Additionally, 97% of its ENERGY is also imported (!).
DATE: 30/08/2024
COMMENT: Whenever you read Taiwan vs China remember this stat because a blockade from China could seriously hinder the country. There’s little hope if China decides to go “all-in” against Taiwan. Another important point worth sharing is this: Taiwan has LESS than 2 months of coal and natural gas reserves for electricity generation, 6 months of crude oil reserves and 6 months of food stockpiles (CSIS – Center for Strategic International Studies). Finally, some experts believe that China could hold major military ops against Taiwan for at least 6 months as well.
people in Brazil are now having problems with Water insecurity. Total population exceeds 200M.
DATE: 30/08/2024
COMMENT: Water insecurity is one of the main triggers for WWIII, it’s better to say this upfront in case you’re lazy about reading many business cards. At the same time, water insecurity has a direct impact on life management, industrial production, food production among other key things of Modern Life. Other countries are having the same problem too as this is a worldwide issue. China, with its 1.4 billion population has 51 million with water insecurity problems. India with its 1.4 billion population has 214 million experiencing a water crisis. The United States has 336 million people and has 12 million with water problems. And Mexico with its 126 million people has 20 million in a water crisis.
largest Oil Reserve is currently hold by Mexico. The country has around 7.3 BILLION barrels (January, 2022).
DATE: 28/08/2024
COMMENT: Mexico also has shale gas reserves, reaching 600 TRILLION cubic feet, meaning Mexico has a lot of control over its energy demands. The energy sector is also a huge contributor to Mexico’s GDP, accounting for 6% of total economic output. At the same time, the country can become energy independent without going through hard times. What’s next for Mexico?
of global output of SILVER is done only by Mexico. It’s the World’s largest producer of silver now.
DATE: 28/08/2024
COMMENT: The country, rich in some natural resources including oil, gas and silver and other minerals, has turned itself into the world’s LARGEST producer of silver recently. Once again, impressive. What’s next for Mexico?
tourists went to Mexico (in 2019), ranking the country 7th GLOBALLY in International Tourist arrivals.
DATE: 28/08/2024
COMMENT: Manufacturing, Tourism, and Trade partnerships with countries like America are putting Mexico on the global spotlight. The country is possible going through a massive economic growth that has never seen before in its history. Furthermore, Mexico has more than 9,300 kilometers of coast lines making it an ideal location for shipping. Impressive. What’s next for Mexico?
BILLION is the total amount of TRADE done between Mexico and the United States (in 2023).
DATE: 28/08/2024
COMMENT: The United States of America has its new biggest trading partner: MEXICO. The country has surpassed Canada and China last year, giving the country a good status of potential economic growth. Some mexican brands are also appearing in BRAZIL in the past 24 months, indicating that the country is getting richer and is now on the right track for growth. The country has also outpaced India and Brazil in terms of manufacturing, proving there’s even more money to be made. What do you think?
of ALL GLOBAL Military spending is done only by the United States.
DATE: 28/08/2024
COMMENT: Since The United States of America became a world superpower after WWII ended, the country has not saved money when it comes to military investments. There’s this need of becoming the most feared nation to mess with if we are saying how things are in practice. Additionally, that has a COST. Here’s a very important note: 800 United States Military Bases exist abroad, in +70 countries as of 2020. While China, has only ONE. How much money that costs americans? Think about that. Furthermore, is the country holding back strategic info / intel from its own citizens to have that level of military spending in comparison to all countries without warning them of a possible WWIII?
LITHIUM MINING operations globally exist (as of 2021) nowadays to provide the mineral to industries.
DATE: 26/08/2024
COMMENT: The number of mining operations to extract Lithium, is relatively low (globally), with only 21 mining operations (2021 data point). This amount seems to be just the beginning as industries that rely on Lithium need hundreds more mining operations to fill demand. Chile, Argentina and Bolivia are the top 3 countries to extract lithium.
more MINERALS is what the average Electric Vehicle uses in comparison to Petrol cars.
DATE: 26/08/2024
COMMENT: The car industry sees a great difference when it comes to earth minerals when you compare EVs to Petrol cars. While EVs use Copper, Lithium, Nickel, Manganese, Cobalt, Graphite and Rare Earths, Petrol cars use only Copper and Manganese (OBS: Steel and Aluminum not included) Most of it, goes to the battery pack.
DOLLARS is the U.S. National Debt. That’s a little more than 104,500 of debt to be paid per U.S. citizen.
DATE: 26/08/2024
COMMENT: The United States of America has a national debt that it can’t pay (remember?). Just ask around whilst in the United States to each citizen you find whether they can pay over $104,500 or not, now or in the near future (4 years). As a result, the economy will eventually collapse because there’s no running away from the truth. Since money to the government comes in form of TAXES, and the U.S. Economy is under a small set of monopolies (some very criminal), Capitalism itself is under attack, which means NEW business opportunities and economic growth are both rare, resulting in little fresh money in return. How many homes and companies need to crash to pay this debt crisis? We’ll see.
of Plutonium represents the ENERGY equivalent of 1 metric TON of Oil.
DATE: 25/08/2024
COMMENT: There’s another important metric that you should be aware about since we are on this kind of topic: 1 Uranium pellet equals 17,000 cubic ft of Natural Gas which equals to 120 gallons of Oil which equals to 1 TON of Coal! Nuclear waste is useful if you know how to reuse it. Something to remember nowadays as we all tend to talk about green energy and all that.
active PODCASTS shows exist nowadays on The Market. The top 25 podcasts reach nearly half of U.S. weekly listeners.
DATE: 25/08/2024
COMMENT: Those who ignore podcasts today are ignoring a good part of The Media Industry because respectable podcasters like Tim Ferriss and Joe Rogan are proving that everyone who’s serious about putting out great work can have an audience. And here’s why this also grew - MONEY: “Now, other revenue streams including subscriptions, live events, and merchandise are core to making podcasts profitable” – WSJ Newsletter (July 29). Join the game!
people use the Telegram Messaging app worldwide nowadays.
DATE: 25/08/2024
COMMENT: Telegram, one of the strongest competitors to Whats App (now owned by Facebook / Meta) is widely used internationally nowadays and has a positive FREE SPEECH branding, because the app does in fact protect free speech. The app has grown so much that its founder, Pavel Durov, has faced enormous persecution done by government agencies including the FBI in the U.S., as he himself reported. Today, Durov was arrested at a French airport basically for protection his view of free speech on the app. French authorities charged him with several crimes, bringing him to custody. Do you see something similar happening to Whats App and its owner? OBS: The app employs only about 30 engineers to run Telegram on a daily basis, an argument to say that there’s little investment done by Durov to ensure proper app maintenance.
people use The Internet worldwide in today’s Modern Society.
DATE: 24/08/2024
COMMENT: This is a very interesting stat for business owners. Do you want some more? Here you go: 2 BILLION websites exist today on The Internet, and a little less than 200 million are active. That’s one. Here’s more: 1000 IP Addresses is what’s available to North Korea for internet access. That’s two. Now here we go again: $250 MILLION to $300 million is the cost to install a transatlantic subsea cable that provides internet access. No? Not happy? Then here’s more: 31 MILLION hours of content have been streamed across The Internet in the last 7 minutes. But this is not all. Here’s more: 72% of the top 75,000 websites on the Internet use Google Analytics (!). And finally: 43% of all websites on The Internet are powered by Wordpress. Now you have some data points to compete.
Monthly Active Users (MAUs) is the number of users Youtube currently holds on its platform. It’s the 2nd MOST VISITED website globally.
DATE: 24/08/2024
COMMENT: Youtube is the 2nd MOST VISITED website globally. Despite being owned by Google, the criminal enterprise, it still holds a record number of access by TV viewers. For perspective, Tik Tok recently recorded 1.5 BILLION MAUs at the end of 2023, and is expected to reach 1.8 BILLION at the end of 2024. The other criminal enterprise (Meta, which owns Facebook), reported having 3.24 BILLION users with its group of apps (Facebook, Instagram, Whats App, FB Messenger). Looks like The Internet is just that, isn’t that “weird”? Think about it.
of Mastercard employees are being laid off by the company.
DATE: 24/08/2024
COMMENT: Mastercard is one more company putting tons of employees on the street. With a global workforce of 33,400 people, this represents around 3% of its full-time workforce being sent home. Additionally, as put by the source: “About 67% of those employees were based outside the U.S., in some 80 countries, the filing said. Mastercard’s workforce cost for last year was $6 billion, including the expense of about 4,600 contractors for the year” – SOURCE: Payments Dive. They are aiming to spend more on A.I., biometrics and tokenization, and also investing in regions like Africa and Latin America. Who said that A.I. isn’t causing massive layoffs? Remember Google itself not too long ago firing 12,000 people? Who told you that this isn’t a Global Financial Crisis? Learn to think and see the big picture.
of Generation Alpha in the United States have their own SMARTPHONE by age 10.
DATE: 24/08/2024
COMMENT: Kids in America are becoming more and more easily accessible through social networks since they have their own smartphone by the age 10, a very young age to have such a marketing tool. Companies, brands and influencers can pitch their product and services to the ones saying “Dad I want this!” or “Mom I want that!” on a daily basis. Looks like there are other ways to reach the same pockets and households now, thanks to this data point. OBS: “As kids become teens...Spotify (66%), YouTube (62%) and Amazon Shopping (56%) become the three most popular apps.” - SOURCE: TechCrunch. Who knew²?!
of Generation Alpha from a pool of 180,000 families in the United States have an X account.
DATE: 24/08/2024
COMMENT: This looks like X (formerly Twitter) has a good chunk of kinds accessing the social network. Maybe the trendy business and political wars are being perceived as something “cool to watch” by the youngest generation. Furthermore, 28% use Reddit and 26% are on Facebook (something they should leave if they are smart kids). Additionally, these kids (7-9 years old) use other mainstream apps a lot, with 53% of them using Youtube, 39% of them using Netflix and 27% of them using Spotify. Who knew?
IPHONE batteries worth of lithium are necessary to make ONE EV.
DATE: 20/08/2024
COMMENT: That’s a good way to put it, right? We need 10 Iphone batteries woth of lithium to put together 1 Electric Vehicle. Something to give you perspective on how much expensive it is to put together a good EV on the market. This market fact is thanks to Morning Brew Newsletter (July 29, 2024), by the way.
BILLION DOLLARS in goods were transported by Canada’s railroads recently, in 2022.
DATE: 18/08/2024
COMMENT: Once again, the source points out something key: “A strike would impact industries dependent on raw materials and minerals as well as agriculture and food products that depend on railroads for distribution.” – SOURCE: Supply Chain Dive. Who knew railroads workers had that much power huh?
metric tons of goods / merchandise move DAILY on Canada’s railways. A work stoppage would impact the movement of $1 BILLION in goods daily.
DATE: 18/08/2024
COMMENT: A railroad workers strike can cause much harm. As the source says: “A strike lasting more than a day or two would take weeks for Canada’s railroad network to recover... Similarly, Shannon said cross-border freight shipments between the U.S. and Canada are heavily dependent on railroads, and could be quickly affected.” – SOURCE: Supply Chain Dive.
of the Market Cap of the Nasdaq comes from companies underwritten by Sequoia Capital.
DATE: 18/08/2024
COMMENT: This is where brands make a name for themselves, and Sequoia Capital is no different. The company invested in winners early on, when nobody was there. Some examples include Apple in 1978, Nvidia in 1993, along other companies like Google (before it became a criminal monopoly), Cisco, Youtube and Airbnb. Great achievements. Great track record. Where are you investing?
more WASTE INCINERATION is what the European Union (EU) has done from 1995 to 2019.
DATE: 16/08/2024
COMMENT: European countries have a special relation with trash. Countries like Denmark and Sweden have overbuilt or overused waste incinerators. For instance, Sweden, has to import 800,000 tones of trash to burn for energy because they overbuilt. Too many waste incinerators, not that much trash. In certain countries like Thailand it’s the reverse, with the country complaining about having to handle too much trash from countries like the U.S.
of municipal solid landfills are PRIVATELY owned companies while 15% is owned by municipal governments (United States).
DATE: 16/08/2024
COMMENT: There’s the need to say more? By the numbers of privately owned landfills in the U.S. you can tell how much money there is to be made in the Waste management industry. Across the U.S., only TWO companies lead the sector: Waste Management → 293 landfills (2020) and Republic Services → 186 landfills (2020).
is what LARGE municipal landfills made per year in 2020, while SMALL landfills made $1.4M (per year).
DATE: 16/08/2024
COMMENT: The Waste management industry is actually good business to those who know how to explore trash to make money. Because countries like the U.S. produce a lot of trash annually, and because there’s a lot of recycling opportunities in things that people throw away, the business of trash is soaring. Despite the cost of landfills, which tend to cost in the U.S. from $1.1M to $1.7M just to construct, operate and close a landfill, it’s still a good opportunity. Trash can be seen differently when you look at the numbers today.
DOLLARS is what the Waste management industry is expected to grow into by 2027.
DATE: 16/08/2024
COMMENT: Waste management is something we should care about, especially today where making honest money is harder than ever. The good: There’s an entirely different waste management faciliy that is BURNING trash instead of burying it. As CNBC reports it, this combustion is known as WASTE-TO-ENERGY or “energy recovery” because it’s used to generate electricity (!). When you have realities like: 85% of all textiles that are thrown away in the U.S. end up in landfills or incinerated, along with 72% of the PLASTIC we make ends up in landfills or the environment, the waste-to-energy solution is a great way to fix this and power up the waste management industry.
BROWSERS are currently in the radar of World Markets. Is the browser industry that small?
DATE: 15/08/2024
COMMENT: There’s just a few handful of browsers in today’s extremely competitive market. That’s what the data shows? Some things we can’t be completely sure due to few news media outlets being responsible for reporting the truth and even fewer search engines revealing the size of a market, ranking only a few answers. But we currently have 12: Brave, Firefox, Opera, Tor, Palemoon, Vivaldi, Chromium, Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Falkon, Waterfox, Epic Browser and ARC.
COMPANIES currently used Youtube videos to train their A.I.: Runway, OpenAI, Anthropic, Apple, Nvidia and Salesforce.
DATE: 15/08/2024
COMMENT: The Internet has over 2 BILLION websites but weirdly there’s only ONE main website for online videos: Youtube. As a result, these 6 major companies have used Youtube videos to train their A.I. which means they used the videos and in some cases downloaded them (Runway) to make the company’s A.I. stronger. The Verge estimates that 170,000 videos were used in some cases (!). Looks like today’s Market has become a FREE FOR ALL war. OBS: This is against Youtube’s policy. What are the rules to the game after all?
of Pinterest’s users are OUTSIDE the United States. However, only 20% of its revenue comes from these international users.
DATE: 15/08/2024
COMMENT: Pinterest is a social network where women tend to be more present, but this statistic is another important one to focus on if you are in marketing and business. Furthermore, another important point on Pinterest is this: 480M users are on PINTEREST and more than half of them are on the social network to shop (!). So some treat it like an e-commerce or at least the place to start a purchase. And for those who are against BIG TECH, unfortunately Pinterest made a partnership with Google (Ads) and Amazon (Ads) recently. Too bad....
Search Engines are hot in the radar of World Markets today. Is the Search Engine market that small?
DATE: 15/08/2024
COMMENT: In case you are not aware, there are 2 BILLION websites on The Internet nowadays (open web), which around 200 MILLION are active (are updated and post regularly). If The Internet has gateways, one for sure is Search Engines. So here are the main ones getting press: Google, Bing, Brave Search, DuckDuckGo, Qwant, Ecosia, Ekoru, Gibiru, StartPage, Yahoo Search, You.com, FreeSpoke, Yep, Listen Notes, Shodan, CenSys, Mojeek, and Yandex– SOURCE: Peterson Teixeira Company.
of the world’s population is Generation Z. This means there’s a big audience of youngsters for World Markets.
DATE: 15/08/2024
COMMENT: Not everyone today can tell that Gen Z is actually ¼ of the global population, which means companies and brands need to focus on how to employ and how to pay and how to sell to this target audience. Thanks to the source, we also know that by 2030, Gen Z’s spending power will reach $12 TRILLION (globally) – SOURCE: Yahoo! Finance. That, of course, assuming the jobs market will stay healthy. But we know, that, mathematically speaking, there aren’t enough jobs for everyone today. So maybe wealth transfer will fix this? We’ll see.
is the number of employees now fired by Paramount in a new news round of massive layoffs.
DATE: 14/08/2024
COMMENT: This is something worth sharing but not something fun to share: More layoffs are now coming to World Markets due to the merger between Paramount and Skydance Media, the movie studio behind the marvelous Top Gun: Maverick (SOURCE: Quartz). If 2,000 people are being fired, which is 15% of Paramount’s workforce, how many body counts we have today since 2023? Think about that. The Market is definitely not the same.
is the number of main E-MAIL providers in the world nowadays.
DATE: 13/08/2024
COMMENT: There’s fewer and fewer companies providing e-mail service today. Maybe that will change in the near future? Currently, we have: Protonmail, Lavabit, StartMail, FastMail, HushMail, Zoho, KolabNow, Outlook, Yahoo, Gmail, AOL, and Mail. For those who are heavy digital users and rely on e-mail communications to run a business, a lack of options is definitely a serious issue. Maybe someone is working on this main problem? Food for thought.
of ALL TEXTILES thrown away in the U.S. end up in a landfill or incinerated.
DATE: 13/08/2024
COMMENT: This is another important data point on things like circularity, but this is not all. So here it is some more: Globally, an estimated 92 million tons of textile waste is created each year, with more than 3 billion articles of children’s clothing included in that number – SOURCE: EcoWatch. That’s a lot of the clothing industry in the garbage. Thank GOD people are putting their time into working solutions [ read the article ]. But now you know more or less how much clothing is wasted and thrown into the trash.
worth of material in fast-moving consumer goods (80% of the material value) is thrown away and never recovered EVERY YEAR.
DATE: 13/08/2024
COMMENT: The things we tend to consume on a daily basis is mostly thrown away and 80% of its value is never recovered, leaving more waste to manage that usually is not taken cared of by those involved. Like McKinsey precisely points out: “A company will extract or collect the resources to create a product, which consumers then buy, use, and ultimately throw away. This is known as a linear model of mass consumption”. But there’s a solution: Circularity. This is where resources can be used over and over again, if the process is done right.
is the amount of increase in WATER demand that Africa will see by 2050. A 4x bigger demand than Latin America (by 2050).
DATE: 13/08/2024
COMMENT: There’s a growing concern among those who are monitoring water scarcity regarding this precious natural resource. By 2050, an additional – and impressive – 1 BILLION people are expected to live with extremely high water stress. It’s a reality where global water demand is projected to increase by 20%, 25% by 2050 (a few years from now of course). But with Water Management issues being the main source of the problem, where governments can’t fix everything, can’t that reality come sooner? Think about that.
countries which are the home of ¼ of the GLOBAL population face extremely high WATER stress EACH year nowadays.
DATE: 13/08/2024
COMMENT: The amount of people going through a water crisis is rising by each year, with at least 50% of the world’s population (around 4 billion people) living under highly water-stressed conditions for AT LEAST ONE MONTH each year – SOURCE: WRI - World Resources Institute. Naturally, everything that needs water like daily routines, jobs, food and energy management are going through a crisis. And the sad part is this: water management is the main reason (!). Have a look at the IMAGE showing which countries suffer more regarding water crisis.
metric tons is the max amount of production capacity in 2024 of the Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) industry. Just 0.5% of total jet fuel needs today.
DATE: 13/08/2024
COMMENT: The SAF industry is still in its infancy, according to McKinsey. However, the demand for sustainable aviation fuel could OUTPACE SUPPLY by 2030 without a significant increase in capacity. In a 6-year time window things can change a lot for those in the SAF industry. The estimated global demand from mandated SAF is around 4.5 million Mt in 2030 - SOURCE: McKinsey.
is now the number of BILLIONAIRES in the United States. Of all of them, only 126 billionaires went to College. Self-taught rules.
DATE: 02/08/2024
COMMENT: A considerable increase from the amount of 735 BILLIONAIRES in the USA, when the world’s amount is 2640. Can this mean that some of the billionaires that left China recently (45 of them) are migrating to the US? We don’t know yet. But the central point is only one: College doesn’t make you a billionaire. Pursuing your goals and dreams like Steve Jobs do. This is more hard evidence for those who care about starting early in building something that will impact World Markets (and your pockets). All at the same time.
employees were laid off of Microsoft’s Azure cloud business unit, adding more to the numbers of people fired by Microsoft.
DATE: 02/08/2024
COMMENT: Another round of massive layoffs hit the famous BIG TECH company: Microsoft. That’s right. More layoffs after Microsoft firing 1,9K in Activision. These people are not alone, since in Yahoo around 1K employees were sent home recently. Sony Playstation, recently fired 900 employees. And PayPal fired 2,5K also recently. Do you think these people will open businesses? Because 75% of small businesses in the United States have ZERO employees already. What’s next on this crazy market?!
is the amount in dollars to supply the world with all the BATTERY minerals it needs in PERPETUITY nowadays. A single bill of $1T.
DATE: 01/08/2024
COMMENT: A truly impressive stat is this one regarding battery minerals. Why? Because in comparison, today’s fossil-fueled transport system spends the amount of $1 TRILLION in OIL costs every single year! EVERY YEAR. That’s a costly bill to the world. This means that the switch to things like battery vehicles is much cheaper in practice, leaving only the problem of going up against the Oil Industry in order to establish this EV battery world.
of the value of ALL BUSINESS Equity in the Economy is owned by Baby Boomers nowadays.
DATE: 29/02/2024
COMMENT: A very interesting market fact. It shows how Wealth and the things that create wealth in the economy are under Baby Boombers at the moment. There are hard truths that entrepreneurs and business owners have to deal with today, and one of them is Wealth Inequality. This subject holds because it’s a reality. Changes your target audience. Changes strategy. We already know that 70% of America’s wealth is controlled by Americans over 50 years old. Then we also know that 500 of The World's RICHEST saw their Wealth increase by $1 TRILLION in the year of 2017. Finally, (and this is a big one) we know 1% of the richest are on target to own 2/3 of ALL Wealth by 2030. What? Money is old.
Deepfakes pieces of content were published in 2023. A huge rise from 58 MILLION in 2022. A serious threat to the Global Economy.
DATE: 29/02/2024
COMMENT: The economy is made of PEOPLE. Whenever there’s something that attacks the integrity of people and how they communicate, how they form and manage relationships, and how they work, there’s a problem. Deepfakes is that kind of a huge problem because solutions don’t quite “exist” yet. They’re very easy to make, and they tend to attack people directly. Another data point: 96% of deepfakes are non-consensual pornographic videos portraying women. Vice published 5 years ago a story about Gal Gadot. They’re here.
TOP SKILL on the rise in the Era of A.I. is Creative Thinking. Followed by Analytical Thinking (#2).
DATE: 29/02/2024
COMMENT: Are you worried (like many are) of A.I. taking over your job? You’re not alone. There are countless people across the Planet thinking what can they do to protect themselves + upgrade themselves as well for the coming disruption. Hard fact: 25% of CEOs are thinking about replacing human workers with A.I.. So how not to worry? Focus on this: "#3) Technological Literacy; #4) Curiosity and lifelong learning; #5) Resilience, flexibility and agility; #6) Systems thinking; #7) A.I. and Big Data; #8) Motivation and self-awareness; #9) Talent Management; #10) Service orientation and Customer service” – SOURCE: Valuetainment. Remember: the future of work will be about job skills, not degrees.
the average employee is what the Fortune 500 CEOs make as income.
DATE: 29/02/2024
COMMENT: I think you already know this, but Elon Musk’s payment was recently blocked by a court order for being too excessive. From Fortune’s CEO Daily Newsletter of February 1st, 2024, for perspective: "With a $55.8 billion maximum value and a $2.6 billion grant date fair value, the plan was 250 times larger than the median peer CEO package, and 33 times larger than the nearest comparison”. – SOURCE: Fortune. Although is true that the amount of money is huge, CEOs have to work under massive pressure on a DAILY basis while having their eyes on Tech advancements, PR nightmares, Product Development, R&Ds and much more. So there’s nothing wrong in giving them what they’re worth. That’s how Capitalism works. You get what you deserve from Modern Society. How many people are caring about your every move?
EUROS worth of Kanye West’s (Yeezy) Merchandise was sold by Adidas in 2023, who donated some of its profits.
DATE: 29/02/2024
COMMENT: It’s good to reinforce something good that came from a bad deal, which in this case is the relationship between Adidas and Kanye West. The German sportswear even found a way to make a profit off of that unsold merchandise: "In its announcement, Adidas said it managed to generate an operating profit of 268 million euros in 2023 after it originally forecast a loss of 100 million euros. The company attributed the profit to its ‘better-than-expected operational business’ during its fourth quarter”. – SOURCE: CNBC. Nice!
NEW STORES will be opened by Walmart in the next 5 years in an effort that represents MILLIONS of dollars to execute.
DATE: 29/02/2024
COMMENT: It’s hard to find news these days where after connecting the dots true good news come out of it, but Walmart brought one to the table. For those who don’t know, Walmart has been pretty strategic about its business, with its locations especially, where 90% of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store (!). Smart. Very smart. Furthermore, the work needs to be done on current stores as well: "’Over the next 12 months, the nation's largest retailer plans to remodel 650 stores across 47 states and Puerto Rico.”. – SOURCE: Quartz.
of Tik Tok’s public content is being produced by 25% of the most active U.S.A. adults.
DATE: 29/02/2024
COMMENT: I think there’s value in reinforcing how Tik Tok actually works in the content production game. Although it looks like the must-go place for companies, rest assured that REAL DEALS with Universal involving musicians’ content have come to a halt. Because Tik Tok benefits from UGC (free) the most: "Most TikTok users do not present a detailed profile on their accounts, with 70% having not filled out any bio information. Users who have posted videos on TikTok follow nearly four times as many other accounts as those who don’t post, and they have more followers as well. Four-in-ten [4 in 10] TikTok users find their 'For You' page extremely or very interesting.”. – SOURCE: Pew Research Center.
employees were laid off at YAHOO! In February, 2023. One more piece of the massive layoffs puzzle.
DATE: 28/02/2024
COMMENT: This is more unfortunate evidence showing where Markets are really going. When you put “all” the recent massive layoffs combined, it’s hard to avoid the truth: The Global Financial Crisis is exploding. But here’s Yahoo’s perspective: "The company is 'very profitable,' Lanzone said, adding that the job cuts were due more to the division’s restructuring than troubles in the ad market. 'We would’ve made these changes even at the peak of the market,' he said. Yahoo is 'still hiring aggressively,' Lanzone said.”. – SOURCE: Fortune. Definitely a partial truth as even monopolies like Google and Facebook are firing because monopolies themselves are fighting each other in this huge financial crisis.
employees are gonna be laid off at SONY PLAYSTATION division. This will impact employees in the Americas, EMEA, Japan and APAC.
DATE: 27/02/2024
COMMENT: There are more layoffs coming in the gaming industry as it seems. Sony is cutting jobs in its Playstation division, and it close its London office. Recently, Sony sent home around 100 employees. And for those who care: "The layoffs come just days after Sony missed a PS5 sales target, which led to Sony’s stock price plummeting by $10 billion. ...analysts also pointed towards a near decade low games margin — suggesting that the cost of making games is eating into Sony’s gaming margins.”. – SOURCE: The Verge.
users are on PINTEREST and more than half of them are on the social network to shop.
DATE: 24/02/2024
COMMENT: A good news for those in Marketing / Advertising. Many Pinterest users are mostly on the social network with the intent to BUY something. That’s rare. A social network where people think first about shopping is not usual. Furthermore, here’s something key to observe : "I think Pinterest is unique in that we pride ourselves on being a positive corner of the internet. Gen Z makes up over 42% of our total audience base, and they tell us they’re on Pinterest because they’re looking for a positive, safe haven on the internet that is really about themselves and building your own self-identity”. – SOURCE: Retail Brew. Although is true that Gen Z is not “loaded” financially, they move the economy.
jobs were cut by Macy’s recently and five of its stores were closed.
DATE: 24/02/2024
COMMENT: I know this subject is a lot for entrepreneurs and founders out there but it’s a necessary evil to mention as this is additional evidence that there’s no hiding the collateral of The Global Financial Crisis that began in 2019. Here’s more from the source in case you care about the number of overall stores: "Macy’s has 723 locations across the country, as of Oct. 28, the end of the most recently reported quarter. The majority of those — roughly 500 — are its namesake stores, followed by 158 Bluemercury stores and 56 Bloomingdale’s stores.”. – SOURCE: CNBC. Remember: layoffs happening in SEVERAL industries show another story. A serious economic reality to face now. Certain data points don’t matter. Read the data between the lines.
UNICORN companies exist today around the World. In 2015, there were only 80 of them on The Market.
DATE: 23/02/2024
COMMENT: Despite the fact that many Unicorn companies do have real problems and therefore real massive value on markets today, many of them have inflated numbers. Here’s the source: "There were companies that were doing $5 million in revenue that were being valued at $1 billion," CB Insights’ Sanwal says, adding, "We were seeing 100x, 200x multiples.". And as you can expect, A.I. companies are ‘inflated’ too: “The median Series B valuation for AI companies is 59% higher than non-AI deals, according to CB Insights, and median valuations are 21% higher for AI companies at the seed stage”. – SOURCE: Fortune.
annually is the average value increase of properties in the U.S.A. On the other hand, S&P500 tends to have an average return rate of 10%.
DATE: 23/02/2024
COMMENT: This amount of return rate for both types of investments shows how american people may end up investing their money next. Despite rising prices of rents, properties are essentially LAND and land is a finite resource as there’s only so much land on a nation for people to occupy. Resources that people need on a daily basis but have a limited supply on the planet is CATEGORY #1 when investing. Companies come and go, but things like water, land remain precious resources and a must-have to everyday lives or to endure any financial crisis.
of Americans revealed they listened to a PODCAST in the year of 2022. And among adults under 30, about A THIRD listen to podcasts at least a few times a week.
DATE: 20/02/2024
COMMENT: Here’s more: ”Comedy, entertainment, and politics are at the top of the list of topics that podcast listeners say they regularly listen....Most podcast listeners say they hear news discussed on podcasts – however, just one-in-five listeners say they listen to a podcast that’s connected to a news organization.” – SOURCE: Pew Research Center.
is the amount of BILLIONAIRES in the World. The USA is house to 735.
DATE: 19/02/2024
COMMENT: When you stop to think about it, it’s really small the number of billionaires in the world, don’t you think?! You can see most of them in a list by Bloomberg → The Billionaire Index. And you can also come to the conclusion that those in Tech are most likely to become billionaires. But here’s something important if you want to become one: ”Time and focus help.....It took Warren Buffett three decades to become a billionaire. And four more to become a centi- billionaire. Luck helps — a lot. Mark Cuban also recently said that becoming a billionaire is all about luck.” – SOURCE: Business Insider. PS: And about 30% of the 400 richest people in the USA got their billions through INHERITANCE. PPS: China lost some. 45 BILLIONAIRES left China in the years of 2022 and 2023 (!).
of ALL vehicles sold last year (2023) in Mexico were sourced in CHINA.
DATE: 17/02/2024
COMMENT: China is appearing in several industries for a while now, and in car manufacturing it’s not different. The Chinese government has been backing companies like BYD and it is becoming a problem for those in CAPITALIST countries (!). A quick and important quote from Elon Musk himself on this matter: 'If there are no trade barriers established,' CEO Elon Musk told investors last month, 'they will pretty much demolish most other car companies in the world. They’re extremely good.' – SOURCE: Fortune. Which other countries are having companies backed by the government to expand on other nations through Global Trade? It’s a WAR on another level.
U.S. dollars were made by Mr.Beast on a Youtube video through Ad Share revenue after it received 77 MILLION views in 5 days.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: This may seem like I’m encouraging The Creator Economy but I’m actually not. Here’s some complementary info: “MrBeast's post containing his first X video upload has around 157 million views....But, his earnings on X are only around $100,000 more than what MrBeast earned” – SOURCE: Mashable. When you stop to do the math (on the Youtube video) alone, $167,000 divided by 77 MILLION results in 0.0021 PER VIEW. This means that 1000 views results in......$2.16 dollars (!). And that’s a Youtube Top Creator. Where’s the money!?
of Target (the store) guests browse via its app or website WHILE shopping in-store.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: This is something that entrepreneurs and business owners and especially CEOs / CMOs should be aware of: CUSTOMERS use your “online extension” despite being physically present on-site! People think such things like Apps or Websites are completely disconnected to the offline infrastructure when in fact, to the end consumer, it’s all the same company. And here’s something to make you understand this better: “Among Gen Z guests, that figure jumps to 93%” – SOURCE: E-Marketer. So if you have a physical store, don’t forget to sync it all to your online store or app or website. It’s all ONE kingdom for customers. They want to check for promotion codes, compare etc.
of Generation Z are now consuming video content on their own smartphones. TV is now behind.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: The other vehicles are a bit far behind, with 43% of Generation Z consuming video content on their TVs and 40% on their computers / laptops. This makes sense because Gen Z are using Youtube and Twitch a lot for E-sports content, and despite the ultimate truth that NETFLIX is still the number #1 place for video content for Gen Z, Tik Tok is actually 2nd (!). That’s right. The most famous and most profitable streaming service is having a very close competition with Tik Tok itself for Gen Z. Additionally, since Gen Z don’t have much money, it makes sense that their “pocket-sized-TV” is the 1st place to find them when publishing videos online.
online place for Generation Z to consume entertainment is TWITCH. Mostly because of E-Sports.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: The #1 platform for watching gaming and E-sports remains Youtube, with Twitch following through in 2nd place. But there are “crazy” stats that you should listen: 22% of Gen Z are watching Twitch WEEKLY or more. For Gen Z males, that number jumps to 34%. Additionally, YouTube Gaming Live averaged 518,000 simultaneous viewers proving that neither Youtube nor Twitch are going away, when the talk is E-sports. The younger generation are depending on both these platforms to consume gaming-based entertainment.
online place for Generation Z to watch videos and consume entertainment is NETFLIX.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: The ATTENTION WAR is merging social networks with streaming services since everything is....online. Regardless of who you are, if you’re providing videos & entertainment, you’re in the same competition. Netflix gathers 69% of Gen Z users when it comes to video consumption on a weekly or daily basis. Tik Tok is right behind, with 60%! Then Youtube (free) with 46%; Then Instagram with 45%; Then Disney+ with 44%; Then Snapchat with 39%. Then Hulu with 31%; Then Amazon Prime with 29%; Then Facebook with 24% Gen Z users. A NOTE: Some Gen Z are also using social platforms to keep up with the E-sports industry, which means heavy use of Youtube and Twitch.
paying readers is what The Guardian found in 2017 after directly asking for donations.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: Make no mistake: Customers are willing to pay for high-quality content on The Internet. The whole WAR FOR ATTENTION is very real, but serious content cuts through the noise and reaches people’s pockets. Sometimes you just have to ask and shift your business model. Furthermore, since we’re talking about economic realities in the news business, 1/3 of The Guardian’s revenue comes from digital readership. Another third comes from print revenue and another third from advertising, licensing deals etc. That’s awesome news. ANOTHER TRUTH: Reader revenue first passed advertising as the largest source of revenue for The Guardian U.S. in 2020!
of Americans today have a 2nd job in order to make ends meet. The highest number in the history of the UNITED STATES.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: Bringing good news is always a must when you’re an Entrepreneur but sometimes you need to map The Market and understand why is it so hard and why opportunities are harder to find. The Global Economy is not well. It’s not just the United States that is seeing hard times. Here’s something important to remember: 62% of Americans were still living paycheck to paycheck in 2023 and couldn't get out of this reality. Furthermore, 50% of 6-FIGURE earners live paycheck to paycheck (!). That’s absurd, don’t you think!? But it’s the truth.
of the small businesses in the U.S.A. have ZERO employees.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: If you’re thinking this is not a “big number”, remember another serious factor: ”There are 32 MILLION small businesses in the USA today.”. So basically there are individuals running “a job” on a daily basis but who are represented by a company ID to The Market. And just 1% make a million dollars. Deconstructing the market is a must if you want to be an Entrepreneur. Knowing this harsh reality shows also how most business owners in America – the land of opportunity – are actually thinking small, and may not be an ideal customer for those who think big and are B2B entrepreneurs. Remember: You’ll have a hard time selling to those people. Why? Because they’re small thinkers. It’s the truth.
is the number of stocks you can pick in the U.S. stock market today. In 1996 this number was 8000.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: Another factor: ”40% of the companies in the Russell 2000 don’t make any money, which means they’re on the market but are not profitable” – SOURCE: Youtube. So if you’re thinking that wealth creation is easy now more than ever, think again. This stat alone shows how worsen the global economy has gotten. Remember: ZOMBIE companies exist. A hard truth: 25% of the companies in The USA were zombie companies in 2020. More truth: 3 major companies are now zombie companies → Bed, Bath and Beyond, Ford and Uber (!). Companies ”dominating” markets may not mean that they’re profitable. It also means that there’s fewer investment opportunities around.
is the number of A.I. companies that Apple acquired from 2010 to 2019.
DATE: 16/02/2024
COMMENT: Despite what many may think, BIG TECH companies are not at the level they’re at in technological advances on their own. All BIG TECH companies have been on a buying spree since 2010 to make their businesses stronger. Apple has acquired 20 A.I. companies from 2010 to 2019. And in the same period, Google has acquired 14 A.I. companies, Microsoft has acquired 10 A.I. companies, Facebook acquired 8 A.I. companies and Amazon acquired 7 A.I. companies to make their businesses stronger. And as CB Insights put it, “Tech giants are far from the only companies snatching up AI startups. Since 2010, there have been 635 AI acquisitions, as companies aim to build out their AI capabilities and capture sought-after talent” – SOURCE: CB Insights.
of the total planned supply of Bitcoin (21 million bitcoins) was reached in 2023, totaling 19.4 million bitcoins in existence.
DATE: 07/02/2024
COMMENT: I think you already know about the Bitcoin Whales. Recently, a major “event” happened where Bitcoin ETFs got approved by the US SEC resulting in BlackRock Inc.’s iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF attracting $1 BILLION and Grayscale’s Bitcoin Trust reaching $2 BILLION. That prompted some bitcoin authorities to say “BlackRock will completely destroy bitcoin”. That’s because is estimated that BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street collectively own between 1%-2% of all bitcoin in circulation, and they’ll be blocking bitcoin transactions.
of UPS employees are gonna be laid off. The company said that 2023 was a very disappointing year.
DATE: 07/02/2024
COMMENT: More massive layoffs? Yes, more. I would like to see the faces of those who are defending that “the economy is alright” and there’s no need to worry etc. RECENTLY, PayPal fired 2,5K employees. Then, we have 1.7K of WayFair's employees facing another round of layoffs. Then, 14K employees of Nokia got fired. Then, 12K employees at Google. Then, Microsoft fired 10K workers. Then, Amazon cut 18K jobs. Then, Salesforce fired 8K workers. Then, Meta fired 11K workers. Then, Hasbro fired 1,1K jobs. Then, ByteDance fired 1K employees. Then, X/Twitter fired 6,5K employees. Then, 62K positions were cut by Big Banks (!). Then, 20K people lost their jobs in the Media Industry in 2023.
of Snap (Snapchat) employees are gonna be laid off. The social network had around 5,300 workers in the beginning of 2023.
DATE: 05/02/2024
COMMENT: The massive layoffs subject once more strikes us in the heart with now Snap announcing their own next round of layoffs. The social network is sending more workers home this time, because back in 2022 Snap cut around 20% of its staff and then 3% of its staff in 2023. There’s no point linking to another Market Fact card of massive layoffs in the Tech sector. There is, however, something you should read: The Global Financial Crisis Manifesto, a 523-page must read manifesto for Entrepreneurs, Founders and CEOs. Something that covers Massive Layoffs, among other business subjects.
BILLIONAIRES left China in the years of 2022 and 2023. The Exodus of big money leaving China is real.
DATE: 04/02/2024
COMMENT: This will likely be the 1st Market Facts card that doesn’t need any additional evidence. There’s only a few more links to add: 13K millionaires left China in 2023 and 10,800 in 2022. Then you have $52 billion in CHINESE LOANS that were forced to renegotiate between 2021 and 2022 by Chinese policy banks because loans were not being paid back nor turning a profit. Then you have the chinese people saving their money and not spending on goods and services, and not being able to buy a home (!). And what is the future? More truth: 1 in 5 existing jobs in China could be cut in the next 20 years. Where’s China going after all these crises combined?!
of China’s HOME SALES since 2021 are linked to property companies that have defaulted.
DATE: 04/02/2024
COMMENT: In a world where the real estate sector is 30% of China’s GDP (like Patrick Bet-David puts it well) this is an alarming stat / fact. But then there’s more you should know: “Home Sales have fallen 29% across major cities; Property investment in the 1st 11 months of 2023 fell by 9.4% on year” – SOURCE: Valuetainment. This is not a big surprise since 48x the average salary of a citizen in Beijing is the price of a real estate in Beijing, China (!). Then you have an economy even more centralized in similar BIG TECH firms controlling wealth creation (just like in the U.S.) but a lot more government interference. No wonder the chinese people are saving as much as possible while millionaires are leaving
MILLIONAIRES left China in 2023. And 10,800 millionaires left China in 2022. There’s now an Exodus of big money leaving China.
DATE: 04/02/2024
COMMENT: There’s more to add obviously: “INDIA has 6,500 millionaires leaving the country in 2023. And it saw an exodus of 7,500 millionaires in 2022. THE UNITED KINGDOM has 3,200 millionaires leaving in 2023. And it saw an exodus of 1,600 in 2022. RUSSIA’s millionaires leaving the country were around 3,000 in 2023. And it saw an exodus of 8,500 millionaires in 2022. Finally, BRAZIL has 1,200 millionaires leaving the country in 2023. And it saw an exodus of 1,800 millionaires in 2022.” – SOURCE: Valuetainment.
finance commentators with 4.7 MILLION Weibo followers were blocked for speaking the truth about China’s Economy.
DATE: 04/02/2024
COMMENT: A complement: “were blocked from the platform for hyping up the unemployment rate, spreading negative information and smearing the development of the securities market” – SOURCE: Valuetainment. This is something we have been seeing for a while now. A while ago, Quartz published: The Most egregious examples from the Chinese government’s long, sordid history of data-doctoring. The China Project, a GREAT website focusing on telling the truth about China ranging from A.I. to Espionage also had a surprise.
employees of PayPal are gonna be laid off in yet another massive layoffs round in tech jobs.
DATE: 01/02/2024
COMMENT: PayPal too joints the party of sending its workers home. When you have a huge economic downturn hitting Markets there’s no way to go but cut costs for most businesses. I recommend you to read The Global Financial Crisis Manifesto that covers M&As, Trade Wars, A.I., Massive Layoffs, Market Solutions and more. And a quick quote: “’We will be reducing our global workforce by approximately 9% through both direct reductions and the elimination of open roles over the course of the year,’ the CEO said in the web post.” – SOURCE: Payments Dive. Putting all recent massive layoffs together tells a story. Mark my words: this is just the beginning.
employees of Jack Dorsey’s Block are gonna be laid off in another wave of tech job cuts.
DATE: 01/02/2024
COMMENT: The excuse that “the company got too big and the number of employees doesn’t match the business” is being used often. But the truth is that there’s no running away from The Global Financial Crisis that started in 2019 (read The Manifesto that covers M&As, Trade Wars, A.I., Massive Layoffs, Market Solutions and more). This is more of the “same” news on ROUNDS and ROUNDS of massive layoffs (in tech). A quick quote: “Dorsey did say that the layoffs focused on Block workers at Cash App, Foundational, and Square. He added that operations overall were ‘getting leaner.’.” – SOURCE: Business Insider. Like I said, more evidence. Who else is getting leaner? Raise your hand.
was the increase in bitcoin holdings of the Bitcoin WHALES now in January, 2024.
DATE: 30/01/2024
COMMENT: A quick quote: “'While bitcoin ETFs have seen net inflows of $820M, bitcoin whales have seen an increase of ~$3B (76,000 BTC) so far in 2024' IntoTheBlock said in a weekly newsletter. 'Whales include any entity, individual, or fund (including the ETFs) holding over 1,000 BTC.'.” – SOURCE: CoinDesk. More evidence that even Bitcoin is still a particular investment worth having, regardless if you are into crypto assets or not. Although among cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin reigns supreme. No other cryptocurrency has penetrated the markets so much. There are several businesses today that accept it as payment, there are people who bought computers to mine them etc. Rule: FOLLOW THE MONEY.
individuals are known as the Bitcoin WHALES, who own 40% of ALL bitcoin available.
DATE: 30/01/2024
COMMENT: There are those who think that new solutions against criminal banks and the criminal government are not persecuted (seriously?!). This is a pure example of that. How just 1000 individuals “locked” down 40% of ALL bitcoin by holding them indefinitely. But there’s more: Market Manipulation (yes, again!). Just like banks and governments do. Here’s Bloomberg: “What’s more, the whales can coordinate their moves or preview them to a select few. Many of the large owners have known one another for years and stuck by bitcoin through the early days when it was derided, and they can potentially band together to tank or prop up the market.” – SOURCE: Bloomberg. Something “old” worth resharing.
MINUTES of Domain Spoofing cost Business Insider 10-30 MILLION fake impressions (2017).
DATE: 27/01/2024
COMMENT: There’s more to say on Ad Fraud: ADVERTISERS are throwing their money out of the window, thinking they’re buying Y when they’re buying Z. Here’s Adage: “During a test that lasted just 15 minutes, Business Insider flagged some 10 million to 30 million phony impressions on various exchanges. Essentially, millions of ads purporting to be for Business Insider were sold by bad actors passing as the publication…..In one example of detected fraud, a Business Insider advertiser thought they had purchased $40,000 worth of ad inventory through the open exchanges when in reality, the publication only saw $97, indicating the rest of the money went to fraud.” – SOURCE: AdAge.
WEBSITES was where JP Morgan & Chase had Advertisements. Then it had only in 5K websites. And it got the same results (2017).
DATE: 27/01/2024
COMMENT: That’s a very important Market Fact (despite having a few years of age already) which businesspeople should know in order to understand and have a GLIMPSE of Ad Fraud. JP Morgan & Chase had 400,000 websites to display its ads then it reduced to just 5,000 and it got the exact same results (!). In another attempt to make their Ads more effective, the bank restricted its ads to a ‘human-checked’ list of 1,000 Youtube channels, with the goal to also avoid problems in the Brand Safety subject. How is your money being spent on Ads?
PER DAY was being made by Hackers involved in the biggest Ad Fraud ever (Methbot), faking 300 MILLION video views in 2016.
DATE: 27/01/2024
COMMENT: READ THIS: “Ad Fraud Komanda or ‘AFK13’, planned their machinations in meticulous detail. First, they created more than 6,000 domains and 250,267 distinct URLs within those that appeared to belong to real big-name publishers, from ESPN to Vogue.... With faked domain registrations, they were able to trick algorithms that decided where the most profitable ads would go into buying their fraudulent web space.....But AFK13 were able to game the system so their space was purchased over big-name brands”. – SOURCE: Forbes.
of The World’s RICHEST saw their Wealth increase by $1 TRILLION in the year of 2017.
DATE: 26/01/2024
COMMENT: Quote: “Ultra-rich warned of 'strike-back' as global inequality hits a 100-year high and billions of poorer people see their earnings stagnate. The globe’s 500 richest people, as measured by the Bloomberg billionaires index, have seen the value of the wealth increase by 23% so far this year [ 2017 ], taking their combined fortunes to $5.3tn. The increase is largely the result of booming stock markets. – SOURCE: The Guardian. Impressive. Inequality has never been so high for 100 YEARS. Put that together with these and you have a pretty big warning: 1% of the richest are now owning 43% of GLOBAL financial assets; 1% of the richest in the United States are now holding 31% of net assets.
of the RICHEST are on target to own 2/3 of ALL Wealth by 2030.
DATE: 26/01/2024
COMMENT: I don’t know if that’s just me, but 2030 doesn’t seem so far away anymore, right? Look at the date of the source article and you’ll understand. Big moves are being made by people with money and power, and some of the richest are just desperately asking around to experts how to protect their FOOD and WATER (!). Here’s more: “Since 2008, the wealth of the richest 1% has been growing at an average of 6% a year – much faster than the 3% growth in wealth of the remaining 99% of the world’s population. Should that continue, the top 1% would hold wealth equating to $305tn (£216.5tn) – up from $140tn today. – SOURCE: The Guardian. I think this is something important to remember. What equals 6% of fortunes year over year? That’s a lot of money. And these people are buying bunkers and food and water protection? Think about that.
of Facebook Monthly Active Users (MAUs) were already FAKE in 2019.
DATE: 25/01/2024
COMMENT: For those who are still naive to be using Facebook, the criminal BIG TECH company, whether that’s for business or personal use, know now that half of its MAUs are actually fake. Something I had to bring back to life after seeing so many people still talking about putting their businesses on the website / company. Here’s some hard truth: “The fact of the matter is that Facebook does not know and will not ever have an accurate way to measure its fake account problem," claims the report. "Taking all of these factors into account, we estimate that 50 percent or more of Facebook’s current MAUs are actually fake. – SOURCE: Mashable. It’s an “old” article but the subject remains alive. One more hard truth: The Media industry had a 48% drop in Facebook traffic. Low traffic. Fake people. What more evidence do you need to leave this place?
of ALL INTERNET TRAFFIC was already going through websites and services operated by either Google or Facebook in 2017.
DATE: 25/01/2024
COMMENT: This is something important to bring back to life again for people: THE DUOPOLY – Google & Facebook. Today, the free Internet is under serious attack because such corporations don’t represent Capitalism anymore, but criminal monopolies that “control” information and act as surveillance systems for the government. No company is able to go this far without forming alliances with the criminal side of the government. Facebook and Google now have direct influence over nearly 3/4 of all internet traffic, meaning the end of the open web.
employees from Ebay are gonna be laid off. The job cuts is around 9% of the e-commerce company.
DATE: 25/01/2024
COMMENT: The e-commerce giant is also cleaning house by sending home 1,000 full-time employees, with this being the 1st part of its plan. Ebay plans to send more workers home as we enter the following months of 2024. Many tech companies are saying they “hired too quickly”, but that’s false. There are 1000 companies across the Tech Industry that fired nearly 165,000 workers in 2022. In 2023, the number jumped to 240,000 employees. What are they all doing!? Imitating each other!? No. The Global Financial Crisis of 2019 is here. Let’s not forget: 230 American companies filed for Bankruptcy just in April 2023.
employees are being fired by Microsoft at Activision Blizzard and Xbox. The job cuts is around 8% of Microsoft Gaming division.
DATE: 25/01/2024
COMMENT: There’s enough evidence already on how hardcore The Market has become since The Global Financial Crisis that started in 2019 (read The Manifesto). Rounds of massive layoffs are happening, with companies from several industries sending workers home (Toys, Banking, Car Manufacturers, BIG TECHs etc). The gaming division has around 22,000 employees and with the layoffs, Activision Blizzard president Mike Ybarra has decided to leave the company. So expect less from Activision now, my friend. They’re also surviving.
Data Centers is how much The World currently has to fuel its systems’ daily operations.
DATE: 24/01/2024
COMMENT: The United States of America has 33% of the World’s data centers today, totaling 2400. China, has 328 data centers. Ireland, has 82 data centers and 54 are underway. The United Kingdom hosts a total of 461 data centers, with 70 of them located in London. This places the country in the 3rd position by the number of data centers, behind the US and Germany. This data also tells us where countries are placing their investments regarding technology of the future, like A.I. and blockchain, for instance. Good for you to know!
of the GLOBAL electricity demand is made of 3 things: Data Centers, Cryptocurrencies and A.I. (2022).
DATE: 24/01/2024
COMMENT: These 3 things combined all used 460TWh of electricity. Furthermore, according to The Verge: “Crypto mining alone is estimated to account for nearly a quarter of that electricity consumption, burning through 110TWh in 2022.....The US has the most data centers today, with 33 percent of the world’s approximately 8,000 data centers. It’s also the country with the most Bitcoin mining.....Expanding 5G networks and cloud-based services are other drivers of that growth”. – SOURCE: The Verge. Good to know, right? Energy supply needs to keep up in order for these advancements to work.
websites exist today on The Internet. Of these, a little less than 200 MILLION are currently active.
DATE: 24/01/2024
COMMENT: The milestone of 1 billion websites was first reached in September of 2014, as confirmed by NetCraft in its October 2014 Web Server Survey and first estimated and announced by Internet Live Stats. This means that there’s A WEBSITE FOR EVERY 4 PEOPLE on the planet! Now you see how some websites like Netflix, Google, Facebook, Instagram and others have gained massive attention. Today, you need to make your website famous. Not your social media profiles. Become a famous website or die. That’s the competition you need to be aware about. Is your company website pushing through the noise? Because there are 2 billion of them. It’s time to work hard.
employees was the number of workers that Instagram had when it was sold to Facebook for the amount of $1 BILLION in 2012.
DATE: 24/01/2024
COMMENT: There are those sounding the alarm that A.I. companies will reach 1 BILLION dollars in market value and that they’ll have only 3 employees. That’s right. Three. Just three. Now, if in 2012, Instagram was bought by Facebook for U$ 1 BILLION when it only had 13 employees, how likely do you think this new reality will happen? So this means what? A future without work. REMEMBER: tech companies are firing their employees now. Furthermore, mathematically, there isn’t enough jobs for everyone!. Now, where’s my job?!
is the price of a single BITCOIN fetched as of December 30, 2023.
DATE: 24/01/2024
COMMENT: Although I don’t monitor cryptocurrencies as much as the other business subjects, it’s pretty impressive to see a single bitcoin go over 40,000 dollars. It’s a 154% price increase in 2023. HALF is the share of crypto assets that bitcoin accounts for, up from 38% at the end of 2022. Outstanding. Not many business owners nor entrepreneurs are placing their eyes and attention on crypto as they should. IF there’s a way to financial indepedence where governments can’t touch you, we should focus on that. Believe me, governments have been trying to block crypto and its growth. Here’s how the U.S.A and the world regulate bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Furthermore, paying taxes on it is really a nightmare. We need more solid crypto solutions, that’s for sure. Don’t you think?
employees of Riot Games, the maker of League of Legends, were laid off and lost their jobs. That’s around 11% of its workforce.
DATE: 24/01/2024
COMMENT: ONE MORE piece of evidence that The Global Financial Crisis is here. Despite being in the front seat, many companies are sending a good part of their workforce home recently because they can’t deal with the costs. And that’s happening in several industries: Social Networks, Phone Makers, Car Manufacturers, Banking, BIG TECH companies, and of course, Gaming. According to a layoff tracker from Kotaku, there’s over 3800 jobs lost already in 2024. And we’re still in January, remember?
Americans will need to SWITCH jobs by 2030. Why? Because A.I. will take over their jobs.
DATE: 21/01/2024
COMMENT: I think this is actually a small number considering that Technology is part of our everyday lives since at least the 2000s. The Market has swallowed tech. It’s now part of most businesses’ infrastructure and everyday operations, forcing them all to go to war for efficiency (not to mention the WAR for ATTENTION). But one “old” study (2013) from Carl Benedikt Frey and Michael Osborne seems a bit more accurate, stating that 47% of US jobs are at risk of being automated amid the AI boom by the mid-2030s. Furthermore, if 25% of CEOs are considering replacing human workers with A.I., 12M Americans is a small number (although that last data point is Davos – global). It may be more.
of CMOs believed they lacked enough money to fully execute their marketing strategy in 2023.
DATE: 19/01/2024
COMMENT: Time to quote this time: “Paid media leads in budget allocation across major marketing resources (25.6% of overall 2023 budget), followed by marketing technology (25.4%), labor (24.6%) and agencies (23.3%). Social advertising, which currently takes up the most paid media budget, was identified as the top digital channel to receive increased investment in 2023, followed by digital video advertising and influencer marketing. Search advertising was identified by the most respondents to receive decreased investment in 2023 ” – SOURCE: Gartner. OBS: Survey of 410 CMOs and marketing leaders.
journalists who work in the Los Angeles Times are gonna be laid off. That’s 20% of its newsroom.
DATE: 19/01/2024
COMMENT: THE LARGEST staff cut since the paper was owned by Tribune Co. Let’s quote this time: “The most recent wave of staff cuts comes amid a troubled media landscape with NBC News, the Washington Post, Conde Nast and other publishers shedding staff members. The news industry witnessed a decline of 2,681 jobs last year. Media giants, including Google, Amazon, Warner Bros. Discovery and Walt Disney Co., have also eliminated thousands of jobs.” – SOURCE: Los Angeles Times. These layoffs will mark the 3RD ROUND of cuts since June, when more than 70 positions, or around 13% of the newsroom, were slashed. Remember: 20K people lost their jobs in the Media Industry in 2023.
people work in the Videogame Industry GLOBALLY. The 2% of the industry that got laid off, doesn’t tell the whole story.
DATE: 19/01/2024
COMMENT: There are those who look at these numbers and think this is not a bad sign since only 2% of the gaming industry got fired past year. Not true. Because the industry grew 3X in the last decade (just in the U.S.), and because the Market is already condensed in few platforms like Nintendo, Playstation and Xbox, MANY jobs are still “stable” just because another M&A hasn’t occured yet. Some jobs remain “untouched” because Big Players didn’t make a brutal move. Consoles dictate a lot of the industry. Who is investing in new consoles today?
is the GROWTH of the Videogame Industry in the USA across the last decade (2012-2022). Around 212 MILLION Americans play videogames regularly.
DATE: 19/01/2024
COMMENT: The numbers don’t lie, videogames mean ATTENTION. Its growth in the USA went from $15.2 billion (2012) to $56.6 billion (2022). Additionally, 90% of the 3 BILLION GAMERS in the world are Mobile Gamers (!). That means people who play games are making more use of their smartphones than ever. Nonetheless, the financial crisis is hitting markets with game devs being fired.
videogame companies (game publishers, game developers or software developers) are currently located in California, USA.
DATE: 19/01/2024
COMMENT: The place where videogame companies choose to establish their Headquarters tells us something → GOOD FOR BUSINESS. Here: “Several major publishers are based in Southern California, including Activision, Blizzard Entertainment and Riot Games, as well as the North American headquarters for Sega of America.” – SOURCE: Los Angeles Times. If you’re thinking about setting up your company, maybe you should consider California, USA.
employees who worked in gaming for EA (Electronic Arts) were laid off in March 2023. That’s 6% of its workforce being sent home.
DATE: 19/01/2024
COMMENT: There’s more for you to consider: “Roughly 6,500 video game workers have been laid off globally since January [2023], including hundreds at California-based companies, according to industry estimates. Some analysts believe the figure could be much higher because several companies have not disclosed the number of jobs they cut.” – SOURCE: Los Angeles Times. Exactly. Some companies are HIDING the reality and many ex-employees are not being public about it. Think about how many lives are actually jobless now in 2024.
employees who work in gaming jobs were laid off so far in a little more than a 12 months period.
DATE: 18/01/2024
COMMENT: When we bring the big numbers it shows how things are not pretty. According to a technical artist named Farhan Noor who has been tracking layoffs in the gaming industry recently, September was the worst month for layoffs with 17 companies cutting jobs — the highest so far in 2023. Do you wanna know the causes? Many: “the current economic climate as the leading factor, including high interest rates, slowed growth, rising production costs, and increased competition” – SOURCE: Games Industry Biz. There are over 80 gaming companies and media websites that got hit with this reality, along with 11 studio shutdowns in 2023, boosting the numbers of layoffs across the industry.
employees of Fortnite maker, Epic Games were laid off as well. That’s 16% of its workforce.
DATE: 18/01/2024
COMMENT: It’s not only BIG TECH companies and Big Banks and other famous companies that are sending people home without being able to pay them anymore. It’s game houses too. According to the source, the layoffs are a result of spending more money than the money earned which is a strong statement since the gaming industry is one of the most profitable in the Entertainment Industry and they are behind…..Fortnite. But when you put 2+2 together, you get to a point where you notice that MANY INDUSTRIES are firing their personnel. Time to wake up. The effects of The Global Financial Crisis are here.
staffers of Sony Playstation’s division Bungie were laid off in 2023. That’s 8% of its workforce being sent home.
DATE: 18/01/2024
COMMENT: It’s important to track layoffs, especially if it’s all over the place. For those unaware, Sony purchased Bungie in 2022 in a $3.6 billion deal and it’s now cutting jobs in that division. But here’s the key part you should know: “The layoffs come several weeks after a meeting in which execs said that Bungie’s revenue was 45 percent lower than projected, and in which Parsons blamed Lightfall, Destiny 2’s most recent (and poorly received) expansion, for a drop in player retention leading to the shortfall.” – SOURCE: The Verge.
employees of Walmart were fired in the course of 2023.
DATE: 18/01/2024
COMMENT: This may seem old to some but the business world is under The Internet haystack now and certain things slip away. Despite reporting incredible amounts of massive layoffs done recently by big enterprises, banks, famous companies and the like, it seems that it’s still not enough. There’s more layoffs because Walmart is also cleaning house. And Walmart has absurd levels of success: 120M shoppers purchase on one of the 4,200 Walmart stores or shop on its websites EVERY MONTH + 90% of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store. Nice. Great number of true customers + great location strategy. Nonetheless, the goal is more: “Within three years, by the end of its fiscal year 2026, Walmart said it expects about 65% of its stores will have automation capabilities”. Yes, A.I. is coming. To stay.
largest source of CRIMINAL income in the World could be Ad fraud by 2025. Right after drug trafficking.
DATE: 18/01/2024
COMMENT: One more important metric you should know about if you’re in the business of Advertising (or if you’re just a businessperson / entrepreneur who buys Ads). For those who don’t know, 1/4 of online marketing dollars went to Ad Fraud in 2023. Impressive right? That means that A LOT of online advertising spending - $84 billion! - are currently being lost to Ad Fraud annually (!). And for those who have been tracking Ad fraud cases, a famous one was the Methbot fraud, where Hackers Make $5M A DAY by faking 300M video views, considered one of THE BIGGEST cases of Ad Fraud in history. Yes, now criminals are here. And to make money. Who knew?
websites is where ads land through average media programmatic buy done by a sophisticated company.
DATE: 18/01/2024
COMMENT: Over the course of your Advertising lifetime, you’ll notice that some brands and companies care about one thing when doing Ads: BRAND SAFETY. But once a single media programmatic buy ends up having your ad on 40,000 DIFFERENT websites how do you have control over such a thing? The truth is simple: you don’t. You lose control. You sacrifice Brand Safety. You also can’t tell if the ad is being shown properly or not, because you have to track 40,000 different websites. You’re buying massive attention, what did you expect? Precision? So know now that this comes with a cost.
years old is the age where the Ad Tech Industry aggressively already has 72 MILLION data points about that child.
DATE: 18/01/2024
COMMENT: One more piece of hard evidence on Data Points that this time comes from Bob Hoffman, the famous Ad Contrarian who’s now warning that Advertising is now a scam [ VIDEO ]. Around 10 years ago, Bob Hoffman talked about how social media marketing is pointless [ VIDEO ]. All these facts aside, going back to the main subject of Data Points, it’s important to know that 4000 companies in the U.S.A focus on selling your DATA on The Market (!). Furthermore, 1500 data points is what the average DATA BROKER has today.
of Youtube’s employees are gonna be laid off. Once again, Google is cleaning house. Now on Youtube’s creator partnerships team.
DATE: 17/01/2024
COMMENT: One more round hitting one of the most powerful BIG TECH companies: Google. This time, Google is cutting jobs on Youtube, in the creator partnerships team. Who knew that more job cuts would come and that it would involve....YOUTUBE?! In the future, all these layoffs will tell if Google can respond as quickly to crises in real-time. They can masquerade numbers up to a point, but eventually the truth comes out. And remember: by lobbying, Google maintains its criminal monopoly. Don’t forget.
(or more) of Google’s employees are once again going home. Google is now cutting jobs on its Advertising Sales team.
DATE: 17/01/2024
COMMENT: As the massive layoffs subject continues to rise (because of The Global Financial Crisis that started in 2019 remember?!), more evidence comes to light. After 12,000 Google employees got fired recently. Furthermore, Alphabet recently cut travel and entertainment budgets, halted construction and reduced investment for experimental projects. Looks like Google used employees and are now sending lots and lots of them home after a certain maturity level on its tech was achieved. And by lobbying, it maintains its criminal monopoly.
of CEOs are thinking about replacing human workers with A.I., a survey in the World Economic Forum in Davos, revealed.
DATE: 17/01/2024
COMMENT: As the market crashes into a never-seen before Global Financial Crisis, other strategic moves yet to be executed by CEOs will unfortunately make things worse, generating more inequality. A very important fact is that nearly 40% of jobs globally could be affected by the rise of AI (FUTURISM), but that’s not all. According to other finds, 40% of workers will have to RESKILL in the next 3 YEARS due to A.I., which means part of The Market will “stop” production in order to level-up skills in personnel. Two crises at the same time.
of the WORLD’S TRADE passes through the Red Sea, a “crucial waterway” linking the Mediterranean to the Indian Ocean.
DATE: 15/01/2024
COMMENT: One more thing, just another interesting fact for you to learn more: “About 90% of world trade is carried by the international shipping industry. Without shipping, the import/export of affordable food and goods would not be possible – half the world would starve and the other half would freeze!” – SOURCE: International Chamber of Shipping (ICS). OBS: The ICS represents the world’s national shipowner associations, and over 80% of the world merchant fleet, for those who don’t know.
of the richest are now owning 43% of GLOBAL financial assets. In the Middle East, Asia and Europe, the richest own 47%.
DATE: 15/01/2024
COMMENT: Other generals (entrepreneurs, businesspeople, and other kind of modern-day warriors) need to know about hard numbers of Global Markets, because it has a direct impact on business strategy. If some people are in control of “almost all wealth” it’s important to know upfront. FACT: “U.S. billionaires in particular are $1.6 trillion wealthier than they were in 2020, a 46% increase. The three richest ones as of the end of November — Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Larry Ellison — boosted their wealth by 84%” – SOURCE: Market Watch.
of U.S.A consumers and 93% in APAC (Asia-Pacific) said they want A SINGLE PLATFORM for all their subscription services.
DATE: 15/01/2024
COMMENT: Surprising isn’t? Consumers from these two main regions are happy with having tons of options but want the easiness of having them all located in one place, one subscription for all services. For Content Creators that tells something: you might wanna team up with other professionals or content providers to sell all your content in a super-bundle. FACT: 70% of consumers said they would spend more time using their subscription service if it were available through a super bundling content hub (USA). Time to partner up!
of WayFair’s employees are facing another round of massive layoffs. The last round sent 870 employees home.
DATE: 15/01/2024
COMMENT: There’s no hiding the consequences of a Global Financial Crisis, it’s impossible. Companies that are leading the market may use their PR forces to try to avoid speaking the truth about a troubled market reality but numbers end up appearing to tell the truth anyway. Here’s more for you: “Wayfair’s announcement comes amid a wave of layoffs across several industries. This month, layoffs also hit GameStop, Saks.com, Bed Bath & Beyond and Everlane.” – SOURCE: Retail Dive. Indeed, several industries are facing huge problems.
of U.S.A. Adults reported earning money through app-based platforms in 2021 like DoorDash, Uber, Instacart and Grubhub.
DATE: 13/01/2024
COMMENT: I think another super-important data besides the main one highlighted must also be reinforced: “The gig work sector has undergone a massive expansion. The US platform gig economy grew by 3 million people between 2019 and 2021” – SOURCE: Bloomberg. Now that’s some considerable growth because these kinds of jobs are not a good job, that’s for sure. Which also means that many americans are losing their wealth and aren’t finding work, and are pivoting to the gig economy as consequence.
employees of Citibank are gonna be laid off this year. And $1 BILLION in severance and restructuring costs will be deployed.
DATE: 12/01/2024
COMMENT: I try to drift away from the subject of mass layoffs but The Market pushes these news towards my radar. Now, after the shocking number of mass layoffs done by Big Banks in 2023 (62,000 employees), it seems that there’s more to come in 2024: Citi plans to reduce its headcount by 20,000. As mentioned in another Market Facts card, the banking sector is already the 1st sector to be impacted by A.I. causing mass unemployment. But this is one point. Another point is the Global Financial Crisis. Which is looming over ALL sectors.
of Teenagers aged 13 to 17 years old say they use Youtube. Tik Tok, Snapchat and Instagram are far behind.
DATE: 12/01/2024
COMMENT: In a recent survey done by the Pew Research Center, which looked at 1.4K teenagers, concluded that 93% of them use Youtube. As The Hustle poinst out: “TikTok had 63% of teens using the app, followed by Snapchat at 60% and Instagram at 59%. Altogether, a third of teens reported using at least one of five sites (YouTube, Tiktok, Snapchat, Instagram, and Facebook) almost constantly” – SOURCE: The Hustle. The “new TV” has definitely penetrated our lives with Youtube reaching 2.7 BILLION MONTHLY active users.
corporate jobs are being cut off by CVS Health in a move to reprioritize healthcare investments.
DATE: 12/01/2024
COMMENT: More layoffs? Oh yes baby. It’s my duty and obligation to help you map The Global Market as much as possible, and whenever people lose jobs in a large scale, it’s because there’s something sick with the market. Rival to CVS, Walgreens planned to cut 10% of its Corporate Workers around May 2023 which shows that this is not a solo strategic move done by CVS. No. This is a way to REACT against a brutal Global Financial Crisis that has been invading the business world and people’s lives since at least 2019. Here’s more: “In addition to the layoffs, the company is cracking down on travel expenses and its use of consultants and vendors”. – SOURCE: Fierce Healthcare. Time to wake up!
of Discord’s employees are being laid off in 2024. The company is laying off 17% of its workforce.
DATE: 12/01/2024
COMMENT: The subject of layoffs doesn’t seem to disappear, isn’t that right? Companies that are LEADING the market are getting rid of a good part of their workforce despite all the “success”. It’s because you can’t fake it during a Global Financial Crisis. You can only maintain a stance that “nothing is happening” up until a point, but the signs eventually show. This is one more of those cases. Furthermore, GOOGLE is laying off 1000 more employees aside from the 12,000 which were already sent home in September of 2023. And some people still think that having a job in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) sectors is some sort of guarantee against layoffs. Think again.
of Twitch’s employees are being laid off in 2024. The company is laying off more than 500 employees.
DATE: 10/01/2024
COMMENT: This is not the 1st time. According to the source, in March 2023, Twitch had already cut 400 roles. Now the axe is coming again. Furthermore, Twitch is about to shut down operations in South Korea due to network fees, making the last day of Twitch’s operations in the country February 27th. If even major, well known, global platforms are brutally reducing costs this way, what do you think is actually happening with the Global Economy? Around 12,000 employees were fired by Google recently. Microsoft fired 10,000 employees. Salesforce fired 8,000. Facebook, 11,000 positions. And Amazon 18,000 jobs. At the same time, there were 20,000 jobs lost in the Media Industry in 2023.
visits down from 8.3M is the drop in Facebook traffic from 2018 to 2023 that BBC has experienced.
DATE: 10/01/2024
COMMENT: For other big players the numbers are similar: NYT went from 3.5m to 688.000 visits; Vice went from 1.1m to 255.700 visits. But what about small players? Here: “Across 486 small publishers (i.e. those with less than 10,000 average daily page views) included in the Chartbeat data, Facebook referral traffic in April represented just 2% of its volume at the start of 2018”. – SOURCE: A Media Operator. Do not trust Facebook. Remember Snowden’s testimony. No wonder Facebook has been putting a lot of money into lobbying. Market dominance like this is only possible through criminal monopolistic practices. Only achieved with the help of the government. Not true Capitalism.
global publishers had 27% of page views coming from external, search and social in January 2018 (Facebook). In April 2023 it was down to 11%.
DATE: 10/01/2024
COMMENT: Do you trust Facebook? Facebook made harder for publishers to reach audiences without paying IN 2014!. In 2018, advertisers on Facebook were questioning ROI + publishers were fighting Facebook because it wanted to own Facebook Watch content. And longtime friends of Facebook (data brokers) became THE COMPETITION. Remember: 50% of its users are actually FAKE.
of North Korea’s exportations go to just one country: CHINA.
DATE: 09/01/2024
COMMENT: North Korea’s biggest trading partner is China. This shouldn’t surprise you, since communist nations always try to be friends with each other. Because of its business relationships, thousands of north koreans are served as labour forces to chinese factories. And the most absurd part is that north koreans are even CHEAPER labour than chinese labour. However, at the same time, the future of factories is more Robots, with a chinese factory in Dongguan City becoming famous for recently replacing 90% of its human workforce with machines, which means that eventually these north koreans (and the chinese) will be OUT OF WORK. And that’s for sure, because productivity increased by 250% while at the same time it saw a 80% drop in defects. Both of these people need one thing: to be freed.
IP Addresses is what’s available to North Korea for internet access. The country’s computer specialists use them to attack other countries.
DATE: 09/01/2024
COMMENT: Yes that’s right. Only 1,000 IP Addresses is what North Korea has to access the Internet. It’s limited access. Nonetheless, the North Korean government instills cybercrime and its computer specialists use these scarce IP resources to attack nations like South Korea, the USA, European nations, among others. Some experts estimate that there are between 600 to 1300 hackers working for Kim Jong-un (crackers actually). Mainly, North Korean’s hackers usually steal about 80% while Russian hackers keep 20% in cyber heists.
drop in Facebook traffic for the Media Industry in 2023 is the new reality.
DATE: 08/01/2024
COMMENT: You think you’re alone in losing social media traffic? Of course not. There’s a party! More and more news brands have been experiencing a huge loss of traffic from Social Networks. And it’s a recent reality. We are all together in this boat. Furthermore, traffic referrals from X dropped 27% in 2023. Looks like not even the dead blue bird can save Journalism. But that’s not all, you need to read this: “The big fear is that search traffic may be next, as AI-powered results provide answers directly in the interface, rather than offering so many links to news sites” – SOURCE: Fast Company. Oh yes, BIG TECH is a menace we all need to fight. Maybe this level of attention warfare will wake up these brands.
people lost their jobs in the Media Industry in 2023.
DATE: 08/01/2024
COMMENT: You can’t have a chaotic business reality without evidence. The Global Financial Crisis is here, and the layoffs prove that today if you want to listen. Despite ALL these massive layoffs already (!), the Media Industry faces a crisis of its own. And businesspeople can’t deny it. More from the source: “Dozens of news outlets have executed layoffs this year, including The Washington Post, NPR, BuzzFeed News, Vox and The Texas Tribune. On Thursday alone, KCRW in Santa Monica, California, started offering buyouts, and Condé Nast announced layoffs at Wired” – SOURCE: Poynter. How many people are actually working in the main industries? And how many of them are targets of the next massive layoffs? And how many are working for zombie companies? And how much GDP is about to be erradicated next?
per WEEK is how much Waste Pickers currently make in Indonesia where 1300 garbage trucks arrive every day.
DATE: 08/01/2024
COMMENT: Furthermore, women over their 60s are making only $2 per day selling small pieces of rusted scrap metal from ships. Globally, trash pickers outnumber official waste collectors 4 to 1. And many waste pickers are children and teenagers. This is for those who don’t have perspective on how many Waste Pickers the world holds (20 MILLION), and how grave are the living conditions of these people. In Delhi, India, many (50,000) dig through trash every single day looking for eletronic waste (cellphones, computers etc) to survive. That’s the life.
new jobs were created globally by startups of the Netherlands.
DATE: 08/01/2024
COMMENT: Although we all are under a Global Financial Crisis, some good news is always good to reinforce. The Netherlands created 256,000 new jobs globally and 151,000 jobs just in 50 cities of the country. Another great metric is the following: “Companies with teams of up to 50 people provided 57,000 jobs, accounting for 57% of the total Dutch startup employment. Unicorns only represented 12% of all opportunities..........Interestingly, a quarter of all open positions at Dutch startups were for developer roles — compared to only 14% globally. Nevertheless, over 70% of openings in tech startups were for non-tech roles, including positions in sales and marketing.” – SOURCE: The Next Web. Interesting how the market is fighting back in a Global Financial Crisis. Go Dutch!
of the Taiwan’s exports is what China consumes today.
DATE: 08/01/2024
COMMENT: A population that has defending itself from the Chinese Communist takeover on a daily basis seems to be doing alright all things considered. But the country is fighting against unification alraedy, with some of the youth of the country having a stand. To date, 83% of Taiwanese between the ages of 18 and 29 say they identify themselves as exclusively Taiwanese. That amount of youngsters thinking this way in absolute terms, will definitely be a resistance if war comes to threat the country. And Taiwan has weak spots today. For example, 27 subsea cable connections that provide internet access to Taiwan are vulnerable to a Chinese military attack. But for sure Taiwan can cut export relations with China should something big happens and protect itself considering that it has potential western allies yet to be revealed.
of the materials and grains that China needs to grow their own FOOD is imported from other countries in the Open Market.
DATE: 06/01/2024
COMMENT: Mapping another country’s military forces along with its ability to supply for its people seems to be getting easier today. Since China has a lot of dependency on other nations to survive, a war would rapidly crush the country. “You would be looking at civilization collapse under a YEAR” – Peter Zeihan. More additional truths from Peter Zeihan who works with the D.O.D.
USA ships of US Navy Force are 100,000 tons super-carriers and there are 3 more underway.
DATE: 06/01/2024
COMMENT: Despite the fact that China has between 380 and 650 ships, The USA’s 270 ships are far more powerful. Super-carriers are used for projecting long-range power, and it’s the 1st choice if you want to knock down a country. With TWO – two! – super-carriers The United States has greater protection capability than THE ENTIRE Chinese Navy. Besides that, all U.S. navy ships are “blue water” capable, meaning they can go everywhere on the Planet. While 90% of the Chinese Naval Fleet can’t go more than 1,000 miles away from shore. China doesn’t have the same reach, nor military capability nor expertise of The U.S. Some truths from Peter Zeihan who works with the Department of Defense.
lawsuit was settled with GOOGLE because the “company” kept secretly tracking Google Chrome users while they were browsing in INCOGNITO mode.
DATE: 06/01/2024
COMMENT: What? Surprised?! Only naive kids trust Google with their data and with their everyday digital lives today. Google is definitely after knowing you better at levels you wouldn’t want. How much money you make, what is your most likely next crisis you’ll face, which porn habits you have (if you have any) and much more. It’s a conglomerate of surveillance systems. Wake up.
people are homeless in the United States of America nowadays.
DATE: 05/01/2024
COMMENT: in the near future homelessness will increase not because people are lazy or in drugs, but because market anomalies will being to appear, and too many monopolies result in a crushed economy. Homelessness in New york is at its highest level in almost 100 YEARS. And over 90,000 unhoused new yorkers are already currently sleeping in the city's homeless shelters. About 1/3 of them are....children. Over the past 10 years the number of homeless adults has DOUBLED. How is that sustainable? Another reality: 44% of new yorkers have problems paying their rent leading to countless evictions. So you see, this problem is only getting worse as years go by. And by the glimpses on the global economy, things will only get worse. It’s time to act.
employees from Hasbro are gonna be laid off. Not too long ago, 800 employees were already fired. Hasbro is also cleaning house.
DATE: 05/01/2024
COMMENT: Just in 2023, 62,000 positions were cut by Big Banks. Then 1,000 employees were laid off by ByteDance (TikTok’s parent company). Then 1,900 employees from VMWare were laid off by Broadcom. Then X/Twitter laid off around 6,500 employees. Then Volkswagen fired 2,000. Then Nokia fired 14,000. Then Google fired 12,000. All that while 230 american companies have filed for bankruptcy (just in April 2023) and 25% of companies are zombie companies. There are 1000 companies in the TECH INDUSTRY doing layoffs.
faster calculations were made by a machine-learning model (A.I.) responsible for predicting how much electricity will be needed the next day on a SMART GRID.
DATE: 03/01/2024
COMMENT: A.I. is now assisting in power grids turning them into SMART Grids. The fame of power grid systems being the complex machines ever built makes such a breakthrough with A.I. another milestone. This A.I. reduced the time of calculation of energy management from 10 minutes to 60 seconds. It can also forecast power outages by looking at weather, geography and income levels.
of the PLASTIC we make ends up in landfills or the environment.
DATE: 03/01/2024
COMMENT: Almost all Companies today have a share of guilt in the waste subject, because they overly target profit over anything else (especially a healthy environment), with many sins involving plastic. Only 9% of the plastic ever produced has been recycled, and 19% has been incinerated. As MIT Technology Review points out, there are estimates showing that between 8 million and 11 million tons of plastic waste enter the ocean each year. that’s the equivalent of dumping a garbage truck of plastic into the ocean EVERY MINUTE. To date, humans have created around 11 billion metric tons of plastic. Such quantity surpasses the biomass of all animals, both terrestrial and marine animals. And most of it is becoming waste dumped on the environment.
tons of PLASTIC is produced yearly, more than the weight of all human beings combined.
DATE: 03/01/2024
COMMENT: When you’re in business, part of it should always be about caring about the environment and plastic disposal is a real problem. One-third of this total is single-use plastics, which humans interact with for seconds or minutes before discarding. A total of 95% of the plastic used in packaging is disposed of after one use, a loss to the economy of up to $120 billion annually. Coca-Cola, produced 3 million tons of plastic packaging in 2017. That’s the equivalent of making 200,000 bottles per minute. Hard fact: HALF of all plastics in existence have been produced in just the last two decades. That’s a lot of waste, because, In the U.S., only about 5% to 6% of plastics are being recycled each year.
PATENTS is what Google has registered to its name today (globally). Samsung has more than 350k. And Apple more than 95k.
DATE: 03/01/2024
COMMENT: Something interesting to know: A smartphone is covered by approximately 250,000 patents. Patents became also some form of currency in the business world recently with companies like BlackBerry selling 32,000 of them to companies like Key Patent Innovations for $170 MILLION + royalties on future profits. Great deal. Quick business tip: If your work needs a patent, try to keep it a secret first. If you can’t do that, dive into the world of Patents to protect your work. But many things remain better protected while kept as a secret.
COUNTRIES expect National Elections now in 2024 + the European Union, which combined represent almost 50% of the global population.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: Main countries: India, EU, USA, Russia, Mexico, UK, South Africa, South Korea, North Korea, Ukraine, Venezuela, Taiwan, Mali, Romania, Tunisia, Belgium, Portugal, Belarus, Austria, Slovakia, Finland, Panama, Croatia, Georgia, Uruguay, Iceland, among others (TIME - world elections 2024). Ready? "We will know whether democracy lives or dies by the end of 2024". You bet.
internal TikTok meetings gave birth to leaked recordings showing that engineers in China do have access to US data.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: No surprise here. But here’s a powerful revelation worth sharing if you’re into mastering The Market: " ‘Everything is seen in China,’ said a member of TikTok’s Trust and Safety department in a September 2021 meeting. In another September meeting, a director referred to one Beijing-based engineer as a ‘Master Admin’ who ‘has access to everything’." – SOURCE: Buzzfeed. The company even spied journalists up to their physical locations.
SENIOR employees who led departments at TikTok recently left the company because they could not influence decision-making.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: A surveillance app that has ties with the Chinese Communist Party? (CCP) obviously rules decision-making in practice, not high-level employees. Many businesspeople tend to forget how adamant governments are when it comes to surveillance. America has Google and Facebook. China has Tik Tok, which became the most visited website in the world in 2021. Forbes additionally found LinkedIn profiles for 300 ByteDance employees that showed they previously worked for Chinese state media publications. Surprised?
ByteDance employees, based both on U.S. and China, were fired for spying journalists using Tik Tok’s infrastructure.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: It’s best to quote The Guardian this time: “TikTok has admitted that it used its own app to spy on reporters as part of an attempt to track down the journalists’ sources, according to an internal email. The data was accessed by employees of ByteDance, TikTok’s Chinese parent company and was used to track the reporters’ physical movements.” – SOURCE: The Guardian. And some businesspeople still think there’s no spying in real life done by apps on their phones....tsc tsc. Google and Facebook are now facing chinese competition.
employee positions were brutally cut by Big Banks in the 2008 Global Financial Crisis. In 2023, there were 62K positions cut.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: It’s important to repeat this: "There is no stability, no investment, no growth in most banks — and there are likely to be more job cuts" – SOURCE: Banking Dive. Now some numbers from the source: “20 of the world’s largest banks shed at least 61,905 jobs total in 2023; UBS made the deepest cuts: 13,000; Credit Suisse, expected to cut 9,000 jobs in a wide-scale restructuring; Wells Fargo, is at 12,000; Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs, 4,800 jobs and 3,200 respectively; Citi cut 5,000 jobs and Bank of America dropped 4,000;”.
employee positions were utterly cut by Big Banks in 2023.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: Surprised? You shouldn’t. For starters, the banking sector was doomed to be the ground zero for job losses because of A.I. and Robotics, but that’s just one factor. We know there’s more. There’s also a looming Global Financial Crisis taking over Global Markets now, which is a combination of factors like criminal monopolies, criminal governments, big taxes for people and a smaller job market because of the advancements of Technology to name a few. Put that all TOGETHER and you have more people with less money, and big banks having to go to war for a few whales who have more and more wealth. "There is no stability, no investment, no growth in most banks — and there are likely to be more job cuts" – SOURCE: Banking Dive.
THOUSAND of Spain’s money gets blocked in UK in renewables Arbitration Case.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: The war for hitting the jackpot on renewables is apparently not so simple as it seems. Spain just got £699,000 blocked in an Arbitration Case. A UK court froze 4 bank accounts connected to Spain’s Instituto Cervantes because of a long dispute over soured investments in renewable energy. The decision is linked to an arbitration award won AGAINST Spain, where the country was sentenced to pay €28 million in 2021. Spain has refused to pay the money up until this point. Well, that’s definitely not good for business. Looks like even big players are having major problems nowadays.
MILLION in debt is what the Chilean renewable-energy generator ILAP plans to restructure in the US by filing for bankruptcy.
DATE: 02/01/2024
COMMENT: The goal is to always bring some good news (especially as a NEW year enters) but the necessity of speaking the truths of today’s market beats that desire. The source: “ILAP owns wind power generation plants in northern Chile with a capacity of almost 240 megawatts. A push for clean energy by the Chilean government has swamped the sector with projects, straining transmission infrastructure and lowering prices” – SOURCE: Bloomberg. Looks like even in the space of renewables, the Global Financial Crisis is hitting hard.
of consumers buy on Amazon.com at least ONCE A WEEK.
DATE: 31/12/2023
COMMENT: Looking at this data point alone you can see why some companies fear Death by Amazon. Mastering the e-commerce market up to a point where almost half of consumers choose you over the competition (and there’s a lot of competition in e-commerce these days) is not a small feat. Something highly hard to replicate nowadays where attention spans are proven to be between 3-8 seconds, and people’s wallets have been shrinking in size because of The Global Financial Crisis. But somehow….people still have money to spend on Amazon. On a weekly basis. According to Jungle Scout, a source mentioned, customers buy 7,400 products EVERY MINUTE from Amazon’s U.S. sellers.
shoppers purchase on one of the 4,200 Walmart stores or shop on its website EVERY MONTH.
DATE: 31/12/2023
COMMENT: A great rival that is rising against Amazon, a powerful BIG TECH that has been ruling the world of e-commerce is Walmart. A nice strategic retail move: 90% of Americans live within just 10 miles of a Walmart store. For customers, It’s hard to avoid Walmart (which is good for the megamarket brand). Additionally, like the source says, the marketplace and the ecosystem that Walmart is building with advertising and WFS (Walmart Fulfillment Services] is something that can give actual growth in the future of sellers, without stealing their business in return (like Amazon does). Maybe legacy brands like Walmart can actually oppose BIG TECH companies like Amazon. Who knew...?
is the average cut of each sale Amazon took from a product sold on Amazon.com (in 2022).
DATE: 31/12/2023
COMMENT: A BIG TECH I don’t tend to talk much about is becoming something more and more dangerous for the e-commerce market. Amazon has now surpassed (in 2022) over 50% cut of each sale made on Amazon.com. That’s too much money on each sale. The other important part is that sellers have been paying Amazon more PER TRANSACTION every single year for the past 6 YEARS. These costs include advertising, sales commissions, warehousing, packing and delivery. No wonder “all companies fear Death by Amazon”. Finally, let’s remind ourselves that Amazon uses sellers as data to see which products are a success, then copy them and sell a Amazon version of it (!).
objects in space are monitored autonomously by an operational prototype A.I. named Machina used by Space Force nowadays.
DATE: 31/12/2023
COMMENT: If you don’t believe A.I. is here to stay you’re delusional. Machina, used by U.S. Space Force, is currently orchestrating thousands of data collections nightly with a global telescope network. As Quartz reveals, Machina's algorithms marshal telescope sensors. Computer vision and large language models tell them what objects to track (!). Impressive A.I. put at work, that’s for sure. And that’s not all. Another AI project at Space Force analyzes radar data to detect imminent adversary missile launches, again....autonomously.
AI-related unclassified projects (many are still in testing) is what The Pentagon has in its A.I. porfolio projects nowadays.
DATE: 31/12/2023
COMMENT: What needs to be quoted is this: “There is little dispute among scientists, industry experts and Pentagon officials that the U.S. will within the next few years have fully autonomous lethal weapons. And though officials insist humans will always be in control, experts say advances in data-processing speed and machine-to-machine communications will inevitably relegate people to supervisory roles.” – SOURCE: Quartz. Impressive. And powerful and dangerous at the same time. What are your thoughts?
factory workers were laid off in China by Honda Motor because of the rise of Electric Vehicles.
DATE: 31/12/2023
COMMENT: The rise of the electric vehicles is doing to blue collar jobs what A.I. has been doing to white collar jobs: massive layoffs. In late November of 2023, about 7% of the Honda Motor workforce (that has roughly 13,000 employees) were sent home. As the source says (Nikkei Asia), in the first 10 months of 2023, sales totaled about 490,000 vehicles which is a drop of 18,5% on the year. But now with electric vehicles rising, the numbers forced Honda to slash jobs because Honda’s chinese efforts were centered around gasoline-powered vehicles and plug-in hybrids. And Honda is not alone. In July 2023, Toyota cut 1,000 jobs because of similar motives. Who knew?
people rely on the Colorado River for water supply and hydro electricity.
DATE: 30/12/2023
COMMENT: If you think water supply isn’t a modern issue then think again. Water supply across the globe is facing its hardest times, when 70% of the GLOBAL fresh water supply is already used by Agriculture and at the same time there’s a 40% of shortfall of water in freshwater supply (by 2030). Food production relies on water, and there’s a shortage of it nowadays. That’s serious. Because food production must increase 70% by 2050 to support the expected 10 BILLION world population (!). In the US, lakes Mead and Powell are the largest reservoirs, and a bit more than 20 years ago its reserves were full. Now, there’s only ¼ of that reserve left. And that’s just a part of the major problem.
MILLION is the amount of money required to train Open AI’s GPT-4.
DATE: 23/12/2023
COMMENT: For those who think that getting into the A.I. business is easy, think again. There’s still one barrier: MONEY. Hence why The Wealth Gap is gonna be bigger in the next few years because only a selected few are currently being able to create TRUE A.I. systems that can generate impact on The Market and cut costs and boost productivity all at the same time. You need tons of Data to do that. And you need to comply with new laws that are slowing down A.I. advancements. And you need to pay copyrighted work in order to use it in your A.I. systems as training data. That costs money. But is also true that once you have that money, the growth of the company can be exponential while at the same time, you won’t need too much human labor. Some say that A.I. companies in the near future will have only 3 employees. Three.
is the amount of U.S. bonds held by China and Japan today. A decade ago they held more than 22%.
DATE: 22/12/2023
COMMENT: To understand how WAR works you need to understand business. That’s the ideal world. Because businesses provide goods and services in a nation. And a nation has ways to say to The Market that they’re producing, which in turn draws the attention of foreign investors. This stat shows how much confidence China and Japan are now putting in themselves rather than the USA. Apparently, much has changed. A decade gives us Data that shows new business decisions and a considerable shift in strategic thinking of NATIONS which impacts other nations and global markets as a whole. Both countries have grown a lot on their own. The USA is not that necessary anymore.
MILLION to $300 MILLION is the cost to install a transatlantic subsea cable that provides internet access.
DATE: 22/12/2023
COMMENT: There are estimates predicting that $10 BILLION will be spent on new subsea cables from 2023 to 2025 around the globe (as CNET points out). A sizable investment which will make things better for countries giving them faster internet access, lower prices, a 3% to 4% increase in employment and a 5% to 7% boost in economic activity. The only downturn is protecting them later because countries like Taiwan have vulnerable subsea cables to military attacks.
subsea cable connections that provide internet access to TAIWAN are tempting targets to a Chinese military attack.
DATE: 22/12/2023
COMMENT: Some say that the WWIII has already begun because the level of attacks nations can suffer today are hard to detect as fast as it happens. Cutting off internet access to a country is one of them. Taiwan has 27 subsea cable connections that give the country internet access which are vulnerable to a chinese military attack. Today there’s huge competition for attention, where newspapers, influencers, military forces and governments fight daily for it. Hence why, WWIII will be a complex war. How do you warn everybody? Fast? Think.
employees were laid off by ByteDance in its gaming unit.
DATE: 21/12/2023
COMMENT: Looks like even major famous companies can’t simply pivot to the gaming industry without suffering the impact of The Market’s heavy competition. Like the source says, non-gaming tech companies are TRYING to expand into games: “After years of hype, Google officially axed its Stadia service in January. Just a couple of weeks ago, Amazon cut over 130 jobs in its free games division and announced it would “refocus” its efforts. In 2021, TikTok teased what it called a “major push” in gaming, only for owner ByteDance to announce on Monday that it would be laying off around 1,000 workers in its gaming unit” – SOURCE: The Verge. How about that?
TRILLION pages is what Google indexed in 2016. It has grown from 1 trillion indexed pages. That’s how much content is being produced.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: Adding more to the subject of content production, Google alone shows how much content is being published over the course of a year. It grew from 1 trillion to 30 trillion indexed pages in just 7 years. Furthermore, a single platform – Wordpress – gives us a reference about content growth: In July 2016 nearly 70 MILLION NEW posts were published on Wordpress (!). Impressive. Because that’s over 2 MILLION per day as Buzzsumo points out. Now, what’s your Content Marketing strategy now that you know this?
posts PER DAY is what The Washington Post published in 2016. That’s how much competition exists nowadays in content marketing.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: The goal here is to map The Market as much as possible. Hence why it’s worth mentioning this “old” statistics. For those who don’t know, The Washington Post alone was publishing 1200 posts a day, growing the amount of web visitors by 28% (!!!) in 2015. Impressive? No. High-volume publishing works. Too many pieces of content eventually bursts through the noise and they get you ATTENTION. The necessary asset for businesses to survive. Although this usually means sacrificing quality, it works. Jeff Bezos knew what he was doing.
NUCLEAR reactors is what CHINA currently has to power the country. Over the past decade, 37 reactors were added.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: THE SOURCE: “It aims to install between six and eight nuclear reactors each year....... The State Council (China's cabinet) approved the construction of ten in 2022. All in all, China has 22 nuclear reactors under construction, many more than any other country. The growth of nuclear power has stalled in Western countries for a number of reasons. Reactors require a large upfront investment and take years to construct. The industry is heavily regulated.”.
is the ridiculously tiny amount of money that GOOGLE will pay to Canadian News outlets annually for providing the news.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: Facebook is under the same target by the Canadian federal government but no deal is on the works. And despite this seemingly good news, the amount is ridiculous considering the bills that the Journalism industry has to deal with on a daily basis with hotels, telecoms, legal teams, travels to verify facts and to create documentaries / articles etc. As the source says, the views of Canadian news on Facebook dropped 90% after the company blocked access to news on the platform. Local news outlets have been hit particularly hard.
is the enormous amount of money recently spent by luxury companies on Advertising in 2021.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: The Luxury Goods industry has been growing and now has been spending more than ever with Advertising, thanks to its new customers being young adults (Millennials and Gen Z). From 2010 to 2019 the group of luxury brands surveyed increased their ad spending by over 140%. Something impressive considering the audience is narrower than most businesses because for advertisers in general, the growth was 95%. That also means Prada, Louis Vuitton, and similar luxury brands are capturing a larger share of the ad market, which will surely impact the revenue of those who provide online ads.
of the top 20 most followed INSTAGRAM accounts put a focus on the luxury goods industry.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: For those who are still stupid enough for using Facebook’s social networks an interesting market fact proves that people like to show off on Instagram, and it’s backed by Data. Of the 20 most followed Instagram accounts, whether that’s business accounts or personal accounts, 13 of them have a focus on showing off luxury goods products. Something that proves that if you own a luxury good product, consumers might like to exhibit it there.
of luxury goods consumers in CHINA were born after 1990. Young adults are now half the groundbase for the chinese luxury goods market.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: By 2015, 2/3 (two-thirds) of luxury customers in China were under the age of 35 years old. Then, in 2021, it achieved half of the customers base for the luxury goods market, which is now a market of €130 billion (as of 2021). No wonder LVMH chairman Bernard Arnault’s is living a good life.
of luxury goods consumers are now Millennials and Generation Z. And that number will reach 70% by 2025.
DATE: 20/12/2023
COMMENT: One big surprise for those who provide luxury goods to The Market. Because Millennials and Generation Z are now the new adults, and because many of them are under the largest Wealth Transfer event of biblical proportions in the world (Baby Boomers are giving their wealth to their kids as inheritance), the luxury goods market has a NEW audience. NEW consumers. Young adults. In 2019, millennials and Gen Z accounted for 40% of luxury shoppers in North America and these two generations are expected to account for as much as 70% of the global luxury market by 2025 (!). Who knew?
VMWare employees will be laid off by Broadcom after it acquired the company for $69 billion.
DATE: 19/12/2023
COMMENT: Welcome to another mass layoffs card. One more cold hard fact: Broadcom Announces Layoffs of 1,200 VMware Employees Post-Acquisition, but the actual head count may be more as shown inside the news article. Furthermore, VMWare, a company at the size of more than 38,000 employees, is likely to have its workforce impacted by the Broadcom acquisition in a much higher level, with some speculations that the TOTAL NUMBER of this round of massive layoffs will reach up to 20,000 employees (!). VMWare was actually acquired by $61 billion, with the remaining $8 billion being just debt that was also bought by Broadcom in the deal.
DAYS is the time frame where the computing power required for A.I. needs to double to keep progress.
DATE: 07/12/2023
COMMENT: Every 100 days the computing power required for A.I. is estimated to DOUBLE in order to fulfill A.I. needs. By the same proportion, the computing power required for A.I. is expected to increase by more than 1,000,000x over THE NEXT 5 YEARS. Remember that at the same time, such level of computing power requires cooling systems to prevent everything from getting fire. And that usually means water-based cooling systems. A natural resource that has an International Crisis of its own.
Data Centers is what The USA has operating on its soil. That’s 10x more than Germany, the 2nd place.
DATE: 07/12/2023
COMMENT: The 3rd place is followed by the UK, then China in 4th, then Canada in 5th, then France in 6th, then Australia in 7th, then Netherlands in 8th, then Russia in 9th, then Japan in 10th place. For those who have been following all Market Facts, Google and Microsoft combined used up to 11,000 olympic swimming pools of WATER to cool of its Data Centers. Looks like the US needs water a lot in the middle of the international Water Crisis. Remember a key factor: big computers also require water to SURVIVE. And The Market follows.
gallons of WATER is what Google used in 2022 to cool off its Data Centers. Microsoft’s water usage on the other hand, increased 1/3, to 1.7 billion gallons in the same year.
DATE: 07/12/2023
COMMENT: Now, two BIG TECHs are under scrutinity for having a heavy consumption of water usage to cool off its Data Centers. People tend to forget that computers rely also on water to survive. Our daily systems rely on water to be operational. Microsoft’s water usage is the same of using 2,500 olympic swimming pools while Google’s water usage falls on the 8,500 pools (!).
of the electric power in Denmark is done by Wind Power, making the country the highest per capita in The World for wind usage as a means for electricity.
DATE: 07/12/2023
COMMENT: Additionally, up to 18,000 households can be supplied with ONE wind turbine that generates energy in Germany. This is a lot of clean energy being produced by wind power plants alone, and with the example of Denmark, it shows that it works. No country has half of its energy supply coming from Wind Power like Denmark.
major companies are now zombie companies for your surprise: Bed, Bath and Beyond, Ford and Uber.
DATE: 07/12/2023
COMMENT: It’s scary sometimes to study business isn’t? But the truth is that these anomalies exist thanks to massive monopolistic activity + lobbying + criminal companies + criminal government. But for those who have not been paying attention, UBER is actually a zombie company, keeping itself on The Market without turning a profit for YEARS in a row. Many years. This means that companies that are IN THE MARKET, operational, famous, in many people’s smartphones are actually STILL not making a profit for years in a row. Years! What will the global economic crash look like? Think about it. Suddenly many famous companies could disappear from the marketplace. In a heartbeat.
of public firms were zombie companies in 2019. That means 1 out of 10 companies are not making money and just stay alive and operational. For what?
DATE: 07/12/2023
COMMENT: That data comes from the Federal Reserve itself. Thanks to low interest rates and easy money, many companies were able to pay their operational costs, but turning into zombie enterprises at the same time. This also means that an event of biblical proportions can happen overnight since many companies today are not making a profit. They just exist.
of the companies in The USA were zombie companies in 2020. That number was only 1% in 1997. A hard increase of 1700%!
DATE: 07/12/2023
COMMENT: The definition of Zombie Companies: “Companies that earn just enough money to continue operating and service debt but are unable to pay off their debt. Companies that are not profiting and should have went out of business but can get the money to at least stay operational.”. Thanks to Patrick Bet-David, we now know that 18% of companies listed in the Bloomberg Total Return Index are zombie companies. That was only 1% in 1997. How many more companies are just existing without making money today?
existing jobs in CHINA could be cut in the next 20 years.
DATE: 05/12/2023
COMMENT: The chinese people may be the 2nd largest potency in A.I. development in the world but at the same time, the bill will come to their own people as well. Chinese people will face job loss and mass unemployment just as much as their western counterparts. And because of its latest fast advancements in the race for mastering true A.I., we may see the chinese data appear as evidence even before the US (data on mass unemployment). As the source says (CNA INSIDER), Goldman Sachs predicts A.I. will replace 300 MILLION jobs worldwide (!). This means people are now looking for jobs they’ll eventually lose in the near future. Furthermore, people are studying to get jobs that won’t matter. Both scenarios will cause sudden disruption in The Market.
URANIUM pellet = 17,000 cubit ft of Natural Gas = 120 gallons of Oil = 1 ton of Coal.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: Nuclear energy is a subject every businessperson must try to master as its ramifications (both on personal and business life) are tremendously beneficial. Despite accidents of the past involving Nuclear facilities, the answer for the future in a Global Financial Crisis where everybody wants to cut down costs (businesses and households) leans to Nuclear. Something YOU MUST watch is THE IMAGE on this Valuetainment Video [ MUST VIEW ] for perspective.
more LAND area is what Wind Farms need to operate and produce the same amount of electricity of a typical 1,000 megawatt NUCLEAR facility in The USA.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: Furthermore, Solar P. plants require 75 TIMES more space than the ordinary american nuclear facility (which needs 1 square mile) to produce the same amount of electricity. PERSPECTIVE: You need MORE than 3 MILLION solar panels to produce the same amount of power as a typical commercial reactor or more than 430 wind turbines (!). – SOURCE: Valuetainment.
NUCLEAR reactors is what The USA currently has to power the country. And it currently has 53 plants. All across 28 states of the 50.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: Quoting the source once again for maximum benefit: “There’s a 92.7% capacity factor of U.S. nuclear plants in 2021 as a reliable electricity source. There’s 475,000 well-paying, sustainable direct and indirect jobs in the nuclear industry. There’s 482M metric tons of carbon emissions avoided in 2021. And 50.4% share of carbon-free electricity generated by nuclear energy” – SOURCE: Valuetainment.
of worldwide NUCLEAR generation of electricity comes from the US. The USA is the world’s largest producer of nuclear power.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: Quoting the source for maximum benefit: “The country’s nuclear reactors produced 843 billion kWh in 2019, about 19% of total electrical output.....it’s expected that TWO more new units will come online soon after 2020, these resulting from 16 license applications made since mid-2017 to build 24 new nuclear reactors.” – SOURCE: Valuetainment.
Million Metric Tons is what NUCLEAR POWER provides, being the cheapest and cleanest way of providing energy.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: Next is Wind with 187, Hydropower with 174, Solar with 45 and Geothermal with 10. That’s according to the Nuclear Energy Institute and a courtesy of Patrick Bet-David’s video (as the source). Facts about Capacities: Nuclear: 92.7%, Geothermal: 69%, Natural Gas: 65.6%, Other Gas: 61.6%, Other Biomass: 60.2%. Wood: 57.9%, Coal: 48.4%, Hydroelectric: 36.3%, Wind: 35.9%, Solar Photovoltaic: 24.4%, Solar Thermal: 23.1%, Petroleum: 13.2%, Battery: 6.4%.
drop in the prices of electricity bills was experienced in FINLAND thanks to its newest Nuclear Reactor harvesting clean energy earlier in 2023.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: That drop in prices happened between December 2022 and April 2023 in FINLAND with the newest nuclear reactor in Europe (Olkiluoto 3) - and the biggest by capacity. It's now producing electricity and is expected to account for 30% of Finland's power generation. The Oil industry is a 7 TRILLION dollar industry and it has been lobbying governments for keeping market share.
billion in CHINESE LOANS were forced to renegotiate between 2021 and 2022 by Chinese policy banks because loans were not being paid back nor turning a profit.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: China made many loans with countries from Latin America and The Caribbean in the 2 recent decades and most of them (almost 50%) were NOT being paid back (!). That means that the money “wasted” is going to turn into different kinds of payments: natural resources like LAND for instance. So if that many loans are not paid by a certain DATE, expect “foreign land” to be taken.
billion in CHINESE LOANS were made to several countries of Latin America and The Caribbean making them too dependent on CHINA.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: The main countries with the most debt with China (2022 data): Venezuela: $60 billion, Brazil: $31 billion, Ecuador: $18.2 billion, Argentina $17 billion, Bolivia: $3.2 billion, Jamaica: $2.1 billion, Mexico: $1 billion, Surname: $773 million, Trinidad & Tobago: $695 million, Dominican Republic: $600 million, Guyana: $520 million, Costa Rica: $435 million, Cuba: $369 million.
CHINESE LOANS were distributed to Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela in recent years by China, totalling $136 BILLION dollars (since 2005).
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: China once again hits The Market Facts because a notable absurd amount of LOANS were made to 3 South American countries: Brazil, Ecuador and Venezuela. Chinese loans usually come with conditions such as having to hire CHINESE INFRASTRUCTURE FIRMS (controlling demand and supply) to countries that take those loans. Not to mention that they’re usually in YUAN (the chinese currency) and not dollars. All loans are obviously with strategic positioning for China’s communist agenda goals. REMEMBER THAT.
of The World’s lithium reserves are located in the “lithium triangle”, a region that includes Chile, Argentina and Bolivia.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: China needs lithium (see how we are talking again about China?) along with copper and nickel for its green energy projects. Now we know that more than HALF of the lithium reserves are under these 3 countries. In our Modern Era, pay attention to those who are targeting these 3 countries with major business deals, investments and loans for infrastructure.
of goods that are passing through the Panama Canal are destined for the United States.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: China is dominating attention for those in the business world and for those in governments. Hard fact: 21 out of the 33 Latin American & Caribbean countries have formally signed up for the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Some countries that are not part of the BRI have stronger ties, receiving significant loans and investments from China, while countries that have signed up for the BRI are not the center of the chinese investors. Therefore, DESPITE not being part of the Belt and Road Initiative, a country may have ties with China. So how WIDE are the chinese tentacles in the Modern World?
BILLION dollars were invested in Latin America between 2005 and 2020: $60 billion in Brazil, $27 billion in Peru, $27 billion in Chile and $12 billion of Chinese ODI in Argentina.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: China has been targeting key industries for LA like mining, telecoms, electricity and energy. It currently has 3 ways of interacting with LA countries: Trade, Official Foreign Direct Investment (ODI) and Bilateral loans.
largest Trading Partner of Latin America and The Caribbean is now CHINA (as of 2021). It increased its trade volume by almost 40x.
DATE: 30/11/2023
COMMENT: That China is growing rapidly and has become the 2nd Economy In The World is no hot news, but its tentacles are something businesspeople tend to overlook sometimes. It increased its trade volume from $12 billion (in the 2000s) to $449 billion worth of goods in 2022 with Latin America / Caribbean.
companies in the USA focus on selling your DATA on The Market! Data is the New Oil.
DATE: 28/11/2023
COMMENT: That amount of companies focusing on doing business with your data shows how The Market is seeing DATA AS THE NEW OIL (a famous saying that started being spoken by many businesss experts a few years ago). In 2019, 45% of your information that these companies sold was related to marketing and advertising; data brokerage market demand. But then the remaining 55% of your data means what? Something that likely likens as pieces of a major puzzle that can reveal a wider view of an individual for sure. REMEMBER: DATA IS THE NEW OIL.
data points is what the average DATA BROKER has, along with information of each data point regarding EVERY consumer!
DATE: 28/11/2023
COMMENT: That’s according to The World Privacy Forum. That’s enough information to map out every person on Earth in a way that’s scary to say the least, since 1500 DATA POINTS is really an absurd amount of data on any individual. A recent study by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) found that ONE data broker segment alone held information on 1.4 billion consumer transactions (!) and over 700 billion raw data. To put that in perspective, it’s about 90 times the number of tweets sent GLOBALLY in a year (!).
of businesses WORLDWIDE were buying 3rd party data from data brokers in 2021. It was estimated that the USA alone would fill 16 TRILLION filing cabinets of data!
DATE: 28/11/2023
COMMENT: The reality of how many countries are involved in collecting DATA from you on a daily basis and are hungry for “data assets” is shown by the numbers as follows next: USA: 73%; EU: 71%; Non-EU Europe: 69%; Canada: 59%; Asia: 56%; Latin America: 51%; Middle East: 48%; UK: 43%; New Zealand: 39%; Africa: 36%.
US DOLLARS was what South Korea exported in weapons between 2010 and 2017. More than 3x times its usual defense exports.
DATE: 28/11/2023
COMMENT: The ambition of South Korea to become one of the world’s largest weapons exports is translating into actual weaponry provision to other countries. Like the source says (CNBC), in 2017 alone, 132 companies in South Korea were exporting arms to 83 countries already (!). It is now reaching Australia, India, Austria, Turkey, England, Chile, Colombia among other countries, expanding its sales to Europe and South America. South Korea is currently behind as a weapons exporter to THE USA, RUSSIA and FRANCE.
shoes PER YEAR is what Adidas makes to The Market. Total shoe production reaches 50 BILLION shoes every year, with nearly all of them going into landfills.
DATE: 28/11/2023
COMMENT: For those in the shoe production Market, the numbers matter because of the recycling industry. A normal shoe contains 40 different parts, and dozens of different materials like plastic, nylon, metal, rubber, foam. Brands that are working with recycled shoes will get ahead of other brands. Fewer costs overall and a deliverable product to The Market.
is the COMBINED value of the famous BIG TECH companies: Apple (2.4 trillion), Google (1.9 trillion), Amazon (1.7 trillion) and Facebook (995 billion) as of September 2021.
DATE: 27/11/2023
COMMENT: For comparison, (although real GDP is smaller in practice), the United States GDP is around $25 TRILLION (as of 2022), representing 10% of the World Economy. PS: Google and Facebook were in the Snowden movie.
Data Center is the one being opened by Facebook in 2023. In 2021, Facebook was investing 2 BILLION dollars in 1 Data Center.
DATE: 27/11/2023
COMMENT: Facebook, one of the WORST criminal BIG TECH companies (for those who know its history, dating back to Snowden) is stretching its claws and building up Data Centers, to ensure the availability of its monopoly. This stat alone shows how much money is into a single data center and how many Facebook needs to stay operational. While at the same time, it’s enjoying tax breaks in cities like Prineville up until 2027.
people is the population of homeless people in San Francisco, Bay Area, as of 2021. Home to the BIG TECH companies.
DATE: 27/11/2023
COMMENT: Google, Facebook, Amazon, some of the BIG TECH companies have caused so much destruction to the Market and changed San Francisco so much in recent years that poverty is CLEAR on the streets. The cold hard truth of the effect of monopolies in practice: some people can not even SURVIVE in their own city. Eventually the truth gets exposed. Some of the poverty we are seeing is thanks to monopolies. That’s the truth. And that’s only the beginning of the truth.
of the nuclear power market is controlled by RUSSIA. And it’s building new reactors in China, Bangladesh, India, Iran, Egypt, Turkey, Hungary and Slovakia
DATE: 27/11/2023
COMMENT: Now knowing that previous published hard fact that 25% of the European Union’s electricity comes from NUCLEAR power, how much of the world’s nuclear energy is under the hands of Russia? Because this nuclear energy can surely be weaponized. And Russia is “invading” other countries. Relations between countries can change everything overnight.
nuclear reactors are currently in operation worldwide. And 57 are under construction. France is thinking about building 14.
DATE: 27/11/2023
COMMENT: The hard fact: 25% of the European Union’s electricity comes from NUCLEAR power. This shows that the following investments in nuclear power are increasing rapidly, and nations that were not “on the radar” (like France) may become “special” in a short amount of time.
of the global Oil Reserves belong to Venezuela. 17% belongs to Saudi Arabia. And 10% belongs to Canada.
DATE: 27/11/2023
COMMENT: The Oil Market in plain numbers shows which nations matter. The countries sitting on the largest Oil Reserves, despite the 3 nations mentioned above are: IRAN: 9%, IRAQ: 8%, RUSSIA: 6%, KUWAIT: 6% and UAE: 6%. Why does that matter? Because these nations can repurpose their WEALTH and start to become “superpowers” in a short amount of time, which is what Saudi Arabia seems to be doing by investing in Sports and Entertainment, for starters.
ROBOTS per 10,000 human workers is what South Korea has in its automation lines.
DATE: 25/11/2023
COMMENT: The levels of automation vary depending on which country we are talking about. But the main references are these: GERMANY has 397 robots for every 10,000 factory-line workers; CHINA has 322 units of robots for every 10,000 factory-line workers; THE UNITED STATES has 274 robots for every 10,000 factory-line workers. This level of automation is especially concentrated in the automative industry.
ROBOTS were being produced by other robots in just 24 hours by Fanuc, a japanese company in 2001
DATE: 25/11/2023
COMMENT: If you think “robots are not here yet” then think again. The only reason we aren’t seeing robots walking down the street, or filling the shelves of supermarkets at mass scale is only because of two things: market opportunity and regulation. Some markets are more advanced like Japan. Others are preventing A.I. and Robotics from spreading fast, which is the case in the U.S.. However nothing is stopping Robotics. Elon Musk said that robots may surpass the 1-to-1 ratio to humans, meaning the “population of robots” will surpass the amount of humans alive. And he’s not wrong.
of the workforce in Gaza is unemployed since the blockades. And more than 60% of people in Gaza live in Food insecurity.
DATE: 25/11/2023
COMMENT: Although I’m obviously PRO-ISRAEL because it’s The Land of JESUS, The King of kings, it’s also true that there’s good people living in Gaza suffering from the war. Having 45% ot its workforce unemployed and 60% of its people living in food insecurity is a big alarm to other nations that can provide actual help. It’s the duty of prosperous nations that were blessed, to provide assistance when there’s good people in need.
drop of Airbnb listings in New York City is now the market reality.
DATE: 25/11/2023
COMMENT: Airbnb listings fell in September 2023 to just 4,600, a drop from June 2023, where there was 20,000 in listings in New York City. And it’s worth highlighting this from the source: “New York is not the only city changing its approach to Airbnb. What to do about short-term rentals is a global question and every city has a different answer. Florence banned new short-term rentals in the historic city center, while Paris capped how many days hosts could rent. Here in the US, Dallas is moving to rezone them, which could impact where in the city they're allowed, and Philadelphia started strict new licenses.“ – SOURCE: Business Insider: The Golden Years for NYC Airbnb Hosts Are Over.
of WATER is what it takes to make a recycled pair of quality Jeans that can be sold on The Market.
DATE: 25/11/2023
COMMENT: The recycling industry may solve a lot of problems but it takes hard work and key resources that the world needs to invest in order to generate CHANGE. Impacting the actual economy in a competitive level, takes professional-grade recycled products, something that requires serious resources. Water is one of them. Besides this stat, in the United States, more than 70% of cardboard gets recycled, something much higher than aluminum (35%), glass (31%) and plastic (9%). Looks like we can do better.
employees is what Twitter currently has as its workforce under Elon Musk. Down from 8000 employees at the time of its acquisition.
DATE: 24/11/2023
COMMENT: The famous Entrepreneur, and one of the best entrepreneurs of our time I might add, has cut 80% of Twitter’s (now X) workforce to date. Looks like there’s a lot of redudancy and pointless positions at the company, rendering a lot of the workforce useless. And this amount of layoffs happening while Musk tries to impose its “everything app” vision is surprising, since turning Twitter into X and in a “copy” of WeChat must need the best tech workers of these times.
countries representing 3.3 BILLION people are currently spending more MONEY on DEBT service than on education or health care.
DATE: 22/11/2023
COMMENT: In a Globalized World economies help each other, but they also harm each other because of national politics and the constant pursue of sovereignty. And unfortunately the case for our Planet seems to be the worse: Countries are fighting each other and that has a cost. That creates DEBT. Furthermore, a corrupt government places the entire country on DEBT as well. The greed of a few causes impact on the many. So now we have 48 countries representing 3.3 BILLION people (almost half) immersed in DEBT. What now?
U.S. dollars is what the 2% of the (over) 200 million content creators in the world make annually.
DATE: 22/11/2023
COMMENT: When we talk about The Creator Economy this business reality gives us a glimpse on how much money is actually made by creators. Although is true that some make 1 MILLION dollars annually, this is a very small percentage of creators worldwide. TWO PERCENT make that level of money. TWO. That’s not a feasible option for those who really want to build wealth and cashflow online. That’s because of the War for Attention that even the most famous brands are fighting today, using all their resources, time and money to get in front of enough eyeballs to remain cash positive. Also, the changes on consumer behavior + content consumption, making everything harder.
United States Military Bases exist abroad, in +70 countries as of 2020. While China, has only ONE. How much money that costs americans?
DATE: 21/11/2023
COMMENT: When countries go to war expenses rise up and that usually translates into TAXES. Because America has been involving itself in too many wars, americans shouldn’t expect taxes to go away and enjoy big tax reliefs. And because this number of US Military Bases is so absurd, you can imagine how much it costs americans for its own government to push warfare as part of their agenda on a daily basis. Russia, France and Britain COMBINED has a total of 30 military bases. Remember: being war-ready has a cost.
Americans or 61% of United States adults own STOCK. The top 1% holds 54% of stocks.
DATE: 21/11/2023
COMMENT: For those who are curious about how much value the TOP 1% holds in stocks, here you go: U$ 19.16 TRILLION dollars (!). That’s a wealth gap that scares anyone who understands economics today. And thanks to Patrick Bet-David, we also know that the wealthiest 10% of American households now own 89% of ALL U.S. stocks. Where do you go from there if you want to invest and change classes? This reminds me of the 1000 bitcoin whales. One thousand individuals who own 40% of the bitcoin market. Now you know why is so hard to change classes in life.
of the Trading Volume is currently done in US Dollars. While the remaining rest, 30% is done in EUROs.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: Furthermore, 17% is done in Japanese Yen; 13% is done in British Pounds; And 7% is done in Chinese Yuan. The only Communist Nation is catching up to its Western adversaries bringing the Yuan to new levels of Trade. This shows the strength of China in taking over all kinds of leaderships and proving to be a moving force in the near future.
financial institutions in 103 COUNTRIES are now connected to the Chinese CIPS system, an alternative to the American SWIFT.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The power of the United States to freeze or exile financial transactions of other countries is now smaller since China began working on an alternative to make international financial transactions that don’t rely on the US. In Trade, Yuan settlement was up by 20% to 5.77 trillion in 2021. In 2022, The figure was increased by another 31% for the 1st half of the year. Past year, THE CHINESE YUAN became the 5th most actively traded currency in the world. The 1st being the US dollar, the 2nd: EURO, the 3rd: YEN, the 4th:Pound.
is the self-sufficiency rate of energy supply of China, making it less reliant on other nations for power supply.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The next level of China self-sufficiency plan is to increase its level to 84% of self-sufficiency in energy supply. China’s Energy Sources are currently divided by Coal (55%), Oil (19%) and Natural Gas (8-9%) making China currently dependent on fossil fuels. However, China still relies on IMPORTED Oil and Natural Gas for its consumption. Over 60% China’s Oil Consumption comes from OTHER countries. China has built a multi-billion dollar oil and gas pipeline to address this energy security problem.
of the world’s top 10 supercomputers are from the United States. China on the other hand, has 2 top supercomputers.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The United States has 5 of the top 10 supercomputers in the world. The November 2022 ranking for the world’s top supercomputers is: #1: USA – Frontier; #2: Japan – Fugaku; #3: Finland – LUMI; #4: Italy – Leonardo; #5: USA – Summit; #6: USA – Sierra; #7: China – Sunway TaihuLight; #8: USA – Perlmutter; #9: USA – Selene; #10: China – Tianhe-2A.
dollars in loans was the amount of money lended from China to Africa in 2020. A major drop from U$28.4 billion in 2016.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The Belt and Road Initiative from China, which started in 2013 to invest in more than 150 countries has now been costing a lot of dollars worldwide. Therefore, major projects are seeing a massive slowdown because Globalization hasn’t penetrated African countries that much yet, making many chinese projects an isolated progress to such African nations. But thanks to China’s Belt and Road Initiative, there’s factories in Africa, roads in Kazakhstan, Oil refinaries in Iran, and ports in Greece. A more China-dependent world is here.
patents related to EVs Power trains belong to China already in 2023. While in 2nd, The United States has just 4000K patents.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The progress involving EVs is a war for getting 1st place and China is ahead of capitalist nations themselves (!). South Korea follows the United States with a little over 3500K patents, and the European Patent Office with a little over 2000K patents. Finally, Japan places 5th place with a little more than 2000K patents for EVs power trains. China is making some of the best, cost-effective, most technological advanced electric vehicles on The Planet because of these factors and many others.
of the World’s Lithium is processed by China. Along with 30% of Nickel, 70% of Cobalt and almost 75% of Graphite.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The dominance of China when it comes to EVs is beginning to scare markets and experts worldwide because China is already the number #1 provider for batteries in today’s International Market. It’s already being extremely HARD for the United States and Europe to stop being reliant on China for materials for batteries if they want to stay in the game. Therefore, the global EV battery supply chains without China is not a reality nowadays. Capitalist countries are needing a Communist nation for critical materials and for business.
of the Market Share of BATTERIES belongs to China, and 6 of the 10 largest battery manufacturers are in China.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The Market for batteries is under a communist nation, providing batteries (a critical component for smartphones, laptops and other products of Modern Days) to capitalist nations (?!?!). The world is backwards. This is why this current Global Financial Crisis is a BLACK SWAN event. We are leaving the control of our daily operations of our companies and our government agencies under a nation that proclaimed itself communist decades ago (!). What happens when China attacks our countries by cutting Trade all of the sudden?
of growth in sales of Electric Vehicles in 2022 is what the international energy agency registered.
DATE: 20/11/2023
COMMENT: The rise of Electric Vehicles (EVs) is here. Despite the fact that we’re living in a MAJOR Global Financial Crisis nowadays, the Evs market is also expected to grow 35% in sales in 2023. Some may think these are odd numbers. Mas the force of Capitalism is constant, and will make those who are thinking about actual progress richer.
of Americans are still living paycheck to paycheck in 2023 and can’t get out of this reality.
DATE: 19/11/2023
COMMENT: Do you think Americans are full of cash? Think again. As the source (CNBC) says: "Living paycheck to paycheck remains the main financial lifestyle among U.S. consumers,". Also, some 74% of Americans say they are stressed about finances and nearly half, or more precisely 49% of adults have less savings or NO SAVINGS at all compared to 2022. So this is something worth mentioning if you’re in business and if you’re aiming your marketing efforts at an American audience.
more expensive (than in 2020) is the reality of fertilizers costs for farmers now in 2023.
DATE: 16/11/2023
COMMENT: The reality check? The income of national farmers of the United States will fall by 19%. At the same time, the costs involved in agriculture and farming are increasing rapidly, which could impact food prices in a way that’s NEVER seen before. Fertilizer accounts for about 1/3 of these annual costs showing that there’s a major hunger crisis on the way. Can you imagine having your income shrink by 19% while having a third of your costs increase by 73%? Put that with the crisis of arable land and the water crisis and we all have a major hunger crisis to deal with in the coming years.
of the Global freshwater supply is used by Agriculture.
DATE: 16/11/2023
COMMENT: The freshwater supply of mankind is mostly currently reserved for Agriculture. However, Agriculture relies on arable land to keep delivering food to people and the situation is not good. Arable land is down by 30% since 1970s and it’s expected to drop by another 60% from current number by 2050. There’s 24 billion tons of fertile land lost every year due to erosion which means 25% of the land for potential agriculture is lost. So we have a problem with LAND. And then there’s WATER. There is already a Global Water Crisis which is moving notorious businesspeople like Michael Burry to invest in it. So with these two major problems, food security becomes a key subject for us to monitor. Vertical Farming is a solution that uses 95% less water. But it is still something to watch.
online subscribers is what The Washington Post newspaper lost in the last 3 years.
DATE: 16/11/2023
COMMENT: The reality of the news business is that everybody is under the Attention War. And it’s a warzone. Legacy newspapers like The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Fortune, among others, are pivoting to (almost) a hard paywall. No payment, no news consumption. But the problem is that the Internet has still many news outlets providing real journalism without pivoting to a hard paywall, not to mention Youtube Channels, generating a hardcore competition, while at the same time Google and Facebook reduce the level of attention of newspapers worldwide. Hard paywalls in place + everybody fighting for the first 4 positions on Google, DOESN’T WORK.
more data is what Google gets through its tech infrastructure in comparison to its next closest competitor.
DATE: 15/11/2023
COMMENT: This data is thanks to the Justice Department. The level of data Google harvests nowadays is a major competitive advantage. It’s game-changing. In our current business world, getting 16x more data as the next closest competitor shows that market dominance at this level, means a monopoly that is getting harder and harder to be destroyed. In an overly competitive world where crowds can be decoded into data, having the right data is the same as being years ahead of any other company. Even the big ones.
of employees costs were made by Alphabet’s AI lab, Deepmind in 2022
DATE: 08/11/2023
COMMENT: There’s more from the source (CNBC) that you should know: “Following those cuts, in January, DeepMind announced it would shutter its first-ever international artificial intelligence research office in Edmonton, Canada..........In September 2022, CEO Sundar Pichai announced plans to “make the company 20% more productive,” and over the past year Alphabet has conducted mass layoffs, slowed hiring, cut travel and entertainment budgets, paused construction on at least one office campus and reduced investment for experimental projects such as its Area 120 tech incubator.” – SOURCE: CNBC. If even Google’s parent company is cutting costs at THIS LEVEL, what Economic Crisis is looming? Think about that.
of kids aged 8 to 12 years old listed “Youtuber” as their top career choice in a recent global survey of 2019, which is 3x more than “astronaut”.
DATE: 08/11/2023
COMMENT: The FUTURE of your marketing and your HR strategy for talent acquisition will change if you’re a business. If future “employees” are spending their time on digital 100% of the time, resumés become a Youtube link. Entrepreneurship also gets more concentraded on Youtube if kids want to pursue that path, which will make Google more valuable. Also, more content overload.
of the richest in the United States are now holding 31% of net assets.
DATE: 07/11/2023
COMMENT: The United States is seeing a massive concentration of Wealth. Which is not new. So for the economy to work properly major money moves must be made, but they are currently “locked” down, thanks to a few players. Furthermore, generations have a major Wealth Gap with Baby Boomers controlling $75 trillion and their elders controlling $18 trillion of the United States’ over $140 trillion in total household wealth. Thanks to Forbes, we also know that some of this Wealth is being targeted by the government through a theoretical 40% estate tax which could cause a major impact on the coming wealth transfer as these players get old and close to death.
NEW business applications were filed in 2022 in the United States giving birth to new companies.
DATE: 06/11/2023
COMMENT: The United States was actually experiencing a 40-year decline in entrepreneurship before the pandemic according to the New York Times. But brave souls have been fighting back and starting their own businesses, a GOOD NEWS to share. As the Morning Brew published: “The number of new businesses created in 2020 increased by 24% from 2019 to 4.3 million as laid-off workers found their savings accounts boosted by stimulus payments and a bull market. Also helpful: rock-bottom interest rates. The trend continued in 2021, ballooning to 5.4 million applications.”. Awesome.
is how much 50 million requests cost for using Reddit’s API. For comparison, only over $160 is the cost for accessing Imgur API with the same amount of requests.
DATE: 06/11/2023
COMMENT: Now that Reddit made this move of turning its API into a paid feature, the entire Reddit audience will obviously shrink a considerable amount because many alternative apps that accessed Reddit were useful. The announcement by Reddit gave only 30 days to developers, leading many apps to shut down.
Reddit communities went dark on June 2023 in protest of Reddit’s API pricing changes.
DATE: 06/11/2023
COMMENT: What the digital marketing community has been facing is no joke. Not only is getting harder and harder to market your business online because of the War for Attention, but the platforms are getting worse. Although many subreddits have reopened, a little over 2,290 Subreddits remained dark since June 29, 2023. That’s not a small number. As a result many subreddits got worse in quality, with comments addressing things that shouldn’t even be present on the subreddit, pushing away both brands and visitors. Furthermore, alternative apps like Apollo that use Reddit API shut down on June 30, making the actual audience of Reddit....smaller now.
is the increase in insurance premiums in Florida, United States.
DATE: 31/10/2023
COMMENT: Why is this important? Because it is any kind of data at this level causes one thing: EXODUS. And that’s what has been happening in Florida, which impacts business and the quality of the state as a whole. As Patrick Bet-David points out in the source, according to the U.S. Census Bureau, an estimated 275K people left Florida in 2022. Some relocated to Georgia (46K), others to North Carolina (42K), others to South Carolina (31K), others to Tennessee (36K) and others to Texas (29K). Since 2017, 11 property and casualty companies decided to not do business in Florida anymore. From those companies, 5 made that decision in 2022. Factors? 1) Weather-related damage; 2) Insurance fraud; 3) Home Insurance Lawsuits; What a business world don’t you think? And I’m not mentioning the ESG nonsense involved in this subject.
is the increase of loneliness in the United States since the 1960s.
DATE: 31/10/2023
COMMENT: Why is this important? Because it is a HEALTH CRISIS. A Mental Health Crisis. The population of single-person households in the USA in 1960 was 7 million people. Now in 2023 it’s 38 million people. And over 50% of U.S. adults report feeling lonely. That’s a big number. But aren’t we all super- connected online nowadays with social networks and all that? Negative. We are not connected at the human level as we used to be anymore. We don’t spend much time without our devices anymore. So if you’re running a business today, don’t forget that your employees may be going through a very hard time due to extensive loneliness and that may impact your profits at the end of the day. Remember: A healthy workforce is a productive workforce.
of online marketing dollars will go to Ad Fraud in 2023.
DATE: 31/10/2023
COMMENT: This is worth re-sharing in full so you can see the figures: “Ad fraud is projected to cost marketers $84 billion in 2023, or about 22% of the $382 billion spent on online advertising, according to the marketing research firm. For mobile, it’s a bit higher, representing about 30% of spend.” – SOURCE: Marketing Brew. Why this stats matter? Because this is for those who think that to get proper attention now you just need to boost your Advertising Budget. It’s not. There’s a fraudulent machine stealing the dollars that you spend on trying to get attention. There are famous cases like the Methbot scam, and Google itself has admitted this problem. So no, you don’t fix the attention problem by throwing money at it. You might get more attention by throwing dollars out the window.
subscribers were added to Apple’s streaming service, Apple TV+ IN ONE DAY thanks to Messi’s 1st game in september.
DATE: 30/10/2023
COMMENT: This is for those who understand that the WAR FOR ATTENTION is more brutal than ever before in business history. This piece of crucial data was extracted from a great article by Fortune: The biggest sports battle isn’t on the field. It’s at the negotiating table as Big Tech fights Big Media for dominance in streaming major league athletics. And it tells a story. It says that DESPITE everything that you do, you should aim your money and your personnel towards acquiring attention assets. One big lesson for us all to learn.
Volkswagen employees from the tech division are on the aim for another massive layoffs round while VW adopts Google’s Apps.
DATE: 30/10/2023
COMMENT: This is how monopolies actually get market share fast: they are the only option available to a problem that has a 6, 7 or 8 digits cipher. Since Volkswagen alone can’t deliver proper software to its own car brands, GOOGLE will become the solution (!) for Porsche instead. While the VW tech employees at the same time lose their jobs. That’s how much “reach” and how much impact monopolies have on practice on The Market. Easy choice. Big compromise.
more Google searches happened in 2007 when people placed Google.com as their browser homepage, and when they switched away, they did 27% less searches.
DATE: 30/10/2023
COMMENT: Some major strategic business revelations have been coming to light thanks to the DOJ vs Google antitrust case. In this case, know now that once a person sets their homepage to Google.com they tend to search 15% more on Google (!). The practicality of default options. After all, as the source points out: "As you know, most end users do not change defaults".
members (not users!) is what Linkedin reported as ‘record levels of engagement’.
DATE: 25/10/2023
COMMENT: Somehow after Linkedin exited China back in the month of May, Linkedin still praises 985 million members. Among the biggest markets for the social network are the following countries: United States – 202 million; Brazil – 65 million; India – 105 million; France – 26 million; Canada – 21 million; Mexico – 20 million; Hong Kong – 2 million; Israel – 2 million among others. Thanks to Social Media Today for these stats.
employees of Nokia are being laid off in the latest massive layoffs round.
DATE: 23/10/2023
COMMENT: And Nokia is not alone in this massive layoff trend. From the source: “Ericsson announced in February that it would be slashing 8,500 jobs starting in the second half of this year and into 2024. In addition, Crown Castle said this summer that it would cut about 15% of its workforce, and Qualcomm revealed last week that it will slash 1,258 jobs at its San Diego headquarters. Nokia said that it will reduce its headcount from around 86,000 employees today to between 72,000 and 77,000 employees.” – SOURCE: Fierce Wireless. Let’s not forget that Google fired 12,000 workers lately, among other big tech companies (!). It’s a smaller and smaller Market by the day.
workers reported symptoms of BURNOUT in a research of 2022.
DATE: 23/10/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because this shows that the economy we all rely on is being DRAGGED by (with a lot of effort) employees who are already in burnout. Which means that many employed people simply cannot produce anymore for a period of time (a period of recovery). Things like The Duopoly (Google & Facebook) + anti-business laws + market consolidation + low pay + A.I.-productivity levels are all contributing for an international workforce that is tired of doing hard work for little returns. And that means companies stop producing normally. So if companies keep ignoring the true needs of its workers, we are all heading towards a market shutdown, where everybody is overworked and not enough production sees the light of day.
people in the United States lived in poverty in 2022.
DATE: 19/10/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because as a business you need to be aware that a good chunk of the population doesn’t have any money for transactions and are living in poverty. Furthermore, Generation Z and Millennials are two generations living in financial stress and are not the best audience if you want to charge premium prices or if you want to focus all your marketing efforts. So from the population of the U.S., 37 MILLION out of almost 350 million is a big number of people without money when you stop to think about it.
is the drop of global Facebook referral traffic to the top 30 news sources from August 2022 to August 2023.
DATE: 19/10/2023
COMMENT: Are you still thinking about publishing on Facebook? Well, you shouldn’t. Facebook’s time is over for businesses since they began attacking brands with their bipolar algorithms. More from the source: The Sun experienced a 84% decline in traffic; Business Insider experienced a 80% decline in traffic; The Guardian experienced a 79% decline in traffic; The New York Times experienced a 66% decline in traffic. – SOURCE: Digiday. Among many others.
smartphone notifications per day is what the average American gets on any given day.
DATE: 19/10/2023
COMMENT: This reality shows how hard it is to cut through the noise today and get the attention of your customer. Smartphones are also a terrain where there’s war for attention. One of the hardest wars of today actually. So, like the source says, people receive between around 60 and 80 daily notifications on average, and some of us may get as many as 200. With that many notifications happening daily, how important is the link you’re promoting? And how precise is your timming when you are pushing your link to the end consumer? And how optimized is the content to keep the consumer engaged after he/she opens your notification? Think about that.
companies across the Tech Industry laid off nearly 165,000 workers in 2022. And in 2023 up until now, that number jumped to 240,000 workers.
DATE: 18/10/2023
COMMENT: This business reality of massive layoffs shows that The Market is not well. The Global Economy is shrinking. Now, at Google alone, 12,000 workers were laid off. Salesforce were 8,000 employees. Facebook were 11,000. And these are just 3 companies. Having 1000 companies in the Tech sector do this means that The Market is very ill. And decision-makers are lost.
of United States consumers start their product search on Amazon.
DATE: 17/10/2023
COMMENT: This consumer behavior tells a lot about which tech giants matter the most when it comes to online shopping patterns. Furthermore, 49% of US consumers start their product search on Search Engines; 32% start their product search on Walmart (!); 20% start their product search on Youtube; 19% start their product search on Facebook; And 15% start their product search on Instagram. – SOURCE: Business Insider. Something important to know that can help you with your Marketing goals if you are selling products.
of ALL online advertising spending – $84 billion! – is lost to Ad Fraud annually.
DATE: 16/10/2023
COMMENT: Impressive numbers isn’t it? You can imagine how fraudulent is The Market by looking at this stat alone. And things are not going well because here’s more from Search Engine Land: “22% of all online ad spend is lost due to ad fraud in 2023. 30% of mobile ad spend is lost to ad fraud in 2023. $172 Billion of ad spend is projected to be lost due to ad fraud by 2028. – SOURCE: Search Engine Land. Although according to SEL $23 Billion per year can be recovered by using fraud mitigation platforms, that’s not enough money compared to the level of damage caused by Ad Fraud. So even if you’re willing to pay for an audience, you might miss it because of fraud. Tough market.
of 200 Agency Professionals said they invest a lot in ORIGINAL content for Facebook, a major decline from 34% in 2022.
DATE: 15/10/2023
COMMENT: Additionally, 17% said they are investing in original content on Instagram, compared with 33% in 2022. This proves that Meta platforms are facing a huge decline in business, probably due to the enormous amount of destruction caused by Facebook (and Instagram) a few years ago through their algorithms (link #1, link #2), which is something businesspeople does not forget. Agencies that have go that far, by creating original content for Facebook, are seeing the reality now. The ROI is ridiculous in organic and paid traffic.
of 200 Agency Professionals told their clients post content on Facebook EVERY DAY, compared with 40% in 2022.
DATE: 15/10/2023
COMMENT: Furthermore, 17% said their clients post on Instagram every day, compared with 40% in 2022. Facebook and Instagram are NOT the go-to online space to do business anymore. Much less frequency indicates a RED ALERT. And that’s because of an overly saturated market + shape-shifting algorithms that destroy organic attention.
of 200 Agency Professionals told they posted content on Facebook on behalf of their clients in the past month, a decline from 81% in 2022 and a decline from 86% in 2021.
DATE: 15/10/2023
COMMENT: Meta can’t overwrite the abnormal amount of sabotaging activity they have done since 2015. Countless Facebook Pages were deleted, many with over 100K, even 500K followers. Countless company dollars were wasted because of fake, inflated Facebook Metrics. And inflated audiences for Facebook Ads + destructive algorithms make Facebook a place for NOT to do business.
minutes of length is the sweet spot for advertisement on Youtube.
DATE: 04/10/2023
COMMENT: This may look hard to believe but according to recent research the sweet spot for delivering impact with your brand in a way that the end consumer remembers your business whilst giving you little attention as possible is 2-3 minutes only. Because of the Attention War, brands have been doing 5-second ads their mainstream strategy, with movies like Jason Bourne doing 5-second adverts, just like House of Cards season 4 did in recent years. Now you’re free to test the opposing truth above.
of advertisements on Youtube are either 15, 30 or 60 seconds long.
DATE: 04/10/2023
COMMENT: For those who are thinking about deploying some Advertisements on Youtube, rest assured that your competition is likely using 15, 30 or 60 seconds ad videos to reach your loyal customers. As a consumer yourself, you can tell whether that kind of length grabs your attention properly or not. Nonetheless, it seems that this also works for brands. But you can explore other lengths to stand out.
of agency pros said their clients spend at least a very small portion of their marketing budgets on Google Ads.
DATE: 04/10/2023
COMMENT: If you are in business and also in the Marketing Industry this is a stat that shows how a Monopoly like Google grabs market share despite its antitrust cases. Despite all the truths that came out since the Snowden Era about Google, customers are still asking agencies to spend on Google Ads (!). And nearly half (46%) said their clients spend a large or very large portion of their marketing budgets on the search giant. – SOURCE: Digiday. Clearly more Investigative Journalism needs to be out to debunk Google’s dominance.
dollars is the minimum average cost of a sponsored Youtube video with 1 million views.
DATE: 03/10/2023
COMMENT: For those who are seeking paid attention, Youtube videos with over 1 million views saw an average minimum price tag of $2,500, and Youtube videos with views between 500,000 to 1,000,000 a price of $1,105. For perspective, the minimum average cost of an Instagram post with 1 million followers is $1,200 while on Tik Tok, the minimum average cost of a TikTok post with 1 million followers is $1,034 – SOURCE: Forbes. Now you just have to think about the content you’ll deliver through one advert in a smart way.
of all consumers prefer short-form, 1-minute length videos on social media, finding it the most engaging type of content.
DATE: 03/10/2023
COMMENT: Because of the War for Attention Online you can imagine that the end consumer will be much harder to get now, which is pushing brands to spend lots and lots of time strategizing their marketing efforts to be able to deliver the right content to the right customer at the right time. On Social networks, short-form videos are 2.5 times more engaging than long-form videos. Why? Because consumers are also short on time nowadays for content consumption. And are overloaded with content on their feeds.
of US consumers spend more time watching user-generated content (UGC) in video format online than they do watching TV shows and movies on streaming video services.
DATE: 03/10/2023
COMMENT: Nowadays the end consumer is shifting his attention span to user-generated content on video format impacting consumer behavior and buying decision-making. That’s why the influencer economy exploded. Because people connect with people. In the U.S., 1/3 say content creators influence them to buy.
HOURS of content have been streamed across the Internet in the last 7 minutes.
DATE: 03/10/2023
COMMENT: Furthermore, 5,200,029,300 TikToks have been viewed. 2,023,963 photos have been posted on Instagram. This reality of content overload is why we’re now living what many marketers know as The Content Apocalypse. In this Era where your end consumer is getting his attention bombed by brands and content creators and friends and family, how do you stand out as a business? How do you put your brand in front of their eyes and urge them to buy? No single right answer exists, as the Internet is a complex ecosystem. And those who master it, can make a lot of money legitimately.
of content creators made between $500K and $5K in 2023
DATE: 03/10/2023
COMMENT: The Creator Economy – which is actually the Attention Economy – has changed dramatically and content creators who have decoded the Internet are now making a steady, reliable revenue stream. According to Linktree, 5% of creators made between $5k-$10k, 4% of creators made between $10k-$50k, 2% of creators made over $50k and 72% of creators made less than $500 – SOURCE: Linktree. The reason why the majority has made less than 1000 dollars is simple: The Internet is waging War for attention and even content creators must now treat their side hustle as a business to thrive and make more money. Otherwise they’ll not survive and the Internet as a whole will get worse.
of smart car brands say they can share personal data with service providers, data brokers, and other businesses
DATE: 02/10/2023
COMMENT: Despite the main hard stat, there’s more → 76%: The proportion of privacy policies stating that they can sell personal data; 56%: The proportion of surveyed car brands that say they can share personal information with the government or law enforcement agencies in response to a “request”; 92%: The proportion of car brands that don’t award all drivers the right to have their personal data deleted. – SOURCE: Quartz. Interesting isn’t it? The war for your privacy just got bigger. Now smart cars joined the show.
dollars per year is the amount of cash Google paid to Apple and others to maintain its search engine as default on people’s smartphones and web browsers
DATE: 29/09/2023
COMMENT: Things are not as black and white as people think. Thanks to the biggest antitrust trial in 20 years involving Google and the DOJ (Department of Justice), lawyers for the DOJ revealed that Google’s dominance is not due to its superior online tool but to agreements with Apple, Samsung, and Mozilla Firefox to make its search engine the default on people’s phones and browsers.
federal employees in the U.S. were furloughed or worked without pay during the last 34-day government shutdown that ended in January of 2019
DATE: 26/09/2023
COMMENT: A U.S. Government shutdown now in 2023 can help crash markets faster, since the market is too centralized on Monopolies (especially Big Techs) and major pro-business laws can make Capitalism “reborn again”. The stoppage of federal workers along with strikes along with a monopolized market can only result in one thing: An anomaly never seen before as a Financial Crisis.
MILLION (or 400 million U.S. dollars) is the fine Intel will have to pay in Europe for paying PC manufacturers to halt / delay product launches featuring AMD processors
DATE: 22/09/2023
COMMENT: This is the side of The Market that few tend to look at: monkey competition. When companies engage in despicable behavior to make a profit and don’t compete using true entrepreneurial ways. If your company is eyeing this kind of “opportunity” then you should close your company and GO HOME.
of the World’s TOP 1000 Websites are now blocking crawler bots that gather data for A.I. services
DATE: 22/09/2023
COMMENT: There’s a war going on for true A.I. robust systems and part of that war is the ability to turn your Large Language Model (LLM) into a reliable A.I. service. But that requires data, reliable data. And professional data is often on company websites where business content is accessible. However, it seems that the warnings about the dangers of A.I. caught a considerable piece of the market since businesses are protecting their works from being crawled by bots that gather data for A.I. systems. Takeaway: looks like professional A.I. systems will take longer to mature to then cause more mass layoffs, since they’re been blocked from getting their data by just doing mass content harvesting online.
employees are employed by KPMG, Deloitte, PwC and EY consultancy companies combined
DATE: 22/09/2023
COMMENT: There’s a famous article that explains how The Market is a game of Musical Chairs. This means that despite the number of companies and jobs available, an unemployed workforce will always exist as there is not enough jobs for the amount of people today. Even if you’re part of the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) group. A market fact like this shows how small is the amount of personnel considering the size and impact of certain companies. Nonetheless, Deloitte is cutting 800 jobs which represents a 3% cut in the company's 27,000 workforce in the UK. And that's months after Deloitte announced plans to slash 1,200 jobs in the US as well. What a Market, right?
employees were fired in the latest round of layoffs by Google
DATE: 22/09/2023
COMMENT: The market shows signs of a real Crisis whether some “business” people try to hide or not. But there’s more: “Microsoft announced 10,000 job cuts, or nearly 5% of its workforce. Amazon said this month it is cutting 18,000 jobs, although that’s a fraction of its 1.5 million strong workforce, while business software maker Salesforce is laying off about 8,000 employees, or 10% of the total. Last fall Facebook parent Meta announced it would shed 11,000 positions, or 13% of its workers. Elon Musk slashed jobs at Twitter after he acquired the social media company last fall” – SOURCE: AP News. Impressive. Are you doing the math of this Global Financial Crisis?
of agencies and advertisers currently advertise in Podcasts, which is up from 34% in 2020
DATE: 21/09/2023
COMMENT: The medium that many marketers thought to be something that would never catch on, is now one of the main sources of revenue. A whopping 62% of brands and agencies say they will consider advertising in podcasts in the next 6 months and 58% said they definitely will work with podcasts now. These are impressive stats since podcasts are not as mainstream as Youtube or TikToks videos. More from the source: “A MediaRadar report on U.S. podcasts shows ad spending increased 5% year over year” – SOURCE: Digiday. Time to wake up and start making the right investment and putting some of your money on podcasts.
dollars is the gigantic amount of US government DEBT
DATE: 21/09/2023
COMMENT: This is something for those who see things clearly. For perspective, in 2022 the real GDP of the United States was almost 19 trillion dollars. That means what the U.S. is producing is not matching its bills. Additionally, tax revenues fell to $670 billion and interest payments spiked to $242 billion. The famous 1st World country that is the home of the BIG TECHS, is facing the worst revival of inflation in the last 40 years.
Minutes per Day is the consumption mark of Tik Tok in 2023 while just 3,9M minutes per day on Instagram (among the US adult population)
DATE: 20/09/2023
COMMENT: This shows that Tik Tok is more than a Trend, it’s a social network here to stay. With youngsters using it also as a main Search Engine, Tik Tok projects to surpass even Facebook by 2025 with over 5,1M minutes per day. From the source: “Both TikTok’s and Facebook’s total minute figure will round out to an average of 19 minutes per adult per day in 2025, according to our forecast” – SOURCE: Insider Intelligence. Every US adult (over 18) will be spending at least 20 minutes a day on Tik Tok. That’s a lot of time and eye balls.
of Canada’s digital advertising dollars went to GOOGLE and FACEBOOK
DATE: 20/09/2023
COMMENT: This level of market dominance can only be achieved by Monopolies, and in this case, The Duopoly (Google & Facebook) has taken 80% of Canada’s ad dollars recently. As the source says, in 2021–2022, the government of Canada spent $11.4 million on Facebook and Instagram ads, and $64 million total on digital ads which is more than half of its annual ad budget. This means that both of these BIG TECH companies have even the Canadian government as customers, and have the power to control whether News in CANADA get shown or not (!). While taking money at the same time (!).
the amount of Gold possessed by all BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) combined is what the USA has as a reserve
DATE: 18/09/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because this makes unlikely for the BRICS nations to challenge the dollar in a gold-backed currency. Furthermore, from the source: “The US dollar’s role in the global financial system is unparalleled. It serves as the primary reserve currency, accounting for around 90% of foreign exchange transactions. Many international trade, loans, and investments are denominated in US dollars, and numerous countries hold significant portions of their foreign exchange reserves in this currency.” – SOURCE: Entrepreneur.
of Global GDP GROWTH comes from China
DATE: 18/09/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because this shows how much growth China has been having over the years, and now, it’s entering a New Era of slow growth. If a country like China is solely responsible for all that growth on its own, this means that other nations like Brazil, USA, United Kingdom and others are not that well too. Lack of growth from China is mostly because the population is getting too old, the country is experiecing rising debts, and there’s a real estate crisis. Although China is the 2nd biggest economy, properties in Beijing for instance, are 48x the average salary of a Beijing citizen (!). Also, when the Trade War begun it became obvious that 20 key nations were doing business with China as opposed to just 9 nations with the USA. This means that these nations will also have a direct impact on their imports, to say the basics.
of The World population is under BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) while just 13% is under NATO
DATE: 18/09/2023
COMMENT: Those who have been following the Market since at least 2017 have been noticing a surge in subjects like WWIII. In a world where money can be weaponized, and war-like strategies became more complex due to the advancements of Technology + Globalization, the causes for the next World War must be mapped so we can all work together and prevent casualties. Remember the level of power: NATO has 31 countries (as of 2023) and BRICS only 5. NATO has 45% of world GDP and BRICS a bit more than 31%. Key stats.
is the amount of how much Food Production needs to increase by 2050 to support the expected 10 billion world population
DATE: 16/09/2023
COMMENT: This is another subject where we as business owners and entrepreneurs must step up and look at the bigger picture and try to solve the fod security problem. According to Patrick Bet David on the source video, we will need to produce more food in the next 30 years than in previous 10,000 years combined (!). That’s an unbelievable amount of food to produce in a short time. We rely on land and arable land has a deficit of 30% since the 1970s. And it’s expected to drop another 60% by 2050, which brings food security to a new Era.
of shortfall of water is what The World faces in freshwater supply by 2030
DATE: 16/09/2023
COMMENT: We are living in an Era where water is also a very important point. Especially for business. Globally, humans use more than 4 trillion cubic meters of freshwater PER YEAR (1 cubic meter equals 264 gallons of water). Over 70% of the world is covered with water but around 97% of Earth’s water is salt water while a little more than 2% is fresh water trapped in glaciers. And only 0.65% is the fresh water we use for everything like drinking, washing clothes, making products etc. For a glimpse of perspective of how much water a single industry uses, a bottle of wine takes over 400 bottles of water to produce (!). A single bottle.
of hosts on the Airbnb platform own nearly 2/3 of the listings
DATE: 15/09/2023
COMMENT: Once again, why is that important? Simple: because it shows a rising trend: traditional rent is not that strong anymore; now people rent apartments and houses for a very short amount of time and keep moving around with their paycheck-to-paycheck lifestyle. This reality took a few years to mature, which creates a crisis on its own. How? Because this ends up killing the traditional rental market since home owners who are renting their property for a 12-36 month period, can’t compete properly. All an investor has to do is buy a few properties and place them all on Airbnb for short-time renting, and spend time managing these properties. Although he may make less, he’ll take a big piece of demand, giving him a good ROI after a few years. Hence why cities like San Francisco, New York and Paris are cracking down on the service.
of Google’s entire revenue in 2020 came from Advertising
DATE: 15/09/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because this shows that Google’s main business is still Advertising. The business side of things must be monitored carefully when it comes to The Market, and truths must be exposed, so entrepreneurs and business owners can know what is actually generating money in practice. After all these years, the ads on Google Search and on Google Youtube (and maybe the ads on Gmail) is what is feeding the company, which feeds a bit more than 156,500 full-time employees. That’s not that many employees by the way. Furthermore, the level of market dominance by Google- owned platforms is just so Google can provide ads on its own infrastructure (!). All that content on Youtube and on Google, is just for that. To provide Ads.
Americans were College Dropouts in July 2020
DATE: 12/09/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because as said in the previous card, future revenues will suffer. The reality is that those who are experts in using The Internet make more than curriculum-based employees, after all, The Internet is a complex digital market and has high ROI potential for businesses that know what they are doing. But part of the Market is still using old solutions for hiring. Hence why the same source gives this data as well: “College dropouts make an average of 32.6% less income than bachelor’s degree holders and are 19.6% more likely to be unemployed than any degree holder” – SOURCE: Education Data. Until that shifts, loads of americans remain with debt. While current e-learning platforms have a bigger market because of reskilling needs.
fewer American Teenagers (Generation Z) went to College in 2022 in comparison to 2012
DATE: 12/09/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because the consumer market shifts to a completely different thing as this impacts future revenues until the Market matures in a reality where those who are experts in using The Internet make more than curriculum-based employees. Also, one-third of students are dropping out of college and many of these students are still holding a great amount of DEBT. According to the same source from the last link, 38-39% of students who took out student loans between 2012-2017 did not finish college in that time window. That ends up meaning that a class of american people went to College, but only got debt out of it. And are not holding college credentials.
of Americans live within 10 miles of a Walmart store
DATE: 11/09/2023
COMMENT: Why is that important? Because this is what true business players tend to do for growth: they end up buying real estate. The most famous one besides Walmart, is McDonalds, which is among one of the top “real estate” companies in the World (hence why in the movie The Founder with Michael Keaton a consultant tells him that he’s actually in the real estate business). This kind of market dominance also allows everyday people to pay less for groceries in the whole month by having even their car expenses (should they go by car to Walmart) considered. Double impact.
IBM human resources department workers now do the job of what previously required 700 employees due to A.I.
DATE: 11/09/2023
COMMENT: The common misconception of A.I. taking people’s jobs is in thinking that Robots will steal the show (and the jobs). That’s harder to happen because A.I. in the form of humanoid robots need to mimic the 5 human senses that humans have, not to mention their ability to move limbs like Arms and Legs etc. Therefore, white collar jobs (those that require the use of human intelligence) will disappear first, to only then machines or robots take over the blue collar ones. This stat is just another example.
of workers will have to RESKILL in the next 3 YEARS due to A.I.
DATE: 11/09/2023
COMMENT: The time has come to give another important Market Stat: 40% of workers will have to gain new skills or upgrade their current ones because of the fast A.I. adoption on the Market. It’s important to also highlight the following: “IBM's business research organization (the IBM Institute for Business Value), released results from a new global study. Its conclusion? ‘The world of work has changed compared to even six months ago.’”. That’s right. Just 6 months the market is completely different. And finally, a bit more from the source: “That could translate to 1.4 billion of the 3.4 billion people in the global workforce, according to World Bank statistics. Respondents also report that building new skills for existing employees is a top talent issue”. The capital companies now have, will have to be repurposed for training personnel. Yours too.
of the companies on the S&P 500 have their largest shareholder being either State Street, Black Rock or Vanguard
DATE: 07/09/2023
COMMENT: This is a different kind of a Monopoly. It’s a “legal” monopoly. When you have this kind of dominance over the board of S&P 500 companies, which are companies from SEVERAL different industries (!), you have abnormal control coming from a few powerful players. That’s some sort of anomaly when you stop to think about it as we can’t imagine that amount of valuable companies from many DIFFERENT industries being under the control of a few powerful men. It means that a good chunk of the market, is actually rigged. To say the least.
the average salary of a citizen in Beijing is the price of a real estate in Beijing, China
DATE: 07/09/2023
COMMENT: China is going through a massive real estate crisis and has abnormal prices for real estate in recent years, with chinese citizens being unable to buy a home / apartament in their homeland. The price of real estate in Beijing is 48x the salary of a Beijing citizen. In Shangai, it’s around 43x; In Hong Kong it’s close to 41x and in Shenzen it’s aroudn 40x. In each of these cities the average salary simply cannot buy real estate. For comparison, the average real estate in London (England) is a little more than 20x the average salary of a London’s citizen; in Sao Paulo (Brazil) real estate is a bit more than 20x the average salary of those who live there and in New York (USA), it’s 13x the average salary of new yorkers.
is the impressive number of ACTIVE e-mail users nowadays
DATE: 06/09/2023
COMMENT: If you’re a businessperson then you should also know that over 70% of content is being shared on Dark Social Channels. This means that your links are being shared on SMS, Whats App / Telegram, and mainly E-mail. Because on top of that last stat, CEOs and the rest of the C-level executives tend to share content only by e-mail, especially their work e-mail. Furthermore, around 350 million messages are sent daily. That’s the channel that many companies should focus on first. E-mail is still King.
of the top 75,000 websites on the Internet use Google Analytics
DATE: 06/09/2023
COMMENT: If you’re a businessperson this stat should disturb you. For those unaware, Google Analytics has taken over 70% of Web Analytics already. This means that Google knows vital marketing / business metrics of many established brands & companies + potential competitors along with other business “secrets” before any other company. If Google knows your Daily and Monthly Users amount, which Content of your website gets more traffic, which countries access your brand more, among other metrics, rest assured that this kind of intel makes Google a much harder Monopoly to fight. ONLINE and OFFLINE.
cyberattacks were detected in just a 3-MONTH (90 days) window recently in 2023
DATE: 04/09/2023
COMMENT: If you are part of the business community then this is a stat that may concern you: 1,578,733 cyberattacks were detected within a 90-day window by a market solution. Of those, over 200,000 were UNIQUE cyberattacks and the average number of cyberattacks PER HOUR was 720. That’s for those CEOs / Founders / Entrepreneurs and businesspeople in general to be aware about the digital landscape and its constant dangers. Most-targeted industries: Finance, Healthcare and Food chains. If you’re in business and you’re downplaying cybersecurity, you better think again. Because bad actors (either motivated by money or hacktivism) are not taking many days off.
accounts are being closed EVERY day by UK Banks in a new debanking wave
DATE: 03/09/2023
COMMENT: If you are in the UK and have been trying to do business as usual you might be the victim of a new wave of debanking from UK Banks, which are closing more than 1000 accounts every day. From the source: “In 2016-17, just over 45,000 accounts were shut by banks. The total has increased every year since, climbing to just over 343,000 accounts in 2021-22 – representing well over 1,000 for every business day of the week.” – SOURCE: The Guardian. Although there are regulations that allow banks to do debanking when there’s money-laundering schemes, what has been happening is a big wave of small businesses and people in a sudden scary reality where there’s no more “business as usual”. OBS: some of the victims held legal cryptocurrency.
of creators agreed they get more requests for brand collaborations than they can handle
DATE: 02/09/2023
COMMENT: Influencers who are the target of brands for Content Creation are having to deny work. Despite the crisis involving Social Networks, and the Criminal Duopoly (Google & Facebook), and after brands started bringing influencer marketing in-house as a way to handle tough economic times because of it, the FUNNELS of attention are still game. But the remaining chunk of The Market requires this: Creators said great partnership experiences start with quality products (53%), high compensation (40%) and creative freedom (39%). They want a mix of all. Can you blame them in such a chaotic market?
of the 3 BILLION GAMERS are Mobile Gamers
DATE: 02/09/2023
COMMENT: For those who are thinking about Targeting with Advertising gamers, this is a surprising stat, that’s for sure. However, this data needs additional understanding: 42% of mobile gamers ALSO play on a PC or a laptop; and 55% of them ALSO play on console. This means that gamers who are G-A-M-E-R-S are hungry for playing games all the time, turning their mobile devices into “pocket consoles” as much as possible. It also means that capitalizing on Advertising on games demands fine-tunning marketing/advertising strategies. OBS – IMPORTANT note from the source: “Overall, when players think of premium mobile games, they think of experiences that are fun (92%), satisfying (90%), relaxing (87%), imaginative (87%) and competitive (86%) — and most are playing because it’s convenient.”
of The WORLD’s Central Banks are pursuing Central Bank Digital Currency projects
DATE: 02/09/2023
COMMENT: The Era of Mass Surveillance begins once again with CBDCs which is a new form of government control, and unprecedented. It’s a way for world governments to both map the remaining wealth of its citizens and spy on it at the same time, killing financial privacy. Not to mention financial control. Today, there are 87 countries – representing more than 90% of Global GDP – already exploring CBDCs. The countries implementing it at a faster pace are anti-democracy countries like China, which already started its pilot: e-CNY, among others.
of ALL small businesses in Japan can end up without a successor or a buyer by 2025
DATE: 01/09/2023
COMMENT: The “Era of Mass Closures” is what Japan faces in the next 2 years: loads of businesses WITHOUT a buyer or a successor to keep doors open. This means that a good chunk of the japanese economy can end up being “deactivated” because of this problem. According to the source, a 2019 government report estimated that about 1.27 million small business owners would be 70 or older by 2025 and have no successors. No people left to run the companies. Also from the source, the trend could kill up to 6.5 million jobs and reduce the size of the Japanese economy by ¥22 trillion ($166 billion), since there’s no one to keep the show running.
was almost the number of imposed restrictions on Trade in 2022, which in 2019 was only around 1000
DATE: 01/09/2023
COMMENT: Policymakers have been hammering International Trade with violence. Brutal violence. They have been imposing trade barriers in recent years turning the Global Economy into a fragmented reality where every country finds itself in a position where they have to “struggle” to survive. What was once business as usual...is no more. Protectionism is spreading in a world where Globalization has been the rule. The normal flow of Technological goods & services is being disrupted, and with it, entire companies across countries. Some countries are having its GDP reduced by 12% (long-term). Commodity Markets are suffering, leading also to FOOD and ENERGY insecurity.
of all Startups fail on The Market
DATE: 01/09/2023
COMMENT: Because of the level of risk involved in starting and running a business, failure is actually more common and a market standard than people are usually aware about. Market stat: 9 out of 10 startups fail. When Vcs are involved, 7.5 out of 10 venture-backed startups fail. There’s more: 75% of venture-backed companies never return cash to investors and in 30-40% of the cases, investors lose their initial investment. That’s hard earned money going “wasted” on Business Adventures. When it comes to the 1st YEAR of operations, 2 out of 10 new businesses fail in the first year. And only 1% of startups become unicorn firms like Uber, Airbnb, Slack, Stripe etc. Finally, The success percentage for first-time founders is just 18%. So if you’re running a business or a startup, you’re already playing a hard game. Remind yourself of that reality. Because knowing what you are up against, can only benefit you in both the short-term and the long-term. Hence why, running a business is like trying to be a superhero. Nothing less.
of all websites on the Internet are powered by the Wordpress Content Management System (CMS)
DATE: 01/09/2023
COMMENT: Because of the enormous popularity of Wordpress, businesspeople need to remind themselves that when something goes “viral” in the Business World, hackers (actually crackers) follow up and try to destroy and hack into any system that is using this new market standard. Like the article says, there is a huge number of third-party plugins designed for extending the functionality of this popular platform. New vulnerabilities exploited by hackers are discovered both in plugins and in WordPress itself on a regular basis. From May 15 through July 31, 2023, it was discovered 22.400 unique WordPress websites that had been hacked to create phishing pages. Success has a price. Remember that.
consumers checks their SMS text notifications within ONE minute after receiving a text
DATE: 16/08/2023
COMMENT: Because of the destruction coming from Big Tech (when it comes to getting the attention of potential customers) + the overcrowded internet, SMS is pushing its way through once again, but now recently, in 2022. It's experiencing a massive renaissance. On average, 27% more businesses are using SMS message marketing now compared to this time in 2022. It’s important. Just look: Over half of consumers (51%) reply to a text message within 1-2 minutes. Over half of consumers check their text messages 11 times a day or more. And 61% of consumers say they want the ability to text a business back. Now who can match SMS today? Which marketing channels? Very few I assure you.
of customers subscribe to SMS Marketing
DATE: 16/08/2023
COMMENT: The words of the article fit best this time: “Texting is becoming a staple marketing channel for retail brands; marketing service SimpleTexting found last year that 70% of customers subscribe to SMS marketing. But in the case of The Container Store, the campaigns aren’t just about converting customers but introducing the brand to a specific new audience.” Now here’s a must-read: “’If we have a promotion that comes up, we can get that live in 15 minutes with SMS and MMS, which is essential in the media world,’ she said. ‘And with the quick turnaround, we don’t have to engage a lot internally to say ‘I need additional creative to make this happen’ Hamilton said”. SMS is cleaner. To the point. It’s a more intimate channel. And without Ads. All at the same time. Not even e-mail can match that.
BILLION unbanked people were around the World in 2016
DATE: 16/08/2023
COMMENT: That looks high, doesn’t it? But it’s the truth. Some may be advocates or holders or both of cryptoassets. But many are just out of the banking system as there are a "population" of homeless people across the globe. In The USA, just 5% of adults don't have bank accounts. “Don't have enough money to meet minimum balance requirements” was cited by 21.7 percent of unbanked households as the main reason for not having an account—the most cited main reason. “Don't trust banks” was the second-most cited main reason for not having an account in 2021 (13.2 percent), and “Avoiding a bank gives more privacy” was the third-most cited main reason (8.4 percent). Remember that part of this stat contains also the world of criminals who work only with cash and gold (sorry business experts, we have to be honest about this sometimes).
of Generation Z prefers to discover information on Tik Tok or Reddit or even Wikipedia instead of Google
DATE: 16/08/2023
COMMENT: Quick fact: In 2021, TikTok BRIEFLY dethroned Google as the world’s most popular domain, according to Cloudflare, a web security company. But remember: internet activity is only measured by people who choose to put in the work, and because certain levels of measurable attention are possible (when platforms are offline or are going through algorithm changes, conditions to identify such trends also change). So when no one is measuring it, there’s likely the same trend happening. We just don’t know. Now there are Generation Z individuals who say: “We don’t see Google as the central authority on search anymore”. Not only are they complaining about spammy links on Google but they’re also complaining about Alphabet misplacing consumer’s trust. Good.
of workers’ core SKILL are expected to change in the next 5 years
DATE: 16/08/2023
COMMENT: The next 5 YEARS WILL CAUSE a MASSIVE shift in the job market. Thanks to A.I., there are around 83 MILLION jobs (worldwide) that will be lost because of it. Some say that about 69 million jobs will be created in return, still leaving 14 million jobs that will simply cease to exist in Global Markets. However, technology throughout the history didn’t replace jobs, but made the market smaller in terms of number of jobs and harder to enter + harder to make a decent living because of the level of knowledge. Hence why, mass unemployment is what is coming and not simply just mass disruption. Monopolies also add to the cause for why mass unemployment is the future. Because there’s a harder and harder barrier for doing business legally, thanks to alliances involving Monopolies + Criminal Governments. There are just between 644 and 997 million knowledge workers globally. That’s 20-30% of employment.
is the percentage of ALL actors who make a living from the profession
DATE: 16/08/2023
COMMENT: That’s impressively low if you stop to think about it. For those who connect the dots, this is one of the reasons why the recent strike of actors & writers of Hollywood makes a lot of sense. How much more are content powerhouses stealing from actors? And writers? Jason Bourne himself (Matt Damon) said that the amount actors must make each year to quality for healthcare benefits is around $46,000. The median salary among actors (2021) is $46,900. And 90% of actors are usually unemployed at any time throughout the year. Who knows how much impact a “fight-back” unprecedented strike can have on international markets and TV, cinema and streaming services. We hope they can make a decent living and a great lifestyle.
AMERICAN companies have filed for Bankruptcy just in April 2023 (!)
DATE: 16/08/2023
COMMENT: That’s according to S&P Global. First, corporate America was hit hard by a massive wave of layoffs. Now come the bankruptcies. What we are about to watch in 2023 is something brand new for many: THE BIGGEST year for Chapter 11 filings in over a DECADE(!). The highest level over the first four months of any year since 2010. This “pretty” stat considers public companies with AT LEAST $2 MILLION in assets or liabilities + private companies with $10 MILLION in publicly traded debt. Other researchers, found that there are 1,440 bankruptcies of ALL SIZES during the same period. Yes, Corporate America is facing a Bankruptcy Boom alright. Just like the original source says. Check it out.
MORE car thefts are happening since 2019 in the United States (!)
DATE: 26/07/2023
COMMENT: Because of a lack (or weak) of anti-theft technology, Seattle sued Hyundai and Kia because it saw its car thefts numbers skyrocket thanks to a Tik Tok how-to that showed how to steal cars (that had over 75 million views). Along with Seattle, Indianopolis, Washington D.C. and Philadelphia joined the stats. Cities had to deal with a surging wave of crimes thanks to the Tik Tok challenge, likely increasing the costs for maintaining a city (police, SOS etc) safe and secure. Also, Hyundai and Kia could probably see better days as this is no good for their stocks (Hyundai Motor Company – HYMTF and Kia Corp. - KIMTF respectively). Yes, unfortunately Teenagers are learning how to “make money” differently thanks to Tik Tok challenges.
of work GLOBALLY could be automated—with more advanced economies heavily impacted than emerging markets
DATE: 26/07/2023
COMMENT: Now that stat is out it’s important to know that nations are running towards that reality. A staggering 56% of banks claim they’ve implemented the technology into their business domains like management. With 52% claim they’ve already used it for at least revenue generation. So banks are already implementing it as fast as possible. And among marketers, 84% of marketers reported using AI in 2020, a huge jump from just 29% in 2019. In a single year everything changed for digital marketers, using true A.I. in their activities.
of jobs in China’s financial sector will be replaced by A.I. in 2027
DATE: 26/07/2023
COMMENT: Because of the exponential growth of A.I., jobs will suddenly disappear from one year to the next. A Chinese factory in Dongguan City already replaced 90% of its workforce with machines, resulting in a 250% increase in productivity and an 80% decrease in defects. Then, regarding other important countries, we have 2/3 of jobs in the U.S. and Europe that “are exposed to some degree of AI automation; and 1/4 of ALL JOBS could be performed by AI entirely. Nations where there’s a lot of people to train A.I. like China (because it needs reliable data) can have a lot more progress faster, using its own population to train widely used A.I. systems. In China, WeChat became something that the chinese people uses for almost everything. In The U.S., it’s BIG TECH. So expect more massive layoffs and more unemployment.
BILLION Dollars investment already in Solar Energy in 2023
DATE: 23/07/2023
COMMENT: Yes, the big news is that clean energy spending is now outpacing fossil fuels reaching 1.7 TRILLION dollars combined, WHICH includes wind, solar, batteries, EVs, nuclear, effiency, grid tech and carbon capture. The International Energy Agency (IEA) saw solar investement reach 380 billion in 2023. Furthermore, certain big subjects like the war of Russia vs Ukraine ended up boosting clean energy according to the IEA. That shows that nations are finally aligning due to one thing: Optimize Costs. It’s always the pursue of money that drives CHANGE when it comes to governments.
of content gets NO TRAFFIC from Google (worldwide)
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: Yes, you read it right. Practically the majority of content in the world is getting ZERO organic traffic from the big G company. This means that only a handful of businesses and brands in the WORLD are actually getting free, organic traffic from Google — who owns over 90% of the search engine market worldwide. Now, if Google owns that much of the search market, and only 9% of the content in the world is getting organic traffic, without a doubt this should be a big red alert to you. Why? Because first of all, Google should not be trusted as a steady source of traffic. Not if you are a business at least. But let’s give you some perspective, shall we? Reason #1: 40% of Google searches result in ZERO clicks because Google is answering them. That’s a big problem by itself, proving that Google’s intent is to somehow answer as many queries as possible on its own. The ones Google cannot answer, they’ll use feature snippets to steal your clicks forcing users to stay on Google instead of giving websites a visit. And because brands/companies/SEOs are too stupid to realize that feature snippets area actually working against them, they’ve been putting the effort into ranking for “position zero”, thinking it will help their brand in the long-term. Wrong. Google is just using its dominant position to force brands to give their content for free in exchange for a little bit of traffic. Next? Reason #2: Google’s new algorithm creates original articles from your content (BIG red alert!). More evidence proving the last point. Think. If Google already has this level of dominance regarding monopolizing online traffic, then imagine what will happen to the global market since they now can “read” content, “learn” from it, then produce NEW content just like us humans do, thereby becoming another publisher (thanks to A.I.)? Who would win the content war? How much more scarce will attention to businesses become? But wait, because there’s more. Reason #3: Google Makes Push to Turn Product Searches into Cash. This means that Google is aiming to make money from those searches going to businesses that have strong buying intent behind them. That’s OBVIOUS since Google is a BUSINESS. It’s not a public service. It’s a business. A business that dominates over 90% of the search market worldwide. Nevertheless, they want to monetize as many sources of traffic as possible, as they’re providing value to other businesses by sending them traffic. This is 2+2 folks. There’s not much to think about here. And since Google and Facebook own 84% of digital ad dollars worldwide, there’s not much room left for growth, is there? There is, however, room for growth for Google in one last place: charging money from everything that is currently free, like organic traffic. Think about that.
page views of an article on Slate makes MORE money than it does from the 6 million page views it receives on Apple News
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: That’s right. You read it right. Pretty isn’t? Let’s put the very words used by Slate one more time, to give you a quick idea of how much “money” Apple News is “giving” to publishers today, making them starve to death: “Slate makes more money from a single article that gets 50,000 page views on its site than it does from the 6 million page views it receives on Apple News in an average month” — SOURCE: Slate – Apple News is giving the media everything it wants — except money. Obviously, this is not a one-case story. The Guardian already removed itself from Apple News as well: “We have run extensive trials on Facebook Instant Articles and Apple News to assess how they fit with our editorial and commercial objectives. Having evaluated these trials, we have decided to stop publishing in those formats on both platforms…” – SOURCE: Digiday – The Guardian pulls out of Facebook’s Instant Articles and Apple News. Next time you think about putting money and effort into Apple News, think twice. Better yet, never think about it anymore.
of Youtube’s watch time occurs on a mobile device (globally)
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: Complementary data: The average watch time for a mobile user is 60 minutes per day which reinforces that videos with less than 1 hour will likely be consumed by the Youtube audience, while bigger videos than that, will likely not. Of course, this is just additional data that should be taken into account, but not taken as a rule. Depending on your niche — like E-learning — you may very well publish 2-hour long videos and still win because your audience definitely expects in-depth content. Finally, another important data is that in an average month, 8 out of 10 people — ages 18 to 49 years old — watch Youtube proving that you can reach your audience whether you are marketing to younger or older people. And with the explosion of SmartTVs, and with many of them becoming much cheaper, that statistic will likely increase in the near future (since SmartTVs usually have the Youtube App).
of JP Morgan’s display ads on websites were completely wasted due to massive ad fraud
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: JP Morgan & Chase had ads on 400,000 websites. Then just on 5,000. And they got the same results. This is a critical fact exposing how the advertising industry is infested with ad fraud, robots and every other criminal activity that drain marketing budgets from companies on a daily basis. The famous Methbot case where hackers made $5 MILLION dollars per day by faking 300M video views was already something hard to swallow for the industry. Then there was the case of a Business Insider advertiser who thought they had purchased $40,000 worth of ad inventory through the open exchanges when in reality, the publication only saw $97 indicating the rest of the money went to fraud. And now this. And don’t you forget about all the additional facts exposed in Market Facts #4. Bottom line? Save your money. Because now ad fraud is the favorite activity of some professional criminals due to the high ROI compared with extorsion or counterfeiting goods.
of online traffic is made of humans while the rest is just robots
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: Complementary facts: around 23% of the remaining robot traffic comes from good bots such as crawlers from search engines and bots used by professional web tools for monitoring or data extraction purposes, while the rest (29%), is from bad robots like impersonators, scrapers, spammers and hackers tools. PS: This latest survey was based on an analysis of nearly 17 billion website visits from across 100,000 domains. A quick example on how impersonators can work in practice: on Twitter, bots are being used to spread information on the French presidential campaign with 5% of the accounts tweeting a related hashtag making 40% of that hashtag’s tweets. That’s one example. Other bot impersonators may pretend to be using a certain browser with a faked header and everything to deceive your Google Analytics filters for a shady purpose. Others, may use social accounts to like posts and follow accounts automatically to inflate the following of the likes such as celebrities, TV stars, professional athletes, actors etc. Just on Facebook alone, there are around 60 MILLION fake automated accounts already. Just know this: human traffic is the minority now.
of Google searches result in ZERO clicks because of Google answering them
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: Some SEO experts advise brands to use rich snippets as a way to get Google to rank them in the top first results. However, as you can see this is stupid because Google is using your content to answer many questions by itself. I personally click on a snippet of a website once every 15 TIMES I get a snippet as an answer. Gather these facts and put together with the reality that Google’s search market share is 91% by March 2018 (worldwide) and you’ll realize why most companies have a real problem today when it comes to bringing customers via content in search results.
of Global digital investments are going only to Google & Facebook
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: Now, how serious do you think this is once you find out that Google is giving brands robot traffic and therefore, also fake clicks in return for their money? Maybe after you find out that Facebook’s ad reach “estimative” is LARGER than the actual population alive in some countries you’ll see the big problematic picture. Especially when Facebook has over 10 metrics errors that few companies knew about all these years. So besides this duopoly taking over the majority of all ad dollars available, it’s also not delivering as promised to its customers anymore.
of America’s wealth is controlled by Americans over 50 years old
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: Another important point: If Americans over 50 were a country by themselves, they would be the 3rd largest economy in the world AND they’re only targeted by 5% of all US adverts. Businesses should pay attention to these facts because there’s no point in pursuing other demographic classes too much if they won’t be able to pay you for your product/service once your marketing hits. Plus, brands are spending too much already in customer acquisition which is about to become the next big marketing problem for companies. Your company is feeding the marketing machine but when there’s a sale, your cost per acquisition is just not worth the hustle. That’s what companies are going through nowadays because the reality is that the real money, the kind of money that can keep businesses alive, is going to fewer hands. The World’s 500 Richest people saw their wealth increase by 1 TRILLION in 2017. Paying attention to what demographic can actually grow your business is critical for success in bad economic times.
of Annual Growth in Europe’s Digital Advertising market relies on data use
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: Independent Media and the EU economy will suffer now that there’s a political crackdown on data due to data misuse of tech behemoths like Google and Facebook. The Market found out about Google tracking your location even when location services are disabled, or Facebook’s famous Cambridge Analytica scandal (which apparently wasn’t enough since we now also know that Facebook collects your phone records and text messages as well). Those companies grew because of data. But the newest competitors aren’t having the same chance because of their errors and mistakes. Finally, add the famous General Data Protection Regulation destructive force to the mix and you have a real problem for data-based European Startups and consequently, for the EU economy at the end of the day. The scenario is too problematic already. This is why european regulators are getting a lot of heat from advertising experts for killing the media industry. Good thing startups are fighting (and winning) in court in order to use data from big social networks.
of content is being shared via Dark Social channels
DATE: 01/07/2023
COMMENT: There are a few reasons for this. Due to lack of trust in Social Networks’ algorithms by normal users when it comes to deliverability is one. Second, youngsters are leaving those social networks because their grandparents are liking their pictures, or employers are using Facebook to investigate them for a job application. Third, because social networks cannot beat instant messaging if you want people to actually engage. This is why CEOs share content usually via Email. Here’s a breakdown with France, Australia, Europe, UK and North America for this along with an image categorized by content categories like News, Health, Sports, Religion, Fitness etc.