Baseball for men and softball for women just started their seasons, softball a week ago. I don't really cover these sports in this blog, and there is little general interest from the general public compared to football and basketball. I do, though, regularly field fantasy Major League Baseball fantasy teams, and will again this year. However, the season begins in an unusual fashion this time, featuring the New York Yankees against the San Francisco Giants in a night game on March 25, the earliest start in league history. Netflix will stream the game also to its international audience. However, you can still watch it on your home station if you don't subscribe to Netflix. Then, the traditional Opening Day follows on Thursday, March 26, with all teams in action. All-Star Game on July 14 in Philadelphia, beginning of the postseason on September 29 and World series on October 23. The Los Angeles Dodgers are heavy favorites to win the World Series. A...
Bitcoin has dropped 45% since its peak of 126,000 in October of 2025 . Here is a video on what has happened . Two historic graphs. Of course, who would have known, but: If you had purchased $100 worth of Bitcoin earlier in 2015, it would today be worth close to $25,000 today. If you bought at the end of 2015, around $15,000. Of course, if you had somehow gotten in at the beginning, here is what I wrote in October of last year, updating Bitcoin when it was at this high period. By late 2009, the first recorded exchange of Bitcoin for dollars was $5.02. Something to do with pizza, but on 22May2010, 10,000 Bitcoins were worth $40. June 2011: $26/bitcoin. February 2013: $22/bitcoin. But those numbers have not been used to make this comparison to today Here is what $100 invested in these companies in early 2015 would be worth in late 2025/early 2026: Amazon (AMZN): ~$880 - $950 Apple (AAPL): ~$850 - $1,150 Alphabet/Google (G...