The Lowry Letter®

Week of 3/18/2021

We continue to be encouraged by the progress of Covid vaccinations across the United States. Recent positive movement in consumer confidence and better-than-expected jobless claims are signs that the economic recovery will proceed apace.

Some other interesting items are below.

Have you heard of “non-fungible tokens” (NFTs)? NFTs are a way to buy digital art with interesting ownership implications. Read more here.

Globally, there are many projects underway to develop small modular nuclear reactors to provide clean and safe power that is cheaper than traditional nuclear power. Sign us up.

We hope our coffee-loving friends don’t take this personally- Psychiatrists rarely ask about caffeine use when assessing patients, but excessive consumption causes symptoms that overlap with those of many psychiatric disorders.

Divers found an ancient Greek “analog computer” over 100 years ago and scientists now believe they are close to beginning construction of a replica. It will be a challenging project!

The last civil war widow died in 2020 at the age of 101. She was 19 years old when she married a 91-year-old Civil War veteran in 1936! She did not claim his pension benefit.

There have been a few notable lottery frauds, and this podcast explains one interesting example.

Ask the Joes® (and Cale) examines the difference between speculation and investment. For us, those words have some important distinctions and we go into that briefly. The key takeaway- as investors, decisions based on company performance and prospects are a key driver of our decisions.