The latest Investing Matters Podcast episode featuring financial educator and author Jared Dillian has been released. Listen here.
A wee reminder about how much we might be worth if someone tried to snaffle us. Etsy are buying Depop for $1.6bn which equates to 23x Depop's sales. Depop are loss making. Obviously a different industry so like for likes are dangerous but on this basis we are worth...about £3.5bn - 4bn, call it £54 a share!
Fascinating thread by Prof Christina Pagel. httpss://twitter.com/chrischirp/status/1404869594226036743?s=19
It appears unlikely that the gov will take the measures her and others have suggested. With those kind of case numbers the Gov will have no choice but to ramp up PCR testing whilst at the same time LFT will be in huge demand as the economy opens up.
Someone tell Vlad at SP Angel that 'peak testing' is still to come.
Hi Oriens, Achilleas from Nova liked the post from katalyst, not the follow up comment. His like is still there. Currently our only Achilles heel is communication which is hopefully going to change in the next week or so.
Not sure what Gambica's relationship is with novacyt but they seem to be big fans https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gambica_gambica40-labtech-tradeshows-activity-6808301832826322944-OcYi
Gov don't seem to be updating variant data anymore but another huge surge in Delta https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-57287112.amp
BBC News - Amazon beefs up Covid testing capabilities
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-57325574
The number of rapid Covid-19 tests carried out in England has fallen to its lowest level in five weeks.
That's despite all members of the public being eligible to take two rapid tests a week, for free.
The latest Test and Trace figures show just under 4.9 million of the lateral flow device tests were carried out in the week to 19 May, which is down 4% from the previous week.
It is the fourth week in a row the number has decreased.
The swab tests give results in 30 minutes or less, without samples having to be sent to a lab for processing. Some are carried out in places such as schools and care homes but many are done at home, with people then expected to report their results.
The number of rapid tests peaked at just over 7.6 million in the week to 17 March, which coincided with the return of secondary students to school.
The latest figures also show 974,412 polymerase chain reaction (PCR) tests - which do need to be sent to a lab - were conducted in the week to 19 May. It is the second highest weekly total since the end of March.
Cases almost doubled again: Public Health England data shows cases of the variant have risen by 3,535 to 6,959 since last week (gov page not updated but was on BBC news).
An RNS stating we are playing a central role in fighting this variant would be nice.
https://twitter.com/michaelmina_lab/status/1397576198788718592?s=19