
Real residential fixed investment as a % of real GDP is down to Q1 2009 levels:
Aaron Edelheit
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Real residential fixed investment as a % of real GDP is down to Q1 2009 levels:











Garmin’s ability to adapt very impressive. It jumped ~20% today (to record $58B) after earnings beat and guided to sales of $8B for 2026. Over the past 18 years, it’s survived existential threats from Google and Apple: ◽️ GPS: When Google released Maps for Android in 2008, Garmin's car GPS devices made $2B a year (~70% of total sales). It's now only $1B year (or ~12% of sales) ◽️Smartwatches: From 2008 to 2014, Garmin’s smart fitness watches (GPS, heart tracking, waterproof) grew from $0 to $1B. Then, Apple released the Apple Watch. In response to the Apple threat, Garmin started selling high-end models and has carved out a niche in the premium fitness smartwatch market ($2-$3,000 price points vs. sub-$1,000 for Apple Watch Ultra). Smartwatches (under “Fitness”) made $2.3B in 2025 and was the company’s largest segment for the first time. Today, fitness and outdoor equipment make up ~60% of Garmin's revenue (GPS — evenly divided between car, aviation and marine segments — is ~40% of revenue vs. 100% in 2008). After surviving Big Tech haymakers, Garmin’s market cap is up 9x from 2008.

A tale of two pictures: cannabis consumption and serious mental illness. Cannabis consumption rising, serious mental illness falling. This should be impossible if cannabis causes mental illness.

Pot is far less harmful than alcohol or cigarettes, so it's hard to see that as a bad thing. Yes, I realize it's now based or whatever to prefer smoking and drinking to weed—those are my preferences, too—but come on.
