Let's start with a little history, shall we? On this day in 1867, the first stock ticker is unveiled in New York City. The advent of the ticker ultimately revolutionized the stock market by making up-to-the-minute prices available to investors around the country. Prior to this development, information from the New York Stock Exchange, which has been around since 1792, traveled by mail or messenger. The ticker was the brainchild of Edward Calahan, who configured a telegraph machine to print stock quotes on streams of paper tape (the same paper tape later used in ticker-tape parades). The ticker, which caught on quickly with investors, got its name from the sound its type wheel made.Also-On this day in 1806, Approaching the Colorado foothills of the Rocky Mountains during his second exploratory expedition, Lieutenant Zebulon Pike spots a distant mountain peak that looks “like a small blue cloud.” The mountain was later named Pike’s Peak in his honor. When Pike first saw the peak that would later bear his name, he grossly underestimated its height and its distance, never having seen mountains the size of the Rockies. He told his men they should be able to walk to the peak, climb it, and return before dinner. Pike and his men struggled through snow and sub-zero temperatures before finally taking shelter in a cave for the night, without even having reached the base of the towering mountain. Pike later pronounced the peak impossible to scale.And-On this day in 1889, after a 49-year reign, Pedro II, the second and last emperor of Brazil, is deposed in a military coup. The Brazilian monarchy was established in 1822, when Portugal’s crown prince, Dom Pedro, defied his Parliament and proclaimed an independent Brazil under his rule. The Brazilian empire got off to a rough start, however, and in 1831 Emperor Pedro I abdicated in favor of his five-year-old son and returned to Portugal. Pedro II was crowned emperor in 1841 and proved to be a much more capable leader than his father. During his five-decade reign, Brazil enjoyed unprecedented stability, as its troubled economy stabilized and began to grow. However, he later alienated certain sectors in society, such as the military and the growing urban middle class. After being deposed in 1889, Pedro II went to Europe, where he died in exile two years later. Investors are worried about Apple's iPhone sales? OK. I am an investor in $AAPL and am not worried. I think it is the analysts who are worried about not having any numbers to work with in forecasting expectations. Time will tell with Apple, it always does.Apple, 20% down from top and in correction territory. $AAPL, Apple Inc. / H1 Is Amazon supposed to make up the $3.9B that the USPS lost? Interesting to keep an eye on. $AMZN, Amazon.com, Inc. / H1 This is the day The Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Levi Strauss going public? Not sure I will be investing in the stock, but this will certainly give them a cash boost. Nothing on Tesla all week? Have no fear. There is always tomorrow. Folks in my neck of the woods are wondering why businesses continue to leave our region due to NY's taxes and poor business climate yet Albany chose to throw all sorts of incentives at Amazon to secure getting them in NYC. Good questions being asked with no answers being given. Exelixis announces that collaboration partner Ipsen has received marketing approval from the European Commission for CABOMETYX as monotherapy in adult patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who have been previously treated with Bayer's Nexavar. No word on $EXEL getting a pre-market boost or not, so it seems. Where is Jon Corzine and will MF Global be a buyer of JP Morgan also? Where is Marissa Mayer and did Katie Couric ever send her a Thank You card? Have a great day everyone. Stay safe, sage, and sane out there. Excelsior! via @deercreekvols