Plastics, Earnings & AI

Check out the accompanying pdf and chart collection. (1) Mother Nature has been inflating plastics prices via weather and Covid. (2) Help wanted at plastic plants. (3) Watching recent jump in oil and gas prices. (4) Commodity Chemical industry earnings soar this year but peter out in 2022. (5) Checking out 2022 S&P 500 earnings. (6) Industrials and Consumer Discretionary sectors maintain their leadership next year. (7) Materials and Financials not so much. (8) The US military embraces data and AI. (9) A disturbing view of machine-based warfare.