Hi, hello there. Before we kick off this week’s stock report, I’d like to pass along some personal news: I had a baby girl! Technically my wife had her; I kinda just stood idly by the wayside, holding her hand and gently murmuring the platitudes I’d learned from our labor preparation course (I realized almost instantly that nothing can adequately prepare you to watch another person experience something as intense as labor—so, if you’re interested in having a baby, maybe just skip those classes and save yourself a couple hundred bucks). Hence, for the four or so of you who actually enjoy reading my blogs and devouring my piquant takes with ravenous hunger, the baby is why I’ve been kinda absent for the past three weeks.