Neil Freiman

Power said that owners of battery electric vehicles reported that door handles being too difficult to use at a rate of 3.1 problems per 100 vehicles, which was up from 0.2 in 2020.

It basically wasn't an issue in 2020.

Now it is a serious issue and often the top issue for people.

There have been numerous reports to safety regulators saying that I've been trying to get into my car or more dangerously, I've been trying to get out of my car in certain situations and I can't because when the battery dies, that also renders the door handles dead as well.

So I can't leave my car when I need to.

That's something that regulators are starting to address.

I think from knobs and buttons shifting to touch screens, from door handles going from manual to electrification, and from these headlights going from halogens to LEDs, which are much brighter, we're going to start to see some pushback, I think, in 2026 or the next few years after that, to create a more manual sense of what a car used to be.

Because consumers are going to balk at this, not only because they find it less intuitive, but also because it drives a car price higher.

And already cars are, you know, upwards of averaging $47,000 for a new car.

The world's 1.4 billion Catholics got a new leader this year after the death of Pope Francis in April, but everyone, no matter their religion, was captivated by the spectacle that led to the election of the first American pontiff, Pope Leo XIV from Chicago.

More than $40 million was wagered on prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi as the secretive conclave got underway.

And he would have made a killing if you bet on Robert Prevost, who would soon become Pope Leo.

His odds hovered between just 1% and 2% before his election, a real underdog story.

People also turned to an Oscar-winning movie from 2024 to learn more about the process by which a pope is elected.

streaming viewership for Conclave jumped 283% the day after Pope Francis died, while another Pope movie, The Two Popes from 2019, saw a 417% spike.

Overall, the Conclave did not last long, with the Cardinals requiring just 33 hours and four ballots to send up the white smoke, instantly making Prevost the most famous White Sox fan in the world.

And everything was coming up Vatican City this year in terms of Neal's numbers.

There was this viral post on LinkedIn that talked about the country with the most CFA charter holders and Bloomberg terminals per capita, CFA charter holder

It's someone who is a certified financial advisor and is just considered more of an expert in all things portfolio management and investment management.

Well, with four CFA charterholders, according to Bloomberg, the Vatican has the most CFA charterholders per capita ever.