Let's start with a little history, shall we? On this day in 1057, At the Battle of Lumphanan, King Macbeth of Scotland is slain by Malcolm Canmore, whose father, King Duncan I, was murdered by Macbeth 17 years earlier. On August 14, 1040, Macbeth killed Duncan in a battle near Elgin, and he was crowned king of Scotland in his place. Also-On this day in 1899, in Detroit, Michigan, Henry Ford resigns his position as chief engineer at the Edison Illuminating Company’s main plant in order to concentrate on automobile production. Charged with keeping the city’s electricity flowing, Ford was on call 24 hours a day, with no regular working hours, and when not working could tinker away at his real goal of building a gasoline-powered vehicle. He completed his first functioning gasoline engine at the end of 1893, his first horseless carriage, called the Quadricycle, by 1896. $FAnd-On this day in 1961, two days after sealing off free passage between East and West Berlin with barbed wire, East German authorities begin building a wall–the Berlin Wall–to permanently close off access to the West. For the next 28 years, the heavily fortified Berlin Wall stood as the most tangible symbol of the Cold War–a literal “iron curtain” dividing Europe. Everything listed in Today's Markets is showing Red except, wait for it....Bitcoin. Still trying to understand the significance of Bitcoin. Gold and Crude make sense to me. Bitcoin, not so much. Where is the link to the rest of Wall Street Breakfast? Very light news day, so it seems. Tesla $TSLA news is certainly interesting. Now it seems that some Board members are getting fed up with CEO Elon Musk. Why did it take so long? Tesla’s board members are also racing to inoculate themselves from the possible fallout from Mr. Musk’s public statements and Tesla's outside directors have hired two law firms to represent them. Maybe Mr. Musk was just joking when he Tweeted that he had "funding secured" to take Tesla private. Looking forward to what the SEC has to say. David Einhorn reduces his stake in $AAPL and several other stocks as his Greenlight Capital fund continues to return negative results. Warren Buffet and Berkshire Hathaway increase their stake in Apple and several others as they continue to return positive results. Why would anyone invest with David Einhorn at this point? Makes zero sense to me. (Disclosure: I am long AAPL and have held and added shares for years) This is the day The Lord has made. Let us rejoice and be glad in it. Checking a few other stock/investing news sources to see what I am missing this morning. Ah ha- Back to Tesla for minute:Elon Musk told investors this week that “obviously, the Saudi sovereign fund has more than enough capital needed” to finance taking Tesla private. “They (Saudi PFI) could handle part of taking Tesla private, but not necessarily a large part of it and certainly not all of it,” a banker at a major Gulf firm operating in Saudi Arabia said. The plot thickens. Is Turkey the new Greece? I recall Greece being the news on a daily basis several years back. Could be seeing the same market reaction with Turkey. Where is Jon Corzine and will MF Global supply the addition funds needed by Mr. Musk? Where is Marissa Mayer and how did her decision to hire Katie Couric work out for Yahoo? Have a great day everyone. Stay safe, sage, and sane out there. Excelsior!via @deercreekvols