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Sherwin-Williams is the largest U.S. producer of paint, coatings, and related products. The company has approximately 64,000 employees and operates over 5,000 retail stores and facilities in over 120 countries. Sherwin-Williams supplies coatings directly to retailers, distributors, industrial & commercial customers, and other industry professionals. The company acquired Valspar in 2017. SHW shares are a component of the S&P 500.

The markets have pivoted at midday and lost their earlier momentum higher. This despite a boost this morning on favorable inflation data. The Dow is almost 1% lower while the Nasdaq is clinging to positive territory. Inflation cooled by a significant pace last month. Headline CPI slowed to 2.8%, for February versus 3.0% in January. Core CPI decelerated to 3.1% compared the 3.3% the month before. The trade wars look to escalate with the EU and Canada retaliating with their own tariffs. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note is at 4.29%. Oil is at $67 per barrel. Bitcoin is near $81,000.

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Sociedad Quimica y Minera de Chile is a Chilean commodities producer with significant operations in lithium (primarily used in batteries for electric vehicles and energy storage systems), specialty and standard potassium fertilizers, iodine (primarily used in X-ray contrast media), and solar salts. The company extracts these materials through its high-quality salt brine deposits and caliche ore. SQM is developing a hard rock lithium project in Australia and expanding its lithium refining assets in China.