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https://www.wsj.com/articles/instagrams-short-video-feature-reels-debuts-in-u-s-as-threats-to-tiktok-mount-11596632402?st=dcb9093f1j76s6s&reflink=article_copyURL_share

“The Beatles, Nike, and LEGO have remained popular across multiple generations. They are the exceptions.” 👟🎶🧩 – @morganhousel

https://www.collaborativefund.com/blog/what-always-changes/

Why you need to pay attention to the drumbeat of coronavirus vaccine news 💉📰 – @reformedbroker

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Johnson & Johnson reaches deal with U.S. for 100 million doses of coronavirus vaccine at more than $1 billion

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/08/05/jj-reaches-deal-with-us-for-100-million-doses-of-coronavirus-vaccine-at-more-than-1-billion.html

New York City Residents’ Wealth Drops $336 Billion From Year Ago 💰💰 -@business

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-08-05/new-york-city-residents-wealth-drops-336-billion-from-year-ago

Tele-health companies Teladoc Health and Livongo, are merging in a stock-and-cash deal 🏥📲 – @FT

https://www.ft.com/content/dd293cfc-e98c-4a64-837c-56a7593cf929

New York Times digital revenues exceeded print for the first time in Q2 📱🗞 – @NYTimes

Clorox has named Linda Rendle as its new chief executive, bringing the number of women CEOs on the Fortune 500 list to a record…38 🧴👩‍💼 – @CNN

https://www.cnn.com/2020/08/04/business/fortune-500-women-ceos/index.html

Disney announced that “Mulan” will skip theaters and will premiere on Disney+ to rent for $29.99 ⚔️🎟️ – @Variety

With ‘Mulan,’ Disney Tests Out Entirely New Early VOD Model

SPDR Gold Shares, GLD, now holds 1,258 tons of gold which ranks it among the world’s biggest holders, on par with many central banks 🥇 – @FT

https://www.ft.com/content/5316a714-6aa9-4919-ab29-96fab47cf2d4

Apple’s weight in the S&P 500 is now larger than IBM’s weight was back in 1985 🍎💾 – @business

https://www.msn.com/en-us/finance/markets/as-apple-nears-242-trillion-its-share-of-s-26p-500-hits-milestone/ar-BB17zfAi

“The nature of market cap-weighted strategies means the companies with the largest market caps will always have a say in the performance.” 📣 – @awealthofcs

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2020/08/concentrated-in-the-stock-market/

Disney+ now has more than 60.5 million paying subscribers 🐭📺 – @TechCrunch

Disney+ grows to more than 60.5M subscribers

There are fewer publicly traded companies in the US than there used to be, but they are much bigger 🐜🐘 – @michaelbatnick

Where’d All the Stocks Go?

If net worth isn’t the most important number in personal finance, what is? 🤔 – @dollarsanddata

The Most Important Number in Personal Finance

US Treasury will borrow a record $4.5 trillion in 2020, triple the 2019 borrowing

https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-will-borrow-estimated-2-trillion-in-second-half-of-2020-treasurysays-11596482647?mod=pls_whats_news_us_business_f

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Continued unemployment claims decreased to 16,107,000 last week 👷‍♀️👷‍♂️ – @calculatedrisk

DID YOU KNOW: Apple has added nearly a trillion in market cap in the past 12 months? 🍎🤯 – @axios

Parent of the nation’s largest mortgage lender, Quicken Loans, is now public 🏡💵 – @WSJ

Instagram unveiled its “TikTok killer” Reels feature last night