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Is David Bullying Goliath?

Netflix Tops 200 Million Subscribers for the First Time; Streaming giant added a record 37 million subscribers in 2020 📺👀 -@WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/netflix-tops-200-million-subscribers-for-the-first-time-11611090902

“Sometimes the emotional returns on your capital are more important than the financial returns.” 😊🤑 – @awealthofcs

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/01/so-you-turned-300k-into-3-million-now-what/

Intel has a surplus of problems and a shortage of solutions 😟 – @benthompson

https://stratechery.com/2021/intel-problems/

Microsoft is investing in GM’s self-driving vehicle startup Cruise 🤖🚗 – @marketwatch

https://www.marketwatch.com/story/gm-stock-soars-toward-another-record-after-microsoft-partnership-on-driverless-cars-11611072730

Washington state taps Starbucks for help with Covid vaccine rollout

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/washington-state-taps-starbucks-help-covid-vaccine-rollout-n1254607

Why an urban real estate rebound isn’t a sure thing post-pandemic 🏙🏘 – @reformedbroker

The ‘Burbs

Why the fast-food chicken sandwich war is heating up again 🐔🥪 – @WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-chick-fil-a-popeyes-and-other-chains-bite-into-the-fervor-for-chicken-sandwiches-11611052200

“If 2020 taught me anything, it was what the late Jack Bogle was fond of saying, “Nobody knows nothing.” 🧐 – @dollarsanddata

10 Investing Lessons from 2020

Goldman Sachs traded its way to blowout Q4 earnings 🤑 – @FT

https://www.ft.com/content/43c86f1d-77b5-4524-bf66-11ac10fbd41f

The Main Reason Quants Have Performed Badly? Value 😯📉 -@iimag

https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1q48vjkrgzc1w/The-Main-Reason-Quants-Have-Performed-Badly-Value

“Yet all bubbles are not bad in and of themselves.” 🎈 – @wealthofcs

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/01/why-bubbles-are-good-for-innovation/

Alone among major economies, China’s economy expanded by 2.3% in 2020 🇨🇳 – @WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/china-is-the-only-major-economy-to-report-economic-growth-for-2020-11610936187

JB on Twitter ex-Trump

re: Trumpless Twitter

Not every blog post is a game-changer, but these three were 🎯 – @reformedbroker

The Three Most Important Posts I’ve Ever Written

The government of Iran is blaming ₿itcoin miners for massive blackouts 🔌 – @WashingtonPost

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/01/16/massive-blackouts-have-hit-iran-government-is-blaming-bitcoin/

Everbody is just guessing about business travel post-pandemic ✈️🚄 – @WSJ

https://www.wsj.com/articles/covid-19-pandemics-impact-on-business-travel-hitting-local-economies-11610879401

Historical asset class stats tell us more about risk than returns 🤔 – @awealthofcs

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/01/stock-bond-cash-returns-1928-2020/

“Bubbles are driven by human nature and human nature is impossible to predict in terms of when it’s going to turn.” 🎈📌 – @awealthofcs

https://awealthofcommonsense.com/2021/01/how-to-invest-in-a-bubble/

Stock Market Investing Financial Advice

Bullish with a Chance of Civil War

“Which matters more to equities, valuations or the economy?” 🤔 – @ritholtz

“The Robinhood traders are getting smarter.” 🧐 – @michaelbatnick