The guys over at Stocktwits have created a Corona index. A small basket of stocks that tracks Coronavirus related stocks frequently mentioned on Stocktwits. Below is a daily chart of the index. (You can view the index on Koyfin here) The top video conferencing app Zoom $Zm is part of the index and a stock…
Earlier this month Andreessen Horowitz released Marketplace 100. “Marketplace 100, a ranking of the largest and fastest-growing consumer-facing marketplace startups and private companies.” Food, travel & groceries dominate the list. And celebrity shout out services are a thing, and at number 67. “By offering celebrities an easy way to make money and build rapport with…
I always knew you got charged for taking money out abroad, buying things abroad etc but I don’t think I ever realised how much. Lazy on my part. I just checked with my main bank account and it’s a staggering 2.75% + £1.50 per transaction! Makes you wonder how challenger banks can do it for…
I had an email this morning from FootballAdvisor.net promoting their MLS Soccer Trading Guide. For anyone interested in sport trading their are some interesting stats in the email: 61% of games see Over 2.5 Goals a game, with 69% of games seeing Both Teams Scoring 34% of Los Angeles FC games have averaged 5 goals…
I had a golf lesson over the weekend. The club are looking at allowing owners play a round of golf with their ‘well behaved’ dogs. I had never heard of this before but apparently more & more clubs are doing it. To me it seems opening up a whole can of worms leading arguments on…
Over the weekend Berkshire released their annual shareholder letter, I haven’t read it yet but you can read it here
Going through the charts this weekend I noticed that gold has been getting bought heavily since October last year. The markets are forward looking. The next few months will be interesting.
“China’s government is enlisting the help of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd and Tencent Holdings Ltd to expand color-based systems for tracking individuals affected with the coronavirus nationwide.” On Wedensday…
“How do you survive in space? Turns out that mental models are really useful. In his book An Astronaut’s Guide to Life on Earth, Chris Hadfield gives an in-depth look into the learning and knowledge required for a successful space mission. Hadfield was, among other roles with NASA, the first Canadian commander of the International…
The bulk of my pension is dollar cost averaging into the S&P500 each month. I do hold a portfolio of individual stocks that I have just added to a watchlist in KoyFin which you can view here. Below is the list of the long term holds in my pension: My portoflio is based on key…
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