<html><body>Millions of avid sports fans have spent the last year at home, rather than in the crowds of stadiums and arenas. But there might be a silver lining -- <a href="https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/19740480/the-united-states-sports-betting-where-all-50-states-stand-legalization">20 states have legalized sports betting and iGaming. </a>In addition, <a href="https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/19740480/the-united-states-sports-betting-where-all-50-states-stand-legalization">six more states have passed bills</a> to legal sports betting, which are set to be legalized in the months ahead. In contrast, most other states that have yet passed a bill have introduced one. According to Goldman Sachs’ extremely <a href="https://www.casino.org/news/goldman-sachs-forecasts-massive-market-for-igaming-sports-betting/">bullish forecast for the online betting and gambling market</a>, the industry stands to grow 40% per year if the entire country stays the course to legalization. This would put sports betting on track to be a $39 billion industry by 2033.The biggest players might be the ones who have a vehicle to spread awareness of their brand far-and-wide. So, we’re breaking down the top four sports betting stocks that have the partnerships, attention and money on their side in attacking the U.S. market. 1. DraftKings ($DKNG)Arguably the largest, and most recognizable, sports betting stock is DraftKings. According to Roundhill Investments, the sports betting company<a href="https://www.roundhillinvestments.com/research/sportsbetting/sports-betting-market-leaders-by-state"> is the market leader in Indiana, West Virginia, Colorado, Oregon and New Hampshire</a>. Because of its size, it’s no surprise that DraftKings has picked up some of the most high-profile sponsorships. In September 2020, the company <a href="https://sporttechie.com/espn-expands-partnerships-with-draftkings-caesars">expanded an existing partnership with ESPN</a> that helped prominently feature the company during programming. In March of this year, the company unveiled <a href="https://www.thestreet.com/investing/draftkings-jumps-on-dish-network-partnership">a partnership with DISH Network ($DISH)</a> and<a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/draftkings-stock-surges-after-deal-to-be-ufcs-official-sportsbook-daily-fantasy-partner-2021-03-04"> became the official sportsbook of the UFC</a>. And that just scratches the surface of their business partnerships.In the last year, <a href="https://www.google.com/finance/quote/DKNG:NASDAQ?window=1Y">$DKNG has run over 328%</a> and collected buying interest from <a href="https://twitter.com/CathieDWood">Cathie Wood of ARK Invest</a>. As of April 9, <a href="https://cathiesark.com/ark-funds-combined/complete-holdings">DraftKings is 1.3% of ARK Invest’s total fund</a>.2. Flutter Entertainment ($FLTR.LN)Flutter Entertainment is a global sports betting and iGaming company. <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/justinbirnbaum/2020/12/03/flutters-42-billion-fanduel-purchase-is-a-high-cost-us-land-grab-and-its-worth-every-penny/?sh=12e910792d9b">Flutter owns 95% of the sports betting company FanDuel as of December 2020</a>. According to Roundhill Investments, they are <a href="https://www.roundhillinvestments.com/research/sportsbetting/sports-betting-market-leaders-by-state">the market leader in New Jersey and Pennsylvania</a>. In the last few months, FanDuel has become one of the biggest sportsbooks in America by volume. This has encouraged Flutter to consider spinning off FanDuel as its own company. Before that happens, the company will have to settle a lawsuit filed against them by Fox Corp. ($FOXA), who is <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/06/fox-files-lawsuit-against-flutter-over-fanduel-ownership-stake.html">entitled to an option to buy nearly a fifth of the company</a>. In the last year, <a href="https://www.google.com/finance/quote/FLTR:LON?window=1Y">Flutter (which trades in the UK as $FLTR) has risen 105%</a>.3. Penn National Gaming ($PENN)A year ago, Penn National Gaming made <a href="https://public.com/bullish">our Bullish Rippers list</a> after announcing<a href="https://www.vox.com/recode/2020/1/29/21113130/barstool-sports-penn-national-deal-dave-portnoy-chernin"> their plan to buy 36% of Barstool Sports</a>. At the time, many might have been perplexed by the fact that a lesser-known casino and racetrack operator was buying the publisher. But a well-known brand in the sports sphere like Barstool makes it an excellent venue for hosting a sportsbook.In the year since then, Penn National Gaming has leveraged Barstool and the Barstool Sportsbook to <a href="https://www.google.com/finance/quote/PENN:NASDAQ?sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjJ9Zio_fHvAhULVs0KHYtwDGUQ3ecFMAB6BAgHEBo&amp;window=1Y">run over 635%</a>. <a href="https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/penn-national-gaming-stock-sp500-dave-portnoy-barstool-record-high-2021-3-1030206979">The company was added to the S&amp;P 500 in March</a>. This came even as <a href="https://www.sportspromedia.com/news/barstool-sports-penn-national-gaming-revenue-q4-2020">Penn reported a 23% drop in revenue in Q4</a> because of physical property closures due to COVID-19. Although Barstool Sportsbook is new, it might be one of the best positioned to take on the market.4. Bally’s Corporation ($BALY)A few months ago, <a href="https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/disney-fox-rsns-sinclair-1203203930/#:~:text=Disney%20has%20reached%20a%20deal,on%20Friday%2C%20per%20the%20Journal.">FOX announced</a> that they would be selling off their 21 regional sports networks to Sinclair Broadcast Group. The nearly $11 billion sale <a href="https://thehill.com/homenews/media/450189-warren-sanders-booker-urge-review-of-sinclair-106b-acquisition-of-regional">collected political scrutiny</a> because <a href="https://www.vox.com/2018/4/3/17180020/sinclair-broadcast-group-conservative-trump-david-smith-local-news-tv-affiliate">Sinclair itself is a controversial company</a>. The sale eventually cleared, allowing Bally to <a href="https://www.sportico.com/business/sports-betting/2020/ballys-sinclair-naming-rights-1234616912/">acquire the naming rights to the networks in November 2020</a>. When they acquired the rights, they also offered a warrant to Sinclair to acquire a sizable stake of Bally’s. The news of the naming rights purchase caused <a href="https://www.google.com/finance/quote/BALY:NYSE?window=1Y">Bally’s to go on a monster run, doubling since November</a>.Bally’s operates a dozen casinos and racetrack locations throughout the United States. However, the company has not launched a mobile sportsbook in its own name yet. For now, they enlist the services of FanDuel at some of their physical casino locations. There are signs in the new Sinclair-Bally’s arrangement that point to that changing.The company <a href="https://investors.ballys.com/news/news-details/2021/Ballys-Corporation-Awarded-Temporary-Sports-Wagering-Permit-In-Virginia/default.aspx">received a temporary sports wagering permit in Virginia</a> in March, pending acceptance of similar licenses in at least a dozen other states. Bally’s is working backwards to get to consumers. However, having a major regional sports network in your name is probably a good starting point to getting there.Going Long on Sports BettingThough these four stocks are likely strong bets for capitalizing on the sports betting trend in the U.S, there are ways to capitalize on the industry globally. One way is buying an ETF like <a href="https://www.roundhillinvestments.com/etf/betz/">Roundhill Sports Betting &amp; iGaming ETF</a> ($BETZ) or <a href="https://www.vaneck.com/us/en/investments/gaming-etf-bjk">VanEck Vectors Gaming ETF</a> ($BJK). This is an easy way to gain access to an actively managed portfolio of sports betting companies like the ones above, including ones in international markets that might be more difficult to acquire.</body></html>

Millions of avid sports fans have spent the last year at home, rather than in the crowds of stadiums and arenas. But there might be a silver lining -- <a href="https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/19740480/the-united-states-sports-betting-where-all-50-states-stand-legalization">20 states have legalized sports betting and iGaming. </a>In addition, <a href="https://www.espn.com/chalk/story/_/id/19740480/the-united-states-sports-betting-where-all-50-states-stand-legalization">six more states have passed bills</a> to legal sports betting, which are set to be legalized in the months ahead. In contrast, most other states that have yet passed a bill have introduced one.&nbsp;

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<html><body>Hi, I’m Dr. Parik Patel, BA, CFA, ACCA, Esq. If you don’t <a href="https://bullish.studio/articles/dr-parik-meme-diagnosis-of-the-week-an-interview-with-viral-parik-patel">know me already</a>, I’m a Chartered FinMeme Analyst (CFA) with a particular expertise in #stonk valuation (pro-tip: just multiply by two). Anyways, I’ve been told that I have a particularly special insight into the world of finance and memes, so the team at Bullish asked me to <a href="https://bullish.studio/tag/@DrParikPatel">create a regular round-up </a>to help explain what the hell happened this week… and then offer my “diagnosis” of the virality. This week was another eventful one, with all of us eagerly waiting for the stock market to open after the long Easter weekend. It did not disappoint, with the Dow Jones and S&amp;P 500 hitting <a href="https://www.marketwatch.com/story/dow-sp-500-end-at-records-as-stock-market-stages-post-easter-rally-2021-04-05">fresh all-time-highs</a> as strong economic data boosted investor sentiment. This hasn’t been a rosy time for everyone, though, with <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/credit-suisse-archegos-capital-greensill-cost-risk-officer-bonuses-investment-bank-dividend-074318224.html">the fallout from the Archegos Capital blow up</a> hitting banks like Credit Suisse, which is set to lose $4.7 billion from the debacle. And finally, to make the week even more bizarre, Professor Galloway, aka Professor Cold Takes, decided to follow in Chamath’s footsteps and <a href="https://twitter.com/litcapital/status/1379865657483915278?s=20">posted a thirst trap</a> for the world to see.Once again, big stuff is going down, but what does it all MEME? Without further ado, let’s dive into Dr. Parik’s Meme Diagnosis of the Week…<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6YUUtcOj2hOGbt3L8c5k1t7R8vXEjK_UlfQUEs2hcUzxOeQndUDkcfi1nPm9Xpa913FFbh7Y0cK7DOly-afeciZ1h45QOGJUYUWizFQLp5hHpqHWEsyW3d6tEHRtIMnOMrKYmX-L"/><figcaption>Image via <a href="https://twitter.com/ParikPatelCFA/status/1377974527938936833?s=20">@ParikPatelCFA</a></figcaption></figure>Summary: This past holiday weekend was particularly difficult for those of us (all of us) who are addicted to the stock market. Seeing the market close on Friday was a real blow to those of us who use stocks as a personality trait. Instead of spending hours staring at charts, we had to spend that time with real people, including family (!). Monday couldn’t come soon enough.Dr. Parik’s Diagnosis: Despite the frustration, our patience was rewarded. And thanks to some strong economic data and muted activity from the 10-year yield, both the S&amp;P 500 and Dow Jones closed at record levels. To use an old adage, “He who is patient will see his stocks go up,” which Warren Buffett once said, probably.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/0XRlAVyv2HiW1TmeAf6Rd-qGf46J3Zhto66BHSkJQmm6qH0qGcEqM9fbP5cLXYmSel79g_jrUpzTIrdPVcDyOcpHxeXf9fDcDEmes9TNChXUJ81G7OV33BaBYlEqWGl7FzmRK0z9"/><figcaption>Image via <a href="https://twitter.com/GRDecter/status/1378400395702194177?s=20">@GRDecter</a></figcaption></figure>Summary: Not all was rosy in the finance world this week, though, as the <a href="https://finance.yahoo.com/news/credit-suisse-archegos-capital-greensill-cost-risk-officer-bonuses-investment-bank-dividend-074318224.html">fallout from the Archegos Capital blow up</a> became ever more visible on the street. For the unfamiliar, Archegos was a family office that heavily levered up and made a handful of risky bets on stocks like Viacom, which started to slide mid-last week. After facing margin calls on their positions, Archegos was unable to provide extra cash, so the banks began selling off stocks on the fund’s behalf. Credit Suisse and Nomura took the biggest hit, with the Swiss bank reporting that it will lose an estimated $4.7 billion from the debacle.Dr. Parik’s Diagnosis: Whether it’s on Robinhood or an institutional fund, investors will literally lever up their portfolio and then get margin-called instead of going to therapy. Try therapy — it’s cheaper.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/Qle7LdjpmW-Mf7Bz0VWxLHWAtrm76t73jpgSdFBSmXItTcoDkofdOd5u4YenD5VNThVHnYG1b8JmKABPXXBJ5VreQP-a6d7pYaiC6_NAYo959Cq4XhVtE2UAYnvwtyV4s-DCOiZT"/></figure>Summary: In blazin’ news for weed smokers and investors alike, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/31/nyregion/cuomo-ny-legal-weed.html">New York officially legalized adult-use cannabis</a>. Although retail sales aren’t expected to begin until 2022, it is now legal for New Yorkers to possess and smoke the sweet leaf, as long as they’re over the age of 21. Analysts estimate that the New York cannabis market could be <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/25/nyregion/ny-legalize-marijuana.html#:~:text=The%20cannabis%20market%20in%20New,York%20Medical%20Cannabis%20Industry%20Association.">worth as much as  $7 billion</a> once it’s fully established and regulated. Dr. Parik’s Diagnosis: This is bullish news for weed #stonks, which, like smokers, should start to get higher if the industry takes off. The question arises whether legal weed will produce the same effects as illegal weed. If not… the secret ingredient may well be crime.<figure class="image"><img src="https://bullish-embed.imgix.net/Screen_Shot_2021_04_09_at_10_52_48_AM_76c077db01.png"/><figcaption>Image via <a href="https://www.instagram.com/oachavez/">@oachavez</a></figcaption></figure>Summary: NFTs, or <a href="https://bullish.news/the-bullish-guide-to-nfts/">non-fungible tokens</a>, are once again hot in the press — with none other than the OG influencer <a href="https://www.cnbc.com/video/2021/04/01/paris-hilton-on-getting-into-the-nft-business-and-her-latest-investments.html">Paris Hilton appearing on CNBC</a> to talk about her involvement in the space. She also announced that she’s working with a few artists to make her first NFT drop in just a few weeks. Dr. Parik’s Diagnosis: Instead of spending <a href="https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/how-beeple-crashed-the-art-world">$69 million on a piece of art</a>, you can own exactly the same thing by simply taking a screenshot. NFT artists HATE this one simple trick.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/gadJLnzpKxiC7NDUabaDcrVg1MBkbpVLPQZo-i_HaiFevObFtKqYKv8leRud3vcfSB-0H5KcsSLCWMP_f2oK3vAF4DnWiE6uETdivrmmbR_8y-XzigXISHU4T7BnPkQAjASxM4NK"/><figcaption>Image via <a href="https://twitter.com/litcapital/status/1379865657483915278?s=20">@litcapital</a></figcaption></figure>Summary: Just to round the week off, in a break-the-internet moment, <a href="https://twitter.com/profgalloway?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor">Professor Scott Galloway</a> (aka Professor Cold-Takes), decided to post a thirst-trap on Twitter to <a href="https://twitter.com/ParikPatelCFA/status/1379870148316835840">rival that of Chamath’s</a>. At 56-years-old, he sure as hell doesn’t look bad, with great chest development, rock-hard abs, and python arms.Dr. Parik’s Diagnosis: After analyzing this for some time,, it is very clear that legs have deliberately been omitted from the picture. This is disappointing. As the great Masquatma Gandhi once said, “I cannot teach you swole-ness, for I myself do not always achieve it. I can only teach you to never skip leg day.”So there you have it! That was the week in memes. Now here’s what the doctor is prescribing:<ul><li>Be patient in the stock market and you will be rewarded</li><li>Therapy is cheaper than a margin call</li><li>Take a screenshot instead of buying an NFT</li><li>Never skip leg day</li></ul><a href="https://twitter.com/ParikPatelCFA">~ Dr. PP out</a></body></html>

This week was another eventful one, with the Dow Jones and S&amp;P 500 hitting all-time highs, Professor Scott Galloway dropping a fresh thirst trap, and Archegos Capital facing a huge crisis. Big stuff is going down, but what does it all MEME? Thankfully, we have Dr. Parik here to diagnose all this virality.&nbsp;

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Chamath vs. Galloway Thirst Traps and NFT Screenshots: Dr. Parik's Meme Diagnosis of the Week&nbsp;

Chamath vs. Galloway Thirst Traps and NFT Screenshots: Dr. Parik's Meme
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<html><body>If there’s anything I’ve learned in the last year, it’s that people just say words. Sometimes they just say words even though they’re not true. Sometimes they say them because they like the sound of their own voice. But generally, people say words because they want to believe something (even if it is factually incorrect).Some of my favorite falsehoods fall at the cross section of politics and finance. You’ve probably seen this scenario play out before — certain groups of people air their grievances with a certain president or policy by warning that it will bring about some sort of cultural cataclysm that will result in the heat death of American democracy. It’s a rapture they foretell in every election cycle, or whenever convenient, and it’s one that has become even more common as the ugly rhetoric on social media has fed it.One of the most convenient falsehoods that ends up repeated is that Democrats are bad for markets. This has floated back into the discourse since Joe Biden was elected. The right insists that Biden, a moderate president, is actually a socialist extremist who is going to bring about a market crash through high taxes, social programs and other policy that they probably made up.  However, if you take a look at the first-term performance of markets in the tenure of every president since 1929, there is no meaningful correlation between the political party of the President and market returns. There might be some correlation <a href="https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikepatton/2021/01/12/stock-performance-and-the-political-party-in-power-an-historical-look-at-the-past-75-years/?sh=7f2346787a64">between the composition of the government and market returns</a>, but that might be confounded by other factors.<figure class="image"><img src="https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/9RZnEPoOvRRHrM1flMCUBMiEVrzgfJVCe5U17dMFVqm25Lt6jkhMYr1OYqx69Ge1-QzsWkyJ2RIAwzNNm0keLm7SL_qc6qTsYXUZ4-JevlNwPzjziekB3CLRbK3P2Fn5HtMRWrwv"/><figcaption><a href="https://www.questmont.com/wealth-management-minut/political-presumptions">Source: Questmont</a></figcaption></figure>During the first term of Republican and former President Herbert Hoover, <a href="https://www.macrotrends.net/2614/sp500-performance-by-president-from-election-date">the S&amp;P 500 fell 73%</a>. A knee jerk reaction might be: “Republicans ruin markets.” But that’s because you don’t know the context. Hoover had just entered office in March 1929, the onset of the Great Depression. Did Hoover start the Great Depression? No. Could he have done more to soften the severity of it? Yes. And if he did, he might not have been decisively defeated by a progressive Democrat.That leads us to Franklin Roosevelt, the progressive Democrat who succeeded Hoover and passed the New Deal. For the unacquainted, the New Deal is credited for creating America’s modern safety net. Democrats praised it. Republicans hated it. But it doesn’t matter. In his first term, the <a href="https://www.macrotrends.net/2614/sp500-performance-by-president-from-election-date">S&amp;P 500 appreciated a nearly 164% gain</a> — and his popularity would enable him to seek three terms as president (when it was still legal). But that 164% gain in his first term didn’t last. By the end of FDR’s presidency, the <a href="https://www.macrotrends.net/2614/sp500-performance-by-president-from-election-date">S&amp;P was only up 96%</a>. This is just one example that substantiates that the market doesn’t live in a bubble; it has ebbs and flows. The market is one method for understanding the economy, but it is not our economy. It has become a silly political talking point when it benefits us and something we sweep under the rug when it doesn’t. And in that sense, it’s silly to prescribe market performance based on the political party of the President. The reality is that whenever something crazy happens, like a World War, global pandemic, oil crisis, threat of nuclear attack, the president’s job is to lead the country, not the market. There are many factors influencing our markets. Financial leadership looks to the President, Congress, and the Federal Reserve to decide how to best proceed. But at the end of the day, people don’t weigh the worth of a President by their political affiliation, whether they’ll raise taxes or whether they’ll be good for the market; they weigh the president by the positive and negative impacts they have on the lives of normal people. And perhaps, more importantly, what they do when things go wrong.</body></html>

If there’s anything I’ve learned in the last year, it’s that people just say words. Sometimes they just say words even though they’re not true. Sometimes they say them because they like the sound of their own voice. But generally, people say words because they want to believe something (even if it is factually incorrect).

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No, Joe Biden is Not Crashing the Stock Market

No, Joe Biden is Not Crashing the Stock Market

<html><body>The chips in our computers, graphics cards, cars, microwaves, refrigerators and phones are in short supply these days. A global semiconductor shortage is making it hard for everybody to get their hands on this necessary technology. Most of this shortage was self-inflicted. Take car companies for example; they didn’t expect millions of deliveries when the pandemic began to ravage the economy, but that’s what they ended up getting. The Biden administration has pledged to help address the shortage, but established semiconductor players are positioning for a life after COVID. There has been no shortage of merger &amp; acquisition activity in the sector during COVID. Let’s take a look: 💡Analog Devices took out Maxim Integrated in an acquisition in July 2020. The deal was worth $21 billion. Since July, $ADI has jumped 30% and $MXIM went on a 60% dash of its own. 💡In September, NVIDIA signed a deal to acquire English semiconductor business Arm Holdings. The $40 billion deal was one of the flashier figures in the industry. $NVDA has traded sideways since the deal, only up 0.3% since the start of September. 💡In October, AMD announced their plan to acquire Xilinx for $35 billion. $AMD is down 4% and $XLNX has gained 23% since October. 💡Last week, Micron Technology and Western Digital were reported to be exploring a joint deal to acquire Kioxia Holdings, a Japanese semiconductor player owned in part by Toshiba. Kioxia is reported to be focusing on an IPO instead. Regardless, $WDC has risen 39% and $MU has risen 26% since the start of 2021. This shakeup in the semiconductor space might be a sign of things to come. Companies like Intel have announced plans to start making their own chips in America, rather than outsourcing them to industry leaders like TSMC and Global Foundry. Samsung is gearing up to try and take on the global leader in semiconductor: Taiwan Semiconductor. However, there’s no assurance that anybody will get close to their size or presence in the space.</body></html>

The chips in our computers, graphics cards, cars, microwaves, refrigerators and phones are in short supply these days. A global semiconductor shortage is making it hard for everybody to get their hands on this necessary technology. Most of this shortage was self-inflicted. Take car companies for example; they didn’t expect millions of deliveries when the pandemic began to ravage the economy, but that’s what they ended up getting.&nbsp;

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Tesla & General Motors: These two U.S. automakers were the only two companies that maxed their quota under the last EV tax plan. When the companies built 200,000 cars, the rebates would no longer be available to new buyers. This bill pledges to change the quota, but to what extent is uncertain. Regardless, $TSLA and $GM are already arguably the two most popular EV producers. They stand to benefit the most.

Chargepoint: $CHPT is one of the oldest EV companies and has already jumped over 38% on the news around the infrastructure plan. The company boasts over 114,700 charging locations globally.

Volkswagen: $VWAGY plans to begin mass-producing electric vehicles next year. Whilst they’re not as technically competitive as $TSLA, they are still the biggest automaker in the world. The company owns Audi, Bugatti, Bentley, and others. They’re also owned by Porsche, which trades at a slight discount as $POAHY.

BMW: $BWMYY is another European automaker throwing their energy behind EVs. The company boasts an EV version of their MINI, a compact sedan called the BMW i3, and an electric SUV called the X3.

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The Biden administration plans to roll out $100 billion in new federal electric vehicle (EV) consumer rebates to consumers as part of a new over $2 trillion infrastructure plan.

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This is the story behind two of the world's most successful video games: "Call of Duty" and "World of Warcraft." 

They were created by two different companies: Activision, which split off from Atari in the late 1970s, acquired the studio that developed CoD. Blizzard, on the other hand, made the highly successful MMORPG WoW. 

In this clip from Trendline, we tell the story of how these two empires joined forces to become an industry titan. 

Watch the full episode here:
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There’s a revolution happening in investing, but financial media still sucks.

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NFL players are no strangers to big paydays and huge bankruptcies. A famous 2009 study by Sports Illustrated reported that 78% of NFL players go bankrupt within five years of retiring from professional football. 

Super Bowl 48 champ Richard Sherman made a name for himself by taking control of his contract negotiations — without the help of an agent. In 2020, he launched a video series about financial literacy, Adulting With Richard Sherman.

The NFL champ joined the Bullish Podcast to explain how he started investing in Tesla as a student at Stanford and why he eventually got out of the stock market. 

Watch this excerpt from the original interview, and check out the full episode below: 
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Calling all investors with a knack for spotting social trends: Dumb Money has a FREE secret weapon for staying ahead of the market. 

Introducing the Dumb Money Discord bot, which digs up new investment opportunities with the help of data that's crowd-sourced by 38,000 members of the Dumb Money community. 

Whether you’re new to social arb investing or a whiz, this video will teach you to navigate the revamped message board and use the bot as a powerful research tool. 

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Welcome back to “Money Drama,” where our host Stock Will guides you through all the ups and downs, twists and turns, of last week’s markets.

In a fresh episode, Stock Will talks about how GameStop shares fell by a whopping 33% earlier this week, after the company decided to blow up its current business model (brick-and-mortar sales) and pivot to e-commerce. 

In Stock Will’s opinion, the switch to an e-commerce biz is likely a result of the company seeing a 175% jump in digital sales last quarter. Plus, the company now has the former CEO of Chewy (a full e-commerce business) on its board of directors, which might have sparked additional pressure to make the jump to e-commerce.

What do you think about GameStop’s new business model, and will it help the brand? Will we even miss the physical stores? And more importantly, how will the future of $GME stock be affected by this move? We have some ideas....

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Welcome to “Money Drama,” where our host Stock Will guides you through all the ups and downs, twists and turns of last week’s markets.

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Markets have been fighting to stay in the green over the last few days given concerns about interest rates and the broader market. This has made for very few Rippers as stocks have remained suppressed:

⏰ Today’s biggest Ripper is American watchmaker Movado. The company radically exceeded the Q4 earnings, delivering nearly double the expected earnings per share than was estimated. This came even as revenue dipped for the company. The surprise caused $MOV to rise 18.6% today.



Markets have been fighting to stay in the green over the last few days.

The rising prices of Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies caused a handful of crypto-facing companies such as $MARA and $RIOT to go on monstrous runs over the last few months. Now another fad is boiling over from the world of crypto into the world of equity markets: non-fungible tokens. NFTs are catching interest from investors and publicly traded companies.

Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey sold his first tweet, posted March 21, 2006, as an NFT for $2.9 million. He plans to donate the proceeds from the NFT to “Give Directly Africa Fund,” a charity helping people in poverty. But we’re not really sure what this sale means for the buyer. Do they actually own the tweet? Do they own the rights to the tweet? Probably not. By the way, $TWTR is down 1.43% today - so nobody cares.

In seriousness though, NFTs are causing moves on markets. Toy maker Funko, which makes licensed collectibles around Disney, the NBA, NFL and Harry Potter, surged on markets today because of rumors they’ll be making digital collectibles. $FNKO was up 9.8% today.

Takung Art Co., a Hong Kong-based art marketplace helping investors and art collectors buy Asian fine art, is also catching NFT buzz. $TKAT rose on news that the company wants to “get into the NFT space.” Seeing as though it already interfaces in the physical art world, $TKAT’s incursion into digital art collectibles has captured more attention than generic firms. $TKAT is up 9.8% today.

NFTs are catching interest from investors and publicly traded companies.

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Prioritize non obvious, well reasoned decisions that, if right, will refute conventional wisdom.

Welcome to CASH ONLY, a show about the second economy. Our hosts Zach and Jordan explore underground and extralegal markets, fringe business and the bleeding edge of drugs, weed, sex, crime and culture. A magnifying glass over the murky world of legal grey zones that spring up after vices like cannabis and others are legalized and regulated.

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Social Leverage’s Howard Lindzon talks disrupting traditional investing media channels, challenging “establishment” perspectives and embracing financial communities on social media.

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Access to quality insights shouldn’t be reserved only for hedge funds and investment managers. There is a lot of information out there, but most people don’t know where to look to find what really matters for companies and their stocks. Voices of Wall Street is a show featuring insights &amp; conversations from the Sharpest People on Wall Street &amp; in Business.

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Chads can’t help themselves. In bed, or in the market. That’s why Ri Westwood, aka @nycsadgirl, is taking her dating app expertise to YouTube to bring you a new series from Bullish, “Chad Explains.” Want more from Ri? Check her out twitter.com/nycsadgirl instagram.com/nycsadgirl

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