Issue 43.1 / February 15, 2021

Investing

I want to present my Stash Stock Party thesis to you. Stash is an investing platform with over five million members. As of December 31, 2020, there were 94 ETFs and 3,369 stocks available to invest on Stash. I also write about Stash extensively on Publish0x with reminders to everyone about their next Stash Stock Party where you get free fractional shares and sharing my Stash party portfolio updates.

At first, you think the Stash Stock Parties are random companies or ETFs that have been selected for these frequent giveaways. But I have a hunch that there is more than meets the eye with these stocks that Stashers are freely awarded on an ongoing basis. I think Stash is applying some deep investing analysis either through a team of quants or by using a proprietary algorithm when they select the stock or ETF for the Stash Stock Party.

I've experienced strong overall returns for almost year in attending over 100 Stash Stock Parties with a total return so far of 53%. I should have followed along and whatever stock that Stash gave away by adding to that fractional position with buying more of that company or ETF. What are your thoughts on my theory? Am I overthinking this or is Stash just throwing a dart at a board for the Stash Stock Party symbol?

How I'm investing with Acorns, Stash, and SoFi Invest.

Apple reported its biggest quarter ever with over $111 billion of revenue. See Apple's numbers in a quick, consumable graph.

And if you prefer, here's a deeper dive of Apple's Q1 FY21 report.

How I Invest My Money is a book of 25 personal money stories from some investment pros. 

Twitter's (TWTR) IPO day closing stock price in 2013 was $44.90. For almost a decade the TWTR price has remained somewhat flat. Worst yet, adjusted for inflation, stockholders were actually underwater with Twitter.

However, as of recently, things are looking up for Twitter investors. As of this writing its price per share is up to $71.90. The micro-blogging social media platform reported some impressive numbers in its latest earnings report as Twitter's userbase was up 26% and ad revenue up 31%.  And here's communications analyst Andrew Freedman presenting his reasons on why he's long on on Twitter.

Amsterdam takes the European trading volume lead in January by beating the London Stock Exchange.

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