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[2 minutes to read] Plus: Finding stocks that 10x or more
Shawn O'Malley & Matthew Gutierrez
February 17, 2024
Weekend edition
A heartwarming story out of the nation’s capital: After her father was diagnosed with cancer, a young woman began collecting and donating books for kids undergoing their own cancer treatments.
To her, reading is an escape. Books are her sanctuary. She’s since donated over 20,000 books to children in need.
“When my dad had cancer, [books] sort of served as an escape to me,” she said. “I just loved how they could just take me to a different world.”
💭 More insights, reading, charts, and more in 2 minutes to read.
— Matthew and Shawn
Quote of the Day
“I believe the reasons for selling a stock should be harmonized with the reasons for buying it.”
— Francois Rochon
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🎧 Multi-bagger first principles — finding stocks that 10x or more
🎥 Why AI could be the future of movie-making
🎥 This drying U.S. lake could turn into the ‘Saudi Arabia of Lithium’
🎧 Small but mighty: Uncovering smallcap value with Paul Andreola
What We’re Reading
📖 Books: The Comfort Crisis by Michael Easter
📰 Long-form articles: The enduring ambition of Michael Bloomberg
🗞️ Advice: The benefits of the unoptimized life, with space to be inspired
Trivia
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Tweet of the Week
An idea I can't stop thinking about...
The Medici Effect
In 15th century Florence, the wealthy Medici banking family began funding the arts.
This funding attracted the world's best artists and thinkers to one location at one point in time. The talent density sparked a… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Sahil Bloom (@SahilBloom)
Feb 12, 2024
Final Thoughts
🔢 One Big Number: $9 billion — the amount of money new U.S. spot bitcoin ETFs have attracted through about the first few weeks.
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