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$NKLA CEO Mark Russell is trying to copy Jeff Bezos πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ https://t.co/ILtRLySBRu
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$AMEX saw spending on network soar as customers continued travel despite mass cancellations and long waits at airports, leading firm to raise forecast for 22 revenue.
Volumes on the firm’s network jumped to $394.8 billion, topping the $383.3 billion average of analyst estimates.
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Verizon $VZ cut its Adj. EPS guidance for full year; guidance missed the average analyst estimate.

QUARTER
Adj EPS $1.31 vs. $1.39 y/y, est $1.33
Rev $33.8B, +0.1% y/y, est $33.78B

YEAR
-Adj EPS $5.10 to $5.25, saw $5.40 to $5.55, est $5.38
-Wireless rev growth +8.5% to +9.5%
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$TWTR misses on revenue and EPS
Reports 2Q EPS -8c vs consensus 14c, stock down 4% pre
Costs related to pending deal $33mn in 2Q
Revenue $1.18bn, down 1% y/y vs $1.32bn consensus
No guidance

Stock falling despite deal because unaffected px moving lower (in deal break) $FB $SNAP
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$TWTR, part 2
-Q2 avg US mDAU 196.3 mln, up 17% (meets est)
-Q2 monetizable daily active usage up 16.6% to 237.8 mn
-Q2 advertising revenue up 2% to $1.08 bln
-Q2 costs and expenses up 31% to $1.52 bln
-Q2 SEVERENCE-RELATED COSTS $19M
-maintains termination of merger 'invalid'
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German 2Y Bond Yield Set for Biggest Drop Since 2008
-EU bonds surge as recession fears cool ECB rate bets
-Composite PMI declines to 49.4, estimate was for 51.0, a 17 month low https://t.co/JnqQXCSPSD
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Russia Cuts Rates Below Pre-War Level in Surprise Move
-Massive 1.5% cut in rates on Friday and will consider further reductions in 2H22
-Slower price growth & ruble gains allowed for easing
-Economy is shrinking after sanctions imposed over Ukraine war
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Snap sales and guidance wiped $76 billion from social media stocks overnight $SNAP $META $TWTR $PINS $GOOG

Snapchat parent plummeted 30% in pre trading. Meanwhile, Facebook parent Meta Platforms Inc. fell 4.8%, Alphabet (Google) declined 2.8%, and Pinterest sank 7.1%
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Morning Brew β˜•οΈ
Happy.....Friday......... https://t.co/VnUsHIKaS5
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Compounding Capital
$VZ and $T results past two days are a good reminder why buying on valuation can be dangerous.

Also a good reminder of how investing in a mature, highly competitive industry that's largely commoditized generally doesn't work over time.
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The Great Temptation

We haven’t found aliens yet, so what if extraterrestrial intelligence has a deep tendency to be self-limiting or even self-exterminating?

Like getting obsessed with computer games or virtual reality instead of worrying about reproduction.

@h/t primalpoly https://t.co/FsmOMBn3m6
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Typical home sold during 4 weeks ending July 17 spent 19 days on the mkt, one day longer than last year. That’s according to a new report from $rdfn, the technology-powered real estate brokerage.

First time in 2 years median time on market has posted a y/y gain. Will get worse
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Scholz opens to reopening nuclear power plants in Europe... $URNM $CCJ $SMR $UU
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