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On today’s show we discuss
- A chart can only move in three different directions
- Can feelings set off a recession?
- The influencer bubble is popping
- Fake meat (survey)
- VC returns
- The Amazon podcast
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Tweets
"History doesn't always repeat itself, but it often rhymes" – Mark Twain. This year-over-year comparison should make us all a little uncomfortable.https://t.co/wyfH3UcCAS pic.twitter.com/GHZ8KsGLkW
— Randy Frederick (@RandyAFrederick) September 10, 2019
Savage exchange on LinkedIn ?? pic.twitter.com/s8aL5k4AC1
— litquidity (@litcapital) September 15, 2019
You wouldn’t know it from looking at stock market indices, but this week has seen some MASSIVE moves beneath the surface – a “momentum crash” that is eerily reminiscent of the August 2007 quant quake. Here’s my FT take https://t.co/apznRLtUMS but it deserves a full thread. 1/n pic.twitter.com/QBqQCQeF44
— Robin Wigglesworth (@RobinWigg) September 12, 2019
Stunning stat: Of the 10 jobs in America w/the most job growth, 7 of them pay less than $34,000 a year.
(6 pay less than $27,000 a year)
This chart is from new @BLS_gov data released today. https://t.co/JATW3xm9Jf #jobs #wages pic.twitter.com/HMyvDkR01I
— Heather Long (@byHeatherLong) September 4, 2019
Neiman Marcus sells a couch that looks like a hot dog for $7,100. What a time to be alive. pic.twitter.com/NZOonDnALK
— Timothy Aeppel (@TimAeppel) September 12, 2019