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𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 1) CNN+ is the latest victim of the streaming wars. The service is being shutdown just 3 weeks after its launch. All told the investment from CNN equated to an eye-watering cost of more than $9 million per day it was live. 2) The 20-mile long Large Hadron Collider has had a revamp and is expected to restart on Friday, as scientists resume their quest for a fifth force of nature. 3) Elon Musk's other other company, The Boring Company, has raised $675m at a $5.7bn valuation to fund more of its underground transportation tunnels. 4) Tourism startup Space Perspective has unveiled designs of its planned stratospheric capsule which it hopes will give tourists a panoramic 30km view above the Earth. 5) Our office obsession today is this simple test in which you have to think of 10 words that are as different as possible from each other. Our top score was 94.4. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚠𝚒𝚌𝚑𝚎𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝙱𝚒𝚐 𝙱𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜: 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚌𝚔-𝚏𝚒𝚕-𝙰 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙺𝚎𝚎𝚙𝚜 𝙾𝚗 𝙶𝚛𝚘𝚠𝚒𝚗𝚐 Recently the fast food company disclosed that it had sold over $16.7 billion worth of food across its restaurants in 2021, up more than 20% on last year's haul of $13.7bn — putting Chick-fil-A near the very top of the fast food food chain, behind only the golden arches and Starbucks in terms of US sales. A typical Chick-fil-A (outside of a mall location), turns over more than $8 million a year (source), which is a staggering amount on its own — and more than any other major fast food chain — but gets even more staggering when you remember that those sales are crammed into just 6 days a week. As tradition has long dictated at Chick-fil-A, all of its restaurants are closed on Sundays. Their business model deserves a credit. Chick-fil-A has a fairly unique franchise system — the company only lets owners own one franchise location. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙲𝚊𝚛𝚋𝚘𝚗 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚋𝚊𝚌𝚔: 𝙴𝚖𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚟𝚎 𝙱𝚘𝚞𝚗𝚌𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝙲𝚘𝚟𝚒𝚍 Recently was the Earth Day, an annual event now in its 52nd year that is focused on celebrating our planet and championing sustainable environmental practices - a part of the celebration that has taken on a significant amount of urgency in recent years. Last Earth Day there was, somewhat ironically, something to celebrate. Data and estimates from the IEA show how global energy-related emissions in 2020 had fallen by a record amount as the pandemic ground our global economy to a halt. Unfortunately this year the news isn't quite as optimistic — the same data shows a bounce back in net global energy-related emissions for last year that was more than equal to the drop from 2020. One of the very few silver linings from the pandemic has been erased. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙼𝚘𝚖𝚎𝚗𝚝: 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚒𝚙𝚙𝚎𝚍 𝙱𝚊𝚌𝚔 𝚂𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙰𝚙𝚙𝚜 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝙶𝚊𝚒𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚃𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 The last thing you probably feel like you need right now is another social media app to spend your time scrolling on. Which is exactly why the recent rise of app BeReal is so interesting. Every day, at a completely different time, everyone on BeReal is notified simultaneously to capture and share a photo. Sounds like a simple (and annoying) notification — but the kicker is that you only have 2 minutes to do so. The idea is that the spontaneity removes the ability for users to "airbrush" their life. Having a dull lunch? Take a photo of that. Doing homework? That's fine. On a long car journey? Snap a pic. BeReal claims to be a "new and unique way to discover who your friends really are in their daily life" (without just hanging out with them of course). 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

American drew sneakers just for fun and posted them in the Adidas metaverse store. They were bought for $30k 🤷 Metaverses are a new trend that even a lazy person will earn on. How to go into them if you're not very great at this topic? Check out the MetaWorlds channel. Everything here is for beginners. How to buy a piece of digital land for a dollar and sell it for $8,000? Or maybe draw a meta-apartment and sell it for a real price? Don't miss another trend where you can make jack: @metawolds

𝙸𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛𝚎𝚜𝚝 𝙸𝚗 𝙽𝙵𝚃'𝚜 𝙸𝚜 𝚆𝚊𝚗𝚒𝚗𝚐 The latest data from aggregator nonfungible.com shows that the volume traded in NFTs has dropped steeply in recent weeks, as NFT-mania slows down. One part of the NFT market that has held up are "collectibles" — collections like the Bored Ape Yacht Club, which routinely trade for more than $500k+ and double up as a membership card to the "Yacht Club". Trading volumes in Bored Apes, and other high profile projects, have stayed elevated, with ~$15m worth of Bored Apes changing hands per day in April. That's a lot in nominal terms, but in the context of traditional financial markets it's still small. We picked one of the smallest stocks in the S&P 500 index at random, Campbell Soup Company, and found that it traded more than $57m a day in April, almost 4x the Bored Ape volume. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙰𝚋𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 𝚁𝚊𝚝𝚎 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚂 𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚕𝚕𝚎𝚗 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝟷𝟿𝟾𝙾𝚜 A leaked draft of a US Supreme Court ruling to overturn Roe v. Wade — the landmark decision in 1973 that protects a woman's right to an abortion — has thrown the US into a political fervor usually reserved for presidential elections. The abortion rate has been steadily dropping in the US, falling more than 50% since 1980. In relative terms the rate has fallen most in teenagers, with the abortion rate down 83% from its peak for women aged 15-19, partly explained by a drop in teenage pregnancy itself. Americans views on abortion have been remarkably unchanged in the last 25 years. The latest data from Pew shows 59% of US adults believe abortion should be legal in all or most cases, while 39% believe it should be illegal in all or most cases. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚕𝚢𝙰𝚝 𝚂𝚝𝚒𝚕𝚕 𝙷𝚊𝚜𝚗'𝚝 𝙵𝚒𝚐𝚞𝚛𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚞𝚝 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝚁𝚒𝚍𝚎-𝚑𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐 Lyft is the latest company to report less-than-great earnings and get a stern reckoning from investors. Shares in the ride-hailing company are down more than 34% at the time of writing after the platform warned that it was struggling to attract drivers. The primary appeal of ride-hailing, getting customers a driver in minutes at low prices, falls down pretty hard if riders have to wait 15 or 20 minutes for a driver, which is why Lyft is offering financial incentives to attract new drivers. That is a reasonable strategy, but it's concerning when the company's economics weren't stacking up to begin with. The last 17 quarters have seen Lyft burn through more than $6.8 billion — a staggering amount for a company that has never really recovered fully from the pandemic. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 1) CNN was hoping for more than 10 million subscribers to CNN+ by 2024 according to a pitch deck obtained by Axios. 2) Age is but a number: The world's oldest person is now a nun who drinks a glass of wine everyday at the age of 118. For context, the oldest person ever was Jeanne Calment, who lived for 122 years and 164 days. 3) Rents are going up pretty much everywhere in the US -- this interactive map lets you explore your local area. 4) Economic nerds rejoice: the famed Phillips Curve has showed up... but this time in Google search data. 5) Robinhood has announced plans to lay off about 9% of its full-time employees, as the company prepares to release its latest set of results tomorrow. 6) The US print book market is up 9% on 2020, and "BookTok" is playing its part (thanks Tom J for this story!).

𝙲𝚘𝚔𝚎 & 𝙿𝚎𝚙𝚜𝚒: 𝙰 𝙳𝚎𝚌𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚜-𝙾𝚕𝚍 𝚁𝚒𝚟𝚊𝚕𝚛𝚢 As far as corporate rivalries go, Coca-Cola vs. Pepsi is about as classic as it gets. And this week both reported that business was good, with revenue coming in ahead of expectations for each company, despite inflation becoming more of a challenge. But if you'd bought shares in either of them 40 years ago, you'd probably not be too dissatisfied with either. $100 in Coca-Cola shares bought 40 years ago would be worth something in the neighborhood of $9,200 today, and the same in PepsiCo would be worth north of $8,100. The S&P 500 index is down 8% in the last month, the tech-heavy NASDAQ is down 12% and yet PepsiCo and Coca-Cola are chilling — both are actually up 6% in the last month.  𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚆𝚑𝚎𝚗 𝙳𝚘 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚍𝚛𝚎𝚗 𝙶𝚎𝚝 𝙶𝚒𝚟𝚎𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎𝚒𝚛 𝙾𝚠𝚗 𝚂𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚙𝚑𝚘𝚗𝚎𝚜? The power of modern smartphones is nothing short of mindblowing — but with real risks to having unrestricted access to one the question for many parents is: when is the right age to give one to my child? Data from Common Sense Media shows that the majority of American parents believe that the answer to that question is around the ages of 12-13. Indeed, 71% of children aged 12 that were surveyed last year said that they owned their own smartphone, significantly up on the 41% that had answered the same way back in 2015. Perhaps even more surprising was that almost one-third of 8-year-olds also reported having a smartphone.  𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙵𝚛𝚎𝚎 𝚂𝚙𝚎𝚎𝚌𝚑 𝙾𝚗 𝚂𝚘𝚌𝚒𝚊𝚕 𝙼𝚎𝚍𝚒𝚊 𝙸𝚜 𝙷𝚊𝚛𝚍 𝚃𝚘 𝙳𝚘 𝚁𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝: 𝙹𝚞𝚜𝚝 𝙻𝚘𝚘𝚔 𝙰𝚝 𝙵𝚊𝚌𝚎𝚋𝚘𝚘𝚔 Musk's main objective with Twitter is to turn the platform into a haven for "free speech" — which is one of those terms that almost everyone agrees with in principle, but often disagrees with in practice. Facebook and Instagram are good examples of how hard it is to moderate a global social media platform. Getting the bots under control is a top priority for Musk, but where he and his team end up drawing the practical line (if there is one) on what constitutes "bullying & harassment", "hate speech" or "inciting violence" is yet to be seen. And - as expected - many people are leaving or joining Twitter solely because of the news, anticipating the platform getting better, or worse, before anything has even happened. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 1) Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates get a lot of headlines — but who are America's silent billionaires? 2) Too much on their plate: Just Eat Takeaway are exploring a sale of Grubhub just over 12 months since they paid $7.3 billion to buy the company themselves. 3) Masks have been the source of 65% of unruly passenger incidents on airlines according to the FAA. Forbes has put together some interesting survey data about how Americans feel about the federal mask mandate. 4) Visualizing the world's shipping lanes. 5) Airlines might be coming back, but buses are struggling. Data from the FMCSA shows that the number of motorcoach carriers has fallen by 50% in the US in the last 2 years. 6) That rival you have on Words with Friends? It might a bot, as 7 out of the top 10 most-played mobile games admit to using bots to ensure players always have an opponent to compete against. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙴𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚘𝚖𝚒𝚌𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙽𝙴𝚃𝙵𝙻𝙸𝚇 In Netflix's most recent financial year the company reported a healthy operating income of more than $6bn. That gives Netflix a decent amount of margin to work with as the company begins its efforts to get growth back on the right side of zero — if it can keep its huge content costs from spiraling higher. Netflix sharers and ad-haters beware The company did estimate that, in addition to its ~220m paying subscribers, Netflix is being shared in around ~100m households, alluding once again to the idea that the company might look to crack down more severely on account sharing.  The other avenue for growth is an ad-supported free (or just cheaper) tier. Historically Netflix has been strongly against the idea of advertising, but the company has had a change of heart — announcing this week plans to offer ad-supported options over the next few years. No ideas are off the table now. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙽𝚞𝚖𝚋𝚎𝚛 𝙾𝚏 𝙼𝚞𝚛𝚍𝚎𝚛𝚜 𝙸𝚗 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚄𝚂 𝙸𝚜 𝚄𝚙 𝙰𝚕𝚖𝚘𝚜𝚝 𝟺𝟶% 𝚂𝚒𝚗𝚌𝚎 𝟸𝟶𝟷𝟿 Violence in America Last week's violent shooting in Brooklyn as well as recent killings in New Orleans and three mass shootings over Easter weekend are the latest tragic examples of a nationwide uptick in killings in the US over the last 3 years. Preliminary estimates for 2021 show the murder rate in the US hitting 6.9 per 100,000 people, up 38% on the numbers for 2019. Coming up with reasons why violent crime might be rising isn't hard. Since 2019 we've had a global pandemic, lockdowns, high profile police killings, civil unrest, intense economic uncertainty, a fraught election, and now rising inflation on essential goods. Those things, and others, seem to be taking their toll. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙽𝚎𝚝𝚏𝚕𝚒𝚡 𝙲𝚊𝚗𝚗𝚘𝚝 𝙲𝚑𝚒𝚕𝚕: 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚎𝚊𝚖𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙶𝚒𝚊𝚗𝚝 𝙸𝚜 𝙽𝚘𝚠 𝙻𝚘𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝚂𝚞𝚋𝚜𝚌𝚛𝚒𝚋𝚎𝚛𝚜 For the second time this year Netflix shares are in freefall. The company's share price is currently down more than 30% this morning after reporting not-just-a-slowdown-in-growth but an actual drop in subscriber numbers, with more expected to come. The streaming giant lost 200k subscribers in its latest quarter, and in its shareholder letter outlined that it expected to lose another 2 million in the next, as competition intensifies and its biggest markets become saturated. This is a big deal because, despite being painfully aware of increased competition, Netflix had still expected to gain 2.5 million subscribers this quarter. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙰 1) Bankers are getting paid — the average Wall Street bonus just hit $257k, up 20% on last year. 2) The case of a missing $31.8 million Tyrannosaurus rex fossil — named Stan — has been solved. 3) The US has agreed to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainian refugees fleeing the war, around 3% of the 3.6 million that have been displaced thus far. 4) Mortgage rates have risen again, touching 4.5% in the US for the first time since 2018 — here's a chart of what that means you can borrow, if you're an "average earner". 5) Cool interactive map of America's 50 most filmed streets. 6) Wordle creator Josh Wardle has opened up on how his partner ranked every five-letter word in the dictionary, roughly 13,000 words, into whether she knew them, maybe knew them, or didn't know them — to build the original Wordle word bank. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙲𝚘𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚖𝚙𝚘𝚛𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙰𝚛𝚝 𝙷𝚊𝚜 𝙾𝚞𝚝𝚙𝚎𝚛𝚏𝚘𝚛𝚖𝚎𝚍 𝙾𝚟𝚎𝚛 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙻𝚊𝚜𝚝 𝟸𝟻 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 In the 993 days since starting this newsletter, we’ve seen thousands of charts about investing. But few struck us like this one above. When you see numbers like this, it's easy to see why billionaires and hedge fund managers battle for paintings in auction houses across the globe. Going once, going twice... The heavyweights might duke it out for $100 million+ pieces, but you can harness the compounding magic of art with Masterworks for much less. This revolutionary platform lets you invest in art by legends like Picasso, Warhol, and Rothko—even if your last name isn't Bezos. Here's their track record since 2019: George Condo's "Staring into Space": +31.7% net IRR (2020-22) Banksy's "Mona Lisa": +32% net IRR (2019-20) Albert Oehlen’s “Doppelbild”: +33.8% net IRR (2020-21) 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚄𝚋𝚎𝚛 & 𝙽𝚎𝚠 𝚈𝚘𝚛𝚔'𝚜 𝚈𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚘𝚠 𝙲𝚊𝚋𝚜 𝙹𝚘𝚒𝚗 𝙵𝚘𝚛𝚌𝚎𝚜…𝙰𝚏𝚝𝚎𝚛 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 𝙾𝚏 𝙲𝚘𝚖𝚙𝚎𝚝𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚘𝚗 Back in 2011 Uber launched in New York City as a scrappy tech start-up that was hoping to disrupt the billion-dollar taxi industry. And disrupt it they did. Within 6 short years, Uber drivers were doing more trips per day than the iconic New York yellow cabs. That sent the cost of a taxi medallion, the transferable permits that allow taxicabs to operate in New York, plummeting down from the $1 million+ they cost at their peak to closer to $100k today So it's something of a surprise that Uber has just announced a deal to list the city's taxicabs directly through the Uber app, ending more than a decade of fierce competition between Uber and the taxi companies. Once launched, the integration means 14,000 taxis will be able to take trips from Uber customers through the app. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚂𝚊𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗 𝚁𝚞𝚜𝚜𝚒𝚊 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚆𝚘𝚛𝚝𝚑 𝙰𝚋𝚘𝚞𝚝 $𝟷.𝟾𝚋𝚗 𝙰 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛 𝚃𝚘 𝙽𝚎𝚜𝚝𝚕é  All told Nestlé sold about $1.8bn worth of products in Russia last year. That's a huge dollar amount but in relative terms it only makes up about 2% of the company's total sales, which topped more than $94bn in 2021. Nestlé's withdrawal is focused on non-essential products, like confectionery, coffee and pet food - which are major categories for the group globally. Products deemed "essential" will continue to sell, albeit with a promise that any profits from those sales will be donated to humanitarian relief charities Nestlé's decision to pull out of Russia is another win for Ukrainian leaders that have been targeting specific companies and calling them out for doing business in Russia - a strategy that is working well alongside Ukraine's appeal to governments and trade organizations. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙰 1) The Institute of International Finance expects the Russian economy to contract by 15% this year, essentially wiping out all of Russia's economic progress since around 2007. 2) GameStop mania is... back? Shares in the gaming company are up 96% in the last 2 weeks, and the company has approved a stock split that should make it easier for retail traders to invest. 3) Powerful visualization of the ~4 million people that have now fled Ukraine. 4) Scientists are finally done mapping the human genome, completing the 8% of material that had been impossible to map with previous technology. 5) We don't usually love spiral charts or animated data visualizations, but this climate change one from NASA is an exception to both.

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𝙱𝚒𝚍𝚎𝚗 𝙸𝚜 𝚂𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚘 𝚃𝚊𝚙 𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝚂𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚝𝚎𝚐𝚒𝚌 𝙿𝚎𝚝𝚛𝚘𝚕𝚎𝚞𝚖 𝚁𝚎𝚜𝚎𝚛𝚟𝚎, 𝙸𝚗 𝙰 𝙱𝚒𝚐 𝚆𝚊𝚢 President Biden is set to release almost one-third of the United States' Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR), in an effort to curb rising oil and energy prices, which are feeding inflation throughout the US economy. This is the biggest drawdown from the SPR in history... and it's not even close. There have been only a few emergency withdrawals from the SPR since it was established in the 1970s, the biggest of which have been closer to 30 million barrels. This latest withdrawal is set to be 180 million barrels of oil, almost one-third of the 570 million barrels that were available at the last count. The oil is stored in 60 enormous underground salt caverns across 4 sites in Louisiana and Texas one of which is large enough for Chicago's Willis Tower to fit inside (with room to spare). 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

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 𝙲𝚑𝚎𝚠𝚢'𝚜 𝙰𝚞𝚝𝚘𝚜𝚑𝚒𝚙 𝙱𝚞𝚜𝚒𝚗𝚎𝚜𝚜 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚎𝚕 𝙸𝚜 𝙰𝚝𝚝𝚛𝚊𝚌𝚝𝚒𝚟𝚎, 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙰𝚛𝚎 𝚂𝚎𝚝 𝚃𝚘 𝚂𝚕𝚘𝚠 As with many "pandemic winners", investors got a bit ahead of themselves, as $49 billion turned out to be a huge valuation for a company that, at its simplest, just sells pet stuff online. Sticky sales Investors weren't just feeling fuzzy about their pets. They really liked Chewy's business model because it doesn't look like a lot of other e-commerce businesses for one simple reason: pets need to eat (and do other things) every day... and unlike us they are usually happy to eat the same thing over and over. That means repeat, predictable, purchases — which investors love. Indeed, as of its latest quarter, over 70% of Chewy's sales were from "Autoship subscriptions" — repeat subscription purchases for food, treats, cat litter, medicines or other pet supplies. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙿𝚊𝚗𝚍𝚎𝚖𝚒𝚌 𝙿𝚎𝚝 𝙱𝚘𝚘𝚖 𝚆𝚊𝚜 𝚁𝚎𝚊𝚕, 𝙱𝚞𝚝 𝙸𝚝'𝚜 𝙵𝚊𝚍𝚎𝚍 𝙼𝚘𝚛𝚎 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚕𝚢 Greater isolation, less time outside and the general stress of the pandemic took its toll over the last 2+ years. For many of us, we found comfort in the company of pets. Indeed, data from Google shows how searches for "puppies for sale", "adopt a dog" and "kittens" all spiked dramatically in March 2020, and stayed elevated for much of 2021, as America searched for its next family pet — to the benefit of the pet industry. It may not have quite "done a Zoom", but for Chewy the pandemic was a boom time. The online pet food and pet supply company was already growing quickly, but it found itself on the right side of two trends at the same time: e-commerce and pets. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝙼𝙾𝚁𝙴 𝙳𝙰𝚃𝙰 1) Prices just keep rising: inflation hit another 40-year record yesterday, with the Consumer Price Index jumping 7.9% in the last 12 months. 2) The Endurance, the lost vessel of Antarctic explorer Ernest Shackleton, has been found 107 years after it was crushed by sea ice, with the wreck described as being in "remarkable condition". 3) How popular is Vladimir Putin in Russia? It's hard to say accurately, but most polling data suggests "very" — 71% of Russians polled approved of Putin as recently as February. 4) Data from OpenTable reveals the state of the restaurant industry. 5) Volkswagen has finally revamped its iconic bus — but this time it's electric. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚁𝚂 𝙰𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙵𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 Surely a strong contender for everyone's least favorite time of year — tax season in the US is fast approaching. Filing the paperwork is enough of a headache, but nothing is as stressful as getting that letter from the IRS telling you that you're being audited, just to check everything was reported correctly — which it often wasn't. The head of the IRS estimates that the US government is missing out on some $1 trillion due to unpaid taxes every year. That's just shy of $4,000 for every adult in the country — and the IRS doesn't have the resources to find the missing money. Since 2010 the IRS has seen its headcount dwindle, while the number of US taxpayers has gone up. That's meant fewer resources for auditing — which has been particularly apparent at the high-income end of the spectrum.  𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐

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𝚃𝚑𝚎 𝙸𝚁𝚂 𝙰𝚞𝚍𝚒𝚝𝚒𝚗𝚐 𝙵𝚎𝚠𝚎𝚛 𝙼𝚒𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚘𝚗𝚊𝚒𝚛𝚎𝚜 𝙸𝚗 𝚁𝚎𝚌𝚎𝚗𝚝 𝚈𝚎𝚊𝚛𝚜 Surely a strong contender for everyone's least favorite time of year — tax season in the US is fast approaching. Filing the paperwork is enough of a headache, but nothing is as stressful as getting that letter from the IRS telling you that you're being audited, just to check everything was reported correctly — which it often wasn't. The head of the IRS estimates that the US government is missing out on some $1 trillion due to unpaid taxes every year. That's just shy of $4,000 for every adult in the country — and the IRS doesn't have the resources to find the missing money. Since 2010 the IRS has seen its headcount dwindle, while the number of US taxpayers has gone up. That's meant fewer resources for auditing — which has been particularly apparent at the high-income end of the spectrum. 𝙲𝚑𝚊𝚛𝚝𝚛 | 𝙳𝚊𝚝𝚊 𝚂𝚝𝚘𝚛𝚢𝚝𝚎𝚕𝚕𝚒𝚗𝚐