The Journal no. 12 – March 22, ​2018

 

 

Welcome to The Journal. My goal with The Journal is to post once a week a list of everything that I found interesting from investing, design, architecture, and much more. Here is what I found interesting this week:

Article

Let Me Convince You To Save Money – Morgan Housel

Cool sh*t

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Video

 Elon Musk Answers Your Questions! | SXSW 2018 – 72 min

 

Podcasts

Building A Predictably Successful Business: Interview With Les McKeown – Rule Breaker Investing – 59 min

James Donald Discusses the Sensitivity of Emerging Markets – Masters in Business -71 min

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— Vala Afshar (@ValaAfshar) March 20, 2018

Taking my new dog for a walk at the #MARS2018 conference. #BostonDynamics pic.twitter.com/vE6CXrvV3o

— Jeff Bezos (@JeffBezos) March 19, 2018

DB estimates of annual spend per customer provides a little context:

MELI $291
AMZN (non-Prime) $350
EBAY $502
BABA $1,260
AMZN (Prime) $2,400

So, AMZN (Prime) spend/customer = MELI + AMZN(non-Prime) + EBAY + BABA

— Bryan Hinmon, CFA (@BryanHinmon) March 19, 2018

 

Thanks for reading, see you next week!

Balal Rasool

Featured Photo by Peter Lewicki on Unsplash

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