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The S&P 500 hit an all-time high for the 3rd day in a row today. Here’s a stat for you:
Historically, the S&P has been within 5% of an all-time high on 44% of all trading days versus the 40% of the time it has been 10% or more below an all-time high.
$NFLX, who’s reporting its Q4 tomorrow, is apparently the clear streaming leader when it comes to TV show content quality.
Visualizing the number of TV shows available on each major video streaming platform in the United States as of January 2024, ranked by IMDb quality rating: pic.twitter.com/Xr6ND8N6Kl
Longtime collaborators Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up once again. Affleck will direct Damon in the kidnapping thriller, Animals, for Netflix. pic.twitter.com/IawZdPbpEa
Peacock: Way ahead on subscribers and revenue, but waaaaaaay behind on profit. These points are connected, but cume losses now 5x what was originally pitched to investors in 2020, and 2023 operating profit ($2.7B), versus ($2.5B) in 2022 pic.twitter.com/w8zSuKi01t
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