Weekly readings – 30th May 2020

It's a retail investor trading orgy.

The number of accounts, trading activity, and options speculation has never been higher among the bored-at-home-wearing-sweatpants crowd. pic.twitter.com/zr7ZIG22PE
— SentimenTrader (@sentimentrader) May 23, 2020

How Mongolia is one of the most successful countries against Covid-19. Zero deaths result from smart, decisive and swift actions from the government

The long-term picture: Monthly U.S. beer, wine and liquor store sales at historical high in March 2020. Also, unprecedented monthly increase to more than $6b.@JancisRobinson @GilesMacDonogh @robertjoseph @felixsalmon @jamiegoode @paulgp @wblakegray @LPVien pic.twitter.com/jNv2vKOiJB
— AAWE (@wineecon) May 23, 2020

A Window Onto an American Nightmare

600+ best startup pitches, including that of Facebook, AirBnb, WeWork, Uber, just to name a few

Facebook Executives Shut Down Efforts to Make the Site Less Divisive. More Congressional investigations and hearings?

Bundesliga partners with AWS to provide real-time data analytics. How can you not be impressed by that?

Why super apps are proliferating across emerging markets

Wonderful reconstructed aerial views of Roman Ostia and Portus with its hexagonal harbour; the great ports of ancient Rome, created by Katatexilux. #virtual #rome pic.twitter.com/lH8c4jyQFs
— Gareth Harney (@OptimoPrincipi) May 27, 2020

Human cost of food delivery services

Trump’s New Intelligence Chief Spells Trouble

Slack CEO’s conversation on competing with Microsoft, notifications and the future of work