Jessica Ablamsky: Marrying Momentum & Fundamental Investing

Hey guys! I'm stoked to bring you my conversation with Jessica Ablamsky. Jessica is a freelance marketing writer, journalist, growth stock investor and Twitter personality. 

Today we dove into the lessons Jessica learned from last year (2020), how to identify companies with good corporate culture, how her investing journey started, switching from a fundamental value approach vs momentum trading strategies and we wrapped up the podcast talking about Dutch Bros ($BROS) a new Starbucks type stock and the future of AD tech platforms such as Pinterest ($PINS) and Snapchat ($SNAP).

Here's the time stamp: 

• [0:00] Who is Jessica Ablamsky?
• [5:30] How to Identify a Good Corporate Culture? 
• [13:30] Jessica’s Investment Journey 
• [19:30] Momentum Investing
• [27:00] Lessons from Last Year: The Friend is your Trade 
• [35:00] Lessons from Last Year: Making Money is Better than Being Right 
• [45:00] What stocks is Jessica Ablamsky interested? 
• [56:00] What is Dutch Bros Inc. ($BROS) 
• [1:00:00] Buy Things that People Like! 
• [1:11:00] AD Tech Platforms: Pinterest ($PINS) vs Snapchat ($SNAP)
• [1:20:00] Twitter Q&A 
• [1:23:00] Twitter Q&A: Alibaba ($BABA)? 
• [1:26:00] More from Jessica and Closing Questions

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