0/ Top-performing Great Depression stocks (1932-1954) from @jfc_3_ 's indispensable newsletter.
(A thread)
1/ Electric Boat (Defense; +55,000% Return)
🛥️Perfectly hedged product mix of leisure activity and fascist fighting
2/ Container Corp of America (Packaging; +37,199%)
📦Motto was "The industry that thrives on itself"...🤷♂️
3/ Truax Traer Coal (Coal; +30,503%)
⚡When your stock rips during the New Deal but probably won't make it past the Green New Deal...
4/ International Paper & Power (Paper, Hydroelectric Power; +30,501%)
📃Fantastic use of alliteration in the name
5/ Spicer Manufacturing (Auto; +26,221%)
🚗Call-to-action is missing, copy can use work
6/ Bulova Watch (Watches; +24,146%)
⌚Nice, but unclear if it can give ECG readings
7/ Zenith Radio (Radios, Televisions; +24,146%)
📻Textbook use of social proof: "Choice of over 200,000 farmers."
8/ Douglas Aircraft (Defence; +23,586%)
✈️Fun fact: Founded in 1921 --> Douglas later merged with McDonnell Aircraft in 1967 to form McDonnell Douglas --> McDonnell Douglas later merged with Boeing in 1997
9/ WeWork
🏠Nah, I'm playing.
10/ Minneapolis Honeywell Regulator (Thermometer; +21,608%)
🌡️MinneapolisHonywellRegulator.store is available on GoDaddy for $2.99
11/ Crown Zellerbach (Paper; +21,403%)
🧻Yo! This company would be CRUSHING it right now hahahahaha #ToiletPaperApocalypse
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