Thread by @TrungTPhan

0/ Top-performing Great Depression stocks (1932-1954) from @jfc_3_ 's indispensable newsletter.

(A thread)

https://twitter.com/InvestorAmnesia/status/1249310298126921728

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