To The Moon

1. The Surging $Pinterest, Inc.(PINS)$

Pinterest is seeing a 12% gain on Aug.25th Thursday, its biggest rise since a pair of double-digit gains on Aug. 2, the earning day. The reason is the fast rise of an app it recently soft-launched, to build collages that feed creatives' "mood boards."

Despite being in invite-only status, Shuffles has already spent some time as the No. 1 Lifestyle app on the U.S. App Store.

It might be the effect of "hunger marketing".

First launched in late July 2022, the app has seen 211,000 iOS downloads worldwide in the month it’s been live — 160,000 of those downloads were in the U.S., data.ai says. Sensor Tower, meanwhile, estimates the app has seen approximately 338,000 installs during this time.

It seems like, Z gen is being a new growth curve for the social media. While $Meta Platforms(META)$ is trying everything.

Long PINS, Short META

2. Altria raises dividend, Again.

$Altria(MO)$ declares $0.94/share quarterly dividend, 4.4% increase from prior dividend of $0.90.

The quarterly dividend is payable on October 11, 2022 to shareholders of record as of September 15, 2022. The ex-dividend date is September 14, 2022.

Though it is still a good news for dividend investors, but I have to say, MO is paying more than it's earning.

The payout ratio(GAAP) is over 371% now, vs peers 48%, and Cash Dividend Payout Ratio (TTM) also reaches 80.72%, vers peers 52%.

The company's dividend yield, now reaches more than 8%.

Buy MO and share the dividend

3. Judge favors Twitter over Elon?

The Delaware judge overseeing Twitter v. Musk has split the difference on some of the key counterclaims marking a current fight between the sides - ordering Twitter to turn over some of the data sought by presumptive buyer Elon Musk, while calling other Musk data demands "absurdly broad."

Which makes $Twitter(TWTR)$ a surge near the close Thursday.

The other day, the former head of security at Twitter filed a whistleblower complaint in July with regulators, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, according to a Washington Post and a CNN report. Former security Chief Peiter Zatko also alleged that Twitter deceived regulators about its defenses against hackers.

The case is been more intersting.

Selling the volatility is more favored.