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3 Ways Google's Q2-26 YouTube Results Show Netflix Is Stronger Than You Think
Alphabet's Q2-26 earnings put YouTube ad revenue at $11.1B growing 12.9%. Netflix grew 13.4%. A side-by-side look at growth, monetization, and scale.
Jul 27 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Nintendo Is Not the Apple of Video Games
Attach rates, the installed base ceiling, and the PC gaming migration all say what the stock price doesn't: this hardware company does not deserve a…
Jul 22 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Netflix Engagement Panic Is Wrong: Q2-26 Earnings Review
What the NFLX engagement doomers, the FCF headlines, and the price-target cuts all get wrong.
Jul 17 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Accrued Interest Weekly Cypher: July 26, 2026
Week-in-Review: Paywall Drops, Paramount Hits Pause, and Everybody Suddenly Hates Google Again
Jul 26 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Accrued Interest Weekly Cypher: July 19, 2026
Week-in-Review: $PSKY, $WBD, $NFLX and Wed's surprise stock
Jul 19 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
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Nintendo Is Not the Apple of Video Games
Jul 22 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Dead on Arrival: 8 Reasons the Paramount-WBD Merger Will Fail
Mar 20 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Netflix Engagement Panic Is Wrong: Q2-26 Earnings Review
Jul 17 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Pokémon Theory of Media Investing
Mar 12 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)

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3 Ways Google's Q2-26 YouTube Results Show Netflix Is Stronger Than You Think
Alphabet's Q2-26 earnings put YouTube ad revenue at $11.1B growing 12.9%. Netflix grew 13.4%. A side-by-side look at growth, monetization, and scale.
Jul 27 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Nintendo Is Not the Apple of Video Games
Attach rates, the installed base ceiling, and the PC gaming migration all say what the stock price doesn't: this hardware company does not deserve a…
Jul 22 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Netflix Engagement Panic Is Wrong: Q2-26 Earnings Review
What the NFLX engagement doomers, the FCF headlines, and the price-target cuts all get wrong.
Jul 17 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Math Behind the Merger: Why the States’ Case Against PSKY + WBD Is Winnable ($PSKY, $WBD)
The states aren’t arguing politics. They’re arguing about math.
Jul 15 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)

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Accrued Interest Weekly Cypher: July 26, 2026
Week-in-Review: Paywall Drops, Paramount Hits Pause, and Everybody Suddenly Hates Google Again
Jul 26 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Accrued Interest Weekly Cypher: July 19, 2026
Week-in-Review: $PSKY, $WBD, $NFLX and Wed's surprise stock
Jul 19 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Why Fox and Telemundo Don't Mind That the USA and Mexico Are Out
What pricing Spanish-language soccer ads taught me about the World Cup's real business.
Jul 10 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Pitch-Mas Shorts Went 6-for-6: My H1 2026 Scorecard (Pt.1)
Accrued Interest is the #1 short-selling newsletter for value investors. The S&P 500 rallied +9.51% in the first half of 2026; my six December shorts…
Jul 8 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)

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Accrued Interest Weekly Cypher: July 12, 2026
Meta's +15% Week and Why Netflix Isn't Panicking
Jul 12 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Interview: Yet Another Value Podcast and the Shifting Media Landscape
Diving deep into the Versant ($VSNT) spin-off, the streaming wars, and why audience attention trumps financial engineering.
Mar 16 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Interview: Decoding the Streaming Wars with Rigatoni Capital
Deep dive on why I’m buying the $NFLX dip and the structural decay of Versant ($VSNT)
Feb 2 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
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Nov Watchlist Update: Stocks to Watch for 2026
$META, $NVDA, $GOOG, $UBER, $ADBE
Nov 11, 2025 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
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