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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 19, 2026
Week-in-Review: $PSKY, $WBD, $NFLX and Wed's surprise stock
Jul 19 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Next Era of Accrued Interest Starts Today
For my day ones, founding pricing is locked in the moment you pledge
Jul 6 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Math Behind the Merger: Why the States’ Case Against PSKY + WBD Is Winnable ($PSKY, $WBD)
The states aren’t arguing politics. They’re arguing about math.
Jul 15 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Accrued Interest Weekly Cypher: July 12, 2026
Meta's +15% Week and Why Netflix Isn't Panicking
Jul 12 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
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Dead on Arrival: 8 Reasons the Paramount-WBD Merger Will Fail
Mar 20 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
The Pokémon Theory of Media Investing
Mar 12 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Fox + Roku: A Brilliant Pivot from the Cable Bundle to the Living Room
Jun 16 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Comcast Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Jun 30 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)

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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.)
The Release Valve on the CapEx Bill: What Meta’s Compute Plan Actually Signals
A hedge on the biggest infrastructure bet in the company’s history.
Jul 1 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)
Comcast Says the Quiet Part Out Loud
Comcast is spinning off NBCUniversal and Sky — my first take on the biggest TMT breakup in years.
Jun 30 • Accrued Interest (Simeon M.)

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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.)
The Next Era of Accrued Interest Starts Today
For my day ones, founding pricing is locked in the moment you pledge
Jul 6 • 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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