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This article was written by Brandon Smith and originally published at Birch Gold Group

The Top TV Advertising Spenders in 2023

In 2023, advertising spend is projected to reach $61.3 billion on U.S. broadcast and cable TV.

Despite declining viewership, traditional TV has been found to be an optimal platform for storytelling ads. Additionally, advertisers can target viewer segments on traditional TV—similar to digital marketing channels.

The Most Shorted Stocks in the U.S. (Fall 2023)

Shorting a company involves borrowing its shares, selling them at current prices, and then buying them back in the future at a lower price. Essentially, short sellers are betting that the company will underperform in the future.

In this infographic, we list the 15 most shorted stocks in the U.S. during the fall of 2023, ranked by the value of their short interest, using data from FactSet.

Which Companies Make Up the “Magnificent Seven” Stocks?

In 2013 CNBC analyst Jim Cramer popularized “FANG,” comprised of Facebook (now Meta), Amazon, Netflix, and Google (now Alphabet), as a shorthand for the best performing technology stocks on the market. Apple, added in 2017, made it FAANG.

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Visualizing the Rise of the U.S. Dollar Since the 19th Century

As the world’s reserve currency, the U.S. dollar made up 58.4% of foreign reserves held by central banks in 2022, falling near 25-year lows.

Today, emerging countries are slowly decoupling from the greenback, with foreign reserves shifting to currencies like the Chinese yuan.