Jack Kramer and Nick Martell, co-hosts of Robinhood's Snacks Daily podcast, whip up their 3 key takeaways from this unique moment in business: The Corona-conomy.
3. ● News
● Context
● Daily Ritual
● Community
Our mission during this crisis
Pants at a time like this?
4. Essential services only
Movie theaters, malls, offices closed — Streaming, delivery, food open
Jobs disruption
Work from home — essential work (on the front lines) — mass layoffs
Stock market uncertainty
Bear market — profit downgrades — corporate bailouts/bankruptcies
What is the Corona-conomy?
The biggest economic transformation
we’ve ever seen
5. Economics
Coronavirus blew a giant hole in the economy
Business
The Corona-conomy powerfully accelerates trends
Markets
The economy car likely isn’t broken — it’s just in the garage
Our 3 Corona-conomy Takeaways…
6. ● Coronavirus blew a giant hole in the economy
○ Lost spending = lost income
○ $2T is a “survival bill”... not “stimulus bill”
○ Government’s #1 goal = Keep people out of poverty
Takeaway #1 - Econ
Credit: New York Times
7. ● Coronavirus blew a giant hole in the economy
○ The questions we’re still asking:
■ Is it irresponsible to bailout industries unprepared for downturn?
■ How long will the economic shutdown last?
■ Will the economy quickly rebound?
■ What other economic smack is most similar to this?
Takeaway #1 - Econ
8. ● The Corona-conomy powerfully accelerates trends
○ Work from home
○ Cord cutting
○ Digital and touchless payments
○ Live-streamed fitness
○ Direct-to-streaming movies
○ Delivery everything
○ Casual workwear
Takeaway #2 - Business
9. ● The Corona-conomy accelerates trends
○ The questions we’re still asking:
■ Is the behavior shift permanent or temporary?
■ What strategies can a business use to retain users?
■ Does a first-mover advantage thrive in this moment?
■ How long does it take to truly build a habit?
Takeaway #2 - Business
10. ● Unlike in ‘08, the economic car likely isn’t
broken — it’s just in the garage not running
○ Likely winners
■ Essentials
■ Especially:
● Stay-at-home stocks
● “War effort” stocks
○ Likely losers
■ Just about everyone else
■ Especially:
● Travel & Leisure
● IPO hopefuls
Takeaway #3 - Markets
Credit: Wall Street Journal
11. ● Unlike in ‘08, the economy car likely isn’t broken — it’s just in the garage
● The questions we’re still asking:
■ Will this be a “V-shaped” recovery, or a long “U-shaped” one?
■ Will the government take ownership in bailout companies?
■ Who will enter bankruptcy?
■ When will the IPO market open again?
Takeaway #3 - Markets
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12. ● What we can’t discuss
○ Investment advice
○ Recommendations to buy or sell a security
○ An offer or sale for any securities
● What we can
○ The news
○ Robinhood Snacks
○ The pod, the newsletter, our entrepreneurial story
○ How far we can run listening to 1 Snacks Daily episode
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