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Take that, Paddington 2 | Investors get conspiratorial | [TOGETHER WITH]( Hi {NAME}, here's what you need to know for June 4th in 3:13 minutes. 🏡 How green is your house? That’s the question we’re asking on June 7th: join ING’s director of sustainable real estate products for [Investing In Sustainable Real Estate](, and find out how to grow (eh? eh?) your alternative investments. [Get your free ticket]( Today's big stories - AMC Entertainment has become one of the biggest companies in America... - … and there’s a smart way to take advantage of meme stocks like AMC without risking it all – [Read Now]( - The US central bank is planning to sell some of the bonds it bought at the height of the pandemic Movies And Shakers [Movies And Shakers] What’s Going On Here? AMC Entertainment hit a nearly $30 billion valuation early on Thursday, making the theater chain superstar bigger than half the companies in the key US stock market index. What Does This Mean? AMC’s stock is up around 400% this week and over 2,800% this year alone, but it’s hard to put this rally solely down to Redditors ([tweet this](). The bigger a company, after all, the tougher it is for retail investors – whose wallets are a lot smaller than their institutional counterparts’ – to influence its value. Then again, they do have the means to tussle with the heavy-hitters: retail investors have [leverage]( and [call options]( at their fingertips, both of which [amplify]( the impact of small bets. And given how quickly “short sellers” – investors betting AMC’s price will fall – were [losing]( money earlier this week, they might’ve raced to buy shares in hopes of reversing their bets and limiting their losses. That, in turn, would’ve pushed AMC’s stock even higher. Why Should I Care? For markets: AMC is making hay while the sun shines. AMC has been taking full advantage of the hype around its stock: the company’s been selling new shares at their recently bolstered price, and it just announced it’d be selling almost [12 million more](in due course. And you can’t exactly blame the firm, which has been hemorrhaging cash since the pandemic forced its theaters shut. Now that its coffers are refilled, though, it should be better able to bounce back as things reopen. Zooming in: AMC’s valuation is hard to justify. AMC’s shares are currently trading for approximately 12 times next year’s forecasted sales, compared to US rivals Cinemark and IMAX’s 3 and 5 times respectively. But that lead probably isn’t sustainable: Goldman Sachs said on Wednesday that the short-term boost from a recovery has already been factored into cinema stocks, and that the acceleration toward streaming platforms will crimp earnings in the longer run. You might also like: [How the pros pick long-term winners.]( Copy to share story: [( 🙋 [Ask a question](mailto:questions@finimize.com?body=Ask us a question: Where are you writing from? Let us know and we'll mention it when we reply.&noapp=true&subject=Movies And Shakers&utm_campaign=daily-global-04-06-2021&utm_source=email) 2. Analyst Take A Smarter Way To Play Meme Stocks What’s Going On Here? Plenty of investors made a lot of money in January, when meme stocks like GameStop and AMC Entertainment’s share prices [rose dramatically](. Of course, plenty of investors lost it again when they [fell dramatically]( too. But with AMC’s stock now three times higher than its January high, you might think [things are different]( this time. And if you do, there is a way to responsibly trade [speculative bubbles](. It’s just not always easy. So that’s today’s Insight: [how to take advantage of these speculative plays as carefully as possible](. [Read or listen to the Insight here]( SPONSORED BY CROWDSTREET Not today, inflation No one knows exactly how inflation is going to shake out, but it’s making stock investors edgy. And if it’s making you edgy, it’s a good time to start diversifying into [alternative markets](. And as luck would have it, [CrowdStreet]( has an excellent opportunity. With [CrowdStreet](, you’ll get access to a constant flow of [real estate investments]( – from individual deals, investment funds, and tailored portfolios. “But I don’t know anything about the real estate market!” we hear you cry. Well, it’s a good thing CrowdStreet’s put together a [Definitive Guide To Real Estate Investing](, laying out its predictions for the year, the best places to invest, and much more besides. That does sound pretty definitive: [get your free guide here](. [Get The Guide]( When you support our sponsors, you support us. Thanks for that. Conspiracy Theory [Conspiracy Theory] What’s Going On Here? The US Federal Reserve (the Fed) announced this week that it’d be selling $14 billion worth of corporate [bonds](, and suspicious investors might be reading too much into it… What Does This Mean? When the pandemic kicked off last year, the Fed bought up a host of corporate bonds to help companies stay on two feet as things descended into chaos. But now that things have settled down, it’s decided to sell some of them off. It’s worth pointing out, of course, that the Fed’s still buying around $120 billion worth of assets every month, so this sell-off is just a drop in the ocean. But for investors, it’s another in a long line of [hints]( that interest rates are set to rise sooner rather than later. Why Should I Care? For markets: The interest rate fear is real. Investors were expecting the Fed to hold onto these bonds until they were fully paid off, so the central bank’s decision will increase the overall supply. All else equal, that’ll send prices down and [yields]( – which move in the opposite direction – up. And since investors use existing yields to inform interest rates on new bonds, the move will effectively increase rates in the market – which isn’t great news for companies’ earnings and, by extension, their share prices. The bigger picture: Your guess is as good as theirs. Investors might’ve seen something like this coming: US [inflation]( is at record highs, so this could be a stopgap before eventually raising interest rates directly. But it remains to be seen whether the sell-off will actually slow down rising prices. That’s especially true given fresh data out on Thursday that showed the private sector added more jobs than expected last month, which could lead to more consumer spending and higher economic growth. Then again, there’s hope yet: data out on Friday is expected to show that wage growth isn’t recovering even if job growth is. 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