Alex
alex-beard.bsky.social
Alex
@alex-beard.bsky.social
I like to vent about things in ecommerce/ digital marketing/ DTC. Other passions & interests: Aston Villa (AVFC), Formula 1 and trading/ stocks & shares.

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Hang it in the Louvre
TANK vs TESLA

"We've crushed fascism before and we'll crush it again"

- ⁠WW2 veteran Ken, 98, in the tank
May 7, 2025 at 8:50 PM
#DonaldTrump shows himself to be a massive pussy, and blinks first. Thank you for your attention to this matter!
April 9, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Reposted by Alex
2023 - Silicon Valley Bank collapse, Palestine conflict
2024 - China Stock market crash falling 26%, Yen Carry Trade Unwind leading to third highest $VIX,
2025 - Trump tariff trade conflict, leading to the worst drop ever in the $DOW, Nasdaq $NDX down 11%, $SPY down 17% YTD

Lots of lifetimes lived.
April 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Reposted by Alex
The last five years of trading have had numerous "once in a lifetime" events. For example:

2020 - Covid crash market falling 34%
2021 - US Capitol Protests, $GME GameStop $AMC and other buy button removed
2022 - Ukraine Russia War, Global inflation surge, FTX Collapse
April 6, 2025 at 7:35 PM
I would love to know how all the kiss-ass tech CEOs feel today. They all got down on their knees on inauguration day, in exchange for better times for their respective businesses. Two months later and they’re all a whole lot poorer.
April 3, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Re influencers slinging product on TikTok: if you have to say something looks sophisticated, means it’s tacky af
March 11, 2025 at 5:19 PM
February in the UK is my least favourite month… it’s dark and sometimes unbearably cold after an already few cold months. But there’s a big positive… the 6 week gym heroes return to their caves and let me crack on 💪 #gymlife
February 10, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Casual observation on the tariffs imposed by Trump… he should have just picked one of the trading partners to go against.

A bully typically picks out one classmate at a time to pick out, knowing they can’t go against the whole crowd at the same time but sending a message.

They’ve lost their edge.
February 2, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’m starting to question if we’re watching the real-time crumbling of America’s global dominance?

He’s playing a dangerous game of forcing allies to show themselves to be weak. How many countries are just going to tell the USA to shove Trump’s tariffs up his arse?
January 26, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Did I miss something - did none of the players not notice that Charlotte lost her Welsh accent?? #thetraitors
January 23, 2025 at 11:43 PM
Just watched Civil War. 10 years ago I’d have said it was a ridiculous work of fiction that would never happen. Now… I’m not so sure
January 11, 2025 at 9:50 PM
What I find fascinating on #thetraitors is how quickly people turn on each other. There’s also such a lack of empathy: “it’s defo such and such” for such innocuous actions, but when the tables are turned they start crying “why me?”

It shows some of the worst of humanity & makes for compelling tv 🤷‍♂️
January 9, 2025 at 11:15 PM
It’s crazy how things can go so nicely in #ecommerce and then bam! Sales just drop off. The reasoning? No major changes in overnight stock levels, pricing or ad changes… demand just isn’t there like it was yesterday
January 9, 2025 at 12:49 AM
Tired of all the negativity on the other platforms… I’ve purged my Twitter list and now just following accounts until they migrate over here.

Also sacking off Threads, just when it felt like there was enough content for it to start getting good. But then, it’s run by Zuck 🤷‍♂️
January 8, 2025 at 12:05 AM