This is a smog-free zone... Upstate New York's Plug Power wants to be the "leader in powering electric motors" — but it's 23-years-old and definitely isn't that. It's taking a different approach than Tesla to clean electric motors: The Hydrogen Fuel Cell. Now it's getting major attention from investors in its 24th year.

• Battery electric: Drives ~250 miles on a charge. Great for most car owners, because 99% of drives are shorter than that. Charge the car overnight with your garage outlet.
• Fuel cell electric: For industrial vehicles (think forklifts, buses, delivery trucks), battery doesn't work as well because charging takes hours. And hours of not moving is big lost $$$. Fuel cell is as green as battery, but takes minutes to fill up instead of hours to charge up.
• For the chemistry fans (how Fuel Cell works): Hydrogen and Oxygen enter a fuel cell engine, then electricity, heat, and water go out.

But you've still never heard of Plug Power... Until this year. In January, the company announced a major order from one Fortune 100 company — the single order will generate nearly as much revenue ($172M) as Plug Power made in the entire past year ($191M). It also announced a new engine it's working on specially for delivery trucks. But its stock has risen over 150% in 5 months and 27% just last week... despite 2 decades of consistent unprofitability.

Put your back Intuit.... The creator of TurboTax and QuickBooks is adding to its clique of popular financial products, just in time for tax season. Intuit is close to striking a deal to buy privately held Credit Karma for $7B — its largest acquisition ever. In 2009, Intuit acquired budget tracker Mint for $170M. Now Intuit's splurging more because it wants to be aggressively involved in your daily finances (not just your yearly tax frenzy).

Tastes better when you DIY... Domino's global sales jumped 8%, sending shares up 30% last week. It's one of the only big chains that refuses to partner with delivery apps like Gruhub and DoorDash. For years, it's taken a DIY approach to delivery, investing big in its own app — now it's expanding GPS-pizza tracking for hangry orderers. FYI, takeout now makes up nearly half of Domino's orders — and it's more profitable than delivery (because delivery costs extra time & money).

Don't hate the player... hate the benchmark. Shares of Warren Buffett's legendary holding company Berkshire Hathaway rose 11% in 2019 — not bad, right? Until you compare that with the S&P 500, which jumped 31.5% last year. That means that if you'd invested in an S&P 500-tracking ETF for all of 2019, you would've made a 31.5% return (that's almost triple the return of Buffett's baby). But Warren reminded us as always in his annual letter to shareholders (which came out Saturday) that Berkshire has performed twice as well as the S&P 500 historically since 1965.

Secret goes private... Victoria's Secret was sold off by struggling parent L Brands. And get this: the lingerie chain is only worth $1.1B as a private company. Vicky hasn't adapted well to an era of inclusivity and bralettes — slowing sales and bad PR dropped L Brands' value by 75% over 5 years. With the sale of VS (and its PINK brand), all L has left is a healthy-ish Bath & Body Works brand. Scented shower gel may help clean the financial woes.

• Wonder: A cool, interactive map shows the state of math today (check out those prime numbers)
• Achieve: 3 ways to set realistic goals (and actually accomplish them)
• Maximize: Living in a super-expensive city? Here are 10 more affordable ones that Americans are fleeing to
• Money: How an "abundance mindset" could help you make more (and retire earlier) than a "frugality mindset"
• Search: Craigslist is a rare survivor of the more democratic web we lost (25 years later, it still doesn't turn users into data)

• Monday: Earnings expected from Shake Shack, Intuit, and HP
• Tuesday: Earnings expected from Salesforce, Virgin Galactic, The RealReal, Revolve, Home Depot, Macy's, and SmileDirect
• Wednesday: Earnings expected from Square, Etsy, and Papa John's
• Thursday: The GDP Report. Earnings expected from Budweiser-owner AB InBev, Workday, Keurig Dr Pepper, Beyond Meat, and Live Nation
• Friday: Consumer Spending Report (tells us how much we're splurging)

Disclosure: Authors of this Snacks own stock of Beyond Meat and fractional shares of Berkshire Hathaway (Class A)

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