 In March, as the coronavirus pandemic forced entire countries into lockdown, Dave Portnoy found himself with two things that often make for a troubling combination: a lot of money and a lot of time. Casino-operator Penn National had just purchased a stake in the media company he founded, Barstool Sports, in a deal that valued the business at 450m and, although he still worked at the company, he needed something else to do while live sport was shuttered. Unlike many Americans, however, he put 3m into it and decided to live blog his day trading with the caveat that I have zero clue what Im doing. 