Olive Garden’s owner is at a record high, but there’s more lasagna layers to the numbers. Pacaso just became the fastest ever US company to become a unicorn by making your 1st home your 2nd home (or a 2nd home your 1st home?). And we’re looking at the most important 120-mile stretch in the global economy. $DRI $Z Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We...
Mar 26, 2021•17 min•Ep. 477
The newest store concept from Taco Bell is so innovative, they had to buy a tech startup and hire 1,000 bellhops. Intel’s splurging $20B to get its mojo back by being less Geek Squad, more Captain America. And Fanatics hit a $12.8B valuation mid-March-Madness because it’s snagged a monopoly on your jerseys. $YUM $INTC Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the po...
Mar 25, 2021•16 min•Ep. 476
For the 1st time since January’s GameStop stock pop, we actually got GameStop’s earnings report. GoPuff hits a $9B valuation for bringing the bodega to you. And Lina Kahn is bringing the “hipster antitrust movement” to the 4 tech companies you use most. $GME $AMZN $GOOG $AAPL $DASH Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https:...
Mar 24, 2021•17 min•Ep. 475
Straight outta an 1872 headline, we got ourselves the most important day for railroads in years. Zoom’s answer to post-Covid? Un-brand itself — it could stick Zoom in your Tinder video dates instead. And Goldman Sachs’ analysts whipped up an 11-slide pitch deck to Goldman’s CEO… about how much they hate working at Goldman. $KSU $CP $ZM $GS Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got ...
Mar 23, 2021•20 min•Ep. 474
The winningest chain of the last year may be teen legend Five Below because it’s focused on allowance money, not stimulus money. The NFL’s latest TV deal features 1 small detail that will end the cable TV bundle… forever. And Garmin, the OG of GPS, just hit a stock price it hasn’t seen in 14 years. $FIVE $GRMN $AMZN Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod?...
Mar 22, 2021•17 min•Ep. 473
Williams-Sonoma’s stock popped 18% because it doesn’t care about your style, it cares about your age. Sony’s new Playstation whips up the most important Virtual Reality move of the year. And Peloton officially unveiled its apparel line with Adidas that you can buy… but it’s not really for you. $WSM $SNE $PTON Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got...
Mar 19, 2021•18 min•Ep. 472
Avocado icon Mission Produce jumps into the mango game because “commodities only exist in the minds of the inept.” Squarespace hits a $10B valuation building websites, but the real story here is its “Comp”: Wix. And Uber’s huge switcheroo in London is an unprecedented precedent for the entire Gig Economy. $AVO $WIX $UBER Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the...
Mar 18, 2021•17 min•Ep. 471
Stimulus bill? Check. Vaccines? Coming. Now comes the biggest tax hike in 30 years. Volkwagen has whipped several remedies for range anxiety. And GoPro’s stock has tripled in 6 months because the latest GoPro product is anti-GoPro. $VWAGY $GPRO Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6...
Mar 17, 2021•18 min•Ep. 470
America’s biggest startup just got bigger, sucking up all the stoxygen in the room. Tinder just made its 1st ever investment in a non-profit so you can background check Brad pre-brunch. And 1 day in March tells us about the whole year for airline stocks — it’s the closest thing we’ve got to a crystal ball. $MTCH $DAL $AAL Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for th...
Mar 16, 2021•20 min•Ep. 469
LEGO is winning the toy world by going hardddd into normcore. Netflix is testing tech that prevents you form using someone else’s password. And the biggest IPO of 2021, South Korea’s Coupang, is actually the biggest innovator in ecommerce. $CPNG $NFLX Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FA...
Mar 15, 2021•17 min•Ep. 468
Turns out Adidas wants to be like Nike (and it’s also getting a Peloton). AMC’s sales have plummeted 90%, but it found $300M in cash under its seats. And Johnson & Johnson’s latest vaccine movies reveal it’s actually Batman. $ADDYY $AMC $JNJ Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe...
Mar 12, 2021•19 min•Ep. 467
It’s official. We’re 1 year into the corona-conomy, so we whipped up the most important numbers from it. Roblox just went public... and 3 out of 4 American kids are using it. And Elf Beauty is doing the opposite of every other cosmetics brand right now. It’s because they’re sticking lipstick on burritos and tracking customers down. $RBLX $ELF Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 G...
Mar 11, 2021•18 min•Ep. 466
Booking owns a bunch of travel apps, including Kayak, is jumping off the internet to launch its own physical hotel… but we think they got the idea from streaming. Amazon’s situation in Alabama reveals Big Tech’s big unspoken issue: The Union Awakening. And Carbon Engineering is the vacuum cleaner of CO2 that’s betting on the Guilt Economy. $BKNG $AMZN $XOM Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo...
Mar 10, 2021•19 min•Ep. 465
The social media app du jour Discord hit a $7B valuation for doing the opposite of every other social media company. Pepsi’s Gatorade just made an unprecedented move in the beverage industry: It’s launching a FitTech gadget. And AT&T gets charged with cheating after telling employees to “work the analysts” in an insider information faux pas. $PEP $T Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31x...
Mar 09, 2021•17 min•Ep. 464
Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) are having their moment. People are buying JPEGs or video files… that anyone can watch online. The Nasdaq’s midday plummet on Friday reminds us of a barista’s moves on your latte foam. And Amazon has a big decision to make with Amazon Go. $AMZN $QQQ NFT Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that too: https://...
Mar 08, 2021•19 min•Ep. 463
We told you in January that the most shocking deal of 2021 might happen… and now Jay-Z’s Tidal has been acquired by Jack Dorsey’s Square. We’re about to get February’s jobs report numbers, but we already know we’re in a She-cession. And Carrier, king of air conditioners, didn’t release an earnings report — it just released a weather report with 1 wild stat. $CARR $SQ Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://form...
Mar 05, 2021•18 min•Ep. 462
Abercrombie isn’t the company you think it is anymore (it’s a D’Amelio). Oscar Health’s stock dropped on its IPO day despite the freelancification of America. And Google is burning its cookies that stalk you around the internet, but we don’t think it will dent profits much. $OSCR $ANF $GOOG Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that to...
Mar 04, 2021•18 min•Ep. 461
We’ve simply never seen numbers like what Target just served up. We’ve also got our 1st big case of a potential vaccine line cutter, dropping One Medical’s stock 15% in the last week. And Square is hoping to become the The Bank of Mom & Pop… with a Hotel California strategy. $TGT $SQ $ONEM Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Got a SnackFact for the pod? We got a form for that...
Mar 03, 2021•18 min•Ep. 460
Legendary investor Warren Buffett’s legendary Investor Letter shows he lost last year. Oatly’s oat milk is going nationwide in Starbucks before its IPO: It’s the plant-based playbook. And Waste Management’s pure-play trash stock is loving your ecommerce habit’s cardboard box pile. $WM $BRK.A $SBUX Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...
Mar 02, 2021•18 min•Ep. 459
DraftKings reveals it’s dropped a whopping $500M in marketing to remind you to sports-bet with them. Carvana does online used sales — helps that used car prices grew 14% in 2020. And Domino’s shared a dirty secret about its delivery biz (someone please ask DoorDash to listen to today’s pod). $DPZ $DKNG $CVNA Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Vi...
Mar 01, 2021•17 min•Ep. 458
An ice cream tweet, a frog emoji, and a CFO.... We’re jumping in SnacksStyle to why GameStop’s stock just tripled in 24 hours. Airbnb whipped up its first ever public earnings report. And a new Executive Order is targeting the Economy of Missing Things (spoiler: We’re in a Cold Trade War). $GME $ABNB Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podc...
Feb 26, 2021•17 min•Ep. 457
Snapchat’s stock is at an all-time high, but the real story here is Snap Maps. The US Postal Service played kingmaker with 2 stocks. And fresh off of bottling your White Claw, Ardagh is going public via SPAC, catching 2 trends at once. $SNAP $GRSV $OSK $WKHS Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See Privacy Policy...
Feb 25, 2021•16 min•Ep. 456
We noticed 2 numbers in La-Z-Boy’s earnings that may signal the end of House Hype. The RealReal’s online fancy consignment may actually prefer selling clothes offline. And both our stock portfolios dropped, so we’re breaking down “The Big Shift” that caused it. $LZB $REAL $HD Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices ...
Feb 24, 2021•15 min•Ep. 455
Spotify’s 1st investor event reminds us more of an album than a product launch. Cooper Tires surged 29% in the most important day for Ohio companies. And LinkedIn is reportedly launching a new marketplace that will change how you think about the gig economy. $CTB $GT $SPOT $MSFT Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Send us your Black History Month SnackFact here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hu00HOlQ-qb6S7Jx4CgnGOfzrA67_j_SLFqxvFKinEQ/edit Want a shoutout on ...
Feb 23, 2021•16 min•Ep. 454
While nearly every other beer stock has fallen in the last year, Boston Beer shares nearly tripled… so we jumped in SnacksStyle. Theragun just added Kevin Durant, Karlie Kloss, and 100 other celeb investors because it wants to kill its marketing budget. And Walmart got punished for upping its minimum wage — but Walmart don’t care. $SAM $STZ $WMT Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD...
Feb 22, 2021•16 min•Ep. 453
The biggest food company on Earth, Nestle teaches the power of the Zillennial pivot. Sephora fell to #3 in US Beauty sales partly because it ignored Rihanna’s Fenty Effect. And Facebook just shut down news in Australia... aka Zuck pulled the nuclear option. $LVMH $NSRGY $FB $GOOG Our Editorial Principles: https://robinhood.com/us/en/support/articles/our-editorial-principles/ Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: http...
Feb 19, 2021•15 min•Ep. 452
Elon Musk’s SpaceX is reportedly worth $74B, but it’s not about rockets… it’s about Starlink internet wifi. Applebee’s is launching a virtual brand that we think sets the future for Influencer Kitchens (spoiler: Cheetos chicken wings). And the brutal freeze in Texas reveals a sector that doesn’t get any attention — emergency preparedness. By the way, Lone Star Snackers, we’re sending you warmth and love. $DIN $WMT Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Send us your...
Feb 18, 2021•17 min•Ep. 451
It’s the greatest deal of the year… that never happened: Apparently Microsoft tried (and failed) to acquire Pinterest (so we’ve got a plan for them). Goldman Sachs drops its minimum to become a client from $10M to $1K because Zillennials are its 10-year goal. And the third and final record label is about to go public. $GS $PINS $MSFT $WMG Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Send us your Black History Month SnackFact here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1Hu00HOl...
Feb 17, 2021•18 min•Ep. 450
Zillow owns so much of the homebuying relationship, we think you should compare it to Match Group. Fluor knows nuclear plants are ridiculously expensive, so it’s whipping up a mini version that could help us fight climate change. And Disney’s already built ¾ of Netflix in just 15 months — But live sports is the ticket to beating Netflix. $Z $FLR $DIS Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Send us your Black History Month SnackFact here: https://docs.google.com/form...
Feb 16, 2021•17 min•Ep. 449
Women-first dating app Bumble pulled off the double-double IPO before Valentine’s Day (but don’t call it a dating app). Clubhouse gets Kanye on-board, but we’re looking at its earliest Black community. And flying robot taxi Archer (sounds scary) shows why big companies keep their enemies close. $BMBL $ACIC $ACHR Got a SnackFact? Tweet it @RobinhoodSnacks @JackKramer @NickOfNewYork Want a shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form: https://forms.gle/KhUAo31xmkSdeynD9 Learn more about your ad choices...
Feb 12, 2021•18 min•Ep. 448
