Have you gotten more interested in interest lately? It’s not just you. A record number of Americans are moving around their money because they’re chasing yield (and it’s probably worth it). Tiffany’s jewelry is reopening its flagship store in NYC after 4 years — but it’s not a store… it’s a museum. And we found an economic crystal ball: It’s Packaging Corp — Because before you something can be bought, it must be packaged. $PKG $UPS $FDX $LVMUY $FRB Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? ...
Apr 26, 2023•19 min•Ep. 957
Robotaxes have taken over San Francisco’s streets, but the real winner here could be Elon’s Tesla. Before it got disrupted, Bed Bath & Beyond was disrupting with 1 marketing strategy that it went all-in on. And sales of Coca-Cola’s drinks are all up, except for 1 particular beverage… because ⅔ of acquisitions fail. $BBBY $KO $GOOG $TSLA Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on...
Apr 25, 2023•22 min•Ep. 956
The newest Billion-Dollar Brand? It will be Goldfish Crackers… because Goldfish uses “The Wingman Strategy.” We noticed Spotify hasn’t been looking like Spotify so far this year — and that’s ok. And Ikea is making its biggest investment ever, putting $2B into 17 new US locations — So we’re comparing Ikea to Wayfair. $CPB $SPOT $W Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Le...
Apr 24, 2023•22 min•Ep. 955
Coachella isn’t a music fest anymore… it’s a 6-day, $100M profit fest. SpaceX launched its Starship into space — it exploded, but that’s all part of the plan. And BuzzFeed is shutting down Buzzfeed News — but that story is the story of all news right now. $BZFD $RVLV $TSLA Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/a...
Apr 21, 2023•22 min•Ep. 954
Fox News is paying $787M to end its defamation lawsuit from its 2020 election coverage, so we’re looking at what you can say and what you can’t. Taco Bell just opened the door to its secret food laboratory — And it turns out they have a formula for creativity. And after 300 years of China on top, India now has the most people on earth… but India’s economy is missing one big thing. $YUM $FOX $MCD Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Inst...
Apr 20, 2023•20 min•Ep. 953
The top song in America right now is from Drake & The Weeknd — But neither one knew about the song, because it was actually written and performed by AI. Apple is doubling down on finance with its new savings account because its real advantage is fluency. And Marijuana sales just passed a major milestone: Cannabis is beating chocolate. $AAPL $SPOT $GOOG $GS Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod...
Apr 19, 2023•21 min•Ep. 952
Netflix stock fell 2% because it messed up the live episode of “Love is Blind” — Here’s the 3 things Netflix should do to fix it. The Phantom of the Opera musical just had its final show, but Broadway is a lesson for us about how we consume content. And earnings season has kicked off — But Wall Street already predicted last year what will happen. $NFLX $SPY Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod An...
Apr 18, 2023•21 min•Ep. 951
The Four Seasons’ new perk: Guests can borrow a luxury handbag for a night out, because everything deserves a test drive. Walmart just sold its Bonobos khakis brand for a huge loss, but not because of business — because of psychology. And we just hit a new Marriage Money Milestone between husbands and wives. $WMT$AMZN $MAR Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Learn mor...
Apr 17, 2023•20 min•Ep. 950
The latest fad diet isn’t a diet, it’s a shot — Ozempic is being called a miracle weight loss drug, and it’s disrupting Weight Watchers. LVMH is proud of their pricey perfume, and they are selling more than ever thanks to their Rihanna-aided storytelling. And H&R Block vs. TurboTax is the tax prep rivalry we’re all thinking about, but they share a common goal: Keep Taxes Hard. Take our weekly TBOY pop-biz pop-quiz at go.tboypod.com $WW $NVO $LVMUY $INTU $HRB Want merch, a shoutout, or got Th...
Apr 14, 2023•22 min•Ep. 949
Baby Shark is the most-watched YouTube video of all time, but now it’s charging money for podcasts — because there’s big $$$ in digital babysitting. Twitter (the company) is no more… It’s now owned by X Company. And the best inflation report in years just exposed a new thing: “Restaurant-flation” is the latest see-saw effect. $GOOG $AAPL $BTC Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us ...
Apr 13, 2023•20 min•Ep. 948
Actor Ryan Reynolds acquired a Welsh soccer club that’s now winning — The story’s worthy of a documentary (oh wait, there already is one). Tesla’s craziest product yet isn’t cars, cybertrucks, or robots — it’s building sized batteries. And US National Park visits just hit an all-time high, but there’s one single publicly-traded company making millions off all the camping. $TSLA $BAH Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitte...
Apr 12, 2023•20 min•Ep. 947
Nintendo stock is up 6% since “Super Mario Bros” premiered in theaters, because marginal creativity is the most profitable kind. We just hit a major Millennial Milestone: More Millennials own homes than rent (but just don’t get “HoFOMO”). And Tupperware’s stock plummeted 50% yesterday — Companies can go sour, but brands don’t expire. $NTDOY $Z $TUP Want merch, a shoutout, or got TheBestFactYet? Go to: www.tboypod.com Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now wat...
Apr 11, 2023•21 min•Ep. 946
L’Oreal acquired Aesop, the Australian soap and shampoo company, for $2.5B because they sell the most profitable physical thing we’ve ever seen. Levi’s stock dropped 15% in one day last week because when the economy drops, so do your jeans. And if you’ve seen images of The Pope and Harry Potter looking fancy, they’re AI-generated — because artificial intelligence can go from zero-to-artwork in 3.2 seconds. Check out our new website: tboypod.com $LEVI $LULU $LRLCY $LVMUY Follow The Best One Yet o...
Apr 10, 2023•20 min•Ep. 945
Chipotle just sued Sweetgreen for burrito bowl IP infringement, but we think Sweetgreen could turn lawsuits into lemonade. For the first time, a major social media algorithm has been released and opened up for the public to see — So we finally know the recipe for virality. And pandemic work flexibility has created “The Anytime/Anywhere Economy.” $CMG $SG $META $GOOG Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill ou...
Apr 06, 2023•22 min•Ep. 944
Apple’s newest product is shockingly basic: A music streaming app just for classical music… but it could turn customers into fans. The real winner of March Madness was the NCAA women — They smashed viewership records because story is king. And JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon just shared his economic wisdom in an annual letter, but we’re focused on the less he taught his daughter. $AAPL $JPM $BAC Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shout...
Apr 05, 2023•21 min•Ep. 943
World Wrestling Entertainment was just acquired for $9B (fake fight), but now it’s merging with Ultimate Fight Championships (real fighting) into a knockout stock (literally). The fastest-growing app in the US right now? It’s Lemon8. But Lemon8’s secret Chinese owner is all over the American App Store. And GM just made the most annoying car decision of the year: Banning CarPlay… GM’s become a Stage 5 Data Clinger. $PINS $META $WWE $EDR $GM $AAPL Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and...
Apr 04, 2023•21 min•Ep. 942
If Ivy League tuition prices keep growing at this pace, then kids born today will be paying “The Million-Dollar Degree”. Forget the “FAANG” stocks of Wall Street — What’s driving stocks today are the “JAM” stocks: Just Apple & Microsoft. And Pepsi just rebranded because being #2 behind Coca-Cola is the best thing that ever happened to it. $PEP $KO $AAPL $MSFT Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out t...
Apr 03, 2023•20 min•Ep. 941
Major League Baseball has 10x as many games as the NFL, but half the revenue — so it just made three rule changes to fix “The Boring Problem.” Tomorrow, Twitter is yanking away blue check marks from all its legacy famous people, but can Elon go from “free” to “fee?” And we got an update on the Egg-flation Situation: Egg prices have popped so much that one company’s profits surged 700%. Play the weekly TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.com/ Can you go 5 out of 5 on this week’s pop-biz news stories? $...
Mar 31, 2023•20 min•Ep. 940
How do you like your Mammoth cooked? Australian startup Vow just served lab-grown Mammoth Meatballs and raised $50M for it. Lululemon’s stock jumped 13% yesterday, but Lulu made the wrong bet on your workouts. And Elon Musk, Steve Wozniak, and 1,000 other tech leaders just signed a letter demanding that AI work stop immediately. Because AI could cure cancer, but it could also end civilization. $LULU $GOOG $TSLA Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us ...
Mar 30, 2023•21 min•Ep. 939
The biggest crypto exchange in the world, Binance, has been sued by Federal regulators — we wish Crypto leaders would listen to Uncle Ben. The fastest-growing grocery store chain in America? It’s Aldi. But Aldi just launched something you can’t eat… Aldi Fashion. And if you’ve ever struggled to cancel a subscription, then we’ve got a story for you: Subscription Cancellation Aggravation is about to face justice. $BTC $ETH $WMT Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod An...
Mar 29, 2023•21 min•Ep. 938
What if you could chat with Abe Lincoln, Super Mario, and Nikki Minaj? The latest $1B AI startup lets you have conversations with famous people… alive or dead, fictional or non-fictional. Israel erupted in protests because of the government’s moves on the Supreme Court — And that could kill Israel’s innovation power. And Carnival Cruises just enjoyed its best quarter of bookings ever, so why’s its stock at a record low? $CCL $NCLH $GOOG Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: ...
Mar 28, 2023•22 min•Ep. 937
Urban Outfitters is one of the few fashion stocks actually up right now and it’s thanks to one thing: Rental Rompers. Apple’s next big thing? Spending $1B every year on blockbuster movies for movie theaters. And Ford just updated its dating profile: It’s got an electric surprise. $URBN $AAPL $F Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this form Got the Best Fact Yet? We got a form for that too Learn more ...
Mar 27, 2023•21 min•Ep. 936
TikTok’s CEO just tried to convince Congress that it’s all good, but our elected representatives seemed to disagree — so the question remains: Is TikTok too lit to prohibit? PetCo’s stock just fell to its lowest level ever because we may have hit Peak Puppy. And Block shares plummeted 20% after its Cash App got challenged to a rap battle. Play the weekly TBOY Quiz: https://go.tboypod.com/ Can you go 5 out of 5 on this week’s pop-biz news stories? $WOOF $CHWY $SQ $SNAP Learn more about your ad ch...
Mar 24, 2023•21 min•Ep. 935
White Claw already disrupted beer with spiked seltzer… now it’s disrupting both with its own vodka. The Fed just made its biggest policy decision of the year as it fights 2 monsters with 1 weapon: Inflation and a bank crisis. And Amazon’s moves with Panera Bread look nice, but it’s not making any moves in AI — because Amazon is best when it plays like John Stockton of the Utah Jazz. $SAM $AMZN $SPY Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Wa...
Mar 23, 2023•19 min•Ep. 934
Dole’s in the fruit business faces a fundamental problem: 1 banana 2 banana 3 banana 4 — They’re all the same banana, Chaquito or Dole. Netflix just hit 1M subscribers of its ad-supported version, because it built an on-ramp for password moochers. And the fastest-growing shoe brand right now isn’t Nike or Allbirds — it’s Hoka, the Rudy of athletic stocks. $DECK $DOLE $ONON $NFLX Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the...
Mar 22, 2023•20 min•Ep. 933
Protests, fires, and trash flood the streets of Paris because the retirement age in France was raised to 64 — it’s not just about economics, it’s about national identity. Rolls-Royce is developing a moonshot (literally): A nuclear reactor for the moon. And if you work with Google or Microsoft software, then you’re about to get a new AI coworker. $RYCEY $GOOG $MSFT Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out ...
Mar 21, 2023•20 min•Ep. 932
2022 was The Year of the Wedding, but 2023 has a proposal problem — and that’s a problem for the jewelry industry. Three US banks are beating up the financial system globally, but in 3 different ways: Silicon Valley Bank got rescued, Credit Suisse got a bailout, and First Republic got an intervention. And Disney upped the price of Disney+ by $3/month and we all paid it — because it’s not just a media company, it’s a digital on-demand babysitter. $SIG $DIS $FRB $CS $SIVB Follow The Best One Yet o...
Mar 20, 2023•21 min•Ep. 931
Apple just dropped Season 3 of Ted Lasso and achieved “marketing nirvana” — Because the real star was FaceTime. Nestle warns that there’s a war breaking out in kitchens across America: Air Fryers vs Instant Pots. And TikTok was just told by the US government that it must sell itself or be banned from America… again (and we’re super extra serious this time). Take our weekly pop-biz pop-quiz: https://go.tboypod.com/ $AAPL $NSRGY $SNAP $META Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok...
Mar 17, 2023•20 min•Ep. 930
Michael Jordan’s 1998 NBA Finals sneakers are expected to sell for a record price at auction — But MJ’s slam dunks also reflect a fundamental rule of finance. While Silicon Valley Bank has fallen, one winner has emerged… and it involves Smokey the Bear. And actor Ryan Reynolds just sold his wireless startup to T-Mobile because T-Mobile is sultry right now. $NKE $ADDYY $SIVB $BAC $CS $TMUS $VZ $T Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want ...
Mar 16, 2023•21 min•Ep. 929
The entire Silicon Valley Bank drama can be explained by Biggie Smalls’ “Mo Money Mo Problems” — but so far the system’s working. Chick-Fil-A is spending $1B to expand beyond the US, but it’s going to need “The Steaknife Strategy.” And for the first time ever, Allbirds just saw its shoe sales fall — because it tried to be LA in SF. $SIVB $FRB $BIRD $MCD $SBUX Follow The Best One Yet on Instagram, Twitter, and Tiktok: @tboypod And now watch us on Youtube Want a Shoutout on the pod? Fill out this ...
Mar 15, 2023•23 min•Ep. 928
