The Best One Yet - ✉️ “How much should I tip?” — N&J’s Holiday Tip rules. Nissan’s Honda hug. Databricks’ AI baseball championship. (And 1-800-CHAT-GPT).

Americans are sick of tips, but Holiday tipping is universally loved… so we share our holiday tip rules.

Databricks’ just had the biggest startup fundraise ever… because they put AI in baseball.

Nissan & Honda may be merging… because the world’s biggest carbuyer stopped buying.

Plus, we present “The 12 Days of Dupe-mas”.

And we called the brand new AI phone number: 1-800-CHAT-GPT


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The Best One Yet - 🦕 “Dino IPO” — Stegosaurus goes public. Mattel’s Hot Wheels win. Broadcom’s BATMMAAN stocks.

A stegosaurus skeleton is going public today… so we jumped into the 1st ever Dino IPO stock.

Mattel’s Hot Wheels sales are up 14%, selling 700M… because Hot Wheels defied inflation. 

Broadcom is the new Nvidia… so we need to discuss the new “BATMMAAN” stocks of tech.

Plus, birch? Maple? Spruce? There is a hierarchy to firewood… so startups are cashing in.


$MAT $AVGO $STEG


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The Best One Yet - 🛸 “$UFO” — Drone stocks’ mystery surge. Crumbl’s $1B cookie. Waymo beat Lyft.

Crumbl Cookies have reached all 50 states with a new biz model… B2A: Business-to-Algorithm.

There’s a drone mystery in the New Jersey skies… So we found 3 drone stocks surging.

Waymo just passed Lyft for the 1st time ever in a ride-hail market… because money is a moat.


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The Best One Yet - 🧸 “Teddy Bear, so hot right now” — Ralph Lauren’s new logo. Hot Ones’ $82M deal. Marriott’s glamping bet.

Ralph Lauren is the shining star of American luxury… because they traded out logos.

Hot Ones, the chicken wing interview show, sold for $82M… it’s a changing of the guard in media.

And Marriott just acquired a chain of glamping cabins… because the mountains are calling, and I must invest.

Plus, holiday office parties are going away. Frank from Finance is devastated.


$RL $BZFD $MAR



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The Best One Yet - ♟️ “Pawn Stars — Chess’ “random” disruption. Netflix’s unlimited parental leave. Time’s CEO of the Year.

Chess has a new World Champ… but traditional chess is getting disrupted by rando chess.

Netflix’s legendary unlimited parental leave policy is under pressure… so we calculated the ROI.

Time just named AMD’s Lisa Su CEO of the year… because she has 1 incredible hero metric.

Plus, Taco Bell just opened Taco Bar… They call it a cafe, but we see a night club.


$AMD $NFLX $SPY


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The Best One Yet - 🤤 “Everything’s $3” — Matto’s crazy coffee. The CEO killer controversy. Louis Vuitton’s train bet.

The fastest-growing coffee chain in New York is Matto… because the $3 latte has a secret.

The UnitedHealthcare CEO killer has been charged with murder… but it also revealed pent up frustration with healthcare.

Louis Vuitton just acquired the Orient Express… because luxury trains are the new luxury shirts.

Plus, toss away that gingerbread house - Charcuterie Chalets are what santa’s digging right now.


$SBUX $LVMUY $UNH


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The Best One Yet - 🍿 “1-click movie” — OpenAI’s Hollywood video. Hershey’s orphan school. Brian Chesky’s 1:1 meeting hate.

Hershey stock surged 20% on acquisition talks… but family drama can block the whole deal.

OpenAI just launched Sora: text-to-video Gen AI… It’s turning Hollywood into an app.

Over 90% of the tech industry does 1:1 Meetings… but Airbnb’s Brian Chesky is killing them.

Plus, the fastest-growing job in medicine? It’s dermatology… aka The Derm Boom.


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$HSY $MDLZ  $ABNB


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The Best One Yet - 🫶🧾 “Eras Tour receipts” — Taylor Swift’s concert payday. Disney’s doubling cruise line. DeBeers’ industrial diamonds.

After 149 concerts, Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour just ended… and we got the financial receipts.

Disney is doubling its cruise line… because Disney Cruise is actually its most popular product.

Get This: 80% of diamonds are not used for jewelry… they're used for factories.


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The Best One Yet - 🥃 “A Bar Song Biz” — Shaboozy’s economic ballad. Lululemon’s “newness”. Google’s weather channel.

Lululemon’s stock jumped 19% Friday because it’s obsessed with one word… “Newness.”

Shaboozy’s “A Bar Song” just set a music record… but it’s a biz lesson on breaking genres.

Google just unveiled its most powerful AI product yet… the ultimate weather predictor.

Plus, TikTok will officially be banned in January… but that may be the biggest productivity boost for the American economy ever.


$GOOG $LULU $SPY


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The Best One Yet - 👨‍❤️‍💋‍👨 “He took me to Chick” — Chick-fil-A’s dating lesson. Bitcoin’s $100K moment. Uber’s Christmas carols.

Chick-fil-A is the top restaurant for 1st dates… and women love it, on one financial condition.

Microstrategy owns 2% of all the world’s Bitcoin… and Bit just hit $100K for the 1st time ever.

Uber’s newest product? UberCarolling… because to beat Waymo, Uber needs Christmas cheer.

Plus, Guinness sales are up 24% among young women… aka “Guinfluencers.”


$BTC $MSTR $UBER


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