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June 14, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🧸 Beanie Babies: The Cutest Boom, Bubble & Bust

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Beanie Babies — the unassuming critters with birthdates and bios — are designed to tug on your heartstrings (and your wallet). But for a moment in the late-90s, they burst out of gift shops and into investment portfolios as America went crazy over Legs the Frog, Pinchers the Lobster, and the rest of the plushie pals.Behind this bean-stuffed market bubble hid a mysterious salesman with a chip on his shoulder named Ty Warner (the P.T. Barnum of Plush), who masterminded limited drops, direct-to-retail strategies, and internet virality before any of those things had names.

With plastic pellets and perceived scarcity, Ty built an empire worth billions that stands to this day. But there wasn't such a happy ending for most speculators when the market turned from (Snort the) bull to (Brownie the) bear, wiping out millions.

Find out how Beanie Babies helped launch eBay, why you should never trade your Bucky the Beaver for a cupcake, and why Beanie Babies is the best idea yet.

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June 13, 2025

The Best One Yet - ⌚ “Engagement Watch” — Rolex’s wedding win. Starbucks’ barista championship. Home Depot’s ICE raid.

Rolex sales are jumping… because women are giving them as engagement rings (watches?).

Home Depot’s newest business risk?... It’s now ground zero in the ICE immigration raids.

Starbucks hosted the world’s 1st Barista Championship… and hiring full-time in-house influencers.

Plus, the wildest new recession indicator is… TaskRabbits.

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June 12, 2025

The Best One Yet - 👙 “SummerHouse VC” — Paige DeSorbo’s exit. US/China trade dud. Heinz’s breakfast ketchup.

The US and China trade deal looks more like a trade dud… because of China’s Infinity Stones.

When Heinz ketchup changes its bottle, sales pop… so it launched maple syrup ketchup jugs.

Summer House star Paige DeSorbo launched a startup… because BravoTV is the new Y-Combinator.

Plus, the new weekend trend for techies is Darkness Retreats… 3 days, zero light.

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June 11, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🍼 “Stox4Kidz” — $1k baby accounts. SmartLess’ podcast phone. Zuck’s AI dragons.

What if every newborn got a $1K stock account?... If the budget bill passes, that’s happening.

Why is SmartLess, the podcast, launching a wireless company?... Because 35% of Millennials are still on their parents’ plan.

Zuckerberg is creating a “SuperIntelligence” team… and he’ll pay you up to $100,000,000 to join.

Plus, Gen Z just killed the bar tab… (and it’s the right move).

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June 10, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🧊 “Liquid iPhone” — Apple’s WWDC reveal. Bachelorette $$$ index. Warner Bros’ Bad Bunny breakup.

Apple’s biggest event of the year was all about “liquid”… And Apple lost $90B in 9 minutes.

Bach parties now cost $1,400/person… we dove into the Bachelorette Industrial Complex (spoiler: dudes spend more).

Warner Bros Discovery is breaking up… but it reminds us of Bob Dylan and Bad Bunny.

Plus, the uuntold origin story of the Beanie Baby… The cutest boom, bubble, & bust.

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June 9, 2025

The Best One Yet - 💔 “Bro-vorce” — Elon’s money vs Trump’s power. Hot Wheel’s social surge. Reddit’s upvote power.

From power couple to cat fight, we now have Elon’s riches vs. Trump’s power… so we predict who wins.

Hot Wheels is surging on Insta, YouTube, and TikTok… with a different strategy for each.

Reddit’s huge AI lawsuit reveals its most powerful feature… the Upvote.

Plus, JNCO Jeans? DVDs? Lil Wayne?... The hot new Gen Z trend is MillennialCore.

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June 6, 2025

The Best One Yet - 🎮 “Mario Hits Puberty” — Nintendo’s Switch 2 sellout. Our 401K password trick. AI Traffic Lights.

Nintendo’s Switch 2 release caused chaos worldwide… because of Paul Rudd.

Retirement accounts have surged, so we share our top savings rule… Forget your password.

The new target of tech disruption? Traffic Lights… Stop signs haven’t changed in 100 years.

Plus, the Oklahoma City Thunder are in the NBA Finals.... Thanks to an investing strategy.

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June 5, 2025

The Best One Yet - 👻 “Halloween Canceled” — Spirit’s trade war-ning. Fortune 500’s founder fun. Pizza Hut’s reading app.

Spirit Halloween cancelled their summer costume preview… because the trade war has a tail.

A record 55 women lead Fortune 500 companies… and a record 24 founders do too.

Pizza Hut’s “Book It” app … it’s an original example of gamification.

Plus, Ikea did a commercial in 1994 that changed the country… The 1st ad with a gay couple.

(FYI, here’s that Ikea ‘94 commercial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCGv1hN6S9E)

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June 4, 2025

The Best One Yet - ☀️“Everything’s Sunny in TWC” — Weather Channel’s #1 trust. Netflix’s tudum trailers. Dr. Squatch’s standup comedy.

The most trusted news brand in America? It’s… The Weather Channel (for the 4th straight year).

Netflix presented all its new content at a big unveil called “Tudum”… and it highlights the Netflix Paradox.

Dr. Squatch is the biggest soap startup in America… because of “The Jester’s Privilege.”

Plus, Tinder’s newest feature is a height filter… #SaveTheShortKings

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