The Best One Yet - 🏆 “Perfect Credit Score” — How to get one. Tesla’s new MAGA brand. Chili’s ate TGI Fridays.

Does the perfect 850 credit score exist?... It does, one man just got it, and we’ll tell ya how.

Tesla has become a $45K MAGA hat… so we’ll explain the biggest pivot in branding.

Chili’s restaurant stock surged 300% in the last year… thanks to its Great White Shark strategy.

Plus, it’s the Lunar New Year… so we found wild data on stocks during the Year of the Snake (spoiler: It’s bad).


$TSLA $EAT $AMEX


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Motley Fool Money - Starbucks’ Slow Drip Recovery

New CEO Brian Niccol, same struggles at Starbucks – falling comps and foot traffic.


(00:14) Anthony Schiavone and Dylan Lewis discuss:


- The market’s very upbeat reaction to Starbucks’ fairly lackluster results.

- Brian Niccol’s “Back to Starbucks” plan and the progress so far.

- Brad Jacob’s plans to run his proven acquisition playbook at QXO, and why Beacon isn’t eager to be bought up.


(13:16) Is there a way to make clothing rentals work? If there is, Rent the Runway hasn’t quite figured it out. But a quiet competitor might have. Fool analyst Nick Sciple joins Mary Long to talk about a mall retailer with a subscription side hustle.


Companies discussed: SBUX, QXO, BECN, RENT, URBN, ANF


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Anthony Schiavone, Nick Sciple, Mary Long

Engineers: Rick Engdahl


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Money Girl - Who’s Eligible for a Spousal IRA?

Laura reviews the rules for using a spousal IRA, including who’s eligible to have one and the money-saving tax benefits you receive.

Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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Money Girl - Who’s Eligible for a Spousal IRA?

Laura reviews the rules for using a spousal IRA, including who’s eligible to have one and the money-saving tax benefits you receive.

Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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The Best One Yet - ☄️ “The 4 Frontiers” — Space Inc.’s Trump jump. X’s Venmo-y Visa deal. Royal Caribbean’s value meal.

Space stocks surged as Trump pledged to reach Mars… so we’re introducing the 4 Final Frontiers.

X announced a Venmo-like deal with Visa… but it all comes down to the Beyonce of Banking.

Royal Caribbean is up 8x since 2022… because cruises are the value meals of vacation.

Plus, if you’re sick, Progressive Soup just invented the first chicken noodle cough drop…


$RCL $V $RDW


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Motley Fool Money - JetBlue Has Jet Lag

The airline has wasted resources on two failed growth strategies. Can a new plan turn the plane around?


(00:14) Jason Moser and Mary Long discuss:

- Why not all airlines are facing the same headwinds

- GM’s quarterly net loss

- The just-announced partnership between X and Visa.


Then, (14:54), Robert “Bro” Brokamp and Amy Bach talk about how homeowners can better understand their insurance policies and how to prepare for a potential loss.


Tickers mentioned: JBLU, UAL, DAL, GM, V


Host: Mary Long

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The Best One Yet - 🐳 “AI’s Goodwill Hunting moment” — China’s DeepSeek Drama. Coke vs Pepsi vs Costco. Unlimited PTO Paradox.

One Chinese AI app, DeepSeek, just shocked the world… and the entire US tech market.

Costco is swapping Pepsi for Coke in the food court… here’s how Coke’s beating Pepsi.

7% of workers have Unlimited Paid Time Off… but people only take 16 days in practice.


$KO $PEP $COST


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Motley Fool Money - DeepSeek and AI’s Efficiency Era

The tech battle between China and the U.S. is heating up – one player just showed the world that Ai can be done well with a lot less.


(00:14) Tim Beyers and Dylan Lewis discuss:

- The Chinese app that is shaking up the AI landscape – DeepSeek – and how its leaner, less resource-intensive approach will affect artificial intelligence technology.

- Why software prowess and efficiency will be the major themes for AI in 2025.

- What to focus on when the affected big tech companies – Apple, Microsoft, Meta, ASML – report earnings this week.


(19:15) Senior Fool Analyst David Meier, interviews John Zahurancik Fluence Energy’s President of the Americas, about the utilities side of the renewables market.


Companies discussed: MSFT, NVDA, AAPL, ASML, FLNC


Host: Dylan Lewis

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The Best One Yet - 🎶 “Baby Cardi B” — Kidz Bop’s record music. Ozempic’s secret side-effect. CNN’s plastic surgery. Single-Lady Home Surge.

Kidz Bop is making $50M on cover music… not by creating, by re-creating.

If you shop online too much or scroll Instagram too much, the new cure may be… Ozempic.

CNN is overhauling its entire business for the Trump presidency… A media plastic surgery.

Plus, guess who’s driving luxury home sales these days?... Single ladies (it’s a Beyonce Bump)


$NVO $WBD $SPOT


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