Dick’s Sporting Goods’ big gun test, Wheels Up is a country club for private jets, and Germany’s negative interest rate opposite day

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

Business, News, Finance, Pop Culture, Business News, Tech

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🗓️ 23 August 2019

⏱️ 17 minutes

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Dick’s pulled a classic tool out of its belt: A/B Testing. Our “Unicorn of the Day” is Wheels Up, which claims it’ll be the Airbnb of private jets (and Tom Brady and Serena Williams are members). And Germany’s 30-year bonds hit negative interest rates — so we break down what they are and why they’re so rare.Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is Nick, this is Jack, this is Snacks, daily it is Friday, August 23rd.
0:06.2	That's the weekend.
0:07.2	Feels kinda good over here.
0:08.2	First weekend, not planning my wedding.
0:10.2	Jack doesn't even have sleeves on his shirt right now, actually he doesn't get two of them.
0:13.6	Snackers, this is the best one yet.
0:15.5	This is really the best one.
0:16.7	Markets barely but incredibly diverse set of topics we got.
0:20.3	The first one is about Germany.
0:22.2	You know I love Germans.
0:23.2	Talk to us.
0:23.8	Stock to us.
0:24.6	German bonds.
0:25.6	Snackers asked for it, we're gonna deliver it.
0:27.3	What is a negative interest rate?
0:29.4	It's like an alternative universe, it's kind of freaky opposite day situation, Germany's
0:33.8	got them.
0:34.8	Dick's sporting goods is our second story.
0:36.5	They just announced earnings, we're gonna focus on a business tool as essential as a
0:40.4	scooper to a Ben and Jerry's scoop man.
0:42.4	Jack I'd like to buy a vowel because we're talking about a b testing.
0:45.8	A b testing.
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