👿 “Don’t Pick Duke” — March Madness investing advice. Google’s biggest acquisition. Corporate Nickname Curse.

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 March 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Duke is the #1 pick to win March Madness… but that’s a lesson in dumb investing.

Google is buying Wiz for $33B… And every Wiz employee is getting $588,000.

Corporate Nicknames are actually a curse… Chevy, Mickey D’s, & Bloomies are bad for biz.

Plus, time-poor millennials are paying time-rich gig workers $27/hr to wait in line.

$GOOG $JWN $MCD $GM

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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, Saviche Wednesday, March 19th. And today's pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. The top three stories at the intersection of business and pop culture. Jack, I'd love to share a couple things with you. Is that all right? Your Audi likes to whip up the takeaways. Hmm. Your Audi thinks that interest rates should go up.
0:23.4	My Audi?
0:24.1	Okay, please, no more questions.
0:25.5	Your Audi owns shares of Peloton.
0:29.1	Where are you going with this?
0:30.7	The session is concluded.
0:33.7	Jack, three stories.
0:35.0	What do we got on the pod?
0:35.9	Okay, I have no idea. That must be some name that was way over my head.
0:40.3	I said the sessions concluded. Three stories for today's show. What have we got on the pod, Jack?
0:44.5	For our first story, Duke is the favorite in the men's NCAA basketball tournament.
0:49.5	And it's number one most popular in our brackets, too.
0:52.3	But we think you shouldn't pick Duke, and it holds a lesson on smart investing.
0:57.2	For our second story, it's Google.
0:59.2	Google just announced its biggest acquisition ever.
1:02.1	It's buying Wiz for $33 billion.
1:04.8	And as part of the deal, every Wiz employee is getting $58,000.
1:10.4	And our third and final story.
1:12.6	Chevy, Mickey D's, Bloomingy's,
1:15.2	they're some of the most famous brand nicknames of all time.
1:18.0	But a wild new study shows what happens when brands start using those nicknames in the first person.
1:24.3	Spoiler, don't do it.
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