Hitchens's Razor | Group Chat News Ep. 746

Group Chat

News, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.8 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 3 March 2023

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

Today, Dee and Anand discuss a range of topics from finance to lifestyle. They begin with the latest insights on Interest Rates by Category, as shared on The Kobeissi Letter on Twitter. They also explore Macy’s and Best Buy’s Sales Decline, and what it reveals about shopper trends. The duo dives into the tech world, with a focus on Salesforce's 16% surge in share prices, driven by a better-than-expected forecast. Plus, they discuss how VCs have invested $35b in the Direct-to-Consumer industry, according to Rick Zullo on Twitter. Finally, they end on a luxurious note, with Lufthansa’s new First-Class Suite, complete with a double bed and a door that closes. Tune in for these topics and this week’s Winners, Losers, and Content!

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Timeline of What Was Discussed:

Recapping the BIG Ivy dinner. (0:57)
Anand loves razors. (12:58)
Startling interest rates by category. (14:07)
Macy’s is ABSOUTLEY on fire! (19:35)
The market likes a good narrative. (26:30)
VCs may not be that smart. (35:55)
Is Amazon facilitating lending? (45:34)
Flying private is the easiest way to go broke. (47:59)
Winners, Losers, and Content. (52:01)

Transcript

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0:00.0	Ladies and gentlemen, welcome back to group chat number one podcast and the world you have
0:05.6	DN on here today. We are talking news. We have an incredible story to kick you off. The most
0:12.0	expensive dinner of the year goes to Ari Jordan and Javier. We recap their big, big dinner
0:19.6	at the ivy. On it has a new razor for us. Big razor guy. Big razor guy. And then we get into
0:25.9	news. We talk in interest rates, inflation, macy, sales force, VC, lots to talk about. And of
0:33.8	course winners, losers, content. And then for all the chatty, Kathy club members, we reveal at the
0:40.9	end of the episode how to claim your hats, your member hats. All right, let's get into it.
0:56.8	All right, everyone. We are back with another episode of group chat and to kick it off. The big
1:02.9	dinner has happened. Yeah. Why don't you explain who the characters actors in this dinner are?
1:09.2	The actors in this dinner are Ari. Okay. He's the producer of this podcast. He's the producer of
1:15.3	the podcast and Javier and Jordan. So Javier and Jordan work for you. Yes. They used to work for
1:24.8	the podcast. They used to help out with the podcast and Ari used AI and kicked them out.
1:34.0	Yep. Like a power struggle, internal power struggle. And these guys were boxed out. And I guess
1:42.0	for reparations, Ari decided to offer to take them to dinner. And I guess who suggested the ivy?
1:53.1	It's definitely Ari because that's where I had to pay for his lunch. Yeah. And your lunch was
1:57.5	how much? 300. 300 dollars. Okay. So the idea was basically to pay back with tip. So 380, whatever.
2:05.2	Yeah. Big tipper. Yeah. I should have tipped less. But I was like, Ari shows up. There's so much.
2:14.9	He eats at the ivy every week. Yeah. Then I was like, I don't want to be nice tipping like that.
2:19.1	$80 on 300 bucks. You're part of the problem. Yeah. Then they proceed to book their dinner.
2:31.0	They went last night. And so we'll get to the bill because that's the most fascinating part about
2:38.2	the meal. But there's so many questions about this dinner. Okay. So what time was it at 6 p.m.
2:45.6	reservation early? Odd time. Very odd. Do you have like a deal there? No, it was half an hour.
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