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

The Best One Yet

Nick & Jack Studios

News, Business

4.7 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 29 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

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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0:00.0	This is Nick. This is Jack. It's Wednesday, Salute J Wednesday, January 29th. And today's
0:07.2	pod is the best one yet. This is a T-boy. Here's the top three pop business news stories you need
0:13.0	to know today. Well, Jack, we're back, baby. Stocks rebounded Tuesday after freaking out on Monday.
0:17.9	Yeah, the panic from China's deep-seek AI app has eased a bit. Now Yeti's
0:22.5	Nvidia stock is still down 10%, but the rest of the market thinks a low-cost AI provider,
0:27.7	even from China, is a potential good thing. Just like we said in yesterday's pot, actually.
0:31.8	But in the meantime, Jack and I found three fantastic stories for you, Jack, what's on today's
0:36.8	T-boy? For our first story, Twitter just turned into a financial firm.
0:40.6	Yes, they did.
0:41.1	Because X is partnering with Visa.
0:42.6	But there is one golden anchor that everyone in finance really wants.
0:47.5	And X doesn't have it yet.
0:49.4	No, they don't. No, they don't.
0:50.3	For our second story, there's one stock beating Bitcoin since the pandemic, and it's Royal Caribbean Cruises.
0:56.4	Americans are going gaga for cruises because the cruise is the value meal of vacations.
1:02.3	And our third and final story is the biggest winner of the Trump presidency so far, the space industry.
1:07.9	Space.
1:08.7	Trump has started a new space race, so we need to tell you about the four final frontiers.
1:14.9	But yet, he's, before we hit that wonderful mix of stories.
1:17.5	How's that for alliteration?
1:19.2	We got three Fs in that final one, Jack.
1:21.3	Not too shabby.
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