🦸‍♀️ “MAMA Stocks” — Zuck’s Ad/AI machine. Hilary Duff’s anti-Ozempic bet. Bill Ackman’s Influencer IPO. +Refresher surge

This episode of 'The Best One Yet' delivers a high-octane mix of pop business news, blending tech, wellness, and finance with sharp wit and cultural commentary. The hosts kick off with the 'refresher' drink craze, a vibrant, fruit-filled seltzer-like beverage dominating U.S. beverage sales, with Starbucks, Dunkin', and McDonald's all jumping on the trend—though the category remains undefined. The core focus then shifts to Meta's record-breaking Q1 earnings, where the company’s $27 billion profit in one quarter—larger than McDonald’s annual revenue—fuels a $135 billion AI investment spree, cementing its status as the most efficient ad machine ever funding the most ambitious AI machine. Next, Hilary Duff’s investment in Ladder, a strength-training app, is framed as a cultural counter-trend to the Ozempic-driven obsession with thinness, embodying Newton’s third law: for every trend, there’s an equal and opposite reaction. Finally, Bill Ackman’s IPO of Pershing Square Capital—the first influencer hedge fund stock—fails to impress on day one, dropping 18% despite its Warren Buffett-inspired pitch, raising questions about whether his past success was genius or luck. The episode closes with a flurry of bonus news: the Fed’s chair stepping down, a $400 million Beverly Hills mansion, and Venmo potentially going up for sale.