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Speaker 2: Does it boy? Three of the four major banks in

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Speaker 2: Three electrifying stories today, Juzzy boy, let's do it for

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Speaker 2: our first zip Co, the buy now, pay later company

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Speaker 2: has seen it. Chares plummet more than twenty five percent

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Speaker 2: after its second quarter earnings fell short.

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Speaker 1: Been one hell of a rollercoaster for Zibity, DoD aarbe Man,

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Speaker 1: So tell me.

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Speaker 2: More, Okay? So Zip is an Aussie by now pay

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Speaker 2: Later provider that started in twenty thirteen.

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Speaker 1: And the Man. From twenty twenty, Zip went on a

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Speaker 1: bit of an acquisition spree.

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Speaker 2: It bought Quadpay in the US for four hundred mil.

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Speaker 2: It bought Twisto in the European Union, and bought steaks

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Speaker 2: in companies like Payflex, Spotty ten.

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Speaker 1: Do these names ring a bell? Juzzy boy, but ben Man.

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Speaker 1: When Zip's losses started to grow, its share price started

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Speaker 1: to plummet. So Zip cut all of its divisions except

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Speaker 1: for Australia, New Zealand and the US Soluber.

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Speaker 2: Surely it's built its business back up and its share

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Speaker 2: price with its Australian business becoming profitable, but.

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Speaker 1: Now be Man. Zip's announced its second quarter results, which

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Speaker 1: on paper look pretty good.

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Speaker 2: Ebit up more than fifty percent from the same quarter

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Speaker 2: last year.

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Speaker 1: Revenue up more than twenty percent as well.

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Speaker 2: But its profit margin was squeezed tighter than your jeans

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Speaker 2: after your big summer break, jussy Boy.

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Speaker 1: And be Man that had investors running to the paddic button.

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Speaker 1: Zip share price dropped more than twenty five percent.

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Speaker 2: In fact, trading volumes in Zip yesterday jumped over three

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Speaker 2: times the norm.

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Speaker 1: So what is the key learning here?

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Speaker 2: When a company has a history of share price volatility,

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Speaker 2: investors are way more sensitive to any bad news.

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Speaker 1: You see, be Man. When trading volume skyrockets, it usually

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Speaker 1: means one of two things. Investors are either panic selling

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Speaker 1: or greedily buying in And in Zip's case, it was

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Speaker 1: a full blown sell off. Might I remargi be Man?

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Speaker 1: Between March twenty twenty one and October twenty twenty three,

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Speaker 1: Zip's investors lost ninety eight percent of their share value

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Speaker 1: on paper.

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Speaker 2: Luckily, ZIP has bounced back and they've been on a

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Speaker 2: positive trajectory recently.

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Speaker 1: But even though revenue and ebitdaua up, that squeeze profit

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Speaker 1: margin had everyone hitting the cell battery.

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Speaker 2: For our second story, Tesla's a revenue and profit fell

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Speaker 2: short of expectations after major discounting of its cars, but

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Speaker 2: they're planning to get even cheaper.

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Speaker 1: Oh, Tesla owner's rolling around in their heated seats because

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Speaker 1: their resale value has been smashed.

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Speaker 2: So don't we more well, Jazzy Boy. Tesla was the

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Speaker 2: og Electric vehicle company founded in two thousand and three.

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Speaker 1: Fun fact, b Man. While Elon Musk is considered the

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Speaker 1: founder of Tesla, he actually joined the company as chairman

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Speaker 1: about twelve months after a.

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Speaker 2: Launch, and two thousand and nine court settlement allowed him

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Speaker 2: to technically call himself a founder.

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Speaker 1: The founder or not. Elon Musk has propelled Tesla to

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Speaker 1: enormous heights. Tesla became the go to car for electric

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Speaker 1: vehicle officionados.

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Speaker 2: In fact, Tesla was more valuable than thirty five of

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Speaker 2: the next biggest car made now.

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Speaker 1: But now be man At Tesla's warned that its fourth

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Speaker 1: quarter results were well below expectation.

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Speaker 2: In fact, its revenue of twenty five point seven billion

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Speaker 2: US dollars was nearly two billion dollars below what Wall

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Speaker 2: Street expected.

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Speaker 1: Chuck. On top of that, it's gross profit margin dropped

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Speaker 1: more than two percent below expectations. And what's the reason

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Speaker 1: for the squeeze in revenue and profit margin will be

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Speaker 2: Tesla has been discounting its cars, so rather than continuing

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Speaker 2: to discount its existing models, Tesla has announced plans for

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Speaker 2: a new model in the first half of twenty twenty five.

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Speaker 1: So what is the key leading here?

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Speaker 2: As industries, mature prices tend to fall, margins tend to shrink,

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Speaker 2: and only the strongest survive.

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Speaker 1: You say, be Man. In the early stages of an industry,

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Speaker 1: companies can charge premium prices.

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Speaker 2: That's because there are fewer competitors and higher demand for

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Speaker 2: this innovation of new product.

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Speaker 1: And this is exactly what Tesla experienced in the EV

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Speaker 1: market in the early day.

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Speaker 2: In fact, its entry level roadster in two thousand and

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Speaker 2: eight was one hundred and twenty thousand dollars and be man.

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Speaker 1: In the early twenty tens, Tesla's gross profit margin was

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Speaker 1: nearly thirty three percent.

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Speaker 2: But as competitors enter the space, pricing pressure it builds

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Speaker 2: and builds.

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Speaker 1: And that meant EV companies like Tesla are forced to

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Speaker 1: differentiate through pricing, by offering cheaper models or through unique

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Speaker 1: features like software technology and b man. As a result,

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Speaker 1: Tesla's gross profit margin has more than half to sixteen

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Speaker 1: point three percent.

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Speaker 2: So Tesla now finds itself in a battle against cheaper

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Speaker 2: EV manufacturers like Bid and even Volkswagen. For our third

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Speaker 2: and final story, Meta will pay Donald Trump a twenty

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Speaker 2: five million dollar settlement for shutting his accounts after those

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Speaker 2: January six riots.

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Speaker 1: Jeez, the Zuckerberg uturn just keeps on keeping on, b man,

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Speaker 1: So telling me.

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Speaker 2: More well for some context, Juzzy Boy. After the jan

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Speaker 2: six riots in twenty twenty one, which Donald Trump inspired,

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Speaker 2: it's fair to say old Trumpy wasn't so popular in

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Speaker 2: big tech.

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Speaker 1: Circles, in particular with Meta.

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Speaker 2: In fact, Trump used to say that Mark Zuckerberg Facebook

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Speaker 2: slash metas founder would spend the rest of his days

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Speaker 2: in prison.

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Speaker 1: Very scary stuff for me, man. These days things have changed.

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Speaker 2: Trump's Facebook and Instagram profiles were reinstated in twenty twenty three, and.

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Speaker 1: Since Trump's reelection, Zuck has really cozied up to the

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Speaker 1: new administration.

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Speaker 2: And now Meta has settled a lawsuit with Trump that

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Speaker 2: will require Meta to pay about twenty five million bucks

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Speaker 2: to him and his entities.

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Speaker 1: The new President's relationships with business leaders are very transactional.

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Speaker 2: It seems the Zuck likes to fly in the political breeze.

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Speaker 1: So what is the key learning here?

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Speaker 2: Most businesses don't lean red or blue politically, They lean green.

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Speaker 1: AKA, it is all about the dollars.

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Speaker 2: And Meta is up there with the very best of them.

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Speaker 1: We know that Zuck is capable of aligning himself with

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Speaker 2: Yep. Zuck attended Trump's inauguration and donated one million bucks

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Speaker 2: to the Inaugural Fund.

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Speaker 1: He also traveled to Mara Lago in November to me

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Speaker 1: with Trump after the election, and this could pay off

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Speaker 1: handsomely for Beta, particularly when it comes to future regulation

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Speaker 1: in the US and around the world for social media blocks.

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Speaker 1: answer the three business questions correctly, and it is all yours.

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Speaker 2: Thanks for listening, and we'll see you on Monday.