Neil Freiman

Okay, here's a new study that I absolutely love.

Research from Cornell found that workers who were the most impressed by empty corporate buzzwords who fell for the BS were also the least equipped to make effective business decisions.

Shane Luttrell, a postdoc psychologist and the study's author, developed a corporate BS generator to create statements like, "'Getting our friends in the tent with our best practices, we will pressure test a renewed level of adaptive coherence.'"

and after mixing them in with real quotes from business leaders, asked 1,000 office workers to rate each statement's business savvy.

The workers who were most wowed by the corporate BS also displayed lower scores on the test of analytical thinking, reflection, and fluid intelligence.

Toby, I'm a little worried because you are impressed by everything.

So there's absolutely no reason to make fun of me whatsoever.

I'll be the judge of that.

But I bought a little device that can open any jar because I have a gentle grip.

You can target your buyers by job title, industry, company role, seniority, skills, company revenue, so you can stop wasting budget on the wrong audience.

The stage was set for another wipeout in the markets yesterday.

Over the weekend, President Trump had issued a 48-hour ultimatum for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or else he would strike power plants all over the country.

Iran, rebuffing those calls, vowed to retaliate with damaging strikes of its own.

The war appeared to be on the verge of escalating dangerously.

And then came the taco, the trade Wall Street has dubbed Trump always chickens out.

Just as we wrapped up recording the podcast yesterday morning, President Trump posted the surprise news that his pledge to strike energy targets was postponed for five days after the U.S.

and Iran held, quote,

a complete and total resolution of our hostilities.

Almost instantaneously, stocks went vertical and held onto their gains for the entire day, with the S&P closing up 1.15%.

Meanwhile, skyrocketing U.S.