Right About Now with Ryan Alford
BUSINESS NEWS: US Easter Spending Soars $23.6B - Tom Brady's Trading Card Vault - Katy Perry's Space Adventure
18 Apr 2025
SUMMARYIn this week’s episode of Right About Now, host Ryan Alford dives into the top business stories for the week of April 18, 2025. He kicks things off with a reflection on Easter’s cultural and economic impact, noting that Americans are expected to spend a staggering $236 billion—led by strong candy sales, with Cadbury at the forefront.Ryan also spotlights Tom Brady’s recent investment move, acquiring a 50% stake in Card Vault, underscoring the surging interest in trading cards as serious investment assets. Drawing from personal experience, he shares how he’s using trading cards as a fun, hands-on way to teach his kids about business and value.Wrapping things up, Ryan defends Katy Perry’s much-talked-about space flight with Blue Origin, advocating for the celebration of extraordinary experiences and pushing the boundaries of what’s possible.Packed with humor, relatable personal stories, and sharp insights, this episode offers a fresh perspective on the intersection of business, culture, and everyday life.TAKEAWAYSEconomic impact of Easter spending in the U.S., projected at $236 billion.Significance of Cadbury in the Easter candy market.Overview of top spending categories for Easter, including food, gifts, decorations, and clothing.Tom Brady's investment in the sports collectibles industry through a stake in Card Vault.Growing popularity of trading cards as an alternative investment.Personal anecdotes about teaching children business concepts through trading cards.Katy Perry's space flight with Blue Origin and the surrounding criticisms.Defense of celebrity experiences and their cultural significance.Discussion on the excitement and community aspects of trading card collecting.Encouragement to reflect on the deeper meanings of Easter while celebrating with family.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
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What's up, guys? Welcome to Right About Now. It's our weekly business news highlights of the week here on April 18th, 2025. Good Friday. Happy Easter to everyone. Early, it celebrates Easter. It's a reason for the season, baby. I'm telling you. And I salute everyone as hopefully taking off the day, enjoying the day with family, whatever you do on this pre-Easter Friday.
It's a good time to reflect on the things we have to be thankful for. And, you know... I just think we have a lot to be thankful for. And this episode is going to be a little lighter, for sure. Just me today again. Chris had a few business things. Hey, we're taking care of business, baby. Chris had a few things going on.
We're recording a little bit earlier in the week, giving our team some time off for Holy Week. And... just reflecting a bit on things happening on and around us. It's been an interesting ride in the business world. Again, if you're heeding our advice from last week, stop reading the headlines, stop calling your trader every day. Playing this stocks for the long game. And
You know, there won't be any tariff talk today. We could talk about that, about the batting back and forth, but it's almost like by the time you talk about the news, something's changed about it. We are going to talk about some interesting facts today. So in today's episode, we're going to talk the economic impact of Easter. How much are we spending on all those candy baskets?
And where's all the money going? The numbers are startling. And Cadbury is the big winner, I do believe. We're also going to talk about Tom Brady has expanded into one of my favorite hobbies now, which we're also going to get into sports card collectibles and all the stuff to do with trading cards, memorabilia. He has expanded and it's 50% stake in Card Vault, which is now...
Very wisely named Card Vault by Tom Brady. If you're going to get in a 50% deal with Tom Brady, let's get his name in the name of the company. Hey, not stupid. Tom's built a brand and a name for himself. So get him in the whole name of the company if you're going to do it. But it's fun. I like what they're doing with Card Vault.
Really expanding the retail experiences for trading cards and everything you can do. Getting into the digital aspect, which we'll talk about. Everything that he's got going on there. Again, signaling the size of this industry that is too big to ignore. I am excited. We're building out our trading card business series. Again, I didn't mention, you know, I've got four boys under the age of 16.
Now, I said 15 for the longest time. I think I said that the other day, but my oldest is 15 and driving. I can't believe it about fall over to saying that out loud, but it's been, you know, you have, I'm an entrepreneur, have multiple companies. Uh, it's been hard to, you know, Hey, doing digital marketing, social media, some stuff that's actually cooler than most jobs.
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