Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
Investing is a decades-long game. Bill Barker and Ricky Mulvey discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s ruling on junk fees, what killed a merger between Kroger and Albertsons, and how younger investors can prepare for the next bear market. Then, 17 minutes in Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp offer some tips on tax-loss harvesting. WSJ column discussed: https://www.wsj.com/finance/stocks/why-this-frothy-market-has-me-scared-295c07c3 Companies discussed: KR, ACI, AZO, AAPL, ORLY, SBUX. Host - Ricky Mulvey; Guests - Bill Barker, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp
Guests: Bill Barker,Alison Southwick,Robert Brokamp
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
It’s been a banner year for banks. Even the worst performer among the big players is still up 40% year-to-date. Motley Fool contributor Matt Frankel joins Ricky Mulvey for a look back at some of the biggest headlines in the financial sector from the past year. They also discuss green shoots for the 2025 IPO market, Alex Chriss’s first full year at PayPal, and two promising payments processors. Companies discussed: GS, BAC, MS, JPM, PYPL, BOC, FOUR, TOST, SQ, SOFI. Host - Ricky Mulvey; Guests - Matt Frankel
Guests: Matt Frankel
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The challenge of losing weight is often accompanied by a set of self-imposed rules, and such an approach is an invitation to feel 'good' or 'bad' about it. Breaking the rules can become or source of joy leading to binges, and rigid diets can easily lead to internal conflicts. This is defined as 'polarity responding' by hypnotists, and Adam Cox helps by explaining how this adopted morality is all a bit artificial.
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Original Broadcast: The Business Of Film
With box office takings down once more, James Cameron-Wilson says that #5 Kraven the Hunter is the worst ever Marvel opening. It's a mixed bag but is often entertainingly ludicrous with Russell Crowe having fun as a Russian villain. He found the anime Lords of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim often utterly baffling but it got better as it went on, even if he never wants to see anything Lords of the Ring-related ever again. On Netflix, however, he warmed to the animated That Christmas, co-written by Richard Curtis. It's a sweet and sentimental tale aimed at the whole family that does what it says on the tin.
Guests: James Cameron-Wilson
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Original Broadcast: Gadgets and Gizmos
Steve Caplin looks back over the good, bad, ugly and bonkers of the tech world in 2024. He admired the AI scam-baiting granny, the rocket that eats itself, the underwater kite, butter made from air and the benefits of red wine and dark chocolate. He wasn't keen on Chinese spying air fryers, the flamethrowing robot dog, the airline computer that couldn't cope with a 101-year-old and AI cheating at Diplomacy. And he is still scratching his head at the bike lane sweeper that sits behind the bike and the billionaire who wants to launch a replica Titanic.
Guests: Steve Caplin
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Original Broadcast: The Financial Outlook for Personal Investors
Contrarian that he is, Russ Mould of A J Bell was surprised that 2024 turned out pretty much as consensus had it, though few predicted the surge in Bitcoin. Looking ahead to 2025, he wonders what might knock growth and inflation off the rails. He recommends keeping an eye on government debt (growing scarily), world trade flows and tariffs, the dollar (a trade surplus would starve the world of its reserve currency), oil and food prices (important for inflation) and the Magnificent Seven (now so large that they will affect so much else).
Guests: Russ Mould
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Original Broadcast: The Bigger Picture
Professor Tim Evans of Middlesex University rounds off the year's Bigger Pictures by explaining why investors are getting spooked by the UK economy going from bad to worse. We are effectively back in the 1970s, he says, only, in some ways, it's even worse. Instead of effectively tackling the problem, politicians' heads are full of spaghetti. If Elon Musk contributes heavily to Reform, a psychological wall will break and the Conservative Party will face an existential crisis. And Tim looks ahead to what 2025 might bring, wondering where the unforseen Black Swans will come from.
Guests: Professor Tim Evans
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Original Broadcast: Thought for the Week
Food banks are very busy at this time of year, and Trussell, which co-ordinates and supplies 1,400 of them in the UK with 36,000 volunteers, is particularly active. Its combination of nationwide scalability and local partnerships shows how voluntary and philanthropic contributions can deliver hope in the face of a welfare state which has failed to break the cycle of deprivation over the past fifty years. Is this the model, combined with a more egalitarian form of capitalism, which can provide a more compassionate society, with participation for all? Background music: 'Soul Food' by Chris Haugen Image Source: Trussell
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Original Broadcast: This is Money
Energy bills are going up in January and are expected to rise again in April, with the push for net zero being partly to blame: but could the hated standing charge be on the way out? Also, with many people opting for cash this Christmas, half of us are having trouble paying in notes and coins — should the Government step in? The team also discuss neighbourly disputes over fences, the best way to give money, and Lee Boyce continues to hold onto his premium bonds.
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Original Broadcast: Motley Fool Show
2024 was another stellar year for investors, but a lot of money is piling into the same places in the U.S. and globally. Bill Mann and Matt Argersinger discuss why 2024 was such a good year for investors, and the concerns they have about valuations and market concentration as they look ahead to 2024, plus the winners and losers of 2024 and the front-page stories you may have forgotten about – the Crowdstrike outage and Yen Carry Trade. Then, 19 minutes in, James Zahn, Editor in Chief at The Toy Book, talks through the toys at the top of wish lists this holiday season and how toymakers and retailers are trying bring value to cash-strapped shoppers. James Zahn’s now-published article on Moxie: https://toybook.com/death-of-moxie-and-the-trouble-with-tech-toys/. Finally, 34 minutes in, Bill and Matt break down two ideas on their radar: Nebius and Cambria Foreign Shareholder Yield. Stocks discussed: NVDA, NBIS, FYLD. Host - Dylan Lewis; Guests - Tim Beyers, Mary Long, Ryan Henderson
Guests: Tim Beyers,Mary Long,Ryan Henderson
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