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What would you do if you had $10 million in cryptocurrency? Nathaniel Eliason is the author of Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance. The Motley Fool’s Scott Kassing caught up with Eliason for a conversation about: - How Eliason’s journey in crypto affected how he thinks about risk. - Why speculative crypto games were rigged against retail traders. - How fast money corrupts those grabbing for it. Host: Scott Kassing Guest: Nathaniel Eliason Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Tim Sparks, Kyle Carruthers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

21 Juli 202429min

Liz Ann Sonders is a Managing Director and Chief Investment Strategist at Charles Schwab. The Motley Fool’s Bill Mann interviewed Sonders for our member event FoolFest. This show is a cut of that conversation. They discuss:  - How a deluge of economic information has changed investing.  - What’s happening beneath the surface of broad market indexes. - The Magnificent Seven and the best performers in the S&P 500.  Companies mentioned: SCHW, GE, NVDA Host: Bill Mann Guest: Liz Ann Sonders Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Desiree Jones, Kyle Carruthers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

20 Juli 202429min

After a year and a half of the big names pushing the market forwards, some of the smaller companies are starting to go on a run.  (00:21) Bill Mann and Jason Moser discuss: - The Russell 2000s unusual spike, and why it’s a mix of good news and bad news. - The Crowdstrike update that grounded planes and the stock this morning, and what it says about cybersecurity overall. - Earnings updates from Netflix, Domino’s, and Five Below.  (19:10) Cava CEO Brett Schulman spoke at FoolFest 2024 this week – we air a portion of his conversation with analyst Kirsten Guerra about his company’s stellar performance so far as a publicly traded company, how they’ll get to 1,000 locations and what he puts in his bowl when he visits the restaurant. (33:56) Jason and Bill break down two stocks on their radar: Danaher and Alphabet. Stocks discussed: CRWD, AAPL, META, NFLX, DPZ, FIVE, DHR, GOOGL, GOOG Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Bill Mann, Jason Moser, Kirsten Guerra, Brett Schulman Engineers: Steve Broido Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

19 Juli 202440min

The traders are making money and credit card delinquencies are hopefully plateauing. (00:21) Matt Frankel and Ricky Mulvey discuss: - Bank of America’s comeback story. - What big financial institutions are counting on from the Fed. - Why commercial real estate giant Prologis is getting into the data center business. Then, (17:58) Motley Fool contributor Rachel Warren interviews Dhruv Nagrath, a director at Blackrock, about fixed income trends for investors to watch. Companies discussed: BAC, WFC, PLD, DLR Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Matt Frankel, Rachel Warren, Dhruv Nagrath Producer: Dylan Lewis Engineers: Desiree Jones, Kyle Carruthers Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

18 Juli 202429min

Alphabet eyes its biggest acquisition of all time in Wiz, and a struggling retailer’s outlook gets worse – but it might be a buying opportunity for investors.   (00:22) Jason Moser and Dylan Lewis discuss: - Retirement lessons and a reminder to ignore the exogenous from our colleagues at FoolFest 2024.  - Why Alphabet is eying a $23B cybersecurity acquisition. - Five Below’s stock going on sale, and whether new leadership can put the struggling retailer back on track.  (16:25) Alison Southwick and Brian Feroldi continue their summer school series, running through the financial metrics that can help investors understand a company's valuation and one less common ratio that can tell you a lot about profitability. Companies discussed: GOOG, GOOGL, FIVE, AAPL, NVDA, MSFT Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Jason Moser, Alison Southwick, Brian Feroldi Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Tim Sparks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

17 Juli 202430min

We’re picking CEOs for investors to watch. (1:01) Recorded live at FoolFest 2024, Bill Mann, Asit Sharma, and Ricky Mulvey discuss earnings from Charles Schwab and their takeaways from the conference. (7:50) Then, they draft their favorite CEOs in the following categories– capital allocation, growth stories, turnarounds, and wildcard picks. A correction: The CEO of Kinsale Capital is Michael Kehoe. Companies discussed: SCHW, OTC: CNSWF, ANET, WINA, KNSL, AMD, TTD, IBM, PEP, OTC: ADDYY, RKLB, ORCL, JPM Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Bill Mann, Asit Sharma, Erick DeVore Engineers: Desiree Jones, Michael Towers of Marx Productions Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

16 Juli 202429min

We’re on with members in Washington DC looking ahead at some of the major themes of the market in 2024 and looking back at a decade of FoolFests.  (0:49) Matt Argersinger and Andy Cross discuss: - Why dividends and some specific market indicators are in focus at FoolFest. - What to watch as earnings season picks up – Netflix’s metrics game, and whether spend returns for big-ticket items at Home Depot.  - Some of our favorite memories from a decade of FoolFests and a few trivia questions to revisit Fool stocks and the market over a 10-year period.  Companies discussed: NFLX, HD, PLD, BABA, HUBS, NVDA, ANET, PANW, MELI Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Matt Argersinger, Andy Cross Engineer: Desiree Jones Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

15 Juli 202425min

Steve Jobs was famous for his micromanagement, but he never visited Apple’s manufacturing plants in China.  Ryan Holiday is a best-selling author and a student of stoic philosophy. His latest book is Right Thing, Right Now: Good Values. Good Character. Good Deeds. Dylan Lewis caught up with Holiday for a conversation about: - How investors can implement stoic philosophy.   - Why Holiday gave up on marketing spend for his business. - The cost of getting outside of your comfort zone.  Company mentioned: AAPL Host: Dylan Lewis Guest: Ryan Holiday Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Tim Sparks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

14 Juli 202427min