Month: December 2024

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Motley Fool Money - Young Investors, Root for a Bear Market

Investing is a decades-long game.

(00:14) Bill Barker and Ricky Mulvey discuss:

- The Federal Trade Commission’s ruling on junk fees.

- What killed a merger between Kroger and Albertsons.

- How younger investors can prepare for the next bear market.

Then, (17:28) 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

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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The Bulwark Podcast - Tom Nichols: Don’t Descend into Darkness

The existential dread has a strong pull, especially since Trump has made a lot of Americans worse people, but we've had other bad, immoral, and creepy presidents who've sullied the office. Meanwhile, Vance is basically the invisible man while Elon lives in Trump's bedroom, and Andreessen is loading up a pile of BS to justify his vote. Plus, a Tim v Tom Christmas playlist.

Tom Nichols joins Tim Miller.

show notes:

Tom's audiobook version of "The Death of Expertise"
Tim's Christmas playlist
John Ganz book Tom and Tim referenced
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CoinDesk Podcast Network - COINDESK DAILY: Ripple’s RLUSD Stablecoin Triggers Trading Frenzy

Host Christine Lee breaks down the latest news in the crypto industry as Ripple's RLUSD launch sparked an XRP trading frenzy.

"CoinDesk Daily" host Christine Lee breaks down the biggest headlines in the crypto industry Tuesday as the launch of Ripple's RLUSD sparked an XRP trading frenzy. Plus, the latest on MiCA and Tether's investment in European stablecoin company StablR.

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Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - A Panel Of Writers And Book Lovers Share Their Favorites Of 2024

Whether you’re looking for a great novel or some nonfiction to get you thinking, our panel has some great suggestions for books that they loved in 2024. Reset learns more from owner of Semicolon Bookstore Danielle Moore, poet, author of Brown Girl, Brown Girl Leslé Honoré, and romance writer, author of Free Fall Khushi Saha. For a full archive of Reset interviews, head over to wbez.org/reset.
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - CLASSIC: Pop Music, Black Magic and Murder: The Mona Fandey Case

Born Nur Maznah Binti Ismail in Kangar, Perlis, the musician Mona Fandey achieved national success with her song Ku Nyanyikan Lagu Ini in 1987 -- yet her career seemed destined to slowly fade away, with Mona and her husband living out their lives in comfortable obscurity. Until, that is, in 1993, when Mona Fandey became the prime suspect in a gruesome murder that led many people to believe she'd secretly been an evil bomoh, practicing the art of dark sorcery for decades before finally being brought to justice. So what's the truth? Was Fandey mentally ill? Was she framed? Or was there something more sinister and sorcerous afoot?

They don't want you to read our book.: https://static.macmillan.com/static/fib/stuff-you-should-read/

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1A - What Lower Interest Rates Mean For The Economy

The Federal Reserve has begun cutting interest rates after two years of rate hikes to the highest levels in decades.

It meets again this week to decide whether to cut them again, or keep them as is.

High interest rates made the cost of borrowing high, meaning that car loans, credit card debt, and mortgages cost exponentially more than before the pandemic.

We discuss how the Fed's decision to lower rates affects the economy.

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Federalist Radio Hour - Peace In The Middle East: What A Trump Presidency Means For Israel And The U.S.

On this episode of "The Federalist Radio Hour," Victoria Coates, vice president of The Heritage Foundation's Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy, joins The Federalist's Senior Elections Correspondent Matt Kittle to discuss how the United States and Israel can win both the military and cultural war that has led to rampant anti-semitism and the horrific Oct. 7 attack. After four years of abysmal leadership from the Biden-Harris administration, Coates explains what a Trump presidency may look like for peace in the Middle East. 

You can find Coate’s book The Battle For The Jewish State: How Israel -- And America -- Can Win here. 

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Focus on Africa - Why are drowning rates worrying Uganda?

The World Health Organization recently published its first-ever report on drowning prevention. The rates are highest in Africa-with Uganda one of the highest

And a Ghanaian shares his close encounter with jihadists in Burkina Faso

Are there academies in Nigeria where people are taught online scamming?

Presenter : Charles Gitonga Producers: Susan Gachuhi in Nairobi, Blessing Aderogba in Lagos and Amie Liebowitz in London. Senior producer: Paul Bakibinga Technical Producer Philip Bull Editors: Andre Lombard and Alice Muthengi