Motley Fool Money - Open AI’s Worth Half a Trillion Dollars

In a little less than 10 years, OpenAI has gone from an idea to a half-trillion dollar company, and its ambitions for the next several years are much, much, bigger. Plus, Fair Isaac Corporation is opening a new front in the battle for your credit score and Berkshire Hathaway puts its massive cash pile to use.


Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Jon Quast discuss:


- OpenAI becomes a $500 billion company with staggering growth projections

- Berkshire Hathaway acquires Occidental Petroleum’s chemical division

- Fair Isaac Corporation upends the credit score market

- The market’s performance during and after government shutdowns

- Stocks on their radar


Companies discussed: FRMI, DLR, ORCL, BRK.A, BRK.b, OXY, FICO, EXPN, EFX, TRU, UPST, MELI, ETSY, CW


Host: Tyler Crowe

Guests: Matt Frankel, Jon Quast

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - Winners & Losers from ChatGPT’s Shopping Launch

OpenAI has launched shopping within ChatGPT and this could be a disruptive force to companies like Amazon, Google, Shopify, and Etsy. We discuss who the winners could be and who will be a loser in this agentic shopping world.


Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman and Rachel Warren discuss:

- ChatGPT shopping launch

- Winners in agentic shopping

- Losers in agentic shopping

- How big tech will adjust to the new world of commerce


Companies discussed: Shopify (SHOP), Etsy (ETSY), Amazon (AMZN), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL).


Host: Travis Hoium

Guests: Lou Whiteman and Rachel Warren

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - Asian Food Chains Moving Stateside

American palates are shifting, and investors are starting to take notice. In today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, host Emily Flippen is joined by analysts Sanmeet Deo and Jason Hall to unpack four of the newest Asian food chains looking to expand across the United States


The team dives into:

- Whether or not Jollibee’s rise is sustainable

- The re-emergence of Luckin Coffee and changing consumer tastes

- If the experiential dining of Kura Sushi and Haidilao Hot Pot are replicable

- Which chain offers investors the best opportunity today


Companies discussed: JBFCF, LKNCY, KRUS, HDALF


Host: Emily Flippen, Jason Hall, Sanmeet Deo

Producer: Anand Chokkavelu

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - What’s a Supernova Stock? 3 Ideas For Your Watchlist

David Meier, Rick Munarriz, and Tim Beyers preview the Oct. 1 return of Motley Fool Supernova with three stocks with Rule Breaker DNA that are worthy of your watchlist.


David Meier, Rick Munarriz, and Tim Beyers discuss:


- Supernova’s return with the real-money Odyssey and Phoenix portfolios.
- Why CAVA, Camping World, and Warby Parker belong on your Rule Breakers watchlist.
- A preview of new tools and what to expect when the new Supernova missions lift-off on Oct. 1.


For a full breakdown of everything planned for Supernova when it relaunches on Oct. 1, please navigate to supernovaisback.fool.com. And in the meantime, be sure to get to your local bookstore and pick up a copy of David’s Gardner’s new book — Rule Breaker Investing: How to Pick the Best Stocks of the Future and Build Lasting Wealth. It’s on shelves now; get it before it’s gone!


Companies discussed: CAVA, CWH, WRBY,


Host: Tim Beyers
Guests: David Meier, Rick Munarriz
Producer: Anand Chokkavelu
Engineer: Bart Shannon


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Motley Fool Money - Interview with David Gardner: Rule Breaker Investing

Motley Fool Co-Founder David Gardner has racked up big returns by bucking the conventional wisdom. Rule Breakers Senior Vice-President of Strategy Brian Richards talks with David about his new book, Rule Breaker Investing: How to Build the Best Stocks of the Future and Build Lasting Wealth. Topics include:

  • Buy high, sell higher
  • Traits of a Rule Breaker stock
  • Building a Rule Breaker portfolio

Host: Brian Richards
Guest: David Gardner
Producer: Bart Shannon, Mac Greer


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Motley Fool Money - Why Investors Earn Less Than Their Funds, and the Small-Cap Surge

When evaluating a fund, one of the first sets of numbers you'll likely look up is its past returns. But those are not the returns that owners of that fund actually earned. Robert Brokamp speaks with Morningstar’s Jeff Ptak about which investor behaviors and types of funds are more associated with underperformance.


Also in this episode:


-The Russell 2000 finally surpassed its 2021 peak – what’s behind the small-cap surge?
-The Treasury Department has released preliminary guidance about “no tax on tips”
-The spread in yields between investment-grade corporates and Treasuries is the smallest it’s been since 1998
-A lesson from the life and recent death of financial journalist Jonathan Clements: Don’t delay your bucket list until retirement


Investments discussed: VOO, QQQ, VTWO, IWC


Host: Robert Brokamp
Guest: Jeff Ptak
Engineer: Bart Shannon


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Motley Fool Money - The Hidden Opportunities in AI

Beyond the big names, where are there opportunities in AI and discounts in the market overall? Plus, Meta’s changing AI plans and we play “Higher or Lower”.Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Jon Quast discuss:

- AI’s hidden gems
- Tiktok’s sale
- Where there are opportunities today
- Meta’s AI plans

Companies discussed: Oracle (ORCL), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta Platforms (META), Chipotle (CMG), Cava (CAVA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Vertiv (VRT).


Host: Travis Hoium
Guests: Lou Whiteman, Jon Quast
Engineer: Bart Shannon


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Motley Fool Money - Navigating the Housing Market’s Mixed Signals

Investors looking at housing and homebuilders are probably wondering what to make of the seemingly contradictory messages out of the housing market. In this episode, Tyler, Matt, and Jon drill down into the confounding numbers in the housing market and some recent homebuilder earnings reports. Also, they react to Starbucks restructuring and serve up some stocks on their radar.

Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Jon Quast discuss:

- Starbucks unveils a $1 billion restructuring plan

- The good, the bad, and the outlook for homebuilder stocks.

- Stocks on our radar.


Companies discussed: SBUX, CMG, KBH, LEN, MIAX, FND, TTD, ICE, SPGI, NDAQ, HD, LOW, AMZN, DHI


Hosts: Tyler Crowe Guests: Matt Frankel, Jon Quast

Engineer: Bart Shannon

 

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Motley Fool Money - Why Did DTC Retailers Fail?

We examine the failure of formerly highly valued retail brands like Allbirds, Peloton, and Casper, who were once highly valued only to fall on hard times. Why did they fail to live up to lofty expectations and will agentic shoppic agents lead to another shift in the industry?


Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss:

- Why have DTC stocks plunged?
- What omnichannel strategies have succeeded?
- What’s the future of agentic shopping?


Companies discussed: Peloton (PTON), Allbirds (BIRD), Stitch Fix (SFIX), Nike (NKE), Lululemon (LULU).


Host: Travis Hoium
Guests: Lou Whiteman, Rachel Warren
Engineer: Bart Shannon


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Motley Fool Money - Underappreciated Rule-Breaking Small Caps

On today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, analysts Emily Flippen, Jason Hall, and Toby Bordelon spotlight three off-the-radar small caps with very different stories.


The team dives into:

- Why the renewable energy industry deserves a second look, even with policy headwinds

- If Phinia offers a pragmatic hedge against a slower-than-expected EV transition

- A rapidly expanding premium Chinese tea-house that has changing unit economics


Companies discussed: ENPH, FLNC, PHIN, TSLA, CHA, LKNCY


Host: Emily Flippen, Jason Hall, Toby Bordelon

Producer: Anand Chokkavelu

Engineer: Bart Shannon, Dan Boyd


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