Motley Fool Money - Starbucks’ China Challenge and Decoding Meta’s AI Push

Starbucks is looking to sell a stake in its China business, Hershey has a new CEO and Meta hits the gas on AI.


Jason Moser and Lou Whiteman discuss:

- Starbucks' move to sell part of its China business.

- Hershey hires a new CEO.

- Meta moves for more talent and invests in eyewear.

- What should be on investors' radar this coming earnings season.


Tickers mentioned: SBUX, HSY, WEN, META, TWLO, NET, CRWD, PANW


Host: Jason Moser

Guest: Lou Whiteman

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Motley Fool Money - Is Amazon the Best Prime Day Deal?

Looking at the company and stock behind the summer shopping event.


(00:21) Anand Chokkavelu, Jason Hall, and Matt Frankel discuss:

- The Aug.1 tariffs

- This year’s four-day Prime Day (and whether Amazon stock is a deal)

- Elon Musk’s political party and Tesla

- Bold predictions


Companies discussed: AMZN, TSLA


Host: Anand Chokkavelu

Guests: Jason Hall, Matt Frankel

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Motley Fool Money - Dinosaurs Roar for Comcast and CoreWeave Goes Shopping

Andy Cross and Jason Moser discuss:

- Jurassic World Rebirth delivers for Comcast

- CoreWeave finally gets it done for CoreScientific

- Oracle makes a deal with the federal government

- Two stocks to look for if the market pulls back


Companies discussed: CMCSA, NFLX, CRWV, CORZ, ORCL, IOT, HWM


Host: Andy Cross

Guests: Jason Moser

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Motley Fool Money - RBI Replay: What You’ve Done to Create Financial Freedom Vol. 3

Independence Week in the United States is the perfect time to explore financial freedom. This week’s podcast highlights nine key points leading to financial independence, featuring insights from Greek Philosophers, Rule Breaker listeners, and David himself. Rediscover Ask For a Raise Day and living below your means. Learn from listener stories about the importance of resilience, avoiding debt, multiplicands or multiplican'ts, and when your kids begin to see the financial light.


Real stories and inspiration helping you achieve financial freedom, American-style.


Host: David Gardner

Producer: Bart Shannon

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Motley Fool Money - First Half Lookback

For once, the big tech giants are not driving the market’s returns.


(00:21) Motley Fool Senior Analyst, Anthony Schiavone, and Motley Fool Asset Management’s Chief Investment Strategist, Bill Mann, join Ricky Mulvey to discuss:

- American equity markets reaching all-time highs.

- The surprising performance of dollar stores.

- What the passage of The Big Beautiful Bill means for EV makers and the federal deficit.

- Ricky’s goodbye to Motley Fool Money.


Then, (19:11) Motley Fool Canada’s Jim Gillies joins Ricky to discuss speculation in the market and to shine a light on five stocks to keep an eye on.


(35:26) Bill and Anthony discuss two radar stocks, Alphabet and Target.


Companies discussed: MSFT, META, TSLA, DG, MEDP, LULU, SMPL, ATGE, KTB, TGT, GOOG, GOOGL


Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guests: Bill Mann, Anthony Schiavone, Jim Gillies

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - Jobs, Cars, AI and Financial Freedom!

Jobs hold steady, Cloudflare takes a stand on AI and the stocks leading us to financial freedom.


Jason Moser and Andy Cross discuss:

- The recent jobs report.

- What the stress test means for banks.

- The current state of autos

- Cloudflare pushes back on AI crawlers.

- Stocks to celebrate financial freedom.


Tickers mentioned: BAC, TSLA, F, GM, NET, NFLX, HD, WM


Host: Jason Moser

Guest: Andy Cross

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Motley Fool Money - Another Big IPO Headed Our Way!

Figma files for its initial public offering, Amazon ushers in the rise of the machines and Apple noodles its AI strategy.


Jason Moser and Lou Whiteman discuss:

- Figma's IPO filing and what investors should be watching.

- Amazon's robotics aspirations.

- Apple's AI strategy: buy it or build it?


Tickers mentioned: FIG, AMZN, AAPL, HON, ADBE


Host: Jason Moser

Guest: Lou Whiteman

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Motley Fool Money - AI-Powered Warfare

Aerovironment’s CEO shares insights on the drone company’s game-changing merger and how unmanned systems are revolutionizing modern combat.


Andy Cross interviews CEO Wahid Nawabi to discuss:

- Multi-billion-dollar BlueHalo merger expanding capabilities across air, ground, space, and cyber

- Fast Innovation: 18-month product cycles vs. 10-year industry standard

- Record Growth: $764M backlog across 55 international customers

- Vertical Integration: In-house design enables optimized performance at lower costs


Companies discussed: AVAV


Host: Andy Cross

Guests: Wahid Nawabi

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Motley Fool Money - Nike is Back in the Race

Nike stock moves higher after Q4 earnings.


Andy Cross and Jason Hall discuss

- Why Nike stock rallied after its latest earnings

- Also: Home Depot to buy GMS for $5.5 billion

- And will F1 the Movie drive Apple’s stock?


Companies discussed: NKE, HD, GMS, QXO, AAPL, NFLX, AMZN


Host: Andy Cross

Guests: Jason Hall

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - GitLab CFO on Remote Culture Success, AI Integration

Brian Robbins is the CFO of GitLab, a DevSecOps platform that supports software innovation. He joins Motley Fool CEO, Tom Gardner, plus Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross and AI Engineer Karl Juhl for a conversation about:

- How GitLab scaled for remote culture

- How technology and AI have shifted over the years

- GitLab’s plan to handle the evolving cloud and DevOps landscape.


Companies mentioned: GTLB


Hosts: Tom Gardner, Andy Cross, Karl Juhl

Guest: Brian Robbins

Engineer: Bart Shannon


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