Motley Fool Money - Weight Loss. Weight Loss. Don’t Tell Me.

There are new ways to tackle weight loss, but the stocks leading the way are lagging. Today on Motley Fool Money, Rick Munarriz, with analysts Karl Thiel and Jason Hall dig into the problems with weight loss stocks. There’s also a look at some investments that can survive next month’s potential volatility as well as a long-term view at disruptors of the future that you probably didn’t see coming. 

They unpack:

  • Three companies that can ride high through what could be a volatile September.

  • A reality check for GLP-1 and other weight loss stocks.

  • Finding the next great disruptor that could be hiding in plain sight.

Companies discussed: VKTX, NVO, LLY, UNH, TREX, DIS, TBBB, LEN 

Host: Rick Munarriz, Karl Thiel, Jason Hall 

Producer: Anand Chokkavelu

Engineer: Bart Shannon


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Motley Fool Money - Interview with Stride CEO James Rhyu: Disrupting K-12 and Beyond

Is the educational system ripe for disruption? Stride is a for-profit education company that provides online and blended education programs - programs from K-12 through career certification and training. Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner and analyst Sanmeet Deo talk with Stride CEO James Rhyu about opportunity, disruption, AI, and leadership.

  • Opportunity and disruption
  • AI and the future of education
  • Leadership

Host: Tom Gardner, Sanmeet Deo
Producer: Mac Greer
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Motley Fool Money - How to Factor Home Equity Into Your Financial Plan

Home prices are near all-time highs, and homeowners have never had so much equity. Matt Frankel and Robert Brokamp discuss why, when, and how to turn your home into cash.


Also in this episode:

-Which types of stocks have performed best since the current rally began on April 8

-Why is car insurance so expensive, and what to do about it

-How to benefit from the $84 trillion “Great Wealth Transfer” that will take place when Boomers leave inheritances to their heirs


Companies discussed: MCD


Host: Robert Brokamp

Guest: Matt Frankel

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - Walmart Stands Tall In a Rocky Retail Environment

The retail earnings flood hit this week and it told us a lot about consumer spending, plus the market is once again buying into meme stocks and SPACs. Is this time different?


Travis Hoium, Jon Quast, and Matt Frankel discuss:

- Retail earnings and takeaways for investors

- Opendoor’s pop

- The return of SPACs

- Meta’s new AI strategy


Companies discussed: Meta Platforms (META), Alphabet (GOOG), Dollar General (DG), NXP Semiconductor (NXPI), Walmart (WMT), Target (TGT), Home Depot (HD), Lowe’s (LOW), TJ Maxx (TJX), Costco (COST), On Holding (ONON), Nike (NKE).


Host: Travis Hoium

Guests: Jon Quast, Matt Frankel

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - Wal Mart Shows Other Retailers How It’s Done

Second quarter earnings results have been littered with slumping sales and disappointing guidance. Wal Mart threw that narrative on its head when it said it was raising sales guidance for the rest of the year. What’s in Wal Mart’s secret sauce? Also, investing lessons from Meta’s AI strategic changes, a smorgasboard of market news, and stocks on our radar


Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Jon Quast discuss:



- Wal Mart’s increased sales guidance standing out from its peers

- Meta’s hiring freeze

- Chipotle drone delivery?

- Cracker Barrel’s rebranding

- SPACs are back?


Companies discussed: WMT, TGT, META, CMG, CBRL, TRIP, TREX


Host: Tyler Crowe

Guests: Matt Frankel, Jon Quast

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - When AI Execs Say the Market Looks Bubbly

Market chatter about the frothiness of the AI market seems to be picking up and has hit a fever pitch with Open AI CEO Sam Altman claiming that he too sees a bubble forming. That, and earnings from retailers looking at new leadership or acquisitions to right their respective ships


Tyler Crowe, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss:



-Open AI CEO Sam Altman’s comments about AI bubbles

-Target and Estee Lauder under new leadership

-Home Depot and Loew’s in a race to own the building products space


Companies discussed: PLTR, CRWV, TGT, EL, HD, LOW, QXO, MSFT, AMZN, ELF, LRLCY, GOOG, GOOGL


Host: Tyler Crowe

Guests: Lou Whiteman, Rachel Warren

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - What Cybersecurity, Shoes, and Homebuilders Tell Us About Change

Palo Alto Networks is bracing investors with its latest earnings, homebuilders are sweetening deals to attract strapped buyers, and footwear brands are rewriting the playbook. Today on Motley Fool Money, analysts Emily Flippen, Sanmeet Deo, and David Meier evaluate how industries and businesses adapt even when the landscape changes.


They debate:

- Palo Alto’s strong fourth quarter report

- How the landscape of shoe fashion has changed

-Housing headwinds


Companies discussed: PANW, FTNT, CROX, ONON, NKE, FL


Host: Emily Flippen

Guests: Sanmeet Deo, David Meier

Producer: Anand Chokkavelu

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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Motley Fool Money - What’s Eating at Restaurant Stocks?

Summer is heating up, but restaurant stocks are cooling down. Today on Motley Fool Money, Rick Munarriz, with analysts Alicia Alfiere and Jason Hall will dig into problems at your favorite chains. There’s also a look at some companies reporting earnings this week and it’s report card time for some of this year’s biggest gainers.
They unpack:

  • Three companies worth watching are reporting earnings this week.
  • Sluggish comps at many leading restaurants.
  • A few unexpected stocks have more than doubled this year. Can they keep the upticks coming?

Companies discussed: CMG, CAVA, WING, SG, MCD, TJX, VIK, BIDU, CELH, RBLX, PLTR


Host: Rick Munarriz, Jason Hall, Alicia Alfiere


Producer: Anand Chokkavelu


Engineer: Dan Boyd, Natasha Hall

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Motley Fool Money - Interview with Karooooo CEO Zak Calisto

Heard the one about the CEO who wanted to buy the url for his company, found out it was taken, and added a few o’s to save a few million? Karooooo CEO and founder Zak Calisto talks with Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner and analyst Emily Flippen about the business of connected vehicles and about his company’s quirky name.

  • Founder story
  • Future growth
  • Leadership style
  • Autonomous vehicles
  • Karooooo name

Host: Tom Gardner, Emily Flippen
Producer: Mac Greer
Engineer: Adam Landfair
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Motley Fool Money - Should You Retire Sooner, and Is Your Fund Winning?


Wes Moss is a Certified Financial Planner practitioner and the author of “What the Happiest Retirees Know.” In Part 2 of this conversation with Robert Brokamp, Wes discusses the non-financial keys to a fulfilling retirement and whether more people should retire sooner.


Also in this episode:

-Chaos at the IRS

-Credit card delinquencies are rising, and rates are sky-high

-Tools to optimize your Social Security claiming strategy

-How to determine whether your mutual fund is winning


Host: Robert Brokamp

Guest: Wes Moss

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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