Emily Flippen is joined by Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro to sort through the first real wave of economic releases since the government shutdown, and discuss what investors should do when data comes with warning labels.
What CPI, retail sales, and job reports say (or don’t say) about consumer strength
How investors should think about investing with imperfect data
What reports are still coming, where revisions might hit, and what we’re watching heading into the new year
Companies discussed: CTRE, WMT, COST
Host: Emily Flippen, Jeff Santoro, Jason Hall Producer: Anand Chokkavelu Engineer: Bart Shannon
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We look back to look forward and predict whether three of 2025's biggest winners can keep winning in 2026. Can Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU), Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD), and Newmont Corp (NYSE: NEM) beat the market again?
Alicia Alfiere, Keith Speights, and Tim Beyers discuss:
- What would drive outperformance for Micron.
- Why 2025 was so good to Robinhood.
- The macro factor Newmont investors shouldn't ignore.
Tickers: Companies discussed: MU, HOOD, NEM
Host: Tim Beyers
Guests: Alicia Alfiere, Keith Speights
Producer: Anand Chokkavelu
Engineer: Dan Boyd
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Yetis, the 3 biggest forces in business in 2025? Trump, AI, & Affordability. For more on that? Look at every other newsletter, podcast, and social media post of every day this year.
But instead, we found the 3 biggest “pop-biz” themes of 2025: Maxxing, robots, & kale collar workers.
1. “Everything Maxxing”… From Protein Maxxing to Tariff Maxxing to the Casino Economy.
2. “Robots got Promoted”… Waymos, Blue Collar Bots, and laundry-folding humanoids.
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MIchaelAaron Flicker is the co-author of Hacking The Human Mind: The Behavioral Science Secrets Behind 17 of the World’s Best Brands.
Motley Fool contributor Rich Lumelleau and Motley Fool Head of Strategic Operations Shannon Jones recently talked with Flicker about his new book, including loss aversion, sunk costs, and the power of pratfalls.
Host: Rich Lumulleau, Shannon Jones
Guest: MichaelAaron Flicker
Producer: Bart Shannon, Mac Greer
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It’s almost 2026, and soon you’ll be receiving your year-end statements for all your investment accounts. You’ll also hear a lot of advice about reviewing and rebalancing your portfolio in January. Robert Brokamp and Certified Financial Planner Sean Gates how to do it and how much re-arranging is necessary.
Also in this episode: -Why Schwab expects a “vibesession” in 2026 -Why inflation feels worse for many Americans -Debunking a myth about the relationship between retirement and life expectancy -Spend money, and get reimbursed for those expenses, from flexible spending accounts and 529s before the end of the year
Host: Robert Brokamp Guest: Sean Gates Engineer: Bart Shannon
What did Micron’s earnings tell us about the AI boom? And what’s behind the corporate drama at Warner Bros. Discovery and Lululemon? Plus, does Medline's IPO splash bode well for future offerings? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.
The AI trade continues to be the biggest topic on the market and this week we got reports that OpenAI is looking to raise another $100 billion. We discuss that, Gemini’s comeback, and give top executives candy or coal in their stockings.
Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Asit Sharma discuss:
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Everyone laughed when Jesse and Emily Cole said they were going to save baseball by turning it into a circus. The traditionalists said it was a mockery. The investors said it wouldn't scale. Babe Ruth woulda blushed.
But today, while the Red Sox and Yankees yawn in the dugout, the Savannah Bananas are selling out those very same stadiums… while on stilts.
In this episode, we sit down with the husband-and-wife co-founders to uncover how they turned a struggling startup - with so much debt they had to sell their house - into a viral phenomenon with a waitlist of over 1 million people.
We dive deep into their "Fans First" business model, why they refuse to take VCmoney, and how "burning the boring" let them create a new sport and disrupt a 100-year-old industry.
They even got engaged in the middle of a (rainy) baseball game.
WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
The "Anti-Business" Model: Why they refuse to take investors, sell advertising, charge for hot dogs, or collect sales taxes.
Burn The Boring: How they audited every second of a baseball game to eliminate friction (goodbye, bunts and walks).
The "Do The Opposite" Strategy: How a philosophy inspired by P.T. Barnum & Walt Disney helped them win in the attention economy.
Metrics vs. Magic: Why Jesse and Emily ignore traditional ROI data to focus on "Return on Fan".
(And why you should check the weather before proposing)
TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - Intro: The "Cirque du Soleil" of Baseball
2:05 - The Meet Cute: How Jesse & Emily Met
5:20 - Why They Refused VC Money (Owning 100% Equity)
6:48 - The Walt Disney Lesson on Control
8:45 - Leaving $50 Million on the Table
12:55 - Burning the Boring: Inventing Banana Ball
19:00 - Failures: The "Human Pinata" Disaster
24:00 - The Strategy: "Whatever is Normal, Do The Opposite"
31:00 - Making Decisions on Intuition vs. Spreadsheets
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