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Toys are cheaper now than a year ago. And some of the most popular brands haven’t changed for decades.

(00:21) Ricky Mulvey and Asit Sharma discuss:

- Transitory inflation for the toy business… and beyond!

- The everlasting power of Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Lego.

- Coupang’s acquisition of luxury online retailer, FarFetch.

Plus, (15:27) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp open the listener mailbag and answer a question about saving in a portfolio of only stocks for retirement.

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Companies discussed: MAT, CPNG, FTCH

Hosts: Ricky Mulvey, Alison Southwick

Guests: Asit Sharma, Robert Brokamp

Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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Interview with Abby Hafer. We discuss her book, "The Not-So-Intelligent Designer: Why Evolution Explains the Human Body and Intelligent Design Does Not". First example - human testicals. We discuss this and several other problems.

Investing Skeptically:

• Cusion, volitility, granularity
• Duh! Stocks vs Bonds

A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories on the fashion industry from 2023. 

So toss on a cute top and iron those jeggings, let’s jump into our 3 Fashion stories…

1) Lulelemon, from May 9th: Lululemon showed us the rise of Dupes — In fashion, Dupes aren’t a scarlet letter - they’re a badge of honor.

2) Aldi, a story from March 29th: The German grocery chain, moved from food into fashion — The fastest growing grocery chain in america is selling apparel, because merch is the new moat.

3) Allbirds, a story from July 18th: Allbirds created the weirdest shoe of 2023 — We introduce the weirdness rule of fashion, and whether Allbirds violated it.

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(00:21) Bill Barker and Deidre Woollard discuss:

- The arc of U.S. Steel over time.

- Why Adobe might be giving up on acquiring Figma

- The changing environment for getting deals done.

(17:00) Deidre Woollard talks to angel investor and author Bill Raduchel about how tech has changed over the past six decades.

Companies discussed: X, ADBE, CLF, XRX, AAPL, META, GOOG, GOOGL, NVDA

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Host: Deidre Woollard

Guests: Bill Barker, Bill Raduchel

Producers: Ricky Mulvey, Mary Long

Engineers: Kyle Carruthers, Dan Boyd

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A bonus episode featuring 3 of our top pop-biz news stories on the food industry from 2023. Grab a napkin and pull up a chair, let’s jump into the 3 stories spork-first (or is it fpoon?) 🤤…

1) The Grimace Milkshake, from July 5th: How McDonald’s made a drink go viral — The Grimace Shake makes the marketing case for chaos.

2) Goldfish Crackers, from April 24th: How Goldfish became a billion-dollar brand — Because even crackers need a wingman.

3) South Korea’s Gastrodiplomacy, from May 30th: How a country used food to boost trade — South Korea used “Calorie Capitalism”.

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Long before Marvel was under the Disney umbrella, it was a conglomerate that wasn’t terribly interested in making movies.

Mary Long caught up with Dave Gonzales, a co-author of MCU: the Reign of Marvel Studios to discuss:

- Why making superhero movies wasn’t always an obvious decision. 

- The success, and future problems, created by “Iron Man.”

- How the pandemic changed Marvel.

Company discussed: DIS

Host: Mary Long

Guest: Dave Gonzales

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineer: Tim Sparks

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The money ain’t flowing like it used to. What’s a tech investor to do? 

Earlier this month, Motley Fool Money hosted a live podcast recording and meetup for Fool members. There, Mary Long caught up with Alicia Alfiere, Tim Beyers, and Tim White to discuss:

• Differences between public markets and the venture scene, 
• How money can ruin companies,
• And Tesla’s AI ambitions. 

Companies discussed: WMT, AAPL, CRM, CPNG, SNOW, TWLO, DDOG, TSLA

Host: Mary Long

Guest: Alicia Alfiere, Tim Beyers, Tim White

Engineer: Tim Sparks

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We look back on 2023, crown a few winners, and revisit some stories you may have forgotten about!

(00:21) Bill Mann and Jason Moser discuss:

- The data points that capture how 2023 has felt for investors, companies, and homeowners.

- Why 2023 was rosy for NVIDIA and the cruise lines, and not so great for Dollar General.

- The IPO and product launch that were totally forgotten this year.

(19:11) Dave Meyer – the VP of Growth and Analytics and the host of the On The Market Podcast at Bigger Pockets – talks through insights from Bigger Pockets State of Real Estate Investing Report, and some interesting areas to watch in 2024.

You can get Bigger Pockets full State of Real Estate Investing Report here: biggerpockets.com/REALESTATE24

(33:42) Jason and Bill break down two stocks on their radar: Okta and Crispr.

Stocks discussed: NVDA, CCL, RCL, DG, CAVA, META, CRSP, OKTA

Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Bill Mann, Jason Moser, Dave Meyer, Deidre Woollard

Engineers: Dan Boyd

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We got the Annual Report from “Klaus Industries” (yeah, Santa’s company), so we jumped into the business — Santa’s got a strong supply chain, diverse market of 2 billion customers, and an $11 trillion opportunity.

The stock market began the year with Recession-worries, but it’s ending with all-time highs — We’re looking at the one force driving Wall Street to record highs for the holidays.

And do you know about Dating Wrapped? — The #1 trend on TikTok is analyzing your year in dating, and it reminds us of a quote from Socrates.

$NICE $SPY $SPOT

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Build-A-Bear is having its best year ever, despite its friction-full buying experience — Because soft is security.

Nearly 200 countries just pledged to “transition away from fossil fuels” to conclude the big UN climate conference — So why did Exxon Mobil’s stock rise? 

And Netflix just became the 1st streaming company to share all the data on what you’re watching — Their transparency is their competitive advantage (fyi, link to the spreadsheet below 

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Netflix’s 1st Viewership Report: https://assets.ctfassets.net/4cd45et68cgf/1HyknFM84ISQpeua6TjM7A/97a0a393098937a8f29c9d29c48dbfa8/What_We_Watched_A_Netflix_Engagement_Report_2023Jan-Jun.xlsx

$BBW $NFLX $XOM

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