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ESPN launched its first sports betting app yesterday to crack the dominance of DraftKings and FanDuel — It just might work, media and tech can be teammates.

Diamond prices have plummeted 40% this year, so De Beers it’s stockpiling them to prop up prices — Diamonds are forever… but they’re also not forever.

Google just accidentally shared an embarrassing number: 36% — That’s the awkward cut Google pays Apple for any revenue made while you surf a Safari browser.

$AAPL $GOOG $DIS $PANDY

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Inflation is closer to the Federal Reserve’s target. Restaurant employment is back to pre-pandemic levels. Maybe the economy is landing softly.

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

 - What lower inflation means for stock investors.

- Sticky housing prices.

 - Home Depot’s quarter and sales decline.

 - What softer spend on big-ticket purchases means for Trex.

 Plus, (13:32) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp air some economic grievances discounts, shrink, and dynamic pricing.

 Companies discussed: HD, TREX, AAPL, COST

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 Hosts: Ricky Mulvey, Alison Southwick

 Guests: Asit Sharma, Robert Brokamp

 Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl

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Interview with Joe Pittenger. We discuss how he left the Salvation Army and Christianity. We also talk about the Clergy Project. A way for thoughtful ministers to find support on line.

Investing Skeptically: You win the lottery! Should you take all of the winnings at once or get paid over 20 years?

China’s President Xi is visiting San Francisco this week to meet President Biden — But his old host family in Iowa from 1985 is the guest of honor, because deals are about relationships. 

The founder of Chipotle just launched a new vegetarian restaurant chain run by robots: Kernel — But behind the scenes, it’s really a hybrid (like everything else).

New Jersey was going to build the biggest offshore wind farm in the US, but Windfarm City just got canceled — Because interest rates are kryptonite for long-term projects.

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$CMG $GE

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Monday.com’s earnings are part of what seems to be a good time to be a tech platform serving other businesses.

(00:21) David Meier aand Deidre Woollard discuss:

- The evolving climate for business-to-business platforms.

- What tech companies need to consider as they hit profitability.

- If Monday.com will be the acquirer or the acquired.

(19:51) Rob Bates and Deidre Woollard discuss the challenges jewelers face as they roll into their big season.

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Companies discussed: MDNY, CRM, HUBS, SIG

Host: Deidre Woollard

Guests: Rob Bates, David Meier

Producers: Ricky Mulvey, Mary Long

Engineers: Dan Boyd, Chace Przylepa

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Why were $250K of Japanese KitKats just stolen? Because KitKat is a coveted collectible in Japan — KitKat makes over 300 unique flavors that you can only get in specific Japanese towns.

Inspired by a Buddhist monk, Humane just unveiled its iPhone killer — Can this hands-free smart device be the post-phone future?

And every strike we can think of is now over — But after Hot Strike Summer, comes the sequel: Jealous Job January.

$HSY $NSRGY $AAPL $UPS $DIS

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You may be asking the wrong question about the future – it’s not what it looks like, but what it sounds like. 

Tobias Dengel is the President of WillowTree, a TELUS International Company, that specializes in digital product design and development. He’s also the author of “The Sound of the Future: The Coming Age of Voice Technology.” Ricky Mulvey caught up with Dengel to discuss:

• What Alexa and Siri get wrong about voice interaction,
• Secret leaders in voice technology,
• And the next battle in the cybersecurity arms race.

Tickers discussed: MCD, SG, AMZN, APPL, GOOG, MSFT, META, NVDA, TU

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: Tobias Dengel

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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Here at the Motley Fool, we like our individual stocks. But – what if we’re wrong? 

Jonathan Berk is a professor of finance at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and co-host of the podcast “All Else Equal: Making Better Decisions.” Ricky Mulvey caught up with Berk to discuss – and debate – the merits of individual stock investing. They also talk about:

• The ripple effects of decision-making,
• Whether short-term investing deserves its bad reputation,
• And the time horizon needed to differentiate between luck and skill. 

Tickers discussed: CMG, NFLX, NVDA, MCD

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: Jonathan Berk

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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Studios struck a deal with actors and now the content engine can start back up again, but will Hollywood be tighter with its spend?. 

(00:11) Emily Flippen and Andy Cross discuss:

• SAG-AFTRA’s deal with the film and tv industry, Disney’s deal to buy the rest of Hulu, and Warner Brothers Discovery’s “generational disruption.”
• The Trade Desk’s warning about ad markets, and DataDog showing healthy signs in cloud spend.
• How Adyen is learning how to better play the expectations game.

(19:02) Motley Fool Contributor Lou Whiteman spoke with Brad Jacobs, former CEO of XPO Logistics, about embracing a problem, how a short-seller targeting his company led to a great capital allocation decision, and other lessons from his book How to Make a Few Billion Dollars.

(31:14) Emily and Andy break down two stocks on their radar: Axon and Gartner.

Stocks discussed: DIS, WBD, TTD, DDOG, ADYEY, CPNG, XPO, LLY, IT, AXON

Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Emily Flippen, Andy Cross, Lou Whiteman, 

Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Annie Pope

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Netflix spent $70M over 3-years to renovate the most historic movie theater in America — Because there’s corporate *philanthropy* and then there’s corporate *heroism*.

Gwyneth Paltrow’s Goop is making a risky move: Launching in Target – She’s trying to stretch the brand from aspirational to accessible.

And Cruise robotaxis, the self-driving startup owned by GM, just had its worst month yet — It’s not the mistake they made, it’s how they handled it.

$NFLX $TGT $GM

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