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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The Best One Yet - 🌵 “Party on the Playa” — Burning Man’s biz. Reading’s 40% drop. Intel’s Uncle Sam-vestment. + Vacation Update

Burning Man is the biggest event for billionaires in the world… so why is it losing millions?

The US Gov’t is getting 10% of Intel in exchange for taxpayer $$… Uncle Sam CEO?

Pleasure reading is down 40% in 20 years #ReadingRecession… But Warren Buffett reads 182 books/year.

Plus, the new restaurant trend… is a pregnancy-inducing hamburger.


**And we’re going on vacation and Nick’s having a baby (IBO)! So we have special Bonus Episodes coming everyday to the feed while we’re out-of-studio.**


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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

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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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WSJ Your Money Briefing - What’s News in Markets: Home Depot Rallies, Target Misses, Meta Pauses

How did Home Depot bounce back in spite of a mixed bag of a quarterly report? And what caused a leadership shakeup at Target? Plus, why is Meta pausing hiring in its AI division? Host Francesca Fontana discusses the biggest stock moves of the week and the news that drove them.

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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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The Best One Yet - 💆‍♀️ “AI-ahhhhhh” – Equinox’s AI masseuse. Robinhood’s QB sneak. Millennials’ tantrum tax. +9/9/9 Hot Dog strategy.

Equinox is adding AI robot masseuses to 60 of their gym locations… and it’s actually good for the job market.

Robinhood launched football betting predictions… It’s a sports betting QB sneak.

Millennials are dropping up to $147K for 5 years of daycare… It’s the Childcare Tax.

Plus, trying the “9-9-9 Challenge” this weekend?… 9 beers, 9 hotdogs, in 9 baseball innings.


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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


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Guests: Matt Frankel, Jon Quast

Engineer: Dan Boyd


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The Best One Yet - 🥸 “Espionage Advertising” — Bilt’s comedy series. Taco Bell’s everything plan. Hertz’s Amazon deal. +Summer Song Recession.

Taco Bell is launching a new thing every month… because instant gratification is a recipe.

Hertz is the 2nd biggest car-seller in America… and now it’s on Amazon.

Bilt does credit cards, but also a comedy series? … Roomies is an example of Espionage Advertising.

Plus, there is no “Song of the Summer” for 2025… and we got the numbers to prove it.


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