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Do you remember all of the surprises investors got in 2025? We had tariffs, AI upheaval, and even gold having a great year. We discuss all of it.

Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Emily Flippen discuss:

- When tariffs shocked the world

- When ChatGPT fell behind Google

- Gold’s ouperformance

- How well do you remember 2025

Companies discussed: Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), NVIDIA (NVDA), Oracle (ORCL). Sandisk (SNDK), Medline (MDLN).

Host: Travis Hoium

Guests: Lou Whiteman, Emily Flippen

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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755. Laura answers a listener’s question about how to create a financial plan. It’s an excellent guide when you’re unsure what to do with your money or want to focus on the best financial resolutions for the upcoming year. 

 

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We’re making a list and checking it twice. There have been nice companies and great CEOs in 2025 but there have also been some duds. We discuss the stocks on each list and end with going shopping for stocks we want to buy in 2026.

Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss:

- Stocks on our “Nice List”

- Stocks on our “Naughty List”

- Discount stocks we’re shopping for after the holidays

Companies discussed: Mercado Libre (MELI), Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Rocket Lab (RKLB), NVIDIA (NVDA), TJX Companies (TJX), Klarna (KLAR), Fiserve (FI), Target (TGT), Starbucks (SBUX). Eli Lilly (LLY), Pfizer (PFE), Walmart (WMT), Costco (COST), and Lululemon (LULU).

Host: Travis Hoium

Guests: Lou Whiteman, Rachel Warren

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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885. Laura answers a listener's questions about how to find a trustworthy financial advisor and give a young child financial freedom.

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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.

3. “Kale Collar Workers”… Ambitious Zillennials cut Slop Bowls, but embraced Thriftonomics.

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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. 

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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

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Guest: Sean Gates
Engineer: Bart Shannon

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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.

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