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Laura discusses affordable health plans and benefits for freelancers and solo business owners. Joined by Tom Morrissey from Healthy Business Group and Rafael Espinal from the Freelancers Union, they cover tips for accessing support and choosing the right coverage as an independent worker.

Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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TVs are getting gigantic, but prices are falling… Huge-screen TVs illustrate the biggest law of innovation.

Boeing’s epic airplane strike is over… so we calculated the ROU: Return on Union.

Calm won election night… The meditation app turned Election Night into its Super Bowl.

Plus, there’s no feeling like voting — It’s the greatest American tradition (even beats Thanksgiving)... And we hope you got to experience it too.

Looking for a long-form listen? Check out our new episode on The Jeep — The car that saved the world. It’s our latest episode of The Best Idea Yet. Listen here: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.

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A red hot software company is continuing to impress investors.

(00:21) Ricky Mulvey and David Meier offer up some counter programming for election night. They discuss:

- Palantir’s impressive results.

- Harvard’s “just ok” endowment returns.

- Why individuals have advantages over institutional investors.

- Stories causing them to be rationally optimistic.

Companies discussed: PLTR, ACN, CTSH, VRTX

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: David Meier

Producer: Mary Long

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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What happens to the economy on election day?... Less beer, more flight upgrades, flat stocks.

We’re about to get the biggest movie day in 2 years… Gladiator II, Moana II, & Wicked (#WickiGladiOna…2).

Bandit is now the fastest-growing running brand… because it didn’t copy Nike, it copied Hermes.

Plus, the 4th episode of our new show drops Tuesday: The untold origin story of The Jeep — The car that saved the world. 

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There are a lot of billions on that balance sheet. What might Buffett want to do with all of it?

(00:21) Jason Moser and Mary Long discuss:

- What to make of Berkshire’s latest sells.

- Turnaround ideas for TGI Friday’s.

- Uber’s expanding network.

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Companies discussed: BRK.A, BRK.B, CAVA, UBER, EXPE, TWLO

Host: Mary Long

Guest: Jason Moser

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineer: Rick Engdahl

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Starbucks is buying 200k Sharpie Markers to put names on cups... we’re calling it “The Sharpie Doctrine”.

America just produced more oil in a month than any time in history… USA is the new OPEC.

Soda sales are rising for the 1st time in a decade… It’s thanks to Coke Zero and Mormons.

Plus, the 4th episode of our new show drops Tuesday: The untold origin story of The Jeep — The car that saved the world… and united the country. 🚙 Subscribe to The Best Idea Yet: Wondery.fm/TheBestIdeaYetLinks to listen. Episodes drop weekly. It’s The Best Idea Yet.

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Some companies drop new products. sweetgreen drops new vegetables. 

Nicolas Jammet is the Cofounder and Chief Concept Officer of sweetgreen, a health-minded fast casual chain with more than 200 locations. Jammet joined Mary Long for a conversation about: 

- The future of automation and eating.

- Creating an “Apple-like” retail experience at a restaurant.

- sweetgreen’s balance between value and growing to become profitable.

Companies discussed: SG

Host: Mary Long

Guest: Nicolas Jammet

Producer: Ricky Mulvey

Engineers: Tim Sparks, Heather Horton

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When faced with the unknown, what’s a Fool to do? Oftentimes, the answer is simple: Just keep buying. 

Ricky Mulvey talks with Fool analysts Matt Argersinger and Alicia Alfiere about:

• What to do when you’re on edge – about investments and life.
• Whether politics matter in investing.
• Stocks they’re buying regardless of who’s in the White House.

The note by Tom Engle that is read at the end of the show is also available here. 

Companies mentioned: EPR, MELI, AMZN, SCHD, HD, BLK, CVX, TXN, LMT, VIG, V, MC

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guest: Alicia Alfiere, Matt Argersinger

Producer: Mary Long

Engineers: Desiree Jones, Rick Engdahl

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Amazon, Alphabet, and Microsoft are doing their part to drive $200B in AI-related capital expenditures for 2024. They’ll get some of that back in generative AI cloud workloads, but they’ve got a ways to go. 

(00:42) Bill Mann and Matt Argersinger discuss:

- How AI demand is refueling cloud growth at Amazon and Alphabet, but why there’s still some reason to be concerned about the sustainability of that spend.

- Apple continuing to run counter to the rest of big tech with their AI strategy and cap ex approach.  

- Reddit’s first-ever quarterly profit, Atlassian getting its mojo back, and why the red-hot weight loss market didn’t turn into great quarterly results for Eli Lilly.

(19:02) Ahead of the 2024 election, David Gardner offers up his advice for how to keep calm with your portfolio and mindset while the news cycle turns next week. 

(34:37) Bill and Matt break down two stocks on their radar for very different reasons: eBay and Super Micro Computer.

Stocks discussed: AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, AAPL, RDDT, TEAM, LLY, EBAY, SMCI.

Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Bill Mann, Matt Argersinger, David Gardner

Engineers: Rick Engdahl

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Laura answers a listener question about the Roth IRA conversation strategy and how it could be used to retire early.

Money Girl is hosted by Laura Adams. A transcript is available at Simplecast.

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