Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing is a daily podcast for stock investors.

Weekday episodes offer a long-term perspective on business news with The Motley Fool's investment analysts. Weekend shows are a mix of personal finance and longer-form interviews.

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Netflix Rising, WWE Preparing
Netflix surprises Wall Street and throws down the gauntlet at streaming competitors. (0:21) Tim Beyers discusses: - 3rd-quarter profits, revenue, and subscriber growth coming in higher than expected - Optimism around Netflix's new ad platform - Why he...
27 min
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Activist Investors Shake the Tree
If you'd like to see tech stocks turn around, some activist investors feel the same way. They just have some more fire power. (0:21) Deidre Woollard and Asit Sharma discuss: - Starboard Value's recent stakes in Splunk and Salesforce. - Dan Loeb's...
28 min
1228
The War on Checks
Home buyers aren't welcoming higher interest rates, but they are mostly good news for banks. (0:21) Deidre Woollard and Jason Moser discuss: - Bank of America's strong quarter. - BNY Mellon's move to hold crypto for its clients. - Why banks are...
22 min
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Opportunities in Sustainable Investing
More than 90% of S&P 500 companies publish sustainability reports. But what’s real and what’s just greenwashing?  Bruce Usher is a professor at Columbia Business School and the author of “Investing in the Era of Climate Change.” Maria...
20 min
1230
Meet the Dividend Knights
You've heard of the Dividend Aristocrats and the Dividend Kings, but we’d like to introduce you to the Dividend Knights: dividend-paying stocks that have also beaten the market. Ricky Mulvey caught up with Matt Argersinger and Anthony Schiavone to...
23 min
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Big Merger, Big Banks, Lessons from the NYSE Floor
Earnings season started with head-scratching volatility on Thursday and a surprising merger announcement on Friday. (0:21) Jason Moser and Ron Gross discuss: - Highlights from the Big Banks' latest earnings reports - Kroger's $24 billion plan to...
39 min
1232
Horror Movie-nomics
Why are there so many horror movies? Because they're so profitable to make. (0:21) Jim Gillies discusses: - Volatility (the good kind!) in the market today - Insider buying being a signal he watches closely - Why he's most interested in TFS Financial...
22 min
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Defensive Stocks FTW
No one is putting Pepsi on a list of "sexy stocks" but its performance this year has been crushing the market. (0:21) Asit Sharma discusses: - Pepsi's ability to increase prices that customers are still willing to pay - The role of "shrinkflation"...
21 min
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E-Commerce Overreached. Now What?
It's hard to argue with a headline like "The Great Post-Covid Online Shopping Bet Was a Costly Delusion", but we're going to anyway. (0:21) Bill Mann  discusses: - Why the investments Amazon and Shopify made were not a "delusion" - What to watch...
25 min
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Calm Before The Storm
It's quiet before earnings season. Too quiet. (0:21) Jason Moser discusses: - Expectations for earnings season (which really starts on Friday) - Jamie Dimon's comments about a U.S. recession being 6-9 months away - Key data around consumer...
23 min
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Fall Q&A: Stocks, Dividends, Luxury Goods, and ...
You’ve got questions, so we rounded up some Fools with answers! In this fall mailbag we’re answering your voicemails and emails about: - Adobe’s $20 billion acquisition of Figma - If a cannabis REIT is a good buy - Luxury goods stocks as a...
27 min
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Semiconductors 101
Your remote control, the fastest supercomputers in the world, and artificial intelligence applications have something in common: the semiconductors needed to make them work. Jason Moser and John Rotonti dig into one of the most important industries...
24 min
1238
More Rate Hikes Coming
Make no mistake, investors, September's jobs report is just one more indication that the Federal Reserve will increase interest rates in November. (0:21) Andy Cross and Jason Moser discuss: - AMD warning about lower revenue - Constellation Brands...
38 min
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Bull vs. Bear: Boston Beer Co.
Amazon is the latest to signal its intentions around holiday retail hiring. (0:21) Maria Gallagher discusses: - Amazon's announcement it will increase hourly pay and hire 150,000 seasonal workers - Data around consumer spending sentiment - Why she's...
15 min
1240
Musk/Twitter Back On?
Elon Musk says he's going to buy Twitter at the original price, and this time he means it! (0:21) Bill Mann discusses: - His belief that the Musk/Twitter deal will get done - Forward guidance being the thing he'll be watching in the upcoming earnings...
25 min
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1 Stock for National Taco Day
And another high-profile IPO company gets taken private. (0:21) Asit Sharma discusses: - Poshmark's all-cash deal that values the company at less than half of its IPO price. - Private market valuations coming down - National Taco Day and Chipotle's...
24 min
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Kim K, Crypto, and Porsche's IPO
What are the chances the stock market makes a 4th-quarter comeback? (0:21) Jason Moser discusses: - The chances of the S&P 500, down more than 20% year-to-date, rising over the last 3 months of the year - How the market tends to do worse the year...
23 min
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Ben Franklin: Founding Father of Microfinance a...
If you want someone to manage your money then you better pay them. That’s just one lesson from Ben Franklin’s complicated financial life. Robert Brokamp talks with Michael Meyer, author of “Benjamin Franklin's Last Bet: The Favorite Founder's...
27 min
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No Solutions, Just Trade Offs: Doomberg on Worl...
The world’s energy crunch is a battle between platitudes and physics. Leaders may want to pay closer attention to the physics part. So for more insight on the world’s energy crunch we reached out to a cartoon chicken.  Wait, what? ...
27 min
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Scott Galloway on CEOs, Big Tech, and Energy
(0:21) Ron Gross, Maria Gallagher, and Jason Moser discuss: - Nike’s tough quarter. - Macro headwinds for Carmax. - Questions about Peloton’s retail strategy. - Lululemon’s new subscription service. - Signs that Cintas is focused on the...
39 min
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An IPO, In This Environment?
Volkswagen spun off its investment in Porsche for the first big name IPO of 2022. It only took until late September!  (0:18) Dylan Lewis and Tim Beyers discuss:  - Why Porsche is going public while other companies are holding off.  -...
27 min
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"All of this has happened before."
If what's happening today with Apple seems familiar, it should. (0:21) Jim Gillies discusses: - Reports that lower demand for the iPhone 14 is causing Apple to tell their suppliers there's no need to ramp up production - How history is an excellent...
21 min
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Mistakes? We've Made A Few
When you don't get what you want, you get experience. (0:21) Asit Sharma discusses: - The S&P 500 hitting a new low for the year - Seeking out companies with "fortress balance sheets" - Whether Mullen Automotive is a meme stock - Learning from...
26 min
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Prime Day 2: E-Commerce Boogaloo
For the first time ever, Amazon is having a second "Prime Day" event. (0:21) Jason Moser discusses: - Behind-the-scenes planning that led up to this announcement - Inventory clearing, and the role it may play in this event before Amazon's final...
20 min
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What Do Higher Interest Rates Mean for REITs?
Stock prices don’t always reflect business performance. That’s the case for many real estate investment trusts (where some occupancies are above pre-pandemic highs) but the effects of rising interest rates may be in its early innings.  John...
19 min