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Interview with NYU Professor Vasant Dhar: Thinking With Machines
28 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
NYU Professor of Business Vasant Dhar is a pioneer in the field of artificial intelligence. He’s the host of the Brave New World podcast, and author...
What Great Investors Do
27 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
William Green is the author of “Richer, Wiser, Happier: How the World's Greatest Investors Win in Markets and Life.” Green also hosts a podcast wi...
The Most Shocking Stories of 2025
26 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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. T...
Our Stock Market Naughty and Nice List
24 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 ...
Economic Data Catch-Up
23 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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 dis...
Can These Three 2025 Winners Keep Winning?
22 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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), Robinho...
Interview with MichaelAaron Flicker: Hacking the Human Mind
21 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
MIchaelAaron Flicker is the co-author of Hacking The Human Mind: The Behavioral Science Secrets Behind 17 of the World’s Best Brands. Motley Fool...
How to Review and Rebalance Your Portfolio
20 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
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...
OpenAI Wants Another $100 Billion
19 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The AI trade continues to be the biggest topic on the market and this week we got reports that OpenAI is looking to raise another $100 billion. We dis...
Hidden Gem Stocks We Love at the End of the Year
18 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
While many people are checking off items on their holiday shopping lists, we're making a list (and checking it twice) of stocks we would be happy to b...
Ford Takes $19.5 Billion EV Hit. Is the EV Revolution Over
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Electric vehicles were supposed to disrupt the auto industry, but sales are down, subsidies are going away, and Ford is pivoting away from EVs and tak...
The 2025 IPO Comeback Tour
16 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, Emily Flippen is joined by Sanmeet Deo and Jason Hall to break down why the IPO market took off in 2025, wh...
Would You Buy the SpaceX IPO?
15 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bloomberg and Reuters are now both reporting that SpaceX plans to go public in 2026 at a valuation that could reach $1.5 trillion, making it the bigge...
Interview with Axon President Josh Isner
14 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Axon Enterprise produces the Taser, body cameras, and cloud-based software services. And the law enforcement technology company has produced big retur...
Roth Advice Gone Wrong and Mandatory Roth Catch-Up Contributions in 2026
13 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
These days, we're hearing a lot about the many benefits of Roth accounts. However, they’re not the best choice for every investor. Host Robert Broka...
Did Disney Win or Lose the OpenAI Deal?
12 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Disney agreed to let its characters be used in OpenAI’s Sora videos, so is this a visionary move, or is Disney giving away its IP to AI? We discuss ...
Over 300 Stocks Doubled in 2025 -- 3 We Love and 3 We Don't
11 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2025 has been an above-average year for stocks. And over 300 publicly-traded companies have increased in value by 100% or more. This has our team aski...
Don’t Call It a Comeback
10 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the most well-known companies in the world have dropped in 2025, so can they make a comeback? We dig into the fortunes of Chipotle, Target and...
$70 billion and Chill
09 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
$70 billion can get a lot… but in the case of Netflix, it can’t buy anything better than Warner Bros Discovery. Host Emily Flippen is joined by J...
Profitability Predictions and Paramount Punches Back
08 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We review the results from SentinelOne (S) and Snowflake (SNOW) and predict which stock is more likely to record profits first. We also take a critics...
Interview with Mercado Libre Senior Vice President Leandro Cuccioli
07 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
E-commerce powerhouse Mercado Libre is Latin America’s largest company by market cap and is often called the Amazon of Latin America. Motley Fool an...
Before the Crisis: How You and Your Relatives Can Prepare for Financial Caregiving
06 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
If an illness or death befell your parents, spouse, kids, or any other close relative, would you be able to access their financial information and han...
Netflix Makes a Shocking Acquisition
05 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Netflix announced it will buy Warner Bros. Discovery’s studios and streaming assets, beating Paramount Skydance and Comcast who were also bidding fo...
An Anthropic IPO Could be Here Sooner Than We Thought!
04 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’ve seen some sky high valuations among AI companies lately, and it appears that Anthropic wants to use investor optimism to go public as early as...
Helicopters Are Out, eVTOLs Are In?
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the latest shopping data after Black Friday and then dive into the eVTOL industry. What are they? Who do you need to know? And how will the...
Rule-Breaking Stocks for Your Holiday Shopping List
02 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Holiday shopping isn’t just about deals at the mall - it can be a great time to think about the businesses benefitting from all that spending. In t...
Better Buy: Zscaler or Workday?
01 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We review the results from Zscaler (ZS) and Workday (WDAY) and predict which stock is more likely to outperform over the next 10 years. Who ya got? ...
Interview with Rocket Lab CEO Peter Beck
30 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Aerospace company Rocket Lab has produced big returns for long-term investors. Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner and analyst Seth Jason recen...
Interview With J.L. Collins, the Godfather of Financial Independence
29 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Financial independence isn’t just about early retirement. It’s giving your future self freedom.J.L. Collins is the best-selling author of “The S...
Black Friday’s Best Stock Gifts and Investing Lessons
28 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Black Friday is finally here and this one-day holiday has somehow become a month-long event. But it’s a reminder that retailers have to play a new g...
What’s a Waymo Anyway?
26 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Waymo is in expansion mode as competitors fail to get fully autonomous vehicles (without a safety driver) off the ground. We discuss Waymo’s approac...
The Pitfalls of Selling Stocks (and How to Avoid Them)
25 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Some of the biggest mistakes investors make aren’t the stocks they buy - they’re the ones they sell. In today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, ho...
Reckless Earnings Predictions: ZM, BBY, DE
24 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We enter Thanksgiving week with a plate full of reckless predictions featuring Zoom (reports today), Best Buy (reports tomorrow morning), and Deere & ...
Interview with Mark Matson: Experiencing the American Dream
23 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s the first step in building wealth? How do we know if we’re on track financially? What does abundance look like? Motley Fool contributor Ric...
Advocate for a Better 401(k) and Tax-Smart Charitable Giving
22 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
For many Americans, contributing to an employer-sponsored plan is the primary way they’re saving for retirement. Unfortunately, not all of these pla...
Market Volatility and Opportunities We See Today
21 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The market has gotten volatile the last few weeks and some sectors are dropping, like Bitcoin. How are we handling the drop and where are opportunitie...
Semis and Housing and Retail, oh My!
20 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
This week is one of the biggest weeks in earnings as NVIDIA, Home Depot, Lowes, Walmart, and Target all reported earnings. All three provide both a lo...
Google Steals the Show in AI
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Gemini 3 is out and it may change the landscape in artificial intelligence. Benchmarks have it performing better than GPT-5 and Google is leaning into...
Bull vs Bear: Chinese Stock Showdown
18 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Chinese stocks are back in the headlines, and we’re putting them on trial. Motley Fool Money flips the script as Jason Hall steps into the host chai...
Three Non-AI Stocks to Buy: MRK, UPS, CVX
17 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are plenty of potential winners outside the world of AI. Anthony Schiavone and Karl Thiel join Tim Beyers in discussing three big names that may...
Interview with Sezzle CEO Charlie Youakim
16 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sezzle is a fintech company known for its buy now, pay later services. At our annual Motley Fool member event, Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gard...
The Many Reasons to Roth, and How Long You'll Live
15 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When saving for retirement, the first decision is how much. But the next decision is where: Do you contribute to a traditional retirement account or a...
Is the “Santa Rally” Cancelled This Year?
14 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The stock market has slumped the first two weeks of November as investors worry about layoffs, consumer spending, and returns of the AI buildout. We d...
Au revoir, Warren….
13 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Warren Buffett’s surprise announcement this past May that he would be stepping down as Berkshire Hathaway’s CEO lefty a few lingering questions th...
Can AI Drive Peloton’s Comeback?
12 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss Pfizer’s $10 billion deal to buy Metsera and finally get into weight loss. Plus, Peloton is making a compeback and Circle is growing on t...
Quantum Computing… In Space!
11 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We’re mashing up quantum computing, AI infrastructure, and space stocks as we dig into a handful of headline-grabbing earnings reports. From GPU far...
Tales of Unexpected Losses: AXON, TREX, WRBY
10 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Wall Street didn’t take kindly to the financial reports from Axon, Trex, and Warby Parker. Should investors be buying amid the bloodbath? We answer ...
Interview with Steph Wagner: A Woman’s Guide to Financial Freedom
09 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Steph Wagner is the author of Fly, A Woman's Guide to Financial Freedom and Building a Life You Love. Motley Fool contributor Rachel Warren recently...
How Gen X Can Rescue Their Retirement
08 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The oldest members of Generation X reach 60 this year. Yet most have much less than $300,000 saved for retirement, while also carrying more student lo...
Investors Get Cold Feet in a Hot Stock Market
07 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investor sentiment has dropped down to extreme fear as the financial headlines increasingly stoke concerns. Many stocks have dropped into bear territo...
Unity Soars and Airlines Could Be in Trouble
06 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Matt Frankel, Tyler Crowe, and Jon Quast discuss: - Unity Software's strong progress toward a turnaround - Cancelled flights expected at 40 airports...
Consumer Brands Shake Things Up…With Mergers
05 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2025 has been quite the year for consumer brands, but not in a good way. The industry writ large has underperformed for the past three years and many ...
When Rule Breakers Find Religion (or, at least profits)
04 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Spotify, Shopify, and Uber were once the poster children for “growth at any cost.” Today, they’re talking cash flow, margins, and discipline. In...
Big Tech Earnings and Reckless Predictions
03 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Five of the Big Tech Behemoths reported last week. What did we learn and what should we expect looking ahead? Rick Munarriz, Sanmeet Deo, and Tim B...
Why Income Investors Should Look Beyond Index Funds
02 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Should investors take stock in preferred stock? Motley Fool analysts Matt Argersinger and Anthony Schiavone talk with Infrastructure Capital Advisors ...
Morgan Housel on the Forces That Drive Our Spending
01 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What makes the U.S. consumer and investor unique? Are we biologically programmed to be dissatisfied? Should you want your kids to be poor? Morgan Hous...
Big Tech Breaks the Bank for AI
31 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Big tech earnings were the talk of the market this week and we covered a blowout from Alphabet, questions about Meta, and why Amazon has its mojo back...
Alphabet Soars While Meta Sinks
30 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
2025 has been the year of AI capex (so far). Companies have been announcing huge spending increases and signing deals to secure critical supplies like...
Microsoft Gets $135 Billion OpenAI Stake
29 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Microsoft has agreed to a deal that will allow OpenAI to become a for-profit company, likely paving the way for an IPO. The tech giant’s stake will ...
Ripple Effects of the Government Shutdown
28 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Host Emily Flippen is joined by Motley Fool analysts Jason Hall and Keith Speights to unpack how a prolonged U.S. government shutdown ripples through ...
AI’s Power Problem
27 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AIs are hungry and growing more insatiable by the day. Will we be able to sustainably generate the power needed to feed the AI beast? Nick Sciple, ...
Interview with Scott D. Anthony: Epic Disruptions
26 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Scott D. Anthony is a professor of strategy at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business and author of the new book, Epic Disruptions: 11 Innovations that ...
Sahil Bloom on the 5 Types of Wealth
25 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Sahil Bloom writes The Curiosity Chronicle newsletter and is the managing partner of SRB Ventures, a venture investment firm. He is also the author of...
Investing After Cloud Outages & The End for Electric Vehicles?
24 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss how cloud outages may impact stocks beyond Amazon. Plus, GM’s great results may show how weak EV sales will be in the U.S. and the how Co...
Tesla’s Margins Face Headwinds
23 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
There are a plethora of so-called stock market calendar effects. What are they and how should Foolish investors think about them? Matt and Jon also ta...
Travis Kelce’s Six Flags Activist Role & the Rise of Celebrity Investors
22 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss the growing prevalence of celebrities being involved in big investment moves by VC and hedge funds, including Travis Kelce taking a role in...
Polymarket, Kalshi, and the Line Between Investing or Gambling
21 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Prediction markets are having a moment - from Fed odds to football. In this episode of Motley Fool Money, host Emily Flippen, with analysts Jason Hall...
AWS Goes AWOL: Are we Too Dependent on the Cloud?
20 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AWS goes down again. Is it time to re-assess risk in the cloud and AI-era, where so much of the digital assistance we get is housed someplace we can’...
Motley Fool Co-Founder Tom Gardner: The Quarterly Call
19 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our second Quarterly Call, Motley Fool CEO and co-founder Tom Gardner talked about the current market and what to do about it. Tom also shared five...
Making the Most of Medicare, and the Bull Turns 3
18 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Retirement will be an opportunity to do many things you always wanted to do. But it may also be a time when you have to do something you’ve never ha...
How Investing Has Changed In the Last 5 Years
17 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Stocks with a high short interest have outperformed the market over the past five years, but is this meme trading or a new trend in long-term investin...
Private Assets Meet Public Markets
16 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
One way or another, companies will find a way to let individuals own private assets in their retirement accounts. At this point, a new news story appe...
ASML’s Earnings & How to Follow Earnings Season
15 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
ASML reported earnings on Wednesday and we discuss if the company continues to be a leader in the AI boom. Then, we discuss the Fed pushing markets hi...
The Kids Aren’t Alright (Banks, However, Are)
14 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of Motley Fool Money, long-time analysts Emily Flippen, Jeff Santoro, and Jason Hall dive into bank earnings, Robinhood’s meteoric r...
3 Broken Breakers Worth Buying
13 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Long-time Rule Breakers Karl Thiel, Rick Munarriz and Tim Beyers offer up three stocks that face dark clouds they can see through. Who are your favori...
Interview with Docusign CEO Allan Thygesen
12 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Docusign is a leader in the e-signatures and contract management tools market. Motley Fool co-founder and CEO Tom Gardner, Motley Fool Chief Investmen...
Enjoying a Richer Retirement, and an IRA Scam
11 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How does spending change over the course of your life, and why it might mean you could spend more in retirement. Robert Brokamp discusses those topics...
What Can History Teach Us About Investing in 2025?
10 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What can we learn about investing in 1999 or 2007 that can be applied today? While history doesn’t repeat, it often rhymes and we discuss what we wi...
ETFs are for the Memes (again)
09 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meme stocks, those companies that individuals love to speculate with, are roaring back in 2025. So much so that the Meme Stock ETF is coming back afte...
The AI App Store Moment
08 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI has launched apps within ChatGPT in its bid to both add functionality and improve monetization of the product. We discuss how this is both an o...
Tariffs, Social Shopping, and an EV Reset
07 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
As Prime Day kicks off, we’re asking the big questions. Emily Flippen is joined by Jason Hall and Dan Caplinger to tackle three timely stories: ...
The AI Infrastructure Opportunity: 3 Fools Weigh In
06 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Asit Sharma, Yasser El-Shimy, and Tim Beyers debate whether the hundreds of billions presently committed to AI infrastructure will pay off for shareho...
Interview with Barry Ritholz: How Not To Invest
05 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What are the biggest mistakes investors make? Motley Fool Chief Investment Officer Andy Cross and analyst Jason Moser talk with Barry Ritholz, author ...
Make the Most of Your Cash and Credit Cards
04 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
The Federal Reserve is lowering interest rates, which can be good for borrowers but not so good for savers. Robert Brokamp speaks with Brendan Byrnes,...
Apple’s Headset Strategy & Tesla’s EV Sales Windfall
03 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We discuss what Apple and Meta Platforms see as the future of tech hardware and whether or not Tesla’s latest delivery boon is a peak for the compan...
Open AI’s Worth Half a Trillion Dollars
02 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In a little less than 10 years, OpenAI has gone from an idea to a half-trillion dollar company, and its ambitions for the next several years are much,...
Winners & Losers from ChatGPT’s Shopping Launch
01 Oct 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OpenAI has launched shopping within ChatGPT and this could be a disruptive force to companies like Amazon, Google, Shopify, and Etsy. We discuss who t...
Asian Food Chains Moving Stateside
30 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
American palates are shifting, and investors are starting to take notice. In today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, host Emily Flippen is joined by a...
What’s a Supernova Stock? 3 Ideas For Your Watchlist
29 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
David Meier, Rick Munarriz, and Tim Beyers preview the Oct. 1 return of Motley Fool Supernova with three stocks with Rule Breaker DNA that are worthy ...
Interview with David Gardner: Rule Breaker Investing
28 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Motley Fool Co-Founder David Gardner has racked up big returns by bucking the conventional wisdom. Rule Breakers Senior Vice-President of Strategy Bri...
Why Investors Earn Less Than Their Funds, and the Small-Cap Surge
27 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
When evaluating a fund, one of the first sets of numbers you'll likely look up is its past returns. But those are not the returns that owners of that ...
The Hidden Opportunities in AI
26 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Beyond the big names, where are there opportunities in AI and discounts in the market overall? Plus, Meta’s changing AI plans and we play “Higher ...
Navigating the Housing Market’s Mixed Signals
25 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Investors looking at housing and homebuilders are probably wondering what to make of the seemingly contradictory messages out of the housing market. I...
Why Did DTC Retailers Fail?
24 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
We examine the failure of formerly highly valued retail brands like Allbirds, Peloton, and Casper, who were once highly valued only to fall on hard ti...
Underappreciated Rule-Breaking Small Caps
23 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
On today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, analysts Emily Flippen, Jason Hall, and Toby Bordelon spotlight three off-the-radar small caps with very di...
The Great Rule Breakers Healthcare Debate: Progyny or Hims & Hers?
22 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Which is the better healthcare Breaker? Alicia Alfiere, Sanmeet Deo, and Tim Beyers pit Progyny against Hims & Hers. Leave a comment to get in on the ...
Interview with Karat Packaging CEO Alan Yu: From Boba Tea Shop to Packaging Powerhouse
21 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What began as a single Boba tea shop in 2000 has transformed into a leading supplier of sustainable packaging for local startups to national brands li...
Retirement Tools and Affording Impulse Purchases
20 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Retirement is largely a math game, and calculators can help you crunch the numbers. Sean Gates of Motley Fool Wealth Management joins Robert Brokamp t...
Big Tech Is Fun Again & The Fed Speaks
19 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Meta introduced a new pair of AI-powered glasses, Google announced a partnership with PayPal and AI updates to Chrome, and the Federal Reserve cut int...
Nvidia and Intel Make a $5 Billion Bargain
18 Sep 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Intel has benefitted from multiple major investments in 2025 but perhaps none more headline-grabbing than this: Nvidia and Intel agree to co-develop p...