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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 loan and credit card debt than any other generation. Robert Brokamp discusses the challenges and solutions with Kerry Hannon, co-author of Retirement Bites: A Gen X Guide to Securing Your Financial Future. 

Also in this episode:

-Stock market valuations are high, but there are reasons to believe the bull market can continue-Unused 529 college savings money can be transferred to a Roth IRA and not be subject to federal taxes (if done right). But what about state taxes?-Recent reports from Vanguard and J.P. Morgan Asset Management have sobering projections for U.S. stocks over the next 10 to 15 years-Over the holidays, eat, drink, be merry, and discuss estate planning with your family

Host: Robert BrokampGuest: Kerry HannonEngineer: Bart Shannon

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How Gen X Can Rescue Their Retirement

Investor sentiment has dropped down to extreme fear as the financial headlines increasingly stoke concerns. Many stocks have dropped into bear territory but our analysts are decided to celebrate the "holiday" and give some of these bears a hug. The team also tackles Berkshire Hathaway's record pile of cash, Elon Musk's $1 trillion payday, and restaurant stocks before wrapping up with stocks on our radar.

Jon Quast, Lou Whiteman and Emily Flippen discuss:

- The fear and greed index is showing extreme fear.

-Berkshire Hathaway is sitting on $382 billion.

-Tesla approves Elon Musk's performance award that includes important operational milestones.

-Denny's is being acquired, Papa John's bid is pulled, and Yum! Brands may be looking for a buyer for Pizza Hut.

- Stocks on our radar.

Companies discussed: BRK.A, BRK.B, TSLA, EATZ, DPZ, PZZA, YUM, CASY, SBUX, DENN, SG, DASH, AXON, LULU, IT, SMCI, CMG, DUOL, TTD, STN

Host: Jon Quast

Guests: Lou Whiteman, Emily Flippen

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Investors Get Cold Feet in a Hot Stock Market

Matt Frankel, Tyler Crowe, and Jon Quast discuss:

- Unity Software's strong progress toward a turnaround

- Cancelled flights expected at 40 airports

- Stocks on our radar

Companies discussed: U, PINS, RCL, WM, AGM

Host: Matt Frankel

Guests: Tyler Crowe, Jon Quast

Producer: Anand Chokkavelu

Engineer: Dan Boyd
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Unity Soars and Airlines Could Be in Trouble

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 of the worlds largest consumer brand companies are resorting to mergers & acquisitions, asset sales, and spin offs to rejuvenate their prospects. The team looks at this as well as checking how frothy the AI market looks to the Federal Reserve chairman.

Tyler Crowe, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss:

- Kimberly-Clark’s deal to acquire Kenvue

- The numerous portfolio shakeups in consumer brands

- Jerome Powell’s comments on AI bubbles

- What AI businesses are thriving vs those spinning their wheels

Companies discussed: NVDA, AMXN, MSFT, GOOG, META, KMB, KVUE, JNJ, KHC, UL, NSRGY, PEP, K, DKS, PNG 

Host: Tyler Crowe 

Guests: Lou Whiteman, Rachel Warren

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Consumer Brands Shake Things Up…With Mergers

Spotify, Shopify, and Uber were once the poster children for “growth at any cost.” Today, they’re talking cash flow, margins, and discipline. In today’s episode of Motley Fool Money, host Emily Flippen is joined by analysts Jason Hall and Jeff Santoro to dig into what these “reformed Rule Breakers” are getting right - and where the risks still lurk.

They discuss third quarter earnings reports for:

- Shopify and how its business stacks up against Amazon and agentic shopping in the battle for online commerce.

- Spotify’s margin makeover, and how the business has created scale in an industry many were skeptical of

- Uber’s transformation from “broken IPO” to cash-flow machine, and how its pricing algorithm has unlocked margin potential

Companies discussed: SHOP, SPOT, UBER, GRAB

Host: Emily Flippen, Jason Hall, Jeff Santoro

Producer: Anand Chokkavelu

Engineer: Dan Boyd, Natasha Hall

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When Rule Breakers Find Religion (or, at least profits)

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 Beyers:

- Discuss macro takeaways from last week’s Big Tech earnings.

- Dig into the details for the unusual news in each report.

- Make a few reckless predictions of what’s to come from Big Tech.

Don’t wait! Be sure to get to your local bookstore and pick up a copy of David’s Gardner’s new book — Rule Breaker Investing: How to Pick the Best Stocks of the Future and Build Lasting Wealth. It’s on shelves now; get it before it’s gone!

Companies discussed: AAPL, AMZN, GOOGL, META, MSFT

Host: Tim Beyers

Guests: Rick Munarriz, Sanmeet Deo

Producer: Anand Chokkavelu

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Big Tech Earnings and Reckless Predictions

Should investors take stock in preferred stock? Motley Fool analysts Matt Argersinger and Anthony Schiavone talk with Infrastructure Capital Advisors CEO Jay Hatfield about preferred stocks and why income investors should look beyond index funds.

Host: Matt Argersinger, Anthony Schiavone 

Producer: Bart Shannon, Mac Greer

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Why Income Investors Should Look Beyond Index Funds

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 Housel answers those questions and provides insights from his latest book, The Art of Spending.

Also in this episode:

-International stocks have notched a 30% gain so far this year-The Fed cut rates but dampened expectations for December-The job market is always in flux, as demonstrated by a slew of recent layoffs-The most tax-efficient way to give to charities may be donating appreciated shares of stock

Host: Robert BrokampGuest: Morgan HouselEngineer: Bart Shannon 

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Morgan Housel on the Forces That Drive Our Spending

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. To finish the show, we play “Trick or Treat” and discuss the stocks on our radar.

Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Asit Sharma discuss:

- Alphabet’s big cloud quarter

- Meta’s AI questions

- Amazon and AWS growth

- Netflix’s surprising stock split

Companies discussed: Nike (NKE), On Holding (ONON), Alphabet (GOOG), Meta (META), Netflix (NFLX), Coinbase (COIN), Microsoft (MSFT), Chipotle (CMG). 

Host: Travis Hoium

Guests: Lou Whiteman, Asit Sharma

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Big Tech Breaks the Bank for AI

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 semiconductors for years into the future. So far, the market has responded well to these announcements. Except today when Meta announced the most ambitious AI capital spending plan of the Magnificent 7 companies and the market blinked.

Tyler Crowe, Matt Frankel, and Jon Quast discuss:

- Meta’s ambitious spending plan sending the stock down

-Microsoft’s and Alphabet’s earnings and outlook getting mixed reviews

-One year without Brian Niccol at Chipotle 

-One year with Brian Niccol at Starbucks

Companies discussed: META, GOOG, MSFT, CMG, SBUX, AMZN

Host: Tyler Crowe 

Guests: Matt Frankel, Jon Quast

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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Unity Soars and Airlines Could Be in Trouble

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