Industry Focus

Industry Focus

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Industry Focus episodes

  • Energy: Boeing Gets More Bad News + Checking in On Air Travel

    Boeing received another blow this week as stories emerged of issues affecting its 787 Dreamliner, adding to the woes the company faced with the 737 Max aircraft. Motley Fool Contributor Lou Whiteman joins the podcast to explain what this latest news means for Boeing and to discuss the current state of airlines and air travel. 

    Stocks Mentioned:  TSLA, BA, DAL, LUV, UAL, AAL, SAVE

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    30 min
  • Wildcard: 3 Med-Tech Sizzlers

    Revisiting one of our most popular Healthcare episodes from 2019, join Motley Fool contributor Brian Feroldi and Host Emily Flippen as they take a look at some of the most interesting companies improving healthcare through technology, Schrodinger (NASDAQ: SDGR), Simulations Plus (NASDAQ: SLP), and Veeva Systems (NYSE: VEEV).

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    30 min
  • CG: Etching out the Future for Etsy

    Etsy (NASDAQ: ETSY) made headlines last week after it beat out Tesla for addition to the S&P500. Was the addition justified? Join Motley Fool contributor Dan Kline and host Emily Flippen as they discuss the business basics of Etsy, what makes the company special, and if Etsy is worthy of a position in your portfolio today.

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    30 min
  • Tech: Your Stock Questions

    We hit the mailbag to do a lightning round of stock talk. Listeners wrote in on Square, Nutanix, Gravity, we explain what's going on with these businesses and what we expect from them going forward. Plus we tackle a tough question about tracking down management info on foreign companies.

    Stocks: GRVY, SQ, NTNX, PYPL

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    30 min
  • Energy: Corporate Denial Campaigns with Barbara Freese

    For generations, businesses faced with evidence that their products cause harm to consumers have used public relations campaigns to deny culpability. This week’s guest is Barbara Freese, author of the recent book Industrial Strength Denial: Eight Stories of Corporations Defending the Indefensible, From the Slave Trade to Climate Change. Our conversation delves into corporate denial campaigns in the British slave trade, the fossil fuel industry, the tobacco industry, and more, as well as what changes we can make to make corporate denial less likely.

     

    Stocks Mentioned: XOM, BP, GM, F

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    43 min
  • Wildcard: Berkshire Hathaway and the Power of Quality Shareholders w/ Lawrence Cunningham

    Warren Buffett just turned 90, announcing a $6 billion investment in five major Japanese trading firms nearly simultaneously. Law professor, corporate governance expert, writer, and Berkshire Hathaway scholar Lawrence Cunningham joins the show to discuss Berkshire’s latest investments, Buffett’s legacy, and how businesses like Berkshire attract quality shareholders. Additional topics include: Constellation Software, succession at Berkshire, ESG investing, and more. 

    Professor Cunningham’s latest book, Quality Shareholders: How the Best Managers Attract and Keep Them is available later this Fall. 

    Stocks Discussed: BRK.A, BRK.B, DHR, MKL, JEF, GHC, CNSWF, FRFHF

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    1 hr 7 min
  • CG: More Tales from the Retail Frontier

    In this episode of Industry Focus, Dan Kline joins Host Emily Flippen to break down some of the retailers that are foraging at the front of their own frontiers. These retailers are evolving in unexpected ways, but are all their moves scouting their own paths? Or are they just digging their own graves?  Stocks: Nike (NKE), GameStop (GME), Ulta Beauty (ULTA), Dick’s Sporting Goods (DKS), Chewy (CHWY)  Special Thanks to Motley Fool Member Keith Justice for today’s title! 

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    36 min
  • Financials: 2 Fintech Stocks We're Ready to Buy Now

    In this installment of Industry Focus: Financials, host Jason Moser and Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP wish a very happy 90th birthday to Warren Buffett, and share some of the greatest lessons we've learned from him over the years. Then, Frankel discusses why recent IPO Lemonade (NASDAQ: LMND) is at the top of his buy list right now, despite being a very young business in a competitive market, and Moser discusses why he's about ready to pull the trigger on Bill.com (NASDAQ: BILL).

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    31 min
  • Tech: There’s No Business Like SNOW Business

    While the market has been crazy, it hasn't kept new entrants from joining. Today we talk about one of 2020s most hotly anticipated IPOs -- Snowflake. The company has big frenemies in the cloud space and a stellar net revenue retention figure, we unpack it all to see whether it's worth buying when it goes public.

    Stocks: SNOW, AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT

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    37 min
  • Energy: EV IPO Mania

    2020 has been a massive year for electric vehicles. Tesla and Nio have made new to all time highs, and Nikola Motor helped kick off an epic SPAC boom this summer. While Nikola Tesla’s namesake companies have dominated the headlines, we’ve seen a number of smaller EV companies come public, or announce plans to do so. At the same time, the market has rediscovered some EV-related stocks that had been public for years. Motley Fool Senior Auto Analyst John Rosevear joins the show this week to help shed some light on some of these less well-known EV players.

    Stocks Mentioned: XPEV, LI, HCAC.U (Future CNOO), DPHC (Future RIDE), WKHS, NIO, TSLA, GM, VWAPY, SHLL

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    41 min

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