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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

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

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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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  1. AI Leaders Want to Slow Down Development For…

    · 27 min

    The dominant story of the past week has been the wave of leaders in the AI space warning about the pace of frontier models and their fear of them getting “out of control”. While that may be true, there may be other…

  2. Harvard's Judgment Professor: Why Numbers Don't Make Decisions, People Do

    · 20 min

    Investors pour over income statements and cash flow trends — but the person deciding what happens to those numbers next matters more, and it's the thing almost nobody knows how to evaluate. Motley Fool's Rachel Warren…

  3. Three Lesser-Known But Powerful 401(k) Features

    · 15 min

    In celebration of National 401(k) Day (which was this past Thursday), Robert Brokamp covers three employer-sponsored plan features that often fly under the radar – partially because they can be complex, and partially…

  4. Apple Folds & Meta Muses

    · 41 min

    Meta unveiled the Muse app this week and it may be a turn in how consumers use AI. It’s a personal assistant that can read your email, update your calendar, and do tasks in the background. But will consumers care?…

  5. Apple Launches New Products in Time for New CEO

    · 28 min

    While Apple has continued to be a great business, it’s been a minute since the company issued a new product that made us go “wow”. With new CEO John Ternus coming from the hardware side of the business, it comes as…

  6. Meta Has Its Muse

    · 20 min

    Meta has fallen behind the other frontier labs recently, but that may have changed on Wednesday when the company introduced the Muse app. Muse will do everything from answer emails to update your calendar and even shop…

  7. GE Aerospace Goes Vertical (Integration)

    · 22 min

    After decades of spinoffs and separations of various parts, GE Aerospace is now trending toward integration. Its $11.75 billion acquisition of Consolidation Precision Products is taking what business schools have been…

  8. Bloom Energy’s “Time-to-Power” Moat

    · 29 min

    A completely mailbag episode. In the first segment, Jon, Matt, and Rachel take a question regarding return on invested capital (ROIC), and how this metric plays into investment decisions. In the second segment, a…

  9. Purpose, People, and Core Pursuits: Key Ingredients to a Happy Retirement

    · 25 min

    If there’s one person who knows about both the financial and non-financial ingredients to a happy retirement, it’s Wes Moss. Wes is a Certified Financial Planner, the chief investment strategist at Capital Investment…

  10. How Much Does It Take to Be Happy in Retirement?

    · 21 min

    If there’s one person who knows about both the financial and non-financial ingredients to a happy retirement, it’s Wes Moss. Wes is a Certified Financial Planner, the chief investment strategist at Capital Investment…

  11. Tesla’s Robotaxi Non-Event & GPT-6 Is Here!

    · 41 min

    Tesla held a robotaxi event this week but didn’t invite media or investors. Even Elon Musk sat the event out. What does that say about the future of autonomous vehicles? Plus, we discuss GPT-6, Adobe’s new CEO, and the…

  12. Is the Data Center Investing Trend in Trouble?

    · 25 min

    Description: Snowflake stock is surging towards all-time highs after reporting its latest quarterly earnings, and on today’s show, Jon, Matt, and Lou break down what’s going right for the company in contrast to past…

  13. Tesla Robotaxi Day & the Competition’s Response

    · 18 min

    Tesla is having a Robotaxi day tomorrow and we still don’t know details about the event. But that doesn’t mean investors aren’t expecting a lot nearly two years after the Robotaxi was first announced. We discuss the…

  14. Big Tech Gets the Regulatory Shakedown

    · 20 min

    Amazon and Meta Platforms are facing increased scrutiny from regulators and states and that’s not only affecting their stock price, it could affect their business long-term. We discuss whether FTC probes and…

  15. A $13 Billion Bet on Robots?

    · 28 min

    Hugging Face is pushing forward open-source large-language models, which potentially keep closed AI models from becoming too powerful. Now Hugging Face is pushing open-source robotic software with its latest consumer…

  16. Not All Revenue Growth Is Created Equal — A Harvard Fellow's Framework for Spotting the Real Thing

    · 21 min

    Wall Street treats demand like a line on a chart. Rob Snyder says that's exactly why investors keep getting burned. Motley Fool analyst Rachel Warren talks with Rob Snyder — Harvard Innovation Labs fellow, serial…

  17. Prepare to Pass on Your Possessions

    · 29 min

    n this next installment of our 2026 Financial Planning Challenge, host Robert Brokamp is joined by fellow Fool Stephanie Marini to discuss the most unpleasant area of financial planning: estate planning. But it’s…

  18. Jensen Huang's AI Capex Pulse Check

    · 41 min

    Nvidia's Jensen Huang stunned investors with a bold prediction for AI capex spending, and Marvell's blowout earnings seem to back him up. Plus, CrowdStrike's "Mythos moment" is reshaping the cybersecurity landscape,…

  19. NVIDIA Earnings Blow Everyone Away

    · 28 min

    With a company as large and as meticulously covered as NVIDIA, you would think there wouldn’t be anything that surprises us anymore. So much for that thesis. NVIDIA's most recent earnings and guidance blew past…

  20. Meta Platforms Settles Major Lawsuit, Pays $18 Billion

    · 20 min

    Meta Platforms has been the subject of several lawsuits. By some estimates, the potential fines for these lawsuits were as high as the market cap of the entire company. Today, the company settled several of these…

  21. Dick’s Sporting Goods has a Foot Locker Problem

    · 24 min

    When Dick’s Sporting Goods acquired Foot Locker last year, it was supposed to be a transformative deal that would serve a “broader range of consumers”. Fast forward to today, and the company is still struggling with…

  22. 1 Earnings Report That Could Move the Market

    · 26 min

    On Wednesday, the world’s most valuable company will report financial results and they’re expected to be spectacular. But Nvidia’s management has to say could have huge economic ramifications. Jon, Matt, and Rachel…

  23. America Is 10x Behind China in AI Infrastructure — The CEO Building the Solution

    · 30 min

    The AI race isn't being won in the model lab — it's being won in the power grid. And right now, America is losing. Motley Fool analyst Rachel Warren talks with Hannan Happi, co-founder and CEO of Exowatt — backed by…

  24. Crucial Steps for the “Pre-Go” Years Before Retirement

    · 30 min

    We spend years squirreling away money that we eventually hope to live off of in retirement. What should we be doing as we get closer to the big day? Host Robert Brokamp discusses potential strategies with Dana Anspach,…

  25. Cancer Vaccines & Data Center Drama

    · 41 min

    The market is fixated on interest rates and data centers this week. Rates continue to rise along with the U.S. debt, which may ultimately put pressure on companies across the market. Data centers have had their own…

  26. Is AI the Answer to Big-Box Retail’s Woes?

    · 30 min

    The big box retailers are reporting earnings, and there are plenty of headwinds to discuss. But among the common themes this earnings season, these companies are leaning into AI (and AI assistants with cheesy names) to…

  27. Behind The Most Exciting Stock Pop In Years!

    · 20 min

    Target reported solid earnings this morning, which is a great sign for the consumer, but the big news today was from Moderna. The company’s clinical trial results for a cancer vaccine were so encouraging it was fast…

  28. The Bond Market Selloff is Showing up in Earnings Reports

    · 23 min

    Most of the time, stock investors don’t pay attention to the bond markets. But when the words “not seen since 2007” start getting thrown around, investors start to look at lot harder at what’s going on with bonds. Lou,…

  29. Berkshire Hathaway Hasn’t Done This in Over 3 Years

    · 29 min

    Berkshire Hathaway is a net buyer of stocks again for the first time in nearly 4 years, but new CEO Greg Abel still had some surprising stocks to sell during the quarter. Jon, Matt, and Rachel break down Berkshire’s…

  30. Mastercard CEO: AI Shopping Agents, Machine-to-Machine Payments, and the New Infrastructure of Commerce

    · 27 min

    What happens when an AI agent does your shopping — and how do you make sure it doesn't order two grills instead of one? In Part 2 of his conversation with Motley Fool CEO Tom Gardner, Mastercard CEO Michael Miebach…

  31. How Your Social Security Benefit Is Actually Calculated

    · 13 min

    Think you know how Social Security calculates your benefit? Chances are, you're missing at least one piece of the puzzle. Host Robert Brokamp takes a listener’s real-world question and turns it into a clear,…

  32. IPO Fever Heats Up For OpenAI and Anthropic

    · 42 min

    Demand for AI is exploding and two companies – OpenAI and Anthropic – are driving the industry forward. Everything from hyperscalers to neoclouds to memory stocks are hanging on the demand for tokens they need. We…

  33. Cisco & Cerebras Orders up, Stocks Down

    · 27 min

    Both Cisco Systems and Cerebras earnings reports showed two companies with bulging order books, but even that couldn’t satiate the markets appetite. Jon, Matt, and Tyler break down their respective earnings reports and…

  34. Neoclouds Shine

    · 21 min

    The AI buildout has one big beneficiary today and that’s neoclouds Coreweave and Nebius. These companies buy and rent out GPUs for AI and they’re seing incredible demand for the assets they’re building. We discuss the…

  35. RocketLab’s Neutron Update, On Holdings Earnings, and the eVTOL Rivalry Heats Up

    · 25 min

    Whenever RocketLab reports earnings these days, investors and analysts are far more interested in Neutron rocket updates than anything else. No wonder it was the most discussed topic on the conference call. Travis,…

  36. The Internet Is Changing Fast

    · 27 min

    Lost in the commotion of earnings season, Cloudflare co-founder and CEO Matthew Prince made an extraordinary claim about how internet traffic is changing at an exponential rate, motivating Jon to ask Matt and Tyler to…

  37. Mastercard CEO: The $15.6 Trillion Threat Most Investors Are Ignoring

    · 27 min

    By 2030, cyber fraud is projected to cause $15.6 trillion in damage — enough to make it the third largest economy in the world. So how does the company processing 180 billion transactions a year stay ahead of it?…

  38. In Retirement, More Spending Leads to Higher Taxes

    · 12 min

    That vacation, RV, or home renovation you're planning in retirement might cost a lot more than the price tag suggests. One extra withdrawal from your IRA can set off a chain reaction of higher taxes and even surprise…

  39. The Trade Desk’s Woes & A New AI Donut?

    · 41 min

    As earnings season winds to a close, the team discusses what we learned this quarter and why a new jobs report may actually be good for the market. Plus, we discuss The Trade Desk’s bad week, Google’s brain drain, and…

  40. The Wild Swings of Earnings Season Continue

    · 21 min

    The amount of stocks moving 10% or more in either direction this most recent quarter has been staggering. Even companies that post decent, even some might call good, results are dropping double digits or more. Today,…

  41. Shopify Shines and Uber Declines

    · 20 min

    Earnings season continues to give strong results, but that doesn’t mean each stock is rising on the news. Today, we saw Shopify jump and Uber fall after earnings that both showed strong adoption for their products. In…

  42. Palantir Makes its Case Against Frontier AI

    · 23 min

    Shares of Palantir had an stellar day after reporting even more stellar earnings results. Many of the questions about getting commercial customers into its ecosystem appear to have been answered, and CEO Alex Karp made…

  43. Are Mega-Mergers Back?

    · 18 min

    Mergers could be back in 2026 as companies try to get deals done while regulators allow them. But are buyouts always a good idea? We discuss a potential deal in pharma today, plus we go over the latest in interest…

  44. Part 2: Your Index Fund Is a Bet on AI — Whether You Know It or Not

    · 26 min

    Bethany McLean, veteran investigative journalist and co-author of The Smartest Guys in the Room, saw the end of Enron coming, and is now watching the AI trade very carefully. She has questions the market isn't asking.…

  45. Insurance-palooza! All You Need to Know to Protect Your Income and Wealth

    · 27 min

    It’s the first Saturday of the month, which means it’s time for the next installment of our 2026 Financial Planning Challenge. We’ve spent most of this year discussing how to accumulate and manage wealth. This month,…

  46. When Leverage Goes Wrong on Wall Street

    · 41 min

    The week was dominated by hedge fund Situational Awareness being forced to sell its equity holdings, leading to both a drop and a pop in AI-related stocks. What went wrong and what can we learn? Plus, we discuss why…

  47. Microsoft Shows the Mag7 What AI Investment Looks Like

    · 22 min

    Investors are taking a more scrutinous approach to all of the capital spending the Mag7 stocks are throwing at AI data centers. The one standout this quarter (so far) is Microsoft. Matt, Lou, and Tyler break down why…

  48. The Consumer Is All Right!

    · 20 min

    Earnings season has shown us that consumers are still spending and paying their bills, as indicated by SoFi and Visa’s results. That should give investors some confidence as more companies report. Where there are more…

  49. Paypal to Stripe: You’re Going to Have to Do Better Than That

    · 25 min

    Even though PayPal CEO Enrique Lores never directly addressed the recent buyout offer in its earnings report, the message was pretty clear: Stripe’s offer is too low. Matt, Lou, and Tyler digest PayPal's recent…

  50. The Hottest IPO of 2026 Will Shock You

    · 21 min

    Memory has been hot in 2026 and that was no different today. China’s CXMT went public and gained nearly 500% on its opening day. We discuss the IPO along with NVIDIA potentially guaranteeing hundreds of billions of…

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