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We talk through the estimated $5B in lost activity across banking, travel, and other industries due to Crowdstrike’s faulty update and the $30B shaved off the company’s market cap. 

(00:21) Jason Moser and Matt Argersinger discuss:
- The impact of the global IT outage, where it will show up financially and how Crowdstrike responded.
- Why the market is down on Tesla’s profitability
- How Spotify’s stellar run is continuing and why dividend investors might want to keep an eye on UPS. 

(19:11) Motley Fool co-founder and Chief Rule Breaker David Gardner talks with Emily Flippen about his best stock recommendation, some of his best investing lessons and how to make sense of the nascent artificial intelligence space.

(31:18) Jason and Matt break down two stocks on their radar: Twilio and Coupang.

Stocks discussed: CRWD, MSFT, TSLA, CMG, SPOT, UPS, NVDA, TWLO, CPNG.

Host: Dylan Lewis
Guests: Matt Argersinger, Jason Moser, David Gardner, Emily Flippen
Engineer: Dan Boyd
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Open seating is coming to an end on Southwest flights.

(00:21) Sanmeet Deo and Ricky Mulvey break down earnings from Chipotle and Southwest Airlines’ pressure from activist investors.

Then (11:04) Asit Sharma joins Ricky to discuss one of Warren Buffett’s favorite metrics.

Companies discussed: CMG, LUV, LULU, AMD, NVDA

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Host: Ricky Mulvey
Guests: Sanmeet Deo, Asit Sharma
Producer: Mary Long
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Tim Sparks
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…and it’s not getting from Wiz.

(00:21) Asit Sharma and Mary Long talk about abandoned acquisitions, AI, and robotaxis while looking at earnings from Alphabet and Tesla.

Then, (17:53) Matt Frankel and Ricky Mulvey check in on Boston Omaha, a holding company that recently lost half of its CEO team.

Companies discussed: GOOG, GOOGL, TTD, PUBM, TSLA, BOC

Host: Mary Long
Guests: Asit Sharma, Ricky Mulvey, Matt Frankel
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Tim Sparks
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Housing supply is slowly rising. So are prices.

(00:21) David Meier and Ricky Mulvey discuss the state of home sales and earnings from UPS and Spotify.

Then, (14:52) Alison Southwick and Brian Feroldi continue their summer school series with a language arts class for investors.

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Companies discussed: UPS, SPOT

Host: Ricky Mulvey
Guests: David Meier, Alison Southwick, Brian Feroldi
Producer: Mary Long
Engineers: Dan Boyd, Desiree Jones
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CrowdStrike’s update caused problems and blue screens of death for mission-critical operations across the economy. What does it mean for the cybersecurity company and the access tech providers will have going forward?  

(00:21) Tim Beyers and Dylan Lewis discuss:

- The details of the global IT outage over the weekend and CrowdStrike’s response.
- CrowdStrike’s unique root access and whether vendors will continue to be allowed such deep access to customer Windows systems. 
- Whether CrowdStrike is worth buying on the sell-off, or if management has something to prove first. 

(17:16) President and COO of Kinsale Capital Brian Haney talks Bill Mann through how retail investors can judge financial companies and why insurers have such a tough time in states like Florida. 

Companies discussed: CRWD, MSFT, KNSL

Our conversation with Brian Haney was from FoolFest 2024 – members can catch the full interview and everything from our FoolFest digital pass at foolfest.fool.com. 

Host: Dylan Lewis
Guests: Tim Beyers, Bill Mann, Brian Haney
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineer: Tim Sparks
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What would you do if you had $10 million in cryptocurrency?

Nathaniel Eliason is the author of Crypto Confidential: Winning and Losing Millions in the New Frontier of Finance. The Motley Fool’s Scott Kassing caught up with Eliason for a conversation about:

- How Eliason’s journey in crypto affected how he thinks about risk.
- Why speculative crypto games were rigged against retail traders.
- How fast money corrupts those grabbing for it.

Host: Scott Kassing
Guest: Nathaniel Eliason
Producer: Ricky Mulvey
Engineers: Tim Sparks, Kyle Carruthers
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