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Sep 2024
40m 31s

Rates Go Down, Market Goes Up

The Motley Fool
About this episode

Low rates are great for stocks, as long as we’re looking at a soft landing.


(00:21) Ron Gross and Asit Sharma discuss:

- The Fed’s 50 bps rate cut, the market’s reaction, and what history has to say about cuts this dramatic.

- Nike’s CEO swap, what went wrong for John Donahoe and whether Elliot Hill has what it takes to turn the company around.

- A new partnership masking bad results from Olive Garden, and FedEx’s signals about shipping trends.


(19:11) Reddit hit the market in 2024, but it’s been around as the front page of the internet for almost 20 years. CEO Steve Huffman joined us to talk through how the company stands out in the world of social media with its focus on community, where it has been and where it is heading.


(33:26) Ron and Asit break down two stocks on their radar: D.R. Horton and Intel.


Stocks discussed: NKE, DRI, FDX, RDDT, DHI, INTC,


Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Asit Sharma, Ron Gross, Steve Huffman

Engineers: Tim Sparks, Dan Boyd

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