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Dec 2024
39m 25s

The Year of Concentration, Crypto, China

The Motley Fool
About this episode

2024 was another stellar year for investors, but a lot of money is piling into the same places in the U.S. and globally.  

(00:46) Bill Mann and Matt Argersinger discuss:

- Why 2024 was such a good year for investors, and the concerns they have about valuations and market concentration as they look ahead to 2024.

- The winners and losers of 2024 and the front-page stories you may have forgotten about – the Crowdstrike outage and Yen Carry Trade. 

(19:05) James Zahn, Editor in Chief at The Toy Book, talks through the toys at the top of wish lists this holiday season and how toymakers and retailers are trying bring value to cash-strapped shoppers

- James Zahn’s now-published article on Moxie: https://toybook.com/death-of-moxie-and-the-trouble-with-tech-toys/ 

(34:35) Bill and Matt break down two ideas on their radar: Nebius and Cambria Foreign Shareholder Yield


Stocks discussed: NVDA, NBIS, FYLD

Host: Dylan Lewis

Guests: Tim Beyers, Mary Long, Ryan Henderson

Engineers: Tim Sparks, Dan Boyd


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