MarketFoolery

One of the most popular business news podcasts from 2011-21. Produced more than 2,100 episodes. @themotleyfool analysts discussing stocks & occasional tangents.

[MarketFoolery @MarketFoolery]

Incredibly honored to be named "Best Investing News Podcast" by the folks at The Investor's Podcast Network.

Thanks to @therobertleonar @stig_brodersen & everyone at TIP!

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[Ricky Mulvey @RicksSoSlick]

Saying goodbye is hard. Finding people to say nice things about @ChrisHillALX is not.

It's been an honor getting to learn from him on @MotleyFoolMoney and I'm lucky to call him a mentor.

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[Lou Whiteman @louwhiteman]

Oscar Munoz is a fascinating person with a heck of a story. It was a pleasure to get to speak with him.

[David Gardner @DavidGFool]

And yup, one of them is *that* Hill....

(The other you should find pretty admirable, too.)

Your May 2023 Mailbag, with a roster of guest stars and star thoughts, is out!

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[Tim Hanson @timhanso]

Because I'll never get to ask this again: What in the world is "fun" about small-sized candy?! Congratulations and godspeed @ChrisHillALX.

[Chris Hill @ChrisHillALX]

What kind of day has it been?

1st episode was Feb. 20, 2009.

Ended today talking w/ @wsbarkercfa about the debt ceiling, $NVDA hitting a new all-time high, listener feedback, etc.

And a few thoughts of my own. 👋🥃

cc: @sorkinese @KevinGilbertKMG

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[Motley Fool Money @MotleyFoolMoney]

Retail's rallying, Big Tech's monster year continues. @convictionhold & @MArgersinger analyze a big week for investors!
@louwhiteman talks leadership lessons & more w/ fmr $UAL CEO Oscar Munoz.
$NVDA $INTU $ZM $WSM $ULTA $COST $SPG $URBN $GPS $CRM $INVH
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[Motley Fool Money @MotleyFoolMoney]

We've got @rongross144 & @convictionhold breaking down a big week for retail, new $AAPL device, and the fight for "Taco Tuesday"!
@TMFScottP shares Australian stocks to watch, @rugbyworldcup predictions & more!
$WMT $HD $TGT $NFLX $ASX $MDB $TNE $LOW $OC
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[Bill Mann @TMFOtter]

A tough one today as it marked the final episode I’ll record with my pal @ChrisHillALX.

Tough to get through and yet, still, raucous laughter throughout.

The Motley Fool is losing its voice, and I am sad.

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[Jim Gillies @JimPGillies]

Somewhat bittersweet today, my last episode of @MotleyFoolMoney with @ChrisHillALX as host.

Thanks for planning and guiding the show for so many years; always making us sound smarter than we really are my friend!

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[Motley Fool Money @MotleyFoolMoney]

Not sure what the other radio shows are doing for guests this weekend, but we've got @TMFScottP.

[Talking Biz News @talkingbiznews]

.@ChrisHillALX leaving @MotleyFoolMoney, and @themotleyfool, after nearly 26 years: https://t.co/9mR6PQArug

[Motley Fool Money @MotleyFoolMoney]

Today’s episode is for:
1. Investors
2. Golfers
3. Those who meet both criteria

[Bryan Hinmon, CFA @BryanHinmon]

Hey @michaelbatnick here is your fancy mirror…

Publicly traded company, too.

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[Chris Hill @ChrisHillALX]

You know you're the parent of a competitive rower when you see this @Starbucks blend and can't get over the fact that 3-person boats don't exist.
$SBUX

[Motley Fool Money @MotleyFoolMoney]

Inflation data & $GOOGL's big event highlight a busy week. @AndyCCross & @MArgersinger analyze what investors need to know!

Plus @rosstheanderson on key economic data, financial advice for college grads & more.

$ABNB $DIS $RBLX $JD $PYPL $CAKE $AOS $DE
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[Chris Hill @ChrisHillALX]

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[Motley Fool Money @MotleyFoolMoney]

Happy @rongross144 birthday to all who celebrate!

[Chris Hill @ChrisHillALX]

Efficiency of 3 co-workers discussing a work issue, ranked:

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93. Typing in Slack

[Tim Hanson @timhanso]

Today's Unqualified Opinion is about culture, the most fickle beast inside any growing organization...

Where you work, who’s responsible for culture?

The most common answers we hear to this question are “Nobody” or “Everybody,” which is to say that no one is specifically accountable for sustaining one of the most valuable assets at any organization. Don’t think that’s true? Public companies with satisfied employees have been shown to outperform their peers and, for our own part, we’re much more excited to invest in (and will pay a higher price for) companies that have great culture. Why? They’re more likely to attract and retain top talent, which is probably the biggest challenge facing small businesses.

But those answers also make sense because one person can’t force culture on others. Culture is something that has to be built and shared across teams.

That’s also problematic, though, because it makes culture a fickle beast. We all know empirically that as businesses grow their cultures tend to get diluted. I’d never heard an elegant explanation for this phenomenon until I was recently sent a copy of the research paper “Corporate Culture and Organizational Fragility.”

The authors sum the problem up neatly:

Because a strong corporate culture relies on costly, voluntary investments by many workers, we model it as an organizational public good, subject to standard free-riding problems, which become severe in large organizations…workers’ incentives to make voluntary contributions to any genuinely corporate (as opposed to more local) culture vanish as an organization becomes large, because their marginal impact becomes negligible while their marginal cost does not.

So how can you grow a business without sacrificing culture? The specific tactics are likely to be unique to your organization, but using some fancy math the authors of that paper make two general recommendations. First, make lots of small, decentralized investments in culture. Second, promote from within.

Those make sense to me and I’ll add two more: (1) Measure it; (2) Don’t take it for granted.

[Motley Fool Money @MotleyFoolMoney]

Today on the show,
for the first time since March 2021,
Bill Barker returns!