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Financials: An Interview With Latch's CEO and 2 Other SPACs On Our Radar Mar 08, 2021

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In this week's installment of Industry Focus: Financials, we have week two of our four-part series on SPACs. The show starts with Fool.com contributor Matt Frankel, CFP, interviewing Luke Schoenfelder, CEO of property technology company Latch, which recently announced plans to go public via TS Innovation Acquisition (NYSE: TSIA). Then, Matt and host Jason Moser take a closer look at two other blank check companies on their radar.

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Tech: Tumultuous Tech Tumble Mar 05, 2021

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Banner results from 2020 darlings haven't turned into strong 2021 returns.We talk about the tech landscape in 2021, how a recovery economy affects high growth businesses, and look at earnings results from MercadoLibre, Zoom, and Cloudflare.

Stocks: MELI, ZM, NET

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Energy: AerCap Earnings and Buffett’s Annual Letter Mar 04, 2021

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Motley Fool Canada Advisor Jim Gillies joins the podcast to share his thoughts on aircraft lessor AerCap Holdings following its recent earnings report and on Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett’s annual letter to shareholders.

Stocks Mentioned: AER, BRK.A, BRK.B

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Wildcard: Swinging for the Fences in Healthcare! Mar 03, 2021

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On this week’s episode of Industry Focus: Wildcard Wednesday host Jason Moser and The Motley Fool's Brian Feroldi take a closer look at 3 companies in the healthcare space that possess many of the characteristics of investments that have the potential to offer patient investors 10X returns!

Stocks: DMTK OM TMDX

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CG: FarFetch and the Business of Luxury E-tailing Mar 02, 2021

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Motley Fool analyst Yasser El-Shimy makes his Industry Focus debut as he joins host Emily Flippen to talk about one of the largest and most successful e-retailer of luxury goods: Farfetch (FTCH).

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Financials: An Interview With Payoneer's CEO and 2 SPACs We're Watching Mar 01, 2021

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In this week's installment of Industry Focus: Financials, Fool.com contributor and SPAC investor Matt Frankel interviews Scott Galit, CEO of Payoneer, a fintech disruptor that recently agreed to go public via merger with FTAC Acquisition(NYSE: FTOC). Then, Frankel and host Jason Moser discuss two other SPACs investors might want to put on their radar -- one value-seeking SPAC that just agreed to take a data center operator public, and one SPAC sponsored by a retail heavyweight that just launched.

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Tech: Whoa Olo! Feb 26, 2021

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We're back on the S-1 hunt, this time looking at the books for Olo, a SaaS provider that helps big brand restaurants stand up their digital storefronts and make delivery happen.

It's a high growth business in a booming market and it's surprisingly profitable. We explain why it'll be near the top of our watch lists once it is public.

Stocks: OLO

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Energy: Gold, Bitcoin, and You Feb 25, 2021

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This week, Jason Hall and Anand Chokkavelu join the podcast to discuss the role gold, bitcoin, and other so-called “alternative” assets can play in an individual investor’s portfolio.

Stocks/Cryptocurrencies Mentioned: Bitcoin

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Wildcard: Is Clover Health a Disruptor or Distractor? Feb 24, 2021

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Clover Health (NASDAQ: CLOV) has been one of the most controversial Medicare insurance providers since being brought public by Social Capital and Hedosophia. In this Wildcard episode, Motley Fool contributor Jason Hall and analyst Emily Flippen discuss Clover’s business, its unique value proposition, and then debate if the controversial short-seller report should have investors running for the door.

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