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Deal or No Deal?

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

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🗓️ 23 June 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Regulators are taking a hard look at acquisitions for Adobe, MIcrosoft, and Amazon. And that might be a good thing for Adobe and Activision shareholders.  (00:21) Emily Flippen and Matt Argersinger discuss: - Why more rate hikes are on the way. - How housing’s impact on inflation probably won’t slow down any time soon. - Why Activision and Adobe shareholders might not want their company’s proposed acquisitions to go through.  (19:11) Deidre Woollard spoke with Atif Qadir, the founder of proptech company Commonplace, about how issues at regional banks affect real estate, and whether empty office space can really be turned into apartments.  (31:16) Emily and Matt break down two ideas on their radar: Spotify and Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF. Stocks discussed: ADBE, AMZN, IRBT, MSFT, ATVI, SPOT, SCHD Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Emily Flippen, Matt Argersinger, Deidre Woolard, Atif Qadir Engineer: Dan Boyd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Let's make a deal or not. Motley for money starts now.

0:08.2

Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.

0:29.6

This is Motley for money.

0:40.3

It's Motley for money radio show. I'm Dylan Lewis joining me in studio Motley for

0:43.9

senior analysts Emily Flipp and Matt Argusinger. Great to have you both here.

0:47.2

Hey Dylan. Hey Dylan. We've got some deals under regulatory scrutiny that

0:51.0

dots connecting regional banks and real estate and of course stocks on our radar but we are kicking off

0:55.7

as we often seem to these days looking at the big macro. This week Fed Chair Jerome Powell indicated

1:02.0

while the Fed decided to keep rates flat. Recently quote, there's a little further to go with rates.

1:06.8

Matt, I think most people watching this thought this was likely but we're seeing confirmation rates

1:11.0

probably gone up in the future. I think that is the case Dylan and you said you know further to go.

1:14.9

I think the actual quote was a long way to go when it comes to the process of getting inflation

1:20.3

back to 2% which is that stupper number that the Fed is going after and it's going to take a while but

1:26.0

what's interesting is if you look at what the Fed has done and what the Fed is saying what Jerome

1:30.9

Powell is saying this is not just a US story right now. You've got the bank of England that

1:34.9

raised rates surprisingly by 50 basis points most were expecting 25 basis points. The Swiss

1:40.0

National Bank raised 25 basis points. The European Central Bank last week raised 25 basis points.

1:45.7

The Reserve Bank of Australia raised rates earlier in the month but also by 25 basis points and

1:50.4

just for those keeping score at home. Turkey's central bank doubled interest rates to 15% of course

1:56.9

they're dealing with a bit of a hyperinflation problem in that country it's pretty sad but the point

2:01.2

is one of the big premises I think of the stock market rally and the enthusiasm we've had in the

2:06.4

market so far and certainly in the spring is that the Fed was close to being done. In fact they were

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