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It's the Motley Fool Money Radio Show. I'm Chris Hill, joining me in studio this week's

senior analyst Jason Moser and Ron Gross. Good to see you as always gentlemen.

We've got the latest earnings from Wall Street, retirement expert Robert Brokecamp has got some

year-end money tips and as always we're giving an inside look at the stocks on our radar.

But we begin with sports retail. Nike's second quarter profits in revenue came in higher than

expected and Nike's Jordan brand had its first ever billion dollar quarter and despite all that

run, all that goodness shares of Nike down a little bit on Friday.

You know, Nike almost always beats expectations but the stocks still sells off about a third of the

time. So you never know. But this was a solid quarter. 10% up sales despite tariff headwinds,

North America up 5% greater China which is the fastest growing from market for Nike up 20%.

So they're really doing a nice job. Direct sales up 17% net income up 32%. Is that enough numbers for

you? The company is really executing quite well and they've done a really nice job of growing

that direct to consumer business which was a very important part of their kind of new strategy.

So are we, I mean we're a couple of years removed from sports authority declaring bankruptcy

and the ripple effect of that. It seems like at least for Nike anyway they're free and clear of

any damage from that. Oh, I think so. I mean they've been investing in this direct consumer

business for quite some time. I mean underarmour has to I tell you the other company that really

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