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Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

Economic Indicators: China, Men's Underwear Index

Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing

The Motley Fool

Business, Investing

4.33.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 May 2022

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Investors are taking a closer look at stocks trading below their IPO price. (0:20) Bill Mann discusses: - Why he believes that "poor uses of capital have not been punished" - Anchoring to 52-week highs and lows, and why it's dangerous - The level of concern over rolling lockdowns in China (14:47) Alison Southwick and Robert Brokamp talk with Business Insider's Mark Reeth about uncommon leading economic indicators, including the Men's Underwear Index. (Yes, really.) Stocks discussed: SBUX, EL Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp, Mark Reeth Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Dan Boyd, Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

We've got a closer look at China's economy as well as some uncommon leading economic indicators.

0:11.2

Motley Fool Money starts now.

0:13.0

I'm Chris Hill joining me today, Motley Fool Senior, and I'm this Bill Mann.

0:24.8

Thanks for being here.

0:26.3

Hey Chris, how you doing?

0:28.1

I am doing okay.

0:30.1

Been outside today.

0:32.1

I have been outside.

0:34.1

It's lovely.

0:35.1

I think we need to focus on things like that or days like today.

0:38.3

It is lovely outside.

0:40.9

Here in the northern Virginia part of the United States of America.

0:45.0

Hopefully wherever folks are listening, it is lovely where they are as well.

0:49.4

I want to talk to you about China, but before we do that, without naming names, there

0:57.9

are a number of stocks seemingly every day now that are hitting fresh 52-week lows.

1:04.6

Some of them falling precipitously.

1:06.4

We've seen this in young, unprofitable startups, and we have seen this with the biggest companies

1:15.3

in America.

1:18.4

I wanted to talk to you first about the idea of buying stocks when they are falling, because

1:27.2

I am quite confident, particularly in the case of upstart holdings in Peloton, two stocks

1:34.2

that are not only falling today, they are trading well below where they IPO'd.

1:39.8

I am confident that there are investors out there looking at them and thinking, well,

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