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ESG Hits $1T

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🗓️ 11 August 2020

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Lumentum Holdings rises on a strong 4th-quarter report and guidance for the new fiscal year. ESG funds now have more than $1 trillion under management. Jason Moser analyzes those stories, plus we dip into the Fool Mailbag to discuss the wedding industry and its potential for a rebound.

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0:00.0

It's Tuesday, August 11th. Welcome to Market Foolery. I'm Chris Hill with me today. Freshly

0:07.5

shaven. He looks 10 years younger. It's Jason Moser. Good to see you.

0:11.5

I like the 10. Some said 5. Some said 10. I'm going with the 10. I'm not even I'm not even split in the middle there. Let's say 10.

0:19.2

We have got a lot of money going into ESG investing.

0:23.2

We're going to talk about that.

0:24.3

We're going to dip into the full mailbag.

0:26.4

Let's start though with Lumentum, which is a stock I know you've had on your radar for

0:30.9

a while.

0:31.9

Fourth quarter results were better than expected. That plus

0:35.1

guidance for the new fiscal year was enough to push momentum shares up 4% this morning. This

0:41.7

is an optical networking company and I hasten to add a supplier to a

0:48.3

little company called Apple. Yes you know, among other things.

0:54.1

And I think, you know, it's really been interesting

0:57.7

to watch these tech component companies

0:59.8

over the past few quarters, particularly know during this this pandemic because I mean I

1:06.7

think what they're showing is their resiliency right they are they are very busy right now and a lot of that has to do with

1:14.7

build out of 5G networks and just general advancements in technology, the

1:20.6

Internet of things. I mean we're we're entering a time where things are becoming more connected, more useful, more immersive.

1:27.0

And this certainly plays right into Lamentum's specialty, right? I mean, this is something I think a business is going to be

1:35.2

very relevant in the coming decade as technology continues to evolve and connect and do more things.

1:39.7

And, you know, Lamentum is in the business of optical products,

1:46.1

chips, lasers, things like that.

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