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🗓️ 21 January 2025

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

Over the weekend, a Trump-backed memecoin was, for a moment, worth over $10 billion. For another moment, TikTok was banned; then it wasn’t. When so much is in flux and anything can go to the moon, how do you figure out what actually matters? (00:14) Anthony Schiavone and Mary Long discuss: - Separating signal from noise in an attention economy. - Finding value in a fast-changing world. - Earnings from a company that straddles the digital and the physical. Then, (16:02), Robert Brokamp and Alison Southwick talk about how to build a comfortable income cushion for your retirement. Check out the Nick Maggiulli article mentioned here: https://ofdollarsanddata.com/the-new-currency-is-attention/ Companies mentioned: PLD, $TRUMP, $MELANIA Host: Mary Long Guests: Anthony Schiavone, Robert “Bro” Brokamp, Alison Southwick Producer: Dylan Lewis Engineer: Rick Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Can we have your attention? You're listening to Motley Full Money.

0:13.7

I'm Mary Long, joined today by Anthony Chavone. And always great to see you. Thanks for coming

0:17.7

on the show this morning. Thanks for having me. We're coming off a cold three-day weekend talking beforehand. Do you get up to anything?

0:25.3

I gave you a little bit of time to think of something fun. Did it come back to you?

0:28.9

Yeah, I actually went to a concert on Friday with my girlfriend, so it was a good time.

0:34.5

Nice, nice. Good concert. Any music recommendations for the listeners?

0:38.9

Well, it's country music, so I don't know if the viewers are, or listeners, I should say,

0:42.8

would like that.

0:44.0

But it was a good time.

0:45.7

Good.

0:45.9

Glad to hear it was a good time.

0:47.6

We closed out the weekend with lots of big news.

0:50.3

Perhaps the biggest story is that Americans have a new, but also old president. Donald Trump,

0:56.5

once the 45th president of the United States, now also the 47th. After being inaugurated yesterday,

1:02.4

Trump signed a flurry of executive orders into action. About 200 of these total, and they impact

1:08.3

areas from immigration to energy, to remote work, to tech. We'll dive into some of the specifics, and they impact areas from immigration to energy to remote work to tech.

1:12.6

We'll dive into some of the specifics, just to name a few, because of course there are many

1:16.2

enforcement of the TikTok ban will be paused for the next 75 days. Federal workers must

1:21.8

return to the office five days a week. Trump declared emergency measures in the energy sector broadly and also on the southern

1:28.8

borders specifically. Tariffs, which had been really hyped leading up to yesterday, did not wind

1:34.6

up getting as much attention as expected at the moment. Again, all told, about 200 measures that

1:40.3

were signed yesterday. And I think it's kind of important to miss this in a lot of the headlines,

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