4.4 • 3K Ratings
🗓️ 21 February 2014
⏱️ 39 minutes
🧾️ Download transcript
Facebook makes a $20 billion connection. Tesla generates some electricity on Wall Street. And Lumber Liquidators raises the roof. Our analysts discuss some of the week's top business stories. Plus, Motley Fool co-founder David Gardner talks Twitter and shares some stocks on his radar.
Click on a timestamp to play from that location
0:00.0 | Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money. |
0:09.0 | From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money. |
0:19.0 | It's the Motley Fool Money Radio Show. Thanks for being here. I'm Chris Hill and joining me in studio this week from Motley Fool One, Jason Moser from Motley Fool Supernova. |
0:26.0 | Matt Argus, singer and for a million dollar portfolio, Ron Gross. Good to see you guys. |
0:30.0 | We've got restaurant stocks, housing stocks, apparel stocks, and more. |
0:35.0 | David Gardner, co-founder of the Motley Fool. We'll be our guest in studio this week. |
0:39.0 | And as always, we'll share a few stocks you can put on your watch list. |
0:42.0 | But we begin with the deal of the week. Facebook bought WhatsApp, a popular messaging app for smartphones. |
0:49.0 | In a deal worth $19 billion, Jason, leading some people to say it. |
0:55.0 | It's the B, right? With a B. Yeah. Did they get the decimal point, right? |
0:59.0 | To say this is the latest sign that we are in full on bubble mode. I'm guessing you do not agree, though. |
1:06.0 | Well, I don't know. I wouldn't say bubble mode. I think a lot of it just really depends on your perspective. |
1:11.0 | I think probably it's only February, the end of February. This probably qualifies as the deal of the year so far. |
1:16.0 | I mean, you have to look at this from the perspective of where social media is and where it's going. |
1:21.0 | I mean, the average global internet user today spends two and a half hours daily on social media. |
1:26.0 | And that number is not trending down. It's trending up. |
1:29.0 | So I mean, Facebook knows this, and that's really the impetus behind this entire deal. |
1:33.0 | So I tried to look at this, and I think we could probably all relate to this if we think about a big pizza, right? |
1:39.0 | And so, yeah, I get your tip. |
1:42.0 | But essentially, you know, the big pizza represents all of this social media time spent per day. |
1:47.0 | And so Facebook has, you know, historically taken about half that pizza on its own right there. |
1:52.0 | And then you have sort of the other players in their Instagrams and Twitter's and whatnot that sort of make up that other half of that pizza. |
... |
Please login to see the full transcript.
Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from The Motley Fool, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.
Generated transcripts are the property of The Motley Fool and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.
Copyright © Tapesearch 2025.