Taking the Market's Weight

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🗓️ 2 May 2025

⏱️ 41 minutes

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The Gross Domestic Product of the United States fell last quarter by 0.3%. The big tech giants are still growing. Jason Moser and Asit Sharma join Ricky Mulvey to discuss: - If the U.S. economy is sliding into a recession. - Earnings from Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and Apple. - If investors should mind 20% of the S&P 500’s market cap being tied to four companies. Then (19:11) Motley Fool Contributor Rick Munnariz joins Mary Long to discuss Universal Studio’s new park, Epic Universe, and the state of the travel industry. (32:17) Asit and Jason break down two radar stocks: Twilio and Reddit. Host: Ricky Mulvey Guests: Jason Moser, Asit Sharma, Mary Long, Rick Munarriz Engineer: Dan Boyd Notes: How a millions of dollars worth of NFTs temporarily disappeared: https://www.404media.co/nfts-that-cost-millions-replaced-with-error-message-after-project-downgraded-to-free-cloudflare-plan/ This advertisement is sponsored content and is provided for informational purposes only. The Motley Fool and its affiliates (collectively, "TMF") do not endorse, recommend, or verify the accuracy or completeness of the statements made within this advertisement. TMF is not involved in the offer, sale, or solicitation of any securities advertised herein and makes no representations regarding the suitability, or risks associated with any investment opportunity presented. Investors should conduct their own due diligence and consult with legal, tax, and financial advisors before making any investment decisions. TMF assumes no responsibility for any losses or damages arising from this advertisement Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	It's time for the heavyweights of the S&P 500.
0:08.1	You're listening to Motley Full Money.
0:27.0	Thank you. Everybody needs money.
0:29.3	That's why they call it money.
0:32.5	The best things in life are free,
0:36.1	but you can give them to the pros and bees.
0:42.0	From Fool Global Headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money Radio Show. It's the Motley Full Money Radio Show.
0:44.3	I'm Ricky Mulvey, sitting in for Dylan Lewis.
0:49.8	Joining me over the airwaves, Motley Fool senior analysts, Jason Moser and Asset Sharma.
0:51.0	Great to have you both here.
0:52.6	Ricky, how's it going?
0:53.4	Good to be here, Ricky.
0:54.5	It's going well.
0:58.3	We've got big macro, big tech in a look, it travel.
1:00.6	Let's start off with the big macro.
1:05.8	Osset, U.S. GDP fell by 0.3% this quarter.
1:13.2	Shipments to the port of Los Angeles will be down 35% from one year ago. That is what Port Director Gene Soroka told CNBC. However, non-farm payrolls came in well ahead of expectations at
1:19.6	177,000 for April. And some airline CEOs are saying, we're already in a recession.
1:27.7	That's what the Southwest CEO, Robert Jordan, told Bloomberg.
1:31.6	So, Osset, that's the mess of the big macro going on.
1:35.3	Are we sliding into a recession?
1:37.4	Ricky, the famous speculator, Richard Dennis, used to say that it takes two data points to make a trend.
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