TikTok on the Clock

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🗓️ 17 January 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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170 million TikTok users in the U.S. might be up for sale. What are they worth? (00:42) Matt Argersinger and Bill Mann discuss: - The looming TikTok ban, why Apple and Google are the real gatekeepers, and what a standalone TikTok U.S. might look like. - Apple’s other problem in China: smartphone sales and rising competition from Huawei and Vivo. - Bank earnings showing 2024 was a stellar year for banks, and how the macro environment and policy outlook are settling them up for good times to continue in 2025. (19:03) Where will the stock market be at the end of 2025? Motley Fool co-Founder David Gardner and Ricky Mulvey have a guess and some guidance on how to keep the short-term noise out of the way of your long-term returns. Catch Ricky and David’s full conversation here: https://www.fool.com/podcasts/motley-fool-money/2025-01-11-david-gardner-the-case-for-rational/ (33:10) Matt and Bill break down two stocks on their radar: Invitation Homes and Duolingo. Stocks discussed: AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL, META, GS, MS, JPM, WFC, PM, INVH, DUOL. Host: Dylan Lewis Guests: Bill Mann, Matt Argersinger, David Gardner, Ricky Mulvey Engineers: RIck Engdahl Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The clock is ticking on TikTok.
0:06.7	This week's Motley for Money radio show starts now.
0:18.5	Everybody needs money.
0:20.8	That's why they call it money.
0:23.0	The best things in life are free,
0:26.2	but you can give them to the pros and bees.
0:29.6	I need money.
0:29.9	From Fool Global Headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.
0:33.4	This is the Motley Fool Money Radio show.
0:34.9	I'm Dylan Lewis.
0:35.7	Joining me over the Airwaves,
0:36.7	Motley Fool's senior analyst Bill Mann and Matt Argersinger.
0:39.7	Fools, great to have you both here.
0:41.3	Dylan.
0:42.3	Hey, Dylan, how you doing, man?
0:44.2	I'm doing a bit better than the execs at Bite Dance today.
0:48.2	I think safe to say.
0:49.8	As we tape, we are here on Friday around lunch.
0:53.4	The fate of social media darling, TikTok hangs in the balance.
0:57.8	Bill, we are nearing the January 19th deadline where federal law will effectively ban the app.
1:03.2	Friday morning, the Supreme Court upheld that law, which means that Bightance will either need to divest the business to an American owner or lose access to a lot of users in the United States.
1:14.6	So you're telling me they've got about 48 hours to sell something worth many billions of dollars.
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