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Time to Take Stock in Automakers?

Motley Fool Money

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Business, Investing

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🗓️ 5 June 2015

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

The government reports stronger than expected jobs numbers. Automakers report surprising sales. Yahoo! partners with the NFL. And Herbalife goes on the attack. Our analysts discuss those stories and share some stocks on their radar. Plus, Chris talks Ford, GM, and leadership with best-selling author Bryce Hoffman.

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Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money.

0:07.0

From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money. It's the Motley Fool Money

0:20.2

radio show. I'm Chris L. Joining me in studio this week for Million Dollar Portfolio

0:23.9

Jason Moser and Matt Argus Singer and for Motley Fool Deep Value Ron Gross. Good to

0:27.9

see you gentlemen. We've got an historic first in the business of sports broadcasting

0:32.9

and a big smackdown in the world of activist investing. We'll look at the ever changing

0:37.4

landscape of the auto industry with best selling author Bryce Hoffman and as always we'll

0:41.6

give you an inside look at the stocks on our radar. But we begin this week with the

0:45.2

big macro on Friday the US Labor Department announced 280,000 jobs added in the month of

0:50.5

May. And earlier in the week, auto sales for May were announced. Strong sales pretty much

0:55.6

across the board run. Would you make a big macro this week?

0:59.3

I like this report, especially on the heels of last week's data that we got, which was

1:03.7

what can we call it less than stellar, a little troubling. I like this strong job report

1:08.6

where we're on our way for more than a million jobs so far created. So far in 2015, hope

1:14.8

that continues. Unemployment ticked up. But it's really a function of the math because

1:20.2

more people return to the labor force, which is actually a good thing. The bigger measure

1:24.8

you six stayed the same 10.8%. So I like this report. I think we're gaining some steam

1:32.6

that we needed to gain. Maddie, anything stand out to you from either the jobs or the

1:37.0

auto sales? Well, the auto sales, they've been strong this year and they were certainly

1:41.0

strong this past week. I worry a little bit that that is a bit of a, it could be a bit

1:46.5

of a blip in the sense that we, you know, oil prices are a lot of been lower. So gas prices

1:51.0

have come down quite a bit. There's been a lot of pent up demand for autos, especially

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