Value Opportunities for Investors

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🗓️ 5 January 2023

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Value Opportunities for Investors Sometimes cheap stocks are an opportunity, and sometimes stocks are cheap for a reason. (0:21) Bill Mann discusses: - Amazon laying off 18,000 employees - Whether layoffs are a bad sign or an indication a company is being honest with itself - The writing on the (bond market) wall for Bed Bath & Beyond (11:11) Ron Gross provides an overview of value investing, discusses why the current environment favors value stocks, and shares a few ideas for investors seeking to build up the value side of their portfolio. Stocks discussed: AMZN, CRM, MSFT, GOOG, GOOGL, BBBY, TGT, COST, WMT, BBY, CAT, DE, NEE, SO, NUE, VMC The Motley Fool's top stock-picking service, Stock Advisor, is open to new members for just $99 a year! To join now visit www.fool.com/intro to access this special introductory offer. Host: Chris Hill Guests: Bill Mann, Ron Gross Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineers: Rick Engdahl, Tim Sparks Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	More tech labs and more stocks for your watch list.
0:08.5	Motifool Money starts now.
0:10.0	I'm Chris Hill joining me today, Motifool Senior Analyst, Bill Mann.
0:18.1	Thanks for being here.
0:19.6	Happy New Year, Chris.
0:21.3	Happy New Year indeed.
0:22.7	We get to say that the whole week, right?
0:24.8	Yeah, I don't know when the line of Happy New Year stops, but I'm going to say that at least
0:33.2	for the next two weeks, the first time you see someone, specifically someone who you want
0:40.1	to see.
0:41.1	Happy New Year is a good intro.
0:43.1	Let's go with that.
0:44.6	Earlier in the week, it was Salesforce.
0:46.7	Today it is Amazon announcing layoffs of 18,000 employees, which is more than the 10,000
0:53.2	that was reported in November.
0:56.8	I got a question on Twitter from a listener who said, are layoffs a good sign or a bad
1:02.5	sign to me?
1:03.5	It's a sign that a company is being honest with themselves and taking responsibility.
1:08.3	I think it depends on the company and the situation.
1:10.8	In the case of Amazon today, it does seem like, you know, unfortunate as it is for the
1:17.4	18,000 employees.
1:18.6	This seems like from a corporate standpoint, the responsible move.
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