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🗓️ 25 September 2015
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Volkswagen hits the skids. Nike hits its stride. And Groupon takes 10% off its workforce. Our analysts discuss those stories and share three stocks on their radar. Plus, ThomsonReuters Transportation Editor Joe White talks about the implications of the Volkswagen scandal.
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0:00.0 | Everybody needs money. That's why they call it money. |
0:07.0 | From full global headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money. |
0:19.0 | It's the Motley Fool Money Radio Show. I'm Chris Hill joining me in studio this week for |
0:23.0 | Million Dollar Portfolio, Jason Moser and Matt Arger Singer and for Motley Fool Deep Value, |
0:27.0 | Ron Gross. Good to see you as always, gentlemen. We have got the latest earnings from Wall Street. |
0:32.0 | We will get to all the headlines in the auto industry with Joe White from Reuters and as always, |
0:37.0 | we'll give you an inside look at the stocks on our radar. But we will begin with the biggest news in the |
0:42.0 | auto industry this week. And that's Volkswagen. Shares down more than 25% and hitting a three-year low |
0:49.0 | after the company admitted it violated US emission standards by installing software on a |
0:54.0 | half-million diesel cars that enabled it to cheat on the emissions test. And in the process, |
1:00.0 | potentially exposing people to harmful pollutants at levels up to 40 times, yes, Matti. |
1:06.0 | 40 times the acceptable standard. This is an evolving story. The fallout has continued throughout the |
1:13.0 | week, the CEO stepped down. Two board members have stepped down as an investor and we'll go around |
1:19.0 | the table on this. But as an investor, when you look at a situation like this, it's the biggest |
1:24.0 | automaker in the world. Stock down more than 25% is it a buying opportunity or are you waiting and see? |
1:30.0 | You've got to wait and see on this. Volkswagen is the biggest automaker in the world. |
1:34.0 | They've got wonderful brands, Volkswagen of course, Audi, Porsche, Lamborghini, which I didn't even know they owned. |
1:39.0 | Porsche, Porsche, sorry, Ron. But this makes me think about, I mean, I'm stunned by this. |
1:47.0 | I mean, it is, it's fraud on a pretty massive scale and made me think of N-RON Worldcom, Tyco, some of the other ones. |
1:52.0 | But it always comes down to this. There's a Charlie Munger quote, which I love. It is, I think I've been in the top 5% of my age cohort all my life |
2:02.0 | in understanding the power of incentives and all my life I've underestimated it and never year passes. |
2:08.0 | But I get some surprise that pushes my limit a little farther. Volkswagen pushes my limit a little farther. |
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