What We’re Doing (or Not Doing) as the Market Drops

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🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 40 minutes

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The conflict in Iran is on every investor’s mind as stocks seem to sink day after day. But panic is never the right answer and we discuss what we’re doing (or not doing) in today’s market. Then we deep dive into an unloved company, Disney. Travis Hoium, Emily Flippen, and Lou Whiteman discuss: - Iran, the market, and what we’re doing now - Broadcom earnings - Disney deep dive - Stocks on our radar Companies discussed: Stantech (STN), Honeywell (HON), Disney (DIS), Broadcom (AVGO), NVIDIA (NVDA). Host: Travis Hoium Guests: Emily Flippen, Lou Whiteman Engineer: Dan Boyd Disclosure: Advertisements are sponsored content and 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 advertisements. 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. We’re committed to transparency: All personal opinions in advertisements from Fools are their own. The product advertised in this episode was loaned to TMF and was returned after a test period or the product advertised in this episode was purchased by TMF. Advertiser has paid for the sponsorship of this episode. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠megaphone.fm/adchoices⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	The market is falling again.
0:07.3	So what should investors be thinking this week?
0:09.2	Motley Fool Money starts now.
0:27.0	I'm going to do. 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 birds and bees.
0:40.2	From Fool Global Headquarters, this is Motley Fool Money.
0:41.1	Welcome to Motley Full Money.
0:41.8	I'm Travis Hoy. I'm joined today by Emily Flippin and Lou Whiteman.
0:44.5	And, guys, we've got to talk about the topic of the week.
0:47.7	We have this war conflict, whatever you want to call it, in Iran that started last weekend, started impacting the markets on Monday.
0:55.4	We're down significantly early on Friday as we're recording.
1:00.6	Lou, I want to just get your general thoughts on what do you think as an investor in times like
1:06.3	this?
1:06.7	What's signal?
1:08.0	What's noise?
1:08.7	Because it seems like the market goes from, you know, panic to, to, you know,
1:13.7	the market shoot up every 15, 20 minutes and it's hard to make sense of things. Yeah. So the first thing,
1:19.6	I want to give everybody a free pass to do nothing. Because, you know, I mean, it's always fun to be
1:25.3	able to brag six months later. Like, I caught the low and I bought something. And, you know, I mean, if you want fun to be able to brag six months later. I caught the low and I bought
1:28.6	something. And, you know, I mean, if you want to be opportunistic, that's fine. But I think it's good
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