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A listener shares how he dropped sports betting and picked up investing, while another wants to know how to allocate a portfolio as a Rule Breaker.

Home prices are near all-time highs, and homeowners have never had so much equity.

Lower interest rates are more than a macro headline. For some businesses, what the Federal Reserve decides to do plays an integral role for both management and investors.

Elon Musk's xAI has sued Apple over its App Store practices, but the bigger news may be Apple considering acquiring some major AI start-ups. We also cover the government's interest in taking equity stakes in defense companies and Fox's weak hand as it looks for higher cable fees.

Is the educational system ripe for disruption? Stride is a for-profit education company that provides online and blended education programs from K-12 through career certification and training.

There are new ways to tackle weight loss, but the stocks leading the way are lagging.

The flood of reports from retail companies tells us a lot about consumer spending. Plus the market is once again buying into meme stocks and SPACs. Is this time different?

Second-quarter earnings results have been littered with slumping sales and disappointing guidance. Walmart threw that narrative on its head when it said it was raising sales guidance for the rest of the year.

A book ready for pre-order and ideas aplenty to discuss.

Market chatter about the frothiness of the AI market seems to be picking up as OpenAI CEO Sam Altman claims that he too sees a bubble forming.

Palo Alto Networks is bracing investors with its latest earnings, homebuilders are sweetening deals to attract strapped buyers, and footwear brands are rewriting the playbook.

Summer is heating up, but restaurant stocks are cooling down.

Wes Moss is a Certified Financial Planner practitioner and the author of "What the Happiest Retirees Know."

Have you heard the one about the CEO who wanted to buy the url for his company, found out it was taken, and added a few o's to save a few million?

Berkshire Hathaway bought $1.6 billion of United Health stock in Q2. Inflation may be ticking higher after all.

Restaurants are starting to see a drop in traffic and pressure from higher commodity prices and labor costs. So, it's no surprise restaurant stocks are down big this year, but the size of the drop in names like Cava and Chipotle are shocking.

On this "Motley Fool Money," analysts Emily Flippen and Nick Sciple discuss the reemergence of sin stocks and whether today's market is building lasting moats for these controversial businesses or simply pulling forward returns.

There are some stunningly large data points pulling the market in different directions.