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Emily Flippen, CFA, is a senior investment analyst and lead advisor at The Motley Fool.

Areas of Expertise: Consumer Discretionary (E-Commerce, Restaurants, Retail, Automotive, Travel), Consumer Staples, Communication Services (Media), Information Technology

Education: B.S. Business & Finance, NYU Shanghai; CFA Charterholder

Past Experience: Investment Analyst, GE Capital

Jason Moser has been a senior investment analyst and lead advisor at The Motley Fool since 2010.

Areas of Expertise: Communication Services, Information Technology (Software), Industrials (Aerospace, Defense), Financials (Payment Processing), Consumer Discretionary (Restaurants, Retail)

Education: B.A. Economics, Wofford College

Robert Brokamp, CFP, is a senior advisor at The Motley Fool and has been with the company since 1999.

Areas of Expertise: Retirement, Social Security, Personal Finance

Education: B.A. English and Pre-med, The Catholic University of America; M.A. Teaching Secondary English, Trinity Washington University; Graduate Certificate, Financial Therapy and Advanced Financial Planning from Kansas State University; Certificate, Financial Planning from Georgetown University

Past Experience: Financial Advisor, Prudential Securities; Tax preparer, IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) program for lower-income and elderly citizens; English teacher

Asit Sharma, CPA, is a senior investment analyst and lead advisor at The Motley Fool.

Areas of Expertise: Information Technology (Artificial Intelligence), Consumer Discretionary, Consumer Staples, Industrials

Education: B.A. English Literature, UNC-Chapel Hill; M.A. English Literature, New York University; Certified Public Accountant

Past Experience: Contributing writer and editor for Fool.com; CFO of middle-market manufacturer; Finance consultant

Yasser El-Shimy, PhD, MBA, is a senior investment analyst at the Motley Fool.

Areas of Expertise: Information Technology (Semiconductors, Software), Consumer Discretionary (E-Commerce, Apparel, Restaurant), Industrials (Aerospace, Defense)

Education: B.A. and M.A. Political Science, American University in Cairo; PhD Political Science, Boston University; Executive MBA, Georgetown University

Past Experience: Director of Research at Carnegie Middle East Center; Lecturer at George Washington University's Elliot School of International Affairs; Analyst at the European Council on Foreign Relations and the International Crisis Group

David Meier is a senior investment analyst at The Motley Fool, who has been with the company since 2005.

Areas of Expertise: Energy (Powering Data Centers, Renewables, Energy Storage), Industrials, Information Technology (Emergence of AI, Cybersecurity, Software as a Service), Communications Services

Education: B.S. and M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech; MBA from Wake Forest

Past Experience: Portfolio Manager at Motley Fool Asset Management; Hedge Fund Manager at 1623 Capital; Engineer at Rolls Royce and GE Power Systems