Motley Fool Answers Transcripts

It's a bit mysterious, but our team breaks it down and explains exactly how they work and who should be investing in them.

Picking the best may not be easy, but the Answers team has a fun time giving it a try.

Which country gets the gold when it comes to economic future and innovation aptitude?

How do you pick a "forever" stock -- and which ones do analysts recommend?

Costco, Alphabet, and Starbucks make the list for some Foolish, never-sell stock picks.

The team also examines whether it makes sense to hire a retail therapist (while taking the time to explain what one is).

The Answers team offers their take on indexing alternatives, the evolution of retirement, and animal investors.

An old friend joins the Motley Fool Answers team as they reach into the mailbag to answer a question on credit scores.

Listener Rollo wants to know if he has to take his IRA distributions out in cash, or if he’s allowed to transfer stock to a Roth or regular brokerage account, while Linda needs some details about just how she’s allowed to make those withdrawals.

If you’re not a member of Generation Y, you probably have a lot of preconceptions about the latest generations of young adults.

With their tongues at least a little bit in cheek, the team examines the generation the millennial generation.

In this episode of Motley Fool Answers, Alison Southwick, Robert Brokamp and Morgan Housel talk about what not to read this summer (or ever), and whether annuities are a smart addition to your retirement portfolio.

Most investors and mutual fund managers underperform the big stock indexes. Here’s how you can measure your true ROI to see if it's right for you to stay in the stock-picking game.

Because we all want different things, it’s essentially impossible to nail down a single “best” place to settle down. But we think these criteria should matter the most to our fellow Fools.

In which we take a look at which states do the best in terms of various financial metrics, not to mention alcohol consumption.

We share some advice and ideas from the luminaries at our annual FoolFest and dip into the mailbag for some questions and guidance from our audience.