Industry Focus Transcripts

We said what? That's the theme for Industry Focus this week, and we continue our discussion of bad calls with the help of some of the biggest names in the sector.

Is being "better late than never" true for America's biggest oil major?

Working a summer or part-time job this year can help teach kids about money, careers paths, and more.

We dig into things we'd never do -- or, at least, that we try to avoid. This includes investing advice, as well as pointers about life more generally.

We explain the major hurdles day traders and speculators face in their pursuit of easy profits.

In a strange twist, the newest retail store from Nordstrom will carry no inventory. Instead, the company hopes a unique menu of services will provide a rich enough experience to connect with shoppers -- a trend that is growing quickly in the brick-and-mortar world.

A new study concludes it costs $757 million to develop a new cancer drug, but is that the only reason why drugmakers charge sky-high drug prices or are other reasons to blame, too?

Business development companies are undergoing a sea change as the asset class becomes more institutionalized.

Rumors have emerged that the leading name in e-commerce is evaluating and testing plans for retail store concepts with the potential to create a footprint of 2,000 locations across the country. How viable is this strategy, and what kind of impact would it actually have for a company generating over $120 billion in annual revenue?

Edge-to-edge display? Check. Wireless charging? Check. Facial recognition components? Check. The iPhone X is gorgeous, but what does its release timing mean for Apple’s financials over the next few quarters? We dig into that and Apple’s other upcoming products.

The streaming service is planning to go public soon, and we have our hands on the filing with the SEC. We run through the company's books, talk about the streaming space, and look at the company's long-term prospects.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry announced that the Department of Energy is releasing 500,000 barrels of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve. We discuss the impact and importance of the move.

Some IPOs, especially tech ones, balloon up to three times their valuation on opening day, but investors would be wise to wait a few quarters before diving in.

Halloween is the perfect time to tackle the scariest topic in personal finance: estate planning.

If you want to improve your performance as an investor, you need to boost your critical-thinking skills.

One boasts tens of millions of phone, Internet, and pay-TV subscribers; the other, a portfolio of leading entertainment properties spanning film, television, video games, and digital mediums. We look at the potential behind this massive acquisition, the steep regulatory hurdles, and major points of consideration for shareholders of each company.

A huge drop for a huge, steady producer followed some pretty alarming news in Pioneer’s quarterly report.

The cast takes a retail focus with updates that encompass e-commerce, apparel deals, department stores, and more.

Before you follow an advisor's advice on these topics, make sure you know the whole story.

Two Fools try to decode what's going on with Twitter's DAU/MAU numbers. Plus, they through the figures on another banner quarter for the world's largest company.