First Half Lookback

For once, the big tech giants are not driving the market’s returns.

(00:21) Motley Fool Senior Analyst, Anthony Schiavone, and Motley Fool Asset Management’s Chief Investment Strategist, Bill Mann, join Ricky Mulvey to discuss:

- American equity markets reaching all-time highs.

- The surprising performance of dollar stores.

- What the passage of The Big Beautiful Bill means for EV makers and the federal deficit.

- Ricky’s goodbye to Motley Fool Money.

Then, (19:11) Motley Fool Canada’s Jim Gillies joins Ricky to discuss speculation in the market and to shine a light on five stocks to keep an eye on.

(35:26) Bill and Anthony discuss two radar stocks, Alphabet and Target.

Companies discussed: MSFT, META, TSLA, DG, MEDP, LULU, SMPL, ATGE, KTB, TGT, GOOG, GOOGL

Host: Ricky Mulvey

Guests: Bill Mann, Anthony Schiavone, Jim Gillies

Engineer: Dan Boyd

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