The 7investing Podcast

The pandemic has come roaring back as the Delta variant of COVID-19 has led to a big increase in people being infected and hospitalizations in U.S. states with low vaccination levels. Does this pose a threat for the economy at large? Is it a bump in what has already been a bumpy road or something that could set the economy back to where it was during the worst of the pandemic? Maxx Chatsko joins Dan Kline to discuss how you should be viewing this as a long-term investor. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Both companies had impressive earnings and have performed well during the pandemic. The question -- and it’s one a lot of investors are asking -- is can both companies keep growing at the impressive rates they have been for a very long time (with one E-coli-related blip for Chipotle). Is there anything either chain needs to worry about and can investors still expect outsized returns given how well these stocks have been performing? Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Mergers and acquisitions play a crucial role in the business world. Companies that combine forces can expand their overall book of business, execute in new markets, or serve new customer groups where they previously had no presence. The importance of M&A is even more pronounced in today's digital age. Popular websites, apps, or platforms can now serve hundreds of millions or even billions of users. Innovative technologies or new products can be infinitely scalable and quickly applied across an entire business. Sometimes, even very small teams who possess extremely promising IP or serve a strong product-market fit can be acquired by the right company for a huge premium. Those premiums paid for acquisitions can also be extremely rewarding for investors. When a publicly-traded company gets acquired, its stock price can increase by 50%, 100%, or more in a single day on the news of the acquisition. And the companies who build their businesses around M&A activity -- such as Salesforce (NYSE: CRM), Middleby (Nasdaq: MIDD), or Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK-B) -- can methodically unlock hidden value that compounds their own investment returns for decades. So where are the most lucrative potential acquisition targets today? Are there sectors of the market that are particularly appealing? Are there clever leadership teams leveraging new technologies that could fit perfectly in a more established company? Are there specific signs that investors should look for, which might suggest to us that a company is gearing up to make an acquisition...or to have itself be acquired? In our July Team Podcast, our 7investing advisors share seven companies we believe could be prime acquisition targets right now. We describe what makes these companies particularly appealing and who their most likely suitors could be. We even taking things one step further, and predict which of our previous 7investing recommendations these acquisitions would have the greatest impact on. If you'd like to see that report, as well as get immediate access to all 119 of our previous recommendations, use this link to sign up for 7investing today. We'll also be providing a short text description below of each potential acquisition target we mentioned in the podcast. We'll update these recaps daily (adding one new writeup each day), so come back often to see our most updated descriptions! Potential Acquisition #1: Alteryx (Nasdaq:AYX) -- Anirban Mahanti believes Alteryx's (Nasdaq: AYX) expertise in transforming raw data sets into insightful analytics positions it as an excellent acquisition target. Its stock price has languished on slowing growth, though Anirban believes this was largely due to the COVID pandemic and also a change in the company's revenue recognition policy. Alteryx was a leader in on-premise deployments, making it attractive for any company looking to expand its expertise to the cloud. He believes Salesforce, IBM, or Oracle could be the most likely suitors. Click here to read Anirban's Potential Acquisitions perspective! Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this interview include Alteryx, IBM, and Salesforce. 7investing's advisors may have positions in the companies mentioned.

Going public with less scrutiny can be a wonderful thing for some companies but scrutiny tnd to benefit investors. The SEC may be difficult to deal with, but the long road to a traditional IPO contains a lot of checks and balances that tend to make those deals more transparent. Simon Erickson joins Dan Kline on 7investing Now to discuss where SPACs stand, why the number of companies going public this way has slowed, and when/if investors should buy shares in companies that go public this way. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Dr. Sandy Magnus has quite literally seen the world from a much higher point of view. As a former NASA astronaut, one who even lived four months on the International Space Station, she’s had a direct look for decades at the world’s most innovative technologies. She’s also a hero and an incredible role model to millions of people across our planet. But outer space is also capturing the imagination of the business world as well. Billionaire entrepreneurs are committing fortunes to launch companies that build reusable rockets, offer satellite-based internet, or even launch tourists into orbit. There are huge opportunities now developing for the private sector. In this exclusive interview with 7investing, Sandy shares her thoughts about the new “space economy”. She also discusses what technologies will be most-needed for off-world colonization and describes several things that people interested in this space should have on their radar. This interview was recorded in March 2020, and republished on July 20, 2021. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Hitting a $100 billion valuation marks a major milestone for a drug company, but it has also been a mark that tends to be hard to grow beyond. For many drug makers, it has been sort of a hard wall, but there are reasons that may or may not be true for Moderna, according to Maxx Chatsko. In addition, Zoom spent $14.7 billion to buy Five9, an intelligent cloud contact center company. Steve Symington joins Maxx and Dan Kline to break down what the deal means. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Most of the 7investing team joins the show to share their process for adding stocks to their personal holdings. We’ll talk about what it takes to get on our radar and when we actually make the decision to buy (as well as how we buy). We’ll also be talking investing mistakes we wish we could have back and be taking your questions live at a special 12:30 p.m. start time. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

Special purpose acquisition companies -- commonly known as "SPACs" -- are becoming increasingly popular in recent years as a way for companies to reach the public markets. While there were only 59 companies that chose to do a "SPAC IPO" in 2019, more than 360 have already taken place thus far in 2021. The total value of funds raised from those SPAC IPOs this year has exceeded $112 billion, and there are reportedly more than 300 more SPACs that have raised funds and are looking for a target. But what will the modern SPAC Race mean for investors? Is this indeed a more capital-efficient way for companies to raise money and go public? Or are investors throwing money at an unproven and potentially dangerous new trend? To answer those questions, 7investing Lead Advisors Simon Erickson and Steve Symington are digging deeper into the recent SPAC craze. In part two of their two-part podcast series, Simon and Steve dig deeper in the way that SPACs are structured and present the important factors that investors should consider. They also take a look at four SPACs that have gained a lot of attention this year -- SoFi, Ginkgo Bioworks, OpenDoor, and Rocket Lab -- and evaluate each of them as potential investment ideas. Publicly-traded companies mentioned in this podcast include Bayer, OpenDoor, SoFi, Vector Acquisition Corp, and Virgin Galactic. 7investing Lead Advisors may have positions in the companies that are mentioned. This interview was originally recorded on July 14th, 2021. Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year. Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe Stop by our website to level-up your investing education:  https://www.7investing.com Follow us on Social Media ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/ ► https://twitter.com/7investing ► https://instagram.com/7investing

The pandemic has led to a shortage of workers as some people have opted to not come back to the workforce for reasons ranging from childcare issues (and schools not being fully open) to others opting to keep collecting unemployment. That has forced many large companies offer wages that reach or even exceed $15 an hour. It could also make those same businesses consider they want to spend the money needed to automate their workforce. Anirban Mahanti joins Dan Kline to break down the labor market and what automation might look like.

 The restaurant industry suffered as much as any other during the pandemic. Dining rooms closed, companies had to pivot to takeout and curbside pickup. Even when dining rooms could open, they opened with limited capacities in many places. Despite that, consumers were actually fairly happy with the industry, according to results from the most recent American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI). David VanAmburg, Managing Director of the ACSI joined the 7investing Podcast to explain why consumers were forgiving of the restaurant industry at large despite the challenging operating environment. VanAmburg joined Dan Kline to break down why the winners in the space succeeded and why a really large brand continues to bring up the rear of the annual survey when it comes to the fast-food part of the survey. It was a very strange year, but survey scores did not move very much and very few brands saw their scores move up or down more than 1%. VanAmburg also shared his outlook for the next year and what we should be watching for.    Welcome to 7investing. We are here to empower you to invest in your future! We publish our 7 best ideas in the stock market to our subscribers for just $49 per month or $399 per year.  Start your journey toward's financial independence: https://www.7investing.com/subscribe  Stop by our website to level-up your investing education: https://www.7investing.com  Follow us on Social Media  ► https://www.facebook.com/7investing/  ► https://twitter.com/7investing  ► https://instagram.com/7investing