4 Beach Reads for Investors

Heading into Memorial Day weekend, investors got some sunshine as the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq all rose for the first time in over a month. (0:30) Emily Flippen and Maria Gallagher discuss: - Why they're watching inflation and increased talk of a recession - Costco posting stronger results than Walmart and Target - Baidu and Alibaba rising in China - Ulta Beauty's record sales in Q1 - Snowflake trading below its IPO price - Farfetch fighting on the front line of so many tough macro trends - The latest from Workday, Nvidia, and Williams-Sonoma

(19:00) Asit Sharma talks with Georgetown University business professor and author Christine Porath about how Traeger's CEO changed the company's culture and other takeaways from her book, Mastering Community.

(31:00) Maria and Emily respond to a listener's question about beach reads for investors with four recommendations (Money, The Fish that Ate The Whale, Red Notice, and The Coffeehouse Investor), discuss Unilever's new drone delivery ice cream business, and shares two stocks on their radar: 1Stdibs.com and Doximity.

Stocks discussed: COST, BIDU, BABA, ULTA, SNOW, WDAY, NVDA, WSM, FTCH, COOK, UL, DIBS, DOCS

Host: Chris Hill Guests: Emily Flippen, Maria Gallagher, Asit Sharma, Christine Porath Producer: Ricky Mulvey Engineer: Dan Boyd

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