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In this podcast, Motley Fool analyst Asit Sharma and host Ricky Mulvey discuss why big tech is driving the market, earnings from Lululemon , and mindset advice for new investors. Plus, Motley Fool host Mary Long interviews Tom Steyer, author of Cheaper, Faster, Better: How We'll Win the Climate War about advancements in green tech. To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center .

To get started investing, check out our quick-start guide to investing in stocks . A full transcript follows the video. This video was recorded on June 6, 2024.



Ricky Mulvey: Yet another all-time high. You're listening to Motley Fool Money. I'm Ricky Mulvey.

Joined today by Asit Sharma. Asit, good day to you, sir. Asit Sharma: Ricky Mulvey, good day to you, sir.

Ricky Mulvey: I am starting this show from a place of small of anxiety, honestly and that is because maybe it's a bad thing. When the stocks go up, I get a little more anxious and yesterday, the S&P 500 hit another all-time high. This is a long story, but tech giants have been driving the market.

Folks are feeling pretty flush right now. If you own an S&P index fund though, 20% of your holdings are in just three companies Nvidia , Apple , and Microsoft . Asit that is a lot of savings tied up in just three firms.

Asit Sharma: What if you're not paying attention to the markets, you're feeling flush, as you point out, and you happen to look at your holdings and make the realization that Ricky just poi.

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