E68: Scams, Stocks, and Self-Driving Dreams

⚠ Badger’s Brush with a Scam! Luke narrowly avoids a sophisticated Twitter account takeover scam. Learn how the phishing attack worked and how to protect yourself from falling for similar traps🚗 Uber’s Autonomous Ambitions: Real Talk or PR Spin? The Uber CEO claims self-driving cars won’t be commercially viable for at least a decade. Is this a realistic projection or just an attempt to keep the human drivers from panicking? Badger and Monkey break it down $UBER💊 Hims & Hers Health: Meme Stock or Real Growth? Luke takes us on a deep dive into HIMS, a telehealth company offering weight loss drugs, hair loss treatments, and more. They've turned profitable, but is the hype justified? $HIMS🛰 Planet Labs: Mapping the World from Space! Monkey explores Planet Labs, a company imaging the Earth daily to combat deforestation, fight illegal fishing, and aid emergency response. But does it have a defensible moat? $PL📈 Palantir’s Bubble: Should You Hold or Fold? At 116 times gross profit, is Palantir a robust growth story or an inflated bubble waiting to burst? Krzysztof and Luke debate the risks and rewards! $PLTR🌴 Thank you for supporting Wall Street Wildlife on Patreon!💵 The few bucks you won’t miss help us make the show even better.Segments:00:00 Preview02:24 Introduction03:05 Badger's Night Out and a Mix-Up04:53 Nvidia's Surprising Investments06:15 Badger Got Scammed!11:16 Should Monkey Buy More ASTS?25:59 Transmedics Short Report and Market Reactions $TMDX31:31 Palantir's Valuation - A "Robust Bubble"?? $PLTR40:58 Uber's Autonomous Vehicle Strategy $UBER50:06 Space Economy and Planet Labs $PL56:03 Hims & Hers Health: A Telehealth Contender $HIMS01:04:31 Conclusion and Community Shoutouts**********If you want to see our furry faces, this podcast is also available on YouTube at ⁠https://www.youtube.com/@WallStreetWildlife?sub_confirmation=1⁠**********SUPPORT THE SHOW AND BECOME A PATREON: ⁠⁠https://patreon.com/wallstreetwildlife⁠**********Find more episodes of the podcast at ⁠⁠⁠wallstreetwildlife.com⁠⁠⁠ where you can also get our "10 Laws of the Investing Jungle" free PDF download, and you can follow us at:⁠⁠x.com/7LukeHallard⁠⁠x.com/7FlyingPlatypus⁠Wall Street Wildlife is also on Instagram @wallstreetwildlife**********Sign-up for a bond account at ⁠⁠Public.com/wildlife⁠A Bond Account is a self-directed brokerage account with Public Investing, member FINRA/SIPC. Deposits into this account are used to purchase 10 investment-grade and high-yield bonds. As of 9/26/24, the average, annualized yield to worst (YTW) across the Bond Account is greater than 6%. A bond’s yield is a function of its market price, which can fluctuate; therefore, a bond’s YTW is not “locked in” until the bond is purchased, and your yield at time of purchase may be different from the yield shown here. The “locked in” YTW is not guaranteed; you may receive less than the YTW of the bonds in the Bond Account if you sell any of the bonds before maturity or if the issuer defaults on the bond. Public Investing charges a markup on each bond trade. See our ⁠Fee Schedule⁠. Bond Accounts are not recommendations of individual bonds or default allocations. The bonds in the Bond Account have not been selected based on your needs or risk profile. Learn more at:⁠⁠https://public.com/disclosures/bond-account⁠**********Monkey’s “Zen, Nietzsche, How to Live” Substack:http://firephilosophy.substack.com**********Disclosure: Wall Street Wildlife hosts and guests are not financial advisors, and nothing they say on this show is formal advice or a recommendation**********Fed up with the stock market giving you a hard time?- Invest like seasoned pros with over 40 years in the game- Discover the world's leading companies- Sharpen your best investing practices and ditch the worst- Learn how to start investing- Essential investing principles to boost your returns