Mailbag, incl: I didn’t beat the S&P500. Should I give up? September 27, 2026
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Mailbag, incl: I didn’t beat the S&P500. Should I give up? September 27, 2026

B2Upper-intermediateSeptember 26, 20261 hr 23 min

– Why do US oil prices rise when they’re self-sufficient? – Why do we fall for politicians’ fake solutions on housing? – Where’s the inflation/immigration sweet spot? – I didn’t beat the S&P500. Should I give up? – How does Victoria get out of fiscal trouble? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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A listener production. Cheers. Market. The S&P.

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The ISX. Stocks. This is the Motley Fool Money Mailbag. Welcome to Motley Fool Money.

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It's Sunday, it's special, it's straw man. It's other things that start with S including Scott and stupendous, superlative. What else would you call Andrew, Ram, Paige, the man who breathed life into straw man when it was just an idea and before it became the everything app that is soon to take over

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