Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnADVERTISEMENTMotley Fool Staff, The Motley FoolFri, June 26, 2026 at 7:23 PM GMT+2 17 min readIn this episode of Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing, Motley Fool contributors Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Rachel Warren discuss:To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center. When you're ready to invest, check out this top 10 list of stocks to buy.Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal is flashing for a company 1/100th the size of Nvidia. Continue »A full transcript is below.Before you buy stock in Rivian Automotive, consider this:The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Rivian Automotive wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $382,359!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $1,201,390!*Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 883% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 205% for the S&P 500. Don't miss the latest top 10 list, available with Stock Advisor, and join an investing community built by individual investors for individual investors.See the 10 stocks »*Stock Advisor returns as of June 26, 2026.This podcast was recorded on June 17, 2026.Travis Hoium: Is the AR future here? Motley Fool Gems Investing starts now. Welcome to Motley Fool Hidden Gems Investing. I'm Travis Hoium. I am joined today by Lou Whiteman and Rachel Warren, and guys, we've got to talk about probably the most entertaining story of the week. That is Snap introducing its new augmented reality glasses. Lou, these seem to be right up your alley. I assume you're already in line to buy these $2,200 AR glasses that look like there's a reflective film on them. How in the world does this product? I'm actually a believer in the future of AR and VR. We're moving in that direction with a lot of different platforms like Google. But this doesn't seem like it, and Snap just can't seem to be getting anything right at this point.Lou Whiteman: I'm not going to isolate Snap here. I don't get it for everyone. But definitely with Snap, this seemed like a bad Saturday Night Live sketch. If you watch Evan Spiegel talking about this on CNBC, was it CNBC or Saturday Night Live? I'm not sure. The expression, the beatings will continue until morale improves. I feel like the goal here now is for this whole industry to keep telling us that it's inevitable until the consumer somehow gets brainwashed into thinking, oh, I guess I have to buy these. I'm skeptical. Spiegel's pitch here is after two decades with the smartphone, "People are ready to think about computing differently." My take on that is after two decades with the smartphone, we need a new product to sell. I don't think people are out there thinking, gosh, I wish I could have one-eighth of the screen always in my face because I'm just so sick of looking at this nice screen that I can use for all these things, unproven form factor, unproven user interface.Terms and Privacy PolicyEU DSA contactPrivacy & Cookie SettingsMore Info