Home Depot Hammers Ahead; Buffalo Wild Wings Gets a Takeout Bid

Home Depot Hammers Ahead; Buffalo Wild Wings Gets a Takeout Bid

In this MarketFoolery podcast, host Mac Greer is joined by Motley Fool director of Small Cap Strategy, Bill Mann, and Matt Argersinger of Million Dollar Portfolio to discuss a couple of well-known companies: home-improvement retailer Home Depot's (NYSE: HD) latest outperforming quarter and the retail apocalypse, as well as the extremely appetizing private equity bid that's being bandied about for Buffalo Wild Wings (NASDAQ: BWLD) and the unique issues facing chain restaurants.

But for followers of The Motley Fool and its individual stock-picking ethos, the most interesting chatter of the day may be that a Nobel-winning economist is afraid index funds and passive investing are undermining the way the stock market is supposed to operate. Does he have a point? The guys weigh in.

A full transcript follows the video.

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