The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

It's tempting to try and pick stocks that you think might double or triple in value in a year or two. However, the best gains often come over the long term, and sometimes they can come in unexpected ways. That's why investing in multiple stocks can be an effective strategy because it's almost impossible to predict where a business might end up in the long run.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

OpenAI has added Adebayo Ogunlesi, CEO of Global Infrastructure Partners, to its board. Ogunlesi will help the company secure the infrastructure needed to advance artificial intelligence development. GIP, a private equity firm managing over $100bn in assets, owns stakes in Gatwick Airport and offshore wind projects. AI requires large-scale computational infrastructure like specialised data centres.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2025

Last Monday night, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang gave the opening keynote speech to kick off CES 2025, which ran until Friday in Las Vegas. Nvidia is the leader in providing chips -- primarily graphics processing units (GPUs) -- and related technology to enable artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities. So, Huang naturally spent much of his approximately 1.5-hour presentation on the topic of AI.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 14, 2025

Arcline Investment Management has acquired Rotating Machinery Services (RMS) from Cortec Group. RMS specializes in aftermarket repair, maintenance, and overhaul services for large, highly engineered rotating equipment. The company services products used in refineries, chemical and petrochemical plants, and oil and gas facilities. Source: Rotating Machinery Services RMS’s service offerings include centrifugal, axial, reciprocating, and oil-free screw compressors, as well as hot gas expander

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JANUARY 16, 2025

We also answered questions about 2025 retirement account limits, Coast FIRE strategies, when to take money off the table from the stock market, how to account for pension and Social Security income during retirement and how other economies impact the U.S. markets. Further Reading: Updating My Favorite Performance Chart For 2024 The post The 2024 Sector Quilt appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 13, 2025

Former Blackstone Executive Mustafa Siddiqui has launched SQ Capital, a newly established private equity secondaries firm, with the goal of tapping into the growing demand for liquidity in the middle-market sector, according to a report by Wall Street Journal. The firm’s strategy reportedly focuses on private equity assets that are largely untapped by other secondaries managers.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 15, 2025

London IPO market looks to bounce back with prominent listings in 2025. The London Stock Exchange will potentially rebound in 2025 following a difficult 2024, where IPO activity hit its lowest levels since the financial crisis. A range of high-profile companies from diverse sectors is considering listing in London. This signals renewed investor interest and government efforts to reinvigorate the UKs capital markets.

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FinSMEs

JANUARY 15, 2025

Reown, a NYC-based provider of an onchain UX platform, raised $13M in Series B funding. The round was led by USV and 1kx and also included Global Digital Asset Holdings, Shopify Ventures, Kraken Ventures, Crypto.com Capital, Figment, Kiln, Everstake, BitGo Ventures, and Fenbushi. The company intends to use the funds to further develop its onchain […] The post Reown Raises $13M in Series B Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Vistria Group, a private equity firm based in Chicago with ties to former President Barack Obama, has successfully closed a $3bn fund, adding to the growing list of Windy City investors raising capital over the past year, according to a report by BNN Bloomberg. The new fund, Vistria Fund V, will target investments in sectors such as US healthcare and financial services.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Creating a well-diversified portfolio through individual stock selection requires extensive research, constant monitoring, and significant time commitment. Many investors find themselves overwhelmed by the complexity of analyzing financial statements, understanding competitive advantages, and staying current with market developments. Low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs) offer a simpler path to diversification and staying invested for the long term.

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JANUARY 14, 2025

Texas-based Sallyport Investments closed its first private equity fund at $160m, surpassing its original target. The fund focuses on investing in lower middle-market companies across North America. Key sectors include healthcare, business services, and industrials, areas identified for their strong growth potential and scalability. The fund received commitments from a diverse group of investors, including family offices, institutional investors, and high-net-worth individuals.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 15, 2025

Lion Equity Partners has acquired Global Compression Services from Warren Equipment Company , a Texas-based provider of heavy equipment and support services. Global Compression Services (GCS) is a distributor of original equipment manufacturer (OEM) and aftermarket parts and components for reciprocating natural gas engines and compressors. The company also manufactures specific components and provides a range of specialized services, including technical support, consultation, repair, and mainten

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AltAssets

JANUARY 16, 2025

Secondaries investor VCFA has picked up $122.5m for its seventh fund, which will continue its strategy of targeting smaller, more complex purchases of later-stage venture capital and growth assets. The post VCFA seals $122.5m for first full fundraise since death of founder Dayton Carr appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Private Equity Wire

JANUARY 10, 2025

Private investment house Ardian has closed its newly formed and inaugural continuation fund for Syclef, a European firm specialising in the installation and maintenance of refrigeration and air conditioning systems. According to a recent release, the fund will be managed by Ardian and following a competitive auction process will be capitalised by Eurazeo as senior lead investor and Astorg as co-lead investor.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2025

Dan Ives is one of the most closely followed personalities on Wall Street. Ives leads global technology research for Wedbush Securities, and can often be found touting bullish narratives and forecasts about artificial intelligence (AI) on financial media outlets such as CNBC or Bloomberg. In late December, Ives took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to highlight his top 10 AI picks for 2025.

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Private Equity Insights

JANUARY 14, 2025

Allianz Global Investors closed its Private Markets Credit Opportunities Fund at 1.5bn, exceeding its initial target. The fund aims to provide flexible credit solutions to mid-sized companies across Europe, focusing on direct lending and structured credit investments. The capital was raised from a global pool of investors, including insurance companies, pension funds, and family offices.

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Private Equity Professional

JANUARY 15, 2025

Harbour Group has acquired Senproco and its wholesale distribution division, Groomer’s Choice Pet Products. Senproco and Groomers Choice (together Senproco) manufacture and distribute a range of pet grooming products and related supplies used by thousands of professional pet groomers. The companys products include shampoos, conditioners, sprays, colognes, bathing equipment, and grooming tools, as well as pet apparel, toys, and treats.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2025

One area where Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has seriously dropped the ball has been artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia essentially owns the market for AI accelerator chips, and AMD is at least competitive with its Instinct line of data center graphics processing units (GPUs). Nvidia is generating tens of billions of dollars in revenue each quarter from its data center GPUs, and AMD is producing a few billion per year.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Though Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a top performer in the stock market in the past couple of years, shares of the semiconductor giant have lost momentum since the release of its fiscal 2025 third-quarter results in November last year. Investors were not impressed by Nvidia's quarterly performance and outlook even though it handily beat Wall Street's expectations thanks to the booming demand for its artificial intelligence (AI) chips.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Investors scored big wins last year as the S&P 500 , the Nasdaq , and the Dow Jones Industrial Average all climbed by double digits. Investor enthusiasm about technology and growth stocks, and the economic environment ahead, drove the momentum. Right now, it's too early to predict with 100% certainty whether the indexes will deliver yet another annual gain, but there are reasons to be optimistic about the possibility.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2025

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) made headlines late last week when it announced it would spend $80 billion this year building data centers that would train artificial intelligence (AI) models and handle AI and cloud-based applications around the world. More than half of the investment will be in the U.S. To put the amount Microsoft is spending on AI infrastructure in perspective, that is more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of many countries, including Croatia and Lithuania (to name just two).

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2025

The AI revolution may still be in its early innings as tech giants and start-ups invest mountains of cash into AI infrastructure. Microsoft is reportedly set to spend an incredible $80 billion on AI data centers this year, a strong sign that heavy spending on AI is going to continue in the foreseeable future. While betting on the big AI players might make sense, some smaller companies are worth considering.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) , also known as AMD, has been a surprisingly underperforming tech stock over the past year. In 2024, it declined by 18% even despite its promising growth opportunities as a top artificial intelligence (AI) chip maker. Over the past five years, the stock has achieved gains of around 140%, and it has typically been a market-beating investment.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 14, 2025

Plenty of technology companies saw solid growth in the past couple of years. Catalysts like strong spending on cloud infrastructure and services related to the growing adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) played a part, and there is a good chance that the trend will continue in 2025. Global information technology (IT) spending is forecast to increase by 9.3% in 2025 (to $5.74 trillion) as compared to 2024's estimated increase of 7.2%, according to Gartner.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett was born in Omaha, Nebraska, in 1930 and is one of history's most successful investors. Trained under the tutelage of Benjamin Graham, the father of value investing, Buffett has applied value-focused strategies to deliver incredible performance. In fact, if you had invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway on the day that Buffett purchased a controlling stake in the company and became its CEO in 1965, you would now be sitting on holdings worth more than $37 mill

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

I've been a big fan of Rivian Automotive (NASDAQ: RIVN) for some time. The company is clearly capable of tremendous growth. When it went public in 2021, Rivian was generating annual sales of just $55 million. In 2024, annual sales surpassed $5 billion. The best news is that Rivian's biggest days of growth are likely still ahead of it. But is there enough upside potential in the stock to turn you into a millionaire?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) is already transforming many industries, but not all tech companies will benefit equally. The companies with the most potential notched their AI lead years ago before their rivals had even jumped on the AI trend. The competitive moats established by Alphabe t (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) could be significant as AI grows, resulting in impressive gains similar to how AI darling Palantir Technologies has benefited rec

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Growth investors are often willing to look past a company's underwhelming bottom line if they're convinced that the business has a promising future and path forward. C3.ai (NYSE: AI) is an artificial intelligence (AI) company that has captivated many investors in recent years due to the potential for this mid-cap stock to be the next big tech company.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to bring significant advances to the global economy, which could result in higher worker productivity, faster product development, and more efficient supply chains. The lure of these benefits is creating tremendous demand for leading semiconductor companies that provide cutting-edge processors to enable AI. Despite sizable gains for top chip stocks in 2024, here are two that still trade at reasonable valuations that could support attractive returns in 2025,

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2025

Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) has struggled in recent years as its pivot to streaming has been messier than investors hoped, and its legacy media business has declined in the meantime. However, there are signs that the company could be headed to higher ground as it seems to be nearly done with the transition. It just forged a deal to merge Hulu+Live TV with FuboTV , giving it 70% ownership of the combined property, and it plans to bring its flagship ESPN network to streaming in the fall as well.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

If you're looking to invest in Verizon Communication (NYSE: VZ) stock, odds are, you're doing it for the dividend income it can generate for you. That's because, historically, this hasn't been a good stock for growth investors to own. It has typically underperformed the market, and in five years it has declined by 36%. Is Verizon's stock likely to continue producing lackluster returns for investors in the future, or can this be a good contrarian pick to add to your portfolio today?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) has been steadily gaining wireless and fiber internet subscribers over the past few years. Over the two-year period that ended on Sept. 30, AT&T grew its total wireless customer base by about 7.5 million subscribers. The company also added more than two million fiber subscribers over that time off a much smaller base, which helped to offset slumping demand for legacy wireline services.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 12, 2025

Cathie Wood is one of the most closely followed investors on Wall Street. As CEO of ARK Invest, Wood has made a name for herself mostly from her high-conviction narratives around up-and-coming (albeit sometimes speculative) companies looking to disrupt legacy incumbents. When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), no other company has garnered the kind of following that Nvidia has.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 11, 2025

Warren Buffett, the famed investor and one of the world's wealthiest individuals, built his fortune primarily through his holding company, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B). Today, Berkshire Hathaway is worth nearly $1 trillion; its success is the culmination of a buy-and-hold strategy for numerous private businesses and stakes in public corporations.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 15, 2025

The term "Magnificent Seven" was coined by Wall Street in 2023 to describe a group of seven American technology stocks that consistently outperformed the rest of the market. The group remained a dominant force in 2024, delivering an average return of 60.1% for the year: Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Following a terrific performance in 2023, the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite posted another year of generous gains in 2024. Among the market's biggest gainers over the last two years have been megacap technology stocks -- collectively referred to as the " Magnificent Seven." However, last year a smaller player actually outperformed each and every one of its peers by a considerable margin.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 16, 2025

Warren Buffett is widely considered the greatest investor. From 1965 through 2023, his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway , delivered an astounding 4,384,748% total return to shareholders, or nearly 20% on an annualized basis. If you have some extra cash to invest right now, Berkshire's stock portfolio is a great place to look for inspiration. Here are two Berkshire-held stocks to buy today that have above-average return prospects over the next five years.

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