The Motley Fool

JANUARY 27, 2024

Most investors have limited funds to put to work in the stock market. Coupang has only been a public company for approximately two years, but the results over that time have been impressive. Unlike Coupang, MercadoLibre has been on the public market since 2007.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

From reflections on the volatility of 2007-08, to introducing new terms like "Big Dumb Money," and thoughts on building mental frameworks for investing, David reacts to his past essays with fresh insights for today's markets. I know 2007 wasn't great for investors. That's when our stocks really go bananas.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Now, I want to note four times over the past 20 years, the company split its stock, two for one in 2006, three for two in 2007, four for one in 2021, and 10 for one in 2024. Stock splits reduce the share price while increasing the number of shares in equal proportion. The stocks at 60. Think about it.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2024

By October 2007, the stock was at $10 a share. Six times our money for Stock Advisor members. I was pretty pleased in October 2007, but market historians will remember 2008 was a cruel year for investors and it was for Nvidia as well. It was the top-performing stock on the S&P 500 in 2016. That's right.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 26, 2023

This book originally came out, I believe, in 2007. We only got to enjoy Pixar as its own public company for several years with Steve Jobs, by the way, as CEO before it got eaten up by Disney. On to Gratitude Number 8 in closing, this one to the stock market and why we invest. It's by Robert Emmons.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 30, 2024

Stock Number 2 is a public company today whose CEO was in the one year between us in elementary school. The market has tripled since then, the S&P 500, but Walker and Dunlop has quintupled. Speaking of dividends, this company also pays a dividend 2.9% The market cap for Sportradar Group AG is $3.02

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The Motley Fool

JULY 27, 2023

If we pivot for a second to their consumer health unit, which recently went public, Kenvue, that also reported and beat analyst estimates for their first quarterly reports since being a public company. I've been on the HubSpot Board of Advisors since 2007. But overall, American Express did a fine job. Revenue up 12%.

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