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APRIL 22, 2024

and the company's subscription-powered Services segment has been its most-consistent performer for years. Further, the $651 billion in share repurchases Apple has undertaken since the start of 2013 is tops among all public companies. On the bright side, Apple's iPhone still dominates in the U.S., In the U.S.,

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 25, 2024

Dividend stocks have accounted for the vast majority of returns in the stock market since the start of the 20th century. Which dividend stocks are worth considering? wireless titan Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) are two of the most popular high-yield dividend stocks in the market today.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Tech stocks have dominated the stock market over the last decade and are poised to do so for another decade. The emergence of generative artificial intelligence has opened a new frontier in technology, and cloud infrastructure companies are ramping up spending in the process. It's also introduced Unified ID 2.0

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 16, 2024

It's been a fantastic year for the stock market. With so many stocks moving higher, there are bound to be a few stock splits coming, and I think these three tech stocks could be among them. Moreover, its operating margin now stands at 24% -- the highest in its time as a public company.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 19, 2024

But in 2018, it went public once again at about $23 per share (adjusted for subsequent stock splits ). Dell's first foray as a public company ended poorly because of multiple failures. But it was disrupted by the rise of smartphones and tablets, and the company didn't successfully launch its own mobile devices.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2024

This type of filing is required when Berkshire buys or sells shares of a public company that it holds at least a 10% stake in. billion more in stocks than they've purchased. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $46,022 !*

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2024

A Form 4 is a necessary filing for any position where Berkshire holds at least a 10% stake in a public company. Over the last three months, Buffett has overseen the sale of more than 257 million shares of Bank of America stock, totaling more than $10 billion in market value. Despite being a clear proponent of the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Then again, this selling activity might also represent Buffett's displeasure with a historically pricey stock market and his desire to shift a notable percentage of Berkshire's investment portfolio into cash. This equates to $44,321,080 in proceeds for Buffett's company.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Filing delays and emerging competition pressure Supermicro In order to remain in compliance with the SEC and continue to trade on major stock exchanges, public companies have to file regular financial reports and disclosures. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $42,611 !*

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

For example, this particular episode, I'll be sharing an essay from January 2008, then we'll jump forward to 2012 and 2013. Well, finally, the fourth and final essay shared this episode was the last one I ever wrote for Motley Fool Stock Advisor. Essay Number 1 is from January 2008. That's when our stocks really go bananas.

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Fortune Financial

NOVEMBER 17, 2021

Due to this, inflation has become part of daily conversations causing investors to consider alternative investments outside of the stock market. Stock Market, leaving 90% unaccounted for by most investors — this is where alternative investment opportunities come into play,” said Freisner. port facility operations.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $44,456 !* Right now, we’re issuing “Double Down” alerts for three incredible companies, and there may not be another chance like this anytime soon. That's the stock market. Especially if you're a stock market investor, you've come across this phrase.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 28, 2024

In fact, roughly 30% of the debt of companies in the Russell 2000 small cap index is floating-rate , compared with only 6% in the S&P 500. Following the Financial Crisis of 2008, everyone appeared to be afraid of the next big downturn. That makes them highly intersest-rate sensitive.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 26, 2023

My mother died in 2008. 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. The stock market as measured by the S&P 500 , as we record this on Monday, November 20th, normally we record on Tuesdays, but it's Thanksgiving week.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

But then came 2008. One year later, those of you who are investing then, do you remember the year 2008? This year included, it's now the most valuable public company of all time. It fulfills all six of my Rule Breaker stock traits. in 2024, so I want to thank the stock market and why we invest.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2024

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. The stock, by the end of 2008, had gone from $10 a share to below $1.50 Two-and-a-half years later, it was a six-bagger.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 5, 2023

Michael Fisch : 00:05:39 [Speaker Changed] Well, in the time that I was working at Goldman Sachs in mergers, there were a bunch of big public companies who were on, we were on m and a retainer, they call it. All the utilities and railroads at the beginning of the stock market were thought stable enough.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $42,763 !* Right now, we’re issuing “Double Down” alerts for three incredible companies, and there may not be another chance like this anytime soon. Whole Foods was public company for 25 years. But Jeremy Siegel's book, Stocks for the Long Run.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 16, 2024

Today, thousands of ETFs are on the stock market, covering virtually every sector , asset class, and investment strategy possible. companies on the stock market. the broader economy is undoubtedly driven by the S&P 500 companies. However, not all ETFs are alike. Sure, the U.S.

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Pension Pulse

MAY 17, 2024

Carly Wanna and Carmen Reinicke of Bloomberg report hedge funds pump up exposure to Nvidia, cut AMD: Hedge funds continued to lean into the biggest technology companies leading the way in artificial intelligence as the hype propelled the US stock market higher in the first quarter of the year.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 15, 2023

It was our quarterly game show for the 24th consecutive quarter six years of you playing along against my talented guests stars as we all think smarter about the values of public companies that was The Market Cap Game Show and the week before. They're learning lessons over short time periods. We of course love that.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,917 !* Right now, we’re issuing “Double Down” alerts for three incredible companies, and there may not be another chance like this anytime soon. The key is that you don't have to sell stocks when they're down, to fund your living expenses.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

This has been a banner year for the stock market. It's often easy for investors to buy or sell shares of companies that trade on major U.S. In addition to Bitcoin being the first decentralized cryptocurrency , MicroStrategy is the first public company to effectively adopt Bitcoin purchasing/investing as an operating model.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2024

While there have been pockets of strength in most sectors and industries, the stock market's trillion-dollar businesses have shouldered a sizable portion of this rally. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, youd have $47,543 !* Image source: Getty Images. Last week, on Dec.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 27, 2023

2021 was so crazy, the pricing got so crazy in stock market, meme stocks, SPACs, and NFTs. Before 2008, there was a saying it was safe as houses. Because before 2008, across wherever 100 years, houses have never gone down. People are looking in 2008 and say, housing is going to be fine.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 14, 2024

Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $43,047 !* Right now, we’re issuing “Double Down” alerts for three incredible companies, and there may not be another chance like this anytime soon. We're a stock market podcast. These are stock stories. I bet you see some stories.

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The Big Picture

JULY 31, 2023

And then, you know, at some point, well, I went to grad school because I graduated college in 2008, and was shockingly enough, yeah, having trouble getting a newsroom job. The markets are going crazy. ” And the stock market went down and I think Mike Novogratz was like, “Get him off the air.”

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

They invest primarily in private and public companies. So I had started a third company called Room 77 that we had end up selling to Google. I had my first child in June of 2008. Now, the first half of 2008, I was doing pretty well in the fund. This was somebody who was venture first, public market second.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 30, 2024

The stock market's epic rally is being fueled by the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) , excitement following President-elect Donald Trump's victory , and corporate earnings growth widely surpassing consensus expectations. Apple: if you invested $1,000 when we doubled down in 2008, you’d have $44,492 !*

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Trump Media's financial performance In terms of its financials, in its brief history as a public company, Trump Media has produced scant revenue in comparison to its social media rivals. In the second quarter, the company generated sales of $837,000. Contrast this to, say, Snapchat owner Snap 's second-quarter revenue of $1.2

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 8, 2024

has bearing on the stock market, the economic proposals that are, ultimately, put into place by the incoming president and Congress will help shape the landscape for corporate America in the coming years. No public company has more directly benefited from share repurchases than Apple. Four weeks from today, on Nov.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 2, 2024

Considering that all three major stock market indexes, the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and growth-stock-propelled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) , have ascended to multiple record highs in 2024, all eyes are on this highly contested presidential race.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 12, 2024

The stock market soared during Trump's first term in the White House, with the mature stock-powered Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and innovation-driven Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) respectively rising by 57%, 70%, and 142%. economy and/or stock market.

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