The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Nowhere is this more true than on the stock market. For example, in just 15 years, the total annual revenue of the five largest American companies has soared 50% from $1.6 The five largest companies in 2009 First off, a few notes on methodology. This list is made up of American-based public companies.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 13, 2024

It's been a public company since 2009 and has been profitable and free cash flow generative every year since its initial public offering ( IPO ). DocuSign Few companies felt the effects of the pandemic-induced stock market roller coaster more than DocuSign (NASDAQ: DOCU).

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 30, 2024

The stock market has been on a good run lately. A lot of this performance has been driven by the large, well-known tech companies in the news almost daily. Fortinet Fortinet (NASDAQ: FTNT) may not be the first cybersecurity company that comes to mind for most investors, but it has been posting strong results for many years.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 29, 2024

One year later, December 2009, I decided I was going to re recommend the stock again, make it my new pick in December 2009 for Stock Advisor members at the time we wrote and I quote, "The timing is right, so is the price. One of my favorite things I ever did, as a Motley Fool Stock Advisor, was in January of 2017.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2023

Well, if the stock market goes up, they win, the stock market stays the same, they win the stock market tanks, they win. Well, if the stock market goes up, they win. The stock market stays the same, they win the stock market tanks, they win. They win no matter what.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

That's when our stocks really go bananas. For us to tack on 12% points of outperformance in this market has been particularly sweet, even if 2007 so often felt bittersweet. Fellow Fools, the stock market is a roller coaster, full of swoops and dives. Remember, stock market equals roller coaster.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 26, 2023

That didn't feel good at all, but then again, it didn't feel good at all either in 2008 and 2009, or in 2001, or the stock market crash of 1987, all of which I've personally lived through, been invested before, during, and after because I buy, and I keep buying, I rarely sell, and I hold through every market environment.

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