The Motley Fool

JANUARY 10, 2024

The benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stock market index has delivered a gain of 67,036% (including dividends) since it was established in 1957. But, historically, investors who purchased specific individual stocks have far outperformed the return of the S&P 500. That's twice the long-run average of the S&P 500.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 9, 2024

Investing legend Warren Buffett and his conglomerate, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , have not given investors many reasons to buy into the strength of this market. Recently, Berkshire has largely been a net seller of stocks, and has refrained from buying individual stocks or even repurchasing its own shares.

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 28, 2025

VeriSign (NASDAQ: VRSN) has defied the recent stock market sell-off, with shares rising 19% year to date. By this measure, it's unsurprising that Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway conglomerate has held the stock since 2012. However, a dynamic tech landscape, marked by the rise of alternative domain names like.ai

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 19, 2025

Buffett's focus on investing in quality companies when their stocks trade at attractive valuations is a sound strategy for building wealth in the stock market. Here are two recent additions to Berkshire's stock portfolio that are timely buys right now. Since 2012, U.S. Where to invest $1,000 right now?

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 22, 2023

Rather, I'm looking for stocks that would be brand-new members of the trillion-dollar club, and three come to mind. Berkshire Hathaway: Current market cap of $740 billion The stock that seems the likeliest to reach the trillion-dollar market cap plateau the soonest is conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B).

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 21, 2023

Over the long run, the stock market is a wealth-building machine. Over the past four years, the Dow Jones Industrial Average , S&P 500 , and Nasdaq Composite have oscillated between bear and bull markets in successive years. since 2012. The beauty of healthcare stocks is that they're highly defensive.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 27, 2023

If you have $200 ready to put to work, and you're absolutely certain this isn't cash you're going to need to pay bills or cover emergency expenses, the following three stocks stand out as no-brainer buys right now. economy and stock market are performing, hackers and robots don't take time off from trying to steal sensitive data.

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