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Alibaba Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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investors ever since introducing its shares in 2014. It went from a business started in Jack Ma's apartment to becoming the largest e-commerce company in China. Alibaba (NYSE: BABA) has intrigued U.S. And like its U.S. counterpart Amazon , it succeeded in the cloud, helping it to make it a major artificial intelligence (AI) play.

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Would a Macy's Buyout Be a Miracle on 34th Street?

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Motley Fool host Ricky Mulvey and contributor Matt Frankel dive into Boston Omaha , a company that could be poised to be the next great conglomerate. You go back to 2014, a helped up revenue just under $28 billion. Has the company earned that swagger? For a company like this to be trading below its book value, it's odd.

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How Good Is Your Market Cap Knowledge?

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I checked the date, June 25th, 2014. In this city when you think of public companies based in Washington, DC, any standout performers come to mind for you? This has been a long term winner for Motley Fool Rule Breakers. It was recommended by the OG of the Market Cap Game Show, that's Matt Argersinger.

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Rule Breaker Investing Stock Stories, Vol. 9

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But he replied with something, if I remember correctly, like, look, I like the company, and I'm not even that bullish. We moved to 2014. Facebook is still one of the most important companies in the universe. In 2006, he jumped to Discovery Communications, where he led the TV Conglomerates transformation. Haven't seen it.

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Transcript: William Cohan

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RITHOLTZ: Whereas all the other public companies had access to capital and managed to get into trouble. RITHOLTZ: So, you go from Lazard to Merrill to JPMorgan, tell us about those other experiences, how do they compare to Lazard which seems much more unique, being in a public company versus a partnership. RITHOLTZ: Sure.