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Why Did Warren Buffett Just Sell Investments He's Recommended Millions of Others Buy?

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Warren Buffett wrote to Berkshire Hathaway shareholders in 2014 that most investors shouldn't try to pick individual stocks to buy because they couldn't "predict their future earnings power." But the conglomerate doesn't own the ETFs anymore. Could Buffett have sold these funds because he expects a stock market crash?

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Alibaba Stock: Buy, Sell, or Hold?

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investors ever since introducing its shares in 2014. Despite its market position, slow growth and an uncertain business environment could give investors pause regarding this internet and direct marketing retail stock. Since the beginning of the year, Alibaba stock is up 2%, versus nearly 15% for the S&P 500.

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Forget IonQ: 3 Quantum Computing Stocks to Buy Instead

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The engineering giant has been into the quantum computing game since 2014, long enough to spin off its quantum team in a Cambridge University partnership called Quantinuum three years ago. But so far, Quantinuum effectively remains a subsidiary of Honeywell. Its cash from operations added up to $5.3 billion last year and Honeywell has $7.9

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Billionaires Can't Get Enough of This ETF in 2024. Is It Right for You?

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An S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (ETF) is the easiest way to get exposure to the broad market. stocks, that is often regarded as "the stock market" even though it doesn't include every publicly traded company. stock market. It's also an easy investment to own. Is the S&P 500 ETF right for you?

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Walmart and 3 Other Dividend Kings That Are Outperforming the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite in 2024

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P&G is yet another example of the market's willingness to pay up for quality. Emerson Electric With over 55 brands spanning numerous industries, Emerson Electric is an industrial conglomerate mainly engaged in business-to-business sales. The stock went practically nowhere in the five-year period between 2014 and 2018.

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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. To get started investing, check out our quick-start guide to investing in stocks. You go back to 2014, a helped up revenue just under $28 billion. Today that's $23 billion.

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Rule Breaker Investing Stock Stories, Vol. 9

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We're a stock market podcast. These are stock stories. Five stock stories to make you smarter, happier, and richer, only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing. Five stock stories to make you smarter, happier, and richer, only on this week's Rule Breaker Investing. We moved to 2014. That keeps me pretty busy.

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