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MARCH 6, 2024

Stock Advisor provides investors with an easy-to-follow blueprint for success, including guidance on building a portfolio, regular updates from analysts, and two new stock picks each month. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Year Oscar Nominations Oscar Wins 2014 1 0 2015 1 0 2016 2 0 2017 3 1 2018 8 1 2019 15 4 2020 24 2 2021 36 7 2022 27 1 2023 16 6 2024 19 1 Total 152 23 Data source: Netflix. While it's clear that Netflix has demonstrated its ability to secure Oscar nominations, how has the company actually fared at the star-studded event?

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APRIL 28, 2024

In his fund, Pershing Square Capital Management, Ackman invests 36% of his portfolio in two well-known restaurant stocks. This is a longer-term holding for Pershing Square, which bought these shares in the fourth quarter of 2014, around the time of its IPO. Remember that the top restaurant chains are often popular investments.

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MARCH 28, 2024

The billionaire investor runs a $10 billion portfolio for outside investors, owning positions in just seven stocks that he and the team have held for many years. Here are four stocks that make up a whopping 70% of Ackman's concentrated stock portfolio. Shares are up 194% since 2014, with earnings per share ( EPS ) up 654% as well.

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APRIL 24, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, there are only seven different stocks in the portfolio, and only one of them is a technology stock. In fact, Ackman's three largest non-tech positions make up about 50% of the portfolio's entire market value. of Pershing Square's stock portfolio, and the $1.8

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

It's not surprising, therefore, that his Berkshire Hathaway portfolio includes quite a few stocks with attractive valuations. Meet the most ridiculously cheap stock in Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway portfolio. He's bought several stocks in recent years, but the last time he added to Berkshire's stake in DaVita was way back in 2014.

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DECEMBER 3, 2023

Diversifying the holdings in your investment portfolio can be a valuable tool for most investors. Buffett's hyper-concentrated approach to portfolio composition won't be a good fit for most investors, but it's undoubtedly served him well through the years. of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio is invested in Apple stock as of this writing.

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MARCH 4, 2024

The firm's portfolio currently has approximately $3.3 But does that make them suitable for your portfolio today? OpenAI is a long-term boost for Microsoft's cloud business Tech giant Microsoft has been part of the Duquesne Family portfolio for a decade. Druckenmiller bought his first shares back in 2014.

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JUNE 20, 2024

Imagine yourself in 2014. But 2014 was a tough year. A modest $1,000 investment in Nvidia in June of 2014 would have grown (dividends included) to a stunning $280,600 today! For reference, in Q2 2014, Nvidia made just $977 million in revenue, with adjusted ( non-GAAP ) net margins of 13.6%. NVDA data by YCharts.

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Private Equity Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

PSG Sequel will retain stakes in six portfolio companies: Arcoro, LivTech, Nextlane, Semarchy, Singlewire Software, and Transit Technologies. Since its founding in 2014, PSG has expanded significantly, managing over $28bn in assets with a global team of 269 professionals, including 160 investment specialists. Can`t stop reading?

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APRIL 2, 2025

Sign Up For Free From 2014 to 2024, VeriSign's year-end.com and.net registrations grew from 130.6 From 2014 to 2024, its revenue rose at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4%, its earnings per share (EPS) increased at a CAGR of 12%, and it bought back nearly a fifth of its shares. Start Your Mornings Smarter!

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JANUARY 29, 2024

Let's take a look at each of the stocks in the portfolio, what they say about Ackman's investing style , and whether they are worth buying today. of the Pershing Square portfolio, across both classes of the stock. It's the newest holding in Pershing Square's portfolio as it was added in the first quarter of 2023.

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MAY 1, 2024

On April 29, 2014, Disney 's Captain America: The Winter Soldier was the U.S. From $5,000 to nearly $1 million in a decade Had you invested $5,000 in Nvidia stock on April 29, 2014, your investment would be worth about $990,485, as of April 29, 2024. On April 29, 2014, Nvidia stock closed at a split-adjusted price of $4.67

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JANUARY 2, 2024

Strikingly, the famous moneyman has delivered incredible returns while largely avoiding the time-honored practice of portfolio diversification. billion portfolio is concentrated in just two stocks. of Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio be invested in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock. of the company's portfolio. of Berkshire's $367.5

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

By 2014, it went into a steep decline, and some feared a possible bankruptcy. However, its investment thesis changed dramatically after Lisa Su became CEO in October 2014. By the summer of 2016, investors who bought in the fall of 2014 were finally earning positive returns on the stock.

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JULY 13, 2024

billion it reported nearly a decade earlier in 2014. Not surprisingly, its profits have taken a similar trajectory, soaring from just under $420 million in 2014 to $1.8 Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Average Returns 28.4% Below are the stock's returns in the second half of the year since 2014.

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AUGUST 11, 2024

In 2014, I attended my first Gen Con. In 2014, games giant Hasbro (NASDAQ: HAS) released the fifth edition of the game, with heavy promotion at Gen Con itself, including this near life-size D&D-themed castle constructed within the Indianapolis Convention Center's biggest ballrooms. It was fantastic -- and fortuitous.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Let's have a look at how a more significant investment of $10,000 investment made in 2014 has performed in the past decade. Netflix over the last decade A $10,000 investment in Netflix made in September 2014 would now be worth about $111,000 as of this writing. Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005.

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APRIL 27, 2024

So, it's unsurprising that investing mogul Warren Buffett's holdings company, Berkshire Hathaway , has dedicated more than 40% of its portfolio to tech stocks. Then, in 2014, Lisa Su became AMD's CEO, triggering one of the most impressive turnarounds in the tech market's history.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

She is one of the most bullish voices on Wall Street when it comes to the long-term potential of technology stocks, which is reflected in Ark's various portfolios. The Ark Autonomous Tech and Robotics ETF runs a very concentrated portfolio This Ark ETF was established in 2014 and currently manages $739 million in assets.

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MARCH 6, 2025

Felbro Food Products , a food and beverage manufacturer, has been recapitalized by Felbro Culinary Specialties , a newly formed portfolio company of Clover Capital Partners and Evanston Partners. From 2002 to 2013, she served as CFO and COO of Kronos Foods , a Chicago-based food manufacturer and former Prospect Partners portfolio company.

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JANUARY 23, 2025

The team is building a $2bn stadium and has seen its valuation triple since owner Terry Pegula acquired it in 2014. Arctos brings operational expertise and resources to its portfolio of sports investments, which includes stakes in major teams like the Golden State Warriors, L.A.

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JULY 7, 2024

Gox Bitcoin exchange, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2014, provided good news for creditors. Gox was once the largest Bitcoin exchange in the world, but suffered a devastating hack in 2014, resulting in the loss of over 850,000 Bitcoin. Just a few days after the most recent Bitcoin halving, the defunct Mt. In April, the Mt.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 29, 2024

This acquisition of Viridium, which, as one of the largest managers of legacy insurance portfolios focuses on managing “back books” or portfolios of mature insurance policies until they expire, would add to the $139bn of deal activity seen in Germany so far this year, according to Bloomberg data.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Take a close look at the table below: Company 2014 Market Cap (in billions) 2024 Market Cap (in billions) IBM $182 $178 Nvidia $10 $2,965 In August 2014, IBM 's market cap was roughly 18 times larger than Nvidia 's (NASDAQ: NVDA). In the world of finance, 10 years is the blink of an eye. Want proof? But oh, how the tables have turned.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2024

Note in the graph below how between 2009 and 2014 Lilly's dividend stayed flat. LLY Dividend data by YCharts One of the reasons behind the dividend hike in 2015 could have been the approval of Lilly's diabetes medication Trulicity, which got the nod from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in late 2014.

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APRIL 28, 2024

As shown below, the Russell 2000 returned 236% between 1999 and 2014, more than doubling the performance of the S&P 500. The chart compares returns in the Russell 2000 and the S&P 500 between January 1999 and January 2014. RUT data by YCharts. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years.

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OCTOBER 21, 2024

That was more than 95% below its all-time high from 2014. That's why Microsoft's annual revenue increased at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11% from fiscal 2014 to fiscal 2024 (which ended last June) as its EPS grew at a CAGR of 16%. By this June, Lumen's stock had dipped below $1.

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OCTOBER 1, 2024

Over the past 10 years, the fund has achieved a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.2%, meaning that $10,000 invested in 2014 would be worth $20,350 today. It has generated a 10-year CAGR of 10.1%, meaning a $10,000 investment made in 2014 would have grown to $26,100 today. The fund has a current dividend yield of 3.6%

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JANUARY 24, 2024

MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) founder and chairman Michael Saylor started selling stock in his own company in early January, culled from his portfolio of stock options. The block of 400,000 stock options was set up to placate activist investor group Apex Capital in 2014. This options-based structure wasn't looking good in 2020.

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DECEMBER 5, 2023

billion to $24 billion between 2014 and 2023. from 2014 to 2023. That means if you bought Home Depot stock in 2014, your dividend per share would have increased roughly five-fold. That has helped Home Depot, a primarily brick-and-mortar retailer, to grow revenue at a compound annual rate of 7.7% in the last decade.

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JUNE 6, 2024

With its shares down a stunning 96% since their initial public offering (IPO) in 2014, GoPro (NASDAQ: GPRO) has been a nightmare for early investors. After its IPO in 2014, GoPro attempted to expand outside the action camera market with video drones and digital media. A transformation strategy? Both failed spectacularly.

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MARCH 30, 2024

Delta Revenue 2014 2019 2023 CAGR 2014-2023 CAGR 2019-2023 Loyalty & Other $8 billion $10.1 Delta's senior vice president of Customer Engagement & Loyalty, Dwight James, noted, "Our portfolio is becoming more and more premium. billion $14.5 billion 6.8% Premium $9.6 billion $15 billion $19.1 billion 7.9% Main Cabin $22.4

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JUNE 25, 2024

Unfortunately, this has been the case with Alibaba, and it has lost value since its 2014 initial public offering (IPO) as a result. Indeed, Alibaba's revenue has increased almost 18-fold since between fiscal 2014 and 2024. BABA data by YCharts Still, the U.S. Plus, its stock has traded in a range for the last two years.

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Private Equity Professional

MARCH 3, 2025

“For nearly 80 years, the Gamber family has consistently innovated and expanded its product portfolio and customer base while always focusing on quality and service. The firm was founded in September 2014 and is based in Boca Raton, Florida. 2025 Private Equity Professional | March 4, 2025

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MARCH 26, 2025

Dividend stocks are an important piece of any individual investor's portfolio. Not only do they provide passive income, which is an attractive feature, especially for retirees, but they protect your portfolio when the market is volatile. Warren Buffett loves dividend stocks, and the Berkshire Hathaway portfolio is chock-full of them.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2024

SMCI Revenue (TTM) data by YCharts Supermicro finished fiscal 2014 with revenue of $1.47 According to a third-party estimate, server spending reportedly increased from $55 billion in 2014 to almost $74 billion in 2020. For instance, the company's fiscal 2014 revenue of $1.47

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