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OCTOBER 28, 2024

2015 48,098.63 For perspective, here are the past 10 wage base limits: Year Wage Base Limit 2024 $168,600 2023 $160,200 2022 $147,000 2021 $142,800 2020 $137,700 2019 $132,900 2018 $128,400 2017 $127,200 2016 $118,500 2015 $118,500 Data source: Social Security Administration. 2022 63,795.13 2021 60,575.07 2020 55,628.60 2019 54,099.99

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MARCH 2, 2024

If you lived on the East Coast in 2015, you probably remember the saga of Raytheon's wandering blimp. In coverage of the 2015 fiasco, CBS News reported that a single JLENS blimp cost about $235 million. It's ba-a-ck! It's unclear from the notification precisely how many such systems Poland is ordering. But this arms sale's $1.2

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MAY 18, 2024

There were some years with 0% increases (most recently, 2015) and some with double-digit increases (1980 and 1981). 2015 0% 2016 0.3% 2015 0% 2016 0.3% Cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) through the years Between 1975 and 2023, Social Security's COLAs averaged 3.8%. Of course, that's just the average. 1988 4% 1989 4.7%

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FEBRUARY 3, 2024

Year CPI-W COLA CPI-E COLA 2015 1.7% Year CPI-W COLA CPI-E COLA Higher COLA 2015 1.7% The chart below compares the actual CPI-W COLAs to theoretical CPI-E COLAs over the last decade. It also shows the total COLA for each method at the bottom. 2% 2016 0% 0.6% 8% 2024 3.2% 4% Total COLA 30.8% Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) in July 2023.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2024

raise between 2014 and 2015. 2015 $1.32 A history of meaningful dividend raises The $0.10 dividend raise is the largest nominal increase since Coke's $0.10 But because the dividend is higher today, the percentage increase is 5.4% compared to 8.2% 10 years ago. Year Dividends per Share Year-Over-Year Increase 2024 (projected) $1.94

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JUNE 10, 2024

That growth was driven by its robust sales of iPhones (especially the iPhone 6 in 2014 and the 6S in 2015), the Apple Watch's launch in 2015, and the expansion of its services ecosystem. It also bought back more than a third of its shares over the past ten years.

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JULY 13, 2024

Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Average Returns 28.4% Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Average Returns 23.7% (3.6%) 13.3% Year 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Average Returns (0.3%) 8.4% 12.7% (4.1%) 17% 0.1% 32.2% (1.3%) 15.9% Data source: YCharts. billion to $22.4

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JUNE 7, 2024

Shopify 's (NYSE: SHOP) stock performance has been a mixed bag since the company went public in 2015. In 2015, for example, Shopify shares were priced at 20 times sales. Those who bought in at the start and have held on since then are sitting on a 2,220% gain. But the stock has also taken some steep drops along the way.

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MAY 17, 2024

Those are difficult footsteps to follow, but there's one cryptocurrency that is starting to remind me a lot of what Ethereum looked like in 2015. Back in July 2015, when it officially launched, Ethereum traded for less than $1. It may still be early, but there are several good reasons it could be ready for a major move.

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JUNE 16, 2024

As a result, an investment of just $100 in 2015 would have likely been enough to make you a crypto millionaire today. Remember: In 2015, Ethereum had the all-important first-mover advantage. There's no denying that Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) has been one of the best crypto investments of the past decade. But what about today?

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

PayPal has struggled with declining margins and slower growth, which has caused the stock to trade around its cheapest valuation since it spun off from eBay in 2015. Now looks like an excellent time to buy the stock, which is on the low end of its valuation since its 2015 IPO. times sales.

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JULY 27, 2024

But there's a reason Warren Buffett's kept a sizable Kraft Heinz stake in Berkshire Hathway 's portfolio since melding the two food companies into one back in 2015. Back in 2015, Berkshire already held a big piece of condiment titan Heinz. That is, he still sees hope.

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MAY 16, 2024

After a number of large acquisitions from chip design giant Intel in 2015 and another by AMD in 2022, I've written about how small chip design house Lattice Semiconductor (NASDAQ: LSCC) is the last FPGA pure-play company left standing. FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) are a type of logic chip.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

In December 2015, Elon Musk's SpaceX did something no other organization on Earth -- either government-run or corporate -- had ever managed to do before: Launch a rocket into orbit and then land it back on solid ground on Earth safely. But at least three companies aim to try to repeat that achievement soon. Image source: Getty Images.

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AUGUST 15, 2024

The properties' development was funded by Medical Properties Trust between 2015 and 2017 for Adeptus Health. For its money, University of Colorado Health is receiving 11 freestanding-healthcare properties in the western state. These include primary and urgent care facilities, among other structures.

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OCTOBER 13, 2024

Nike's latest stock split was performed just before the holidays of 2015. Those handy-dandy dividend reinvestment plans (DRIPs) can make a big difference in the long run. Will Nike split its stock again? The stock has underperformed the S&P 500 market index since then, making Nike an unlikely candidate for more stock splits anytime soon.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2024

Spending on public cloud usage rose from $31 billion in 2015 to nearly $200 billion in 2023. This technology has been the linchpin driving total returns of over 900% since 2015 for both stocks. Artificial intelligence (AI) looks like the next big thing.

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MARCH 2, 2024

Since its initial public offering (IPO) in 2015, Shopify stock has increased in value by 2,900%. Shopify already has a solid share of this market, but it's easy to see how it could double or triple its user base over time, especially considering it held just a tiny fraction of the market when shares went public in 2015.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

Walgreens is much smaller than the $100 billion market cap reached in 2015, with its value falling to just $7.4 The WSJ reported that according to "people familiar with the matter," talks could be consummated by the early part of next year. billion yesterday but vaulting to over $9 billion as of this writing.

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MAY 10, 2024

Alphabet unveiled Google's first Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) AI chip in 2015, and Amazon debuted its Inferentia AI chip in 2018. Competitors have been trying to take the crown from Nvidia for years, yet its technology is unsurpassed for processing AI. Despite those years of competition, Nvidia remains unchallenged.

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MARCH 31, 2024

In 2023, Apple sold 231 million iPhones -- virtually identical to the number it sold in 2015. Year iPhone Unit Sales iPhone Revenue 2015 231.2 Moreover, iPhone revenue appears to have gone flat. The figure last year was $201 billion. That's down from $205 billion in 2022. million $155 billion 2016 211.8 million $136.8 billion 2017 216.7

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JULY 3, 2023

Volvo, which itself had been acquired by the Chinese automaker Geely (OTC: GELYY) in 2010, bought Polestar's brand in 2015. A brighter future than many of its peers Polestar was originally a racing team that modified Volvo 's vehicles into high-performance race cars.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

From the company's initial public offering in November 2015 to the stock's peak in August 2021, the share price skyrocketed more than 2,000% higher. Shareholders must pay close attention to this going forward to ensure the strategy is working. Betting on earnings growth Block shares were once some of the best-performing on Wall Street.

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JUNE 30, 2024

Deemed filing The Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 made an important change often referred to as the "deemed filing" rule that affects Social Security spousal benefits. If this spouse retires early or holds off until age 70, it won't change the amount of the spousal benefit. However, it would impact the survivor's benefit if he or she dies.

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MARCH 30, 2024

A 2015 Bankers Life study found that 6 out of 10 retirees who continue working do so for non-financial reasons including staying mentally sharp and having a sense of purpose. A total of 34% answered that they regretted not working longer. While this was a financial regret, there could be more to it than just money.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

2016 0% 2015 1.7% That's very close to the 2.6% average annual hike over the past two decades. The table below lists some recent Social Security COLAs: Year COLA 2024 3.2% 2018 2% 2017 0.3% Source: Social Security Administration. If you think that 2.5% isn't much of an increase, you're not alone.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2024

In addition to its $15 special dividend this year, the company paid special dividends of $7, $5, $7, and $10 in 2012, 2015, 2017, and 2020, respectively. It has a long enough history of resurfacing that it's fair (and probably even wise) to anticipate more in the years ahead.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

The company's offshore platforms had been shut down since a 2015 oil spill, and the county had stalled approving safety valve installations for the field. A big break There was a big catalyst for Sable Offshore this week when the company reached a settlement with Santa Barbara County in California.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Since going public in May 2002, Netflix has conducted two splits: 2-for-1 in February 2004, and 7-for-1 in July 2015. This is in the neighborhood of the price point Netflix shares traded at prior to its July 2015 split. But as of the closing bell on Nov. 19, shares of the company were tipping the scales at $871.

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AUGUST 24, 2024

Sales of Apple's signature product -- the iPhone -- grew every year between 2007 and 2015, but they've been flat since then. That's because Nvidia's core business -- making the graphics processing units (GPUs) that will power cutting-edge AI systems for the next decade -- is on a long-term growth trajectory that Apple simply can't match.

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MARCH 19, 2024

Alphabet: $240 billion in share repurchases since 2015 Another S&P 500 component that's turned on the proverbial jets in the buyback department in recent years is Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) , the parent of internet search engine Google, social media site YouTube, and autonomous driving company Waymo, among other ventures.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Its yield hasn't been below 5% since 2015. Whatever you want to call them, though, they're attractive and growing. Energy Transfer's distribution yield (on a forward-looking basis) tops 7.9%. Granted, the company slashed its distribution in 2020 because it needed to pay down debt. However, Energy Transfer's debt load isn't as problematic now.

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MARCH 17, 2024

The following table shows the maximum earnings thresholds by year since 1973: Year Earnings Year Earnings 1973 $10,800 1999 $72,600 1974 $13,200 2000 $76,200 1975 $14,100 2001 $80,400 1976 $15,300 2002 $84,900 1977 $16,500 2003 $87,000 1978 $17,700 2004 $87,900 1979 $22,900 2005 $90,000 1980 $25,900 2006 $94,200 1981 $29,700 2007 $97,500 1982 $32,400 (..)

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NOVEMBER 23, 2024

Since its 2015 IPO and with co-founder Tobias Lütke at the helm, Shopify has grown at a CAGR well above what it would need in the next 15 years to become a trillion-dollar stock. Further, there is a built-in system that gives merchants many more options. SHOP Total Return Level data by YCharts.

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MAY 27, 2024

Year Earnings Year Earnings 1975 $14,100 2000 $76,200 1976 $15,300 2001 $80,400 1977 $16,500 2002 $84,900 1978 $17,700 2003 $87,000 1979 $22,900 2004 $87,900 1980 $25,900 2005 $90,000 1981 $29,700 2006 $94,200 1982 $32,400 2007 $97,500 1983 $35,700 2008 $102,000 1984 $37,800 2009 $106,800 1985 $39,600 2010 $106,800 1986 $42,000 2011 $106,800 1987 $43,800 (..)

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APRIL 25, 2024

2015 0% 2023 3.2% As the table below shows, a four-year run of benefits increases topping 2% is something that has not happened since 2008. Year COLA Year COLA Year COLA 2003 2.1% 2024 2.6% (projected) 2009 0% 2017 2% 2010 0% 2018 2.8%

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APRIL 9, 2024

It also wouldn't experience any substantial hiccups until late 2015, making it seem like the safest time to buy. ^SPX data by YCharts Now let's say you waited a little longer and began investing in January 2013. At that point, the market had been surging for several years. However, you'd have only earned returns of around 127% by 2020.

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