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Down 61% From Its All-Time High, Could This Beaten-Down Dividend King Stock Finally Turn the Corner in 2025?

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from its all-time high (reached in 2021) and up less than 21% from its 10-year low reached on March 19, 2020, during the height of the COVID-19-induced stock market plunge. billion in acquisitions in December 2021. Should you invest $1,000 in Stanley Black & Decker right now? But the stock has been in the doghouse.

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When You Look Back in 5 Years, You'll Wish You'd Bought This Tiny Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock

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DigitalOcean stock is trading about 70% below its all-time high, which was set during the tech frenzy in 2021. However, that might present a golden buying opportunity for investors with an investment horizon of at least five years, because AI could grow to become a significant contributor to DigitalOcean's business by then.

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Should You Reduce Your Exposure to the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF?

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in the most recent quarter, reaching its highest level since November 2021. Choosing the right approach The choice between these scenarios ultimately depends on your risk tolerance, investment goals, investing horizon, and personal outlook on market conditions and AI developments.

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For Only the Third Time in 75 Years, a Prominent Economic Indicator Is Making History. Unfortunately, It's for All the Wrong Reasons.

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Meanwhile, access to historically cheap capital and ongoing fiscal stimulus created a level of investor euphoria that sent the Dow, S&P 500, and Nasdaq Composite catapulting to new highs in 2021. However, your investment horizon is a far more important puzzle piece to the wealth-building equation on Wall Street.

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This Has Happened Only 3 Times Since 1959, and the Previous 2 Instances Led to Serious Bear Markets

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Meanwhile, 2021 and the first eight-plus months of the current year have resembled bull markets. Bear markets can be a blessing for those with a long investment horizon Admittedly, most economists have been calling for a recession since 2023 began -- and they've, thus far, been wrong. Image source: Getty Images.

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PE firms turn to continuation funds amid ongoing exit challenges

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The IPO market downturn since 2021 has made traditional exits via public listings or sales less attractive, leading many PE firms to extend their holdings rather than sell at lower-than-expected prices. The rise of continuation funds comes at a time when private equity firms are struggling to exit assets at desired valuations.

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Is Tencent Stock a Buy?

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After its share price reached an all-time high of nearly $100 in 2021, it lost almost three-quarters of its value, and it's still down by more than half. In other words, Tencent has twin engines of internal business and external investments to keep its growth machine humming. Its 5-year average ratio is 27.