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DECEMBER 4, 2024

Investors must now answer a difficult question: Is it smart to buy stocks with the S&P 500 at its record high? From January 1970 to December 2023, the S&P 500 returned an average 9.4% Warren Buffett has a $150 billion warning for investors Warren Buffett is regarded as one of the world's foremost investors.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Consider that it went up by 24% in 2023. As things stand now, 2023-2024 would be the fourth time it's happened. As things stand now, 2023-2024 would be the fourth time it's happened. And investors all want to know what it means for returns in 2025. Latin America's MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI) is a good example.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

There may not be two investors with more successful careers than billionaires Stanley Druckenmiller and David Tepper. It's hard to believe that two investors as successful as Druckenmiller and Tepper could have such different views of the market, but that's why we have a market. Many investors view South America as a big opportunity.

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

That's why investors tend to take notice of Buffett's investing moves and what he has to say about investing at a particular point in time. The Oracle of Omaha, as he's often called, recently made a very significant move -- one that investors shouldn't ignore. In recent times, Buffett's actions may speak louder than words.

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DECEMBER 23, 2024

With thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to choose from, every investor is likely to find one or more securities that'll help them meet their goals. But what's most important to investors is that dividend stocks have crushed non-payers in the return column over the last half-century.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2024

That same investment would have withered to roughly $137,000 as the company disappointed its investors with its slowing growth, shrinking moat, and persistent losses. Roku's numbers of active accounts and streaming hours have risen constantly since its IPO, but its average revenue per user (APRU) peaked in 2022 and fell in 2023.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

Investors are likely familiar with Block (NYSE: SQ) , the budding payments and technology enterprise. Investors looking to invest in Block while it's still down should know these three things first. Patient investors would then start to see soaring profits far into the future. In the three-month period that ended Sept.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

For example, bargain-hunting growth investors might want to consider DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) while its stock is still down 43% from its all-time peak. By the end of 2021, investors were coming to grips with the fact that the fast-growing company was still unprofitable. Image source: DraftKings 2023 Investor Day Presentation.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The tech sector has minted plenty of millionaires over the years, but it has also disappointed many investors who chased the wrong stocks. To find the next millionaire-maker tech stock, investors should seek out companies with unique advantages, high growth rates, and sticky business models.

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

When Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) three years ago, some bullish investors believed the luxury electric vehicle maker could become the next Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). Prior to its public debut, it claimed it could deliver 20,000 vehicles in 2022 and 49,000 vehicles in 2023.

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JANUARY 3, 2025

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) are very popular stocks among individual and institutional investors, but two highly successful hedge fund managers aggressively bought one and sold the other in the third quarter: Ken Griffin of Citadel Advisors purchased 4.7 Long-term investors should feel comfortable buying this stock today.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

There arguably isn't a money manager who commands the attention of professional and everyday investors on Wall Street quite like Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) He's frequently opined that investors shouldn't bet against America, which seems like sage advice, given the expansion of the U.S. CEO Warren Buffett.

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DECEMBER 1, 2024

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has taken its investors on a wild ride over the past three years. Like many other SPAC-backed startups, IonQ disappointed its investors by missing its premerger targets and racked up steep losses. IonQ was one such company that missed its pre-merger expectations from 2021 to 2023. on the first day.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

For decades, no money manager has been more closely followed by investors than Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) billion in net-equity sales Q1 2023 : $10.41 While downside in the stock market isn't something most investors look forward to, it's the ideal scenario for Warren Buffett's cash-rich company.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

More importantly, I'll assess the company's full picture and make the case for why this consumer health business could be a great long-term buy for the right investor. Category Q2 2023 Q3 2023 Q4 2023 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Shares owned 6.6 million 320,000 19.1 million Data source: Hedge Follow.

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DECEMBER 3, 2024

The online bank gave investors renewed confidence in its loan segment along with an excellent third-quarter report at the end of October. It's also benefiting from positive investor sentiment based on lower interest rates and increased market enthusiasm about the economy after the presidential election.

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JANUARY 4, 2025

And for investors in defense stocks , that means the end of every year brings an avalanche of new defense contracts the Pentagon awards in the last weeks of December. See the 10 stocks And this December brought investors in Northrop Grumman (NYSE: NOC) a very big contract win indeed. Where to invest $1,000 right now?

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NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Warren Buffett famously told investors to "be fearful when others are greedy and to be greedy only when others are fearful." However, investors who buy the right stock as the bulls are heading for the exits can generate some life-changing returns. Metric 2021 2022 2023 1H 2024 Revenue $8.0 Is Opendoor poised for a comeback?

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NOVEMBER 11, 2024

A 13F is a required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management. It's a tool that allows investors to see which stocks Wall Street's smartest money managers have been buying and selling. Image source: Getty Images.

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OCTOBER 27, 2024

Below, I'll break down three tailwinds outside of the weight loss market that Lilly investors should not be overlooking right now. Moreover, ultra-long-term investors may want to stick around to see if the company's ambitions in AI begin to bear fruit. Nevertheless, I still think Lilly's stock has a lot of gas left in the tank.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

It now refers to itself as a Bitcoin Treasury Company (or BTC, for short) and has created a new performance metric, known as Bitcoin Yield, to show investors just how successful its buying strategy has been. Once the new ETFs launched, that proxy strategy became relatively less attractive for investors, who wanted 1:1 exposure to Bitcoin.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Some investors may choose to ride the momentum higher or simply put their money to work in market-leading growth stocks. Fortunately, investors don't have to look much further than water utility Essential Utilities. But for income investors, boring companies can be pretty exciting. That can be even more difficult. billion to $8.25

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NOVEMBER 12, 2024

For some investors, those sales suggested Buffett was bracing for a market crash. In 2022 and 2023, inflation and rising rates generated headwinds for Visa and Mastercard as consumer spending slowed down. From 2023 to 2026, analysts expect its revenue to increase at a CAGR of 9% as its EPS rises at a CAGR of 15%.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2024

Because of its broad base of constituent businesses, it is considered by most investors to be the most reliable gauge of stock market performance. The S&P 500 generated gains of 24% in 2023 and is up more than 26% thus far in 2024 (as of this writing). Does that mean the investors will enjoy positive returns in 2025?

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NOVEMBER 29, 2024

However, smart investors understand that sometimes the most obvious opportunities do not necessarily make the wisest investments. All numbers represent millions of shares: Company Q3 2023 Q4 2023 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 Nvidia 43.6 On the surface, investing in Nvidia makes all the sense in the world if you want exposure to AI.

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NOVEMBER 6, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the best stocks to own over the past two years, returning 239% in 2023, 169% so far in 2024, and over 800% since the start of 2023. That's quite the run, and many investors might wonder if year three of its run will also be profitable. billion in revenue, up 80% from last year.

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DECEMBER 14, 2024

Such gains might even make investors forget that its current price is still 35% below the stock's peak in November 2021. Hence, the stock could continue to benefit investors amid its recovery. Furthermore, Shopify increased the prices for its services in 2023, so its not clear how that affected customer churn.

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NOVEMBER 16, 2024

Uber (NYSE: UBER) has taken investors on a wild ride since its IPO on May 9, 2019. It expanded its food delivery business by acquiring Postmates in 2020, and it turned profitable in 2023 by exiting its weaker overseas markets and divesting its non-core divisions. on March 18, 2020. Image source: Uber.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2024

Well, luckily, the Securities and Exchange Commission requires institutional investors managing over $100 million to file a form 13F once per quarter. One investor I enjoy following is Ken Griffin, the billionaire co-founder of the Citadel investment firm. Q2 2023: 3.4 million shares Q3 2023: 5 million Q4 2023: 4.2

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JANUARY 4, 2025

Up more than 225% in 2024, the shares have clearly attracted a ton of interest from investors. First off , let's understand what IonQ does , and why it is attracting so much interest from investors. At any rate, investors should understand the potential risks and rewards that come with owning IonQ stock.

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DECEMBER 12, 2024

Investors who had held back due to fear it was underwriting bad loans were relieved to see delinquencies longer than 90 days decline for two consecutive quarters after peaking at 0.72% earlier this year. Q3 2023 Q4 2023 Q1 2024 Q2 2024 Q3 2024 90+ Day Personal Loan Delinquencies 0.48% 0.56% 0.72% 0.64% 0.57% Data by SoFi Technologies.

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DECEMBER 10, 2024

At the same time, some investors seem a tad concerned about the relative slowdown in Nvidia's growth. That may lead investors to look for alternative ways to capitalize on the growth of the AI chip market. For comparison, generative AI accounted for 15% of Broadcom's fiscal 2023 semiconductor revenue of $28 billion -- just $4.2

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NOVEMBER 8, 2024

Shares of Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) , an artificial intelligence (AI) data analytics company, jumped this week after the company reported better-than-expected third-quarter results and issued guidance that impressed investors. billion (at the midpoint), which is an increase of 26% from 2023's sales.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

It's also the top investor in OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, and it's been integrating that start-up's generative AI tools into its own services. Let's see why Palantir outperformed Microsoft by such a wide margin -- and if it's still the better AI stock for growth-focused investors. Image source: Getty Images.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2024

Here's a look at three key reasons that investors might like Altria. and why those same reasons might lead investors to avoid the stock. dividend yield Dividend investors are the most likely kind of investor to be attracted to Altria thanks to the stock's huge 7.3% in 2023, and 10.6% Altria has a giant 7.3%

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OCTOBER 31, 2024

But I believe investors should forget about Nvidia. Two leading AI enterprises Investors need to consider two well-known stocks whose products and services they likely use daily. Many positive factors Besides riding the AI wave, Alphabet and Meta Platforms have other compelling traits that investors should pay attention to.

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OCTOBER 26, 2024

22, the S&P 500 (INDEX: ^SPX) the broad-market index is up 21.5%, and through the first nine months of the year, the index had its best performance since 1997, when investors were in the throes of the dot-com boom. From 2000 to 2023, the median Wall Street forecast missed the end-of-the-year result by 13.8 Through Oct.

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