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Warren Buffett's Favorite Stock to Buy Just Hit a Milestone That Only 8 Public Companies Have Ever Achieved

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Riding Buffett's coattails has been a winning strategy for long-term-minded investors. However, the true apple of Buffett's eye , and the stock that recently hit a milestone just eight other public companies have ever achieved, won't be found in Berkshire's quarterly 13Fs. Berkshire Hathaway CEO Warren Buffett.

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This Warren Buffett Indicator Is a Red Flag. Should Investors Worry?

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The Buffett Indicator is the ratio of a country's total market capitalization of public companies to its gross domestic product (GDP). Simply put, it compares the value of a country's public companies to the total value of the goods and services the country produces in a year. As of July 2023, the total U.S.

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2 Leading Tech Stocks to Buy in 2023 and Beyond

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Many have shot up in value over the past decade and made a lot of investors a lot of money along the way. In fact, tech companies now account for seven of the 10 most valuable public companies in the world. With all the success stories from tech companies, it's no wonder they tend to capture the attention of investors.

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Meet Wall Street's Safest Dividend Stock: A Small-Cap Company Few Investors Know Exists

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While Treasury bonds, housing, and commodities like gold, silver, and oil, have had their moments in the sun and, in many instances, made investors richer, no asset class has come close to matching the average annual return from stocks over the last century. On a given day, a little over $2 million worth of the company's shares trade hands.

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SpaceX Launched 98 Times in 2023, Will Go for 144 in 2024

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Twelve months ago ( if you recall ), SpaceX entered 2023 with a list of ambitious goals, the most quotable of which was its promise to launch 100 rockets in a single year and beat its 2022 launch record by a whopping 60%. Now that 2023 is in the history books, we know SpaceX missed that target. SpaceX missed it by that much!

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Warren Buffett Calls This Metric "Worse Than Useless," but Everyone Uses It. Here's How to Make Yourself a Smarter Investor.

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Investors look forward to Warren Buffett's annual shareholder letter, and in the 2023 version, released on Feb. In doing so, he's addressing the vast majority of individual investors. Here's how he counsels investors to use it when evaluating a company. Metric 2021 2022 2023 Net income (loss) $89.9

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5 Magnificent ETFs to Buy Hand Over Fist for the Second Half of 2023

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Everything from short-term news events to investor sentiment can swing the stock market higher or lower at a moment's notice. For some investors, volatility isn't a big deal. For the second half of 2023, investors can confidently buy the following five magnificent ETFs hand over fist. Image source: Getty Images.