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Why Shares of VinFast Auto Collapsed This Week

The Motley Fool

What happened Shares of recently minted public company VinFast Auto (NASDAQ: VFS) collapsed as much as 44.6% The Vietnamese manufacturer of electric vehicles ( EVs ) just went public through a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) and soared over 100% on the back of investor hype and its low float.

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1 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stock You'll Want to Have on Your Radar as Rate Cuts Loom

The Motley Fool

In 2022 and 2023, the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates 11 times in an effort to stifle abnormally high levels of inflation. Furthermore, some BDCs, such as Ares Capital, offer more sophisticated financing solutions -- making them appealing to larger public companies as well. Well, not exactly.

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Berkshire Hathaway Holds Bank of America, American Express, Visa, and Mastercard Stock, but So Does This Low-Cost Vanguard ETF

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Although Berkshire is known for its public equity investments in companies like Apple and Coca-Cola , the value of the rest of the business is actually much higher. In fact, Berkshire's holdings in public companies are worth about $320 billion compared to the $1.026 trillion market cap for Berkshire as a whole.

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Why DraftKings Rocketed 209% in 2023, and What's in Store for 2024

The Motley Fool

While the stock is still more than 50% below its 2021 all-time highs, 2023 was a year for the DraftKings bulls, with the stock soaring over 209% and becoming one of the best stocks in the market last year. Why DraftKings soared in 2023 It wasn't just speculative investors bidding up DraftKings stock in 2023. million) to ($302.1

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2 Nasdaq-100 Stocks That Are No-Brainer Buys in 2025, and 1 to Avoid

The Motley Fool

The Nasdaq-100 , which is comprised of 100 of the largest non-financial public companies listed on the Nasdaq stock exchange, gained 25% last year and 92%, in aggregate, over the two-year period between the start of 2023 and end of 2024. and Discovery in April 2022, the company has generated $2.66 Discovery is a cash cow.

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The metrics that matter for a successful exit

Insight Partners

This can help them stay on track and position their business as an appealing opportunity for potential acquirers or public investors. Choose your exit: IPO or acquisition? Each requires you to make different decisions as your company grows. Of the 7,500 software deals in 2023, just 2% were public listings*.

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Stratasys (SSYS) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Transcript

The Motley Fool

Stratasys (NASDAQ: SSYS) Q3 2023 Earnings Call Nov 16, 2023 , 8:30 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Hello, and welcome to the Stratasys Q3 2023 earnings conference call and webcast. Image source: The Motley Fool. Please go ahead, Yonah.