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Is Amazon Stock a Buy?

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So, let's take a look at whether prospective investors still have a good chance at seeing excellent returns by holding Amazon stock over the next several years. But Amazon has a dominant position in several attractive growth niches, generates ample cash, and is productively deploying that capital into industries that should grow for decades.

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$9,000 Invested in ExxonMobil and Each of These 2 Dividend Stocks to Generate Over $1,000 in Passive Income per Year

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Over the last year or two, some of the major catalysts driving the market higher have included the prospect of lower inflation, lower interest rates, and accelerated growth in the tech sector. Better yet, Kinder Morgan's prospects for growing FCF and earnings to support its growing dividend look bright. But it wasn't always this way.

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Why It Makes No Sense to Invest in the Airline Industry (and Why Boeing and General Electric Investors Will Do It Anyway)

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Airlines aren't productive (at least for shareholders) The ultimate test of whether a company is allocating capital productively for shareholders is the comparison between its return on invested capita l (ROIC) and its weighted average cost of capital (WACC). and Boeing wasn't one of them!

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Study: $56.6 Billion Was Spent on Video Games in 2022. Here Are 3 Gaming Stocks on the Rise.

The Motley Fool

Its prospects even led Microsoft to spend $68 billion to keep one of the leading game companies, Activision Blizzard, all to itself. This aligns with management's goal to reduce risks while continuing to grow the value of the business for shareholders. Should you invest $1,000 in Take-Two Interactive Software right now?

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Microsoft and These 2 Growth Stocks Aren't Passive Income Powerhouses Yet, but They Continue to Raise Their Dividends at a Rapid Rate

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It has emerged as arguably the best dividend-paying semiconductor stock as it passes along profits directly to shareholders. But as impressive as Visa's dividend raises have been, they're far from the only way the company returns capital to shareholders. Visa has reduced its outstanding share count by 21% over the last decade.

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2 High-Yield Dividend Stocks That Could Be Worth Holding Forever

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That supports both large payments to shareholders and slow-and-steady dividend growth. Midstream stocks like Enterprise and Enbridge offer high yields at least partly because growth prospects for the industry are modest. Even when energy prices move up or down, demand for energy tends to remain fairly resilient.

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Billionaire Ken Griffin Is Selling Nvidia Stock and Buying This Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Hand Over Fist

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Importantly, Citadel still had twice as much capital invested in Nvidia as Palantir as of June 30, so it would be wrong to assume Griffin lacks confidence in the chipmaker. Palantir has reoriented its go-to-market strategy around AIP bootcamps, workshops where prospective clients learn to use the platform in days.