The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock is surging once again, passing Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to become the second most valuable U.S.-based company behind Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Nvidia's new Blackwell graphics processing unit architecture could deliver significant performance improvements and cost efficiency, which would be a win for Nvidia and its customers. Folks looking to invest in artificial intelligence (AI) could simply buy Nvidia stock as a catch-all way to play a rise in computing power demand.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Callie Cox joined me on the show again this week to discuss questions about investing in alternatives, the plight of the homebuyer, the current state of stock market valuations, and overcoming financial mistakes. Further Reading: What If You Invested at the Peak Right Before the 2008 Crisis? The post Sequence of Returns appeared first on A Wealth of Common Sense.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) has been showing a lot of interest in healthcare in recent years. It launched an online pharmacy in 2020, and last year, it acquired primary care company One Medical. It also got into telehealth before abandoning that business. But one thing's for sure: Healthcare is on the tech giant's radar. Retail pharmacy giants Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) and CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) have been struggling in recent years, but the looming threat from Amazon hasn't crippled their

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 17, 2024

German companies have become relatively small and relatively cheap

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (NYSE: TSM) , also known as TSMC, charged as much as 13.4% higher on Thursday. As of 2:13 p.m. ET, the stock was still up 11.4%. Driving the semiconductor specialist higher were its quarterly financial results, which came in ahead of expectations. AI continues to chug along After the blistering share price rally that kicked off early last year, many stocks in the artificial intelligence (AI) space have been taking a breather as investors take

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

OCTOBER 17, 2024

By Matt Pais, MDRT Content Specialist It should surprise no one to hear that your health is important. Willpower, however, can be incredibly difficult — even when you’re trying to be disciplined about balanced eating. Bob Davies, a former coach of college football players and an Olympian, recommends being proactive to prevent yourself from a binge you’d regret: “I was taking a trip from Los Angeles airport to Newark in New Jersey.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

When it comes to looking at undervalued stocks, investors might be cautious in a hypercompetitive industry like coffee. While the Starbucks brand has distinguished itself in the coffee market, most coffee houses are independents or smaller chains that are not well suited for public markets. Still, over the last few years, one competitor has emerged from obscurity and is rapidly marching across the country in a regional-to-national expansion.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The was a time when the key players in space exploration were all government-run operations, but over the past few decades, privately run projects like SpaceX and Blue Origin have become a bigger part of the picture. Investors looking to get in on the action may wish they could buy into Elon Musk's SpaceX , but that company doesn't plan on making a public stock debut anytime soon.

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Nordic early-stage investor Node.VC has raised a €71m fund targeting the region's most disruptive startups. The post Node.vc eyes the Nordics’ most disruptive startups with €71m fund close appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Americans have a lot of misunderstandings about debt, especially when considering small business loans. Entrepreneurs tend to glamorize the idea of "bootstrapping" a small business, and doing it with minimal start-up cash. But sometimes small business loans can be the best thing to happen to your business. It's true that keeping expenses low and making aggressive moves to find reliable revenue are smart strategies for any new company.

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Branded businesses investor Victor Capital has hit a $310m final close for its oversubscribed sophomore fundraise. The post Victor Capital strikes $310m for sophomore ‘branded businesses’ fund appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Collecting dividends from stocks is a great way to generate income without trimming a position. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that pay dividends can help you take your diversified income-investing game to the next level. Sure, an ETF might not be as exciting as a hidden gem stock with market-beating potential. However, the hands-off approach of generating income from a passive investment vehicle like an ETF can be an excellent choice for folks looking for a tool to help them reach their financial

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

South African rugby officials have explained the decision to postpone a special general meeting (SGM) in Cape Town, initially scheduled for Thursday, to discuss private equity investment in the sport’s commercial rights. The delay follows a request from Gayton McKenzie, South Africa’s Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture. In a statement, SA Rugby confirmed the postponement: “The planned SGM to consider a private equity investment in the sport’s commercial rights has been postponed at the request

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

If you're just getting started along the investing path, the idea of picking your first batch of potentially winning stocks may seem intimidating. After all, it takes time and energy to research individual stocks and industries, and if you're starting from scratch, this may look like a very big job. You could just pick up shares of today's top-performing stocks, but you may not have the budget to invest in more than one or two -- and ideally, a winning portfolio contains many stocks across indus

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Science and tech investor KdT Ventures has raised more than $100m for its oversubscribed fourth fund, a greater than 25% increase compared to its predecessor vehicle. The post KdT Ventures eschews ballooning fund sizes to focus on early investment, seals over $100m for fourth fund appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Over the past decade, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) has been one of the best-performing assets in the world. It has skyrocketed in value from just $100 to its current value of $65,000. The good news is that it may not be too late to invest in Bitcoin's extraordinary upside potential. According to Michael Saylor, founder and executive chairman of MicroStrategy , Bitcoin is likely to hit a price of $13 million by 2045.

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Advent International is reportedly prepping a buyout offer for UK food and ingredients maker Tate & Lyle which could value the business above its current £2.8bn market cap. The post Deal Roundup: Advent said to seek Tate & Lyle buyout at more than £2.8bn, appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Over the last couple of years, pharmaceutical giant Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) has made a splash in the red-hot weight loss space. The company's path-breaking innovation in using glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) agonists, Mounjaro and Zepbound, are just two of the company's blockbuster drugs helping pave the way in diabetes and obesity care, respectively.

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AltAssets

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Services businesses-focused private equity investor Percheron Capital has hired former Audax PE investor relations specialist Megan Lundy as a managing director and head of IR. The post Percheron follows soaring $1.55bn sophomore fundraise by bringing in ex-Audax IR specialist Lundy appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) could be seen as the equivalent of the tortoise in Aesop's famous fable of the tortoise and the hare by some investors. Like the fabled tortoise, ETFs win the race but do so by being slow and steady. But not every ETF fits that stereotype. Some funds sprint like Aesop's hare and are big winners for investors. One Vanguard ETF even turned $10,000 into over $28,000 in just five years.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

HSBC Asset Management (HSBC AM) is to launch its Vision Private Equity 2025 Fund in November 2024, following the successful final close of its Vision Private Equity 2024 Fund in June 2024 with $403.15m in capital commitments. This will be the seventh vintage of HSBC AM’s Vision Private Equity strategy, which offers investors access to global private equity opportunities through a single vintage institutional-style discretionary portfolio diversified by geography, sector, and strategy.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Ken Griffin subscribes to the theory that you shouldn't put all your eggs in one basket. His Citadel hedge fund's portfolio includes over 5,800 holdings. How has this highly diversified strategy worked out for Griffin? Quite well, considering he's currently worth roughly $43 billion. With such a big portfolio, it's not surprising that Griffin owns positions in many artificial intelligence (AI) stocks.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The market for secondary sales of private equity (PE) stakes is experiencing unprecedented activity this year as investors look to exit ageing assets due to a cash crunch and a slowdown in dealmaking, according to a report by the Financial Times. Pension funds and endowments, which have seen limited cash payouts from their unlisted investments, are driving a surge in these once-niche transactions.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Although the two-year anniversary of Wall Street's bull market is largely due to excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) , it'd be a mistake to overlook the key role stock-split euphoria has played in lifting select market leaders in 2024. A stock split is a tool available to publicly traded companies that allows them to cosmetically adjust their share price and outstanding share count by the same factor.

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Rising rates have boosted profits and policymakers want banks that can compete with US rivals.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

On Wall Street, investors are never hurting for data. We're currently kicking off a six-week period (affably known as "earnings season") where a majority of S&P 500 companies will lift the hood on their most recent quarterly operating performance. In addition to a barrage of operating results, economic data releases occur almost every day. It can be easy to miss something important.

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Private Equity Wire

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Global private investment giant Apollo Global Management is gearing up to expand its private credit business, aiming to play a significant role in providing high-grade capital solutions to major corporations, according to a report by Bloomberg. As part of its strategy to double in size by 2029, the alternative-asset manager is increasingly focused on this “next frontier” of private credit, which targets well-capitalised companies looking for flexible financing options.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been a pretty sure bet for investors over the past few years. The artificial intelligence (AI) chip giant has delivered triple-digit gains in earnings quarter after quarter, and that has prompted the stock to skyrocket. Nvidia shares have climbed more than 2,500% over the past five years and are heading for an increase of more than 160% in 2024.

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Steve Sanduski

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Guest: Ramesh Srinivasan, a senior partner at McKinsey & Company and co-author of The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead from the Inside Out. In a Nutshell: How well do you know yourself? The absolute best business leaders work hard to understand their emotions, motivations, and limitations so that they can identify their inner purpose and align it with the outcomes they want their teams to achieve.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

One of the best ways to build wealth is through investing, and whether you are a new investor or an experienced one, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that track major market indexes can be solid core holdings. The great thing about index ETFs is that they are great buy-and-hold investments that you can hold on to for a lifetime and continue to invest more money into throughout the years.

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Blackstone News

OCTOBER 17, 2024

The post Blackstone Reports Third-Quarter 2024 Earnings appeared first on Blackstone.

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OCTOBER 17, 2024

Dividend investing can create substantial passive income over time. A conservative example illustrates this potential: Investing $10,000 annually for 40 years in a stock yielding 3.1% with 2.5% annual dividend growth could generate $44,316 in yearly dividend income. This strategy could also build a portfolio worth over $1.4 million, assuming normal market conditions.

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Financial Times M&A

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Plus, inside the relentless pursuit of 7-Eleven and Anne Wojcicki scrambles to save 23andMe

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) , the parent company of Google, is getting absolutely no love from the public markets right now. In fact, from a valuation standpoint, it's actually cheaper than the broader market, measured by the S&P 500. That's an odd statement, considering that Alphabet is one of the most dominant tech companies on the market today.

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Mainsail

OCTOBER 17, 2024

Estero, FL – October 17, 2024 – Rentvine , a property management software platform serving the long-term residential property rental market, is excited to announce a strategic partnership with Property Manager Websites (PMW). As part of this partnership, PMW will become a wholly owned subsidiary of Rentvine, while continuing to operate autonomously under its own brand.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 17, 2024

ASML (NASDAQ: ASML) stock is falling after reporting quarterly financial results that disappointed stock market investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Oct. 14, 2024. The video was published on Oct. 16, 2024. Don’t miss this second chance at a potentially lucrative opportunity Ever feel like you missed the boat in buying the most successful stocks?

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Wealthfront

OCTOBER 17, 2024

At Wealthfront, we want to help you build long-term wealth on your own terms. That’s why we’ve built a robust suite of accounts powered by automation, with the goal of keeping both your costs and taxes low. If you’re looking for guidance on which accounts are best suited to your needs and situation, we’re here […] The post Which Wealthfront Account Is Right for You?

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