The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Jensen Huang is the CEO of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , a company whose chips power the vast majority of artificial intelligence (AI) systems. At a technology conference last year, Huang made a bold declaration: "The next wave of AI is here. Robotics, powered by physical AI, will revolutionize industries." Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) , made a related prediction last year: "I think by 2040, probably there are more humanoid robots than there are people.

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Financial Times M&A

JANUARY 5, 2025

Boutiques counting on M&A rebound to support elevated valuations and star hires

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Many people dream of owning a portfolio of rental properties that can produce enough passive income to cover their living expenses. That could enable them to retire early or spend less time working, giving them more freedom. That was once my goal. However, I've found a much easier way to make passive income from real estate. My strategy is to invest in real estate investment trusts ( REITs ) and other real estate investments that don't require me to manage rental properties.

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 5, 2025

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: The Truth About Musk, From His Biographer : A viral Bluesky thread introduced tens of thousands around the world to a first glimpse of a forthcoming biography of Elon Musk. Herein a single essayis some of what the world just learned. ( Proof ) The California Job-Killer That Wasnt : The state raised the minimum wage for fast-food workersand employment kept rising.

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Africa Capital Digest

JANUARY 5, 2025

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post responsAbility backs Bisedge with mezzanine debt first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

JANUARY 5, 2025

By Antoinette Tuscano, MDRT senior content specialist When clients dont understand what you can offer them and object, theyre not saying no to you. Instead, theyre reacting to their biases. As a financial advisor, you can ask clients questions and discover the bias behind their objections. Find out how these MDRT members ask questions that challenge clients assumptions about passing on generational wealth and legacy planning.

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JANUARY 5, 2025

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Climate Fund Managers buys 24% stake in green hydrogen project first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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Africa Capital Digest

JANUARY 5, 2025

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post FinDev Canada makes first-time commitment to Pembani Remgro fund first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Arguably the world's greatest stock picker isn't picking many stocks these days. Warren Buffett has been a net seller of stocks for eight consecutive quarters. I suspect when Berkshire Hathaway discloses the transactions it made in the fourth quarter of 2024, that count will increase to nine. There's a reason Buffett isn't buying many stocks -- and it's the same reason he ranks among the greatest investors of all time.

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Africa Capital Digest

JANUARY 5, 2025

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post TymeBank secures $250mln at unicorn valuation first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

The S&P 500 up over 55% in the last two years. Naturally, investors are likely wondering how much longer the bull market rally can go. Although no one knows what will definitively happen this year, it's clear the broader market has gotten more expensive. So it's even more important to ensure you are investing in top companies that you are willing to hold through periods of volatility.

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Africa Capital Digest

JANUARY 5, 2025

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Google, DFC, and FinnFund back Cassava with equity first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Are you still setting up your portfolio for maximum growth in 2025? Maybe you're thinking even longer-term than that. Either way, there are plenty of tremendous prospects out there. Here's a closer look at three of them. 1. Axon Enterprise If Axon Enterprise (NASDAQ: AXON) rings a bell, you may remember this company was all the rage about 20 years ago, when tasers and body cams first started becoming standard-issue equipment for law enforcement personnel.

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Africa Capital Digest

JANUARY 5, 2025

Africa Capital Digest reported on the following $100 million plus final closes held by Africa-focused [.] The post Wrapping 2024; 8 $200mln-plus Private Capital Fund Closes in Africa first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

This past year was another terrific one for technology stocks in particular. Tailwinds driven by artificial intelligence (AI) helped push the S&P 500 higher by 23%, while the Nasdaq Composite gained an impressive 29%. The " Magnificent Seven " stocks were among the year's top gainers in the market, and perhaps no other garnered more attention than semiconductor leader Nvidia -- which was the top-performing stock in the Dow Jones Industrial Average in 2024.

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Africa Capital Digest

JANUARY 5, 2025

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post DPIs new billion-dollar fund piques IFCs interest first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

E-commerce pioneer Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock has been a roller-coaster ride in recent years. Share prices soared more than 50% in three of the last eight years, mixed in with a 50% drop in 2022. The company soared amid the golden e-commerce era of coronavirus lockdowns, but came back to earth with a bang when the world got back to work and made Amazon's shipping network upgrade look frivolous.

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Africa Capital Digest

JANUARY 5, 2025

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post AfDBs SEFA backs two climate-focused funds first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) said it would increase its capital expenditures to $80 billion in 2025. That's great news for Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 2, 2025. The video was published on Jan. 4, 2025. Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free Dont miss this second chance at a potentially lucrative opportunity Ever feel like you missed the boat in buying the most successful

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JANUARY 5, 2025

The 2020s are already halfway over. Crazy right?! That’s what I’m supposed to say as a middle-aged person, even with the knowledge that father time is undefeated. It’s hard to believe we’re five years removed from the start of the pandemic. We’ve lived througha wild half-decade in the markets in that time. Every year in the 2020s has seen a big move.

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JANUARY 5, 2025

The technology sector is home to some of the market's best-performing growth stocks. The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index has more than doubled in the last five years, but with artificial intelligence (AI) attracting lots of interest from Fortune 500 corporations, there are still attractive opportunities for long-term investors. Wall Street analysts see substantial upside potential this year for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) and Monday.com (NASDAQ: MNDY).

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The Big Picture

JANUARY 5, 2025

A hit record is something that someone hears once, maybe twice, and can’t get out of their head. Or as Ahmet Ertegun said… A hit record is something you hear on late-night radio that causes you to get out of bed, get dressed, and go to the all-night record shop to buy. A hit record can be a chart success, but not necessarily. The Dave Matthews Band’s first hit record was “Ants Marching,” which showed up nowhere on the hit parade, but when you played it for someone,

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

If you're looking for stocks that can produce heaps of passive income, you want to turn your attention toward a pair of beaten-down real estate investment trusts. W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) , and Realty Income (NYSE: O) are two highly reliable dividend payers that have been beaten down to near 52-week lows. The Federal Reserve lowered its target interest rate a full point in 2024, but bond traders aren't reading this message as you probably expect them to.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

The right investment has the power to transform your portfolio, and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a smart way to supercharge your savings with very little effort. An ETF is a group of securities bundled together into a single investment. Each fund can contain dozens or hundreds of stocks, and by investing in just one share of an ETF, you'll instantly own a stake in all the companies within that fund.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

We're just days away from the first Social Security checks of 2025. The average retiree will get $49 more compared to last month, bringing the average benefit to $1,976 per monthly check. Some people may see even larger increases, and the wealthiest beneficiaries will take home a whopping $5,108 per month. Yet many will find that this money doesn't go as far as they expected.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Through the first nine months of 2024, Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway unloaded $133 billion worth of stocks. Buffett reduced Berkshire's massive stake in Apple and sold nearly a quarter of its Bank of America holding. In the third quarter, Apple, American Express (NYSE: AXP) , Bank of America, and Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) made up 70% of Berkshire's $271 billion stock portfolio.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

SpaceX has always been -- and probably always will be -- best known for its rockets. It was founded as a small rocket company with its Falcon 1, which quickly evolved to launch large rockets (the Falcon 9), and it's currently testing the largest rocket in the world, the Starliner. Rockets, however, are not how SpaceX makes most of its money. Start Your Mornings Smarter!

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

The start of a new year always brings with it a question: What will happen in the 12 months ahead? And that's what is on many investors' minds as we roll into 2025. It's useful to look at what's happened in recent months, as it may help set the tone for the new investing year. In 2023 and 2024, the stock market roared higher, and the momentum doesn't seem ready to stop.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Hershey (NYSE: HSY) isn't normally viewed as a high-yield stock, but its dividend yield of 3.2% today is near its highest level ever. Investors can still easily find higher yields on Wall Street. But Hershey's yield is way more attractive than the 1.2% offered by the S&P 500 index or the 2.5% you'd collect from the average consumer staples company.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

The median savings account balance for all U.S. families sits at $8,000, according to the Federal Reserve's most recent Survey of Consumer Finances. If those families lock that amount into a 10-year CD that yields 4% annually, their savings would only grow to $11,841.95 by the time it matures. That 48% gain might seem decent, but it could actually fail to keep pace with inflation, and it would underperform many high-growth stocks.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

It's challenging to find dividend-paying stocks with attractive growth prospects. That's because a company should have enough free cash flow (FCF) to support business opportunities and pay dividends. When you find these companies, it's a good idea to periodically examine them to determine what you should do with the stocks. While you can do this throughout the year, January is a convenient time to do it.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Investing in growth stocks is one of the best ways to grow your wealth. By parking your money in well-managed businesses with solid prospects, you can steadily increase the value of your investment portfolio to enjoy a well-deserved retirement. Over time, as you continuously add money to this portfolio of growth stocks, the compounding will make you a millionaire.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Cybersecurity threats are always lurking, and companies of all sizes must constantly stay vigilant to protect their data and their customers' privacy. Staving off new threats is getting more difficult because criminals and rogue nations are now using artificial intelligence (AI) to make threats more sophisticated. The good news is that some competent companies are working hard to counter these threats.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Social Security was never meant to be the entirety of anyone's retirement income. Indeed, for many people, it doesn't even make up the biggest piece of their income in retirement. The fact is, however, a handful of people are doing pretty well with their Social Security benefits, collecting this year's maximum possible monthly payment $5,108. Where to invest $1,000 right now?

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is one the world's largest publicly traded companies, with a market cap of $3.7 trillion and it continues to attract investor attention as it slowly steps into new areas of innovation, like artificial intelligence (AI). The tech stock easily outpaced the S&P 500 over the past three years, gaining 37% compared to the index's nearly 24% gains (as of this writing).

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

Artificial intelligence (AI) was one of the driving themes in the market in 2024, powering a number of stocks to new highs. While there remains a lot of hype, AI is looking less like a fad and more like a huge technological shift. Investors who want to profit from it should consider buying these three AI stocks and holding them for the long term. 1.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 5, 2025

The best investments aren't always the most obvious choices. Sometimes, you'll find great opportunities when you go off the beaten path. There's usually less competition, enabling you to quietly earn outsize returns. For example, manufactured home communities might not seem like an appealing investment at first glance. However, they've been some of the best-performing real estate investments over the past couple of decades due to the durable demand for space in these properties.

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