The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
One area where Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has seriously dropped the ball has been artificial intelligence (AI). Nvidia essentially owns the market for AI accelerator chips, and AMD is at least competitive with its Instinct line of data center graphics processing units (GPUs). Nvidia is generating tens of billions of dollars in revenue each quarter from its data center GPUs, and AMD is producing a few billion per year.
Financial Times M&A
JANUARY 12, 2025
Deal would represent revival in activity after a slow year for biotech M&A
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The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Artificial intelligence (AI) promises to bring significant advances to the global economy, which could result in higher worker productivity, faster product development, and more efficient supply chains. The lure of these benefits is creating tremendous demand for leading semiconductor companies that provide cutting-edge processors to enable AI. Despite sizable gains for top chip stocks in 2024, here are two that still trade at reasonable valuations that could support attractive returns in 2025,
Financial Times: Moral Money
JANUARY 12, 2025
Wealth manager looks for a more balanced blend of investment styles
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Dan Ives is one of the most closely followed personalities on Wall Street. Ives leads global technology research for Wedbush Securities, and can often be found touting bullish narratives and forecasts about artificial intelligence (AI) on financial media outlets such as CNBC or Bloomberg. In late December, Ives took to social media platform X (formerly Twitter) to highlight his top 10 AI picks for 2025.
Africa Capital Digest
JANUARY 12, 2025
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JANUARY 12, 2025
Cathie Wood is one of the most closely followed investors on Wall Street. As CEO of ARK Invest, Wood has made a name for herself mostly from her high-conviction narratives around up-and-coming (albeit sometimes speculative) companies looking to disrupt legacy incumbents. When it comes to artificial intelligence (AI), no other company has garnered the kind of following that Nvidia has.
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The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
2024 could be dubbed the year of artificial intelligence (AI) , as the latest advances involving generative AI made their way into mainstream usage and AI-associated stocks helped power the market to new heights. Some of the biggest AI winners have been in the semiconductor sector, where AI chips provide the computing power needed to train large language models and run AI inference.
Africa Capital Digest
JANUARY 12, 2025
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A Wealth of Common Sense
JANUARY 12, 2025
Most investors would like the world of finance to exist in black or white. Just tell me when to buy or sell, get bullish or bearish, buy this stock or avoid that one, go all in or get out of the market. Markets are hard because most things exist in shades of gray. It’s difficult to be certain about anything because no one knows what the future holds and the past can be unreliable when used incorrectly.
Africa Capital Digest
JANUARY 12, 2025
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Financial Times: Moral Money
JANUARY 12, 2025
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Financial Times M&A
JANUARY 12, 2025
Dealmaking picks up in sector offering legal services from divorce to conveyancing
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JANUARY 12, 2025
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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)
JANUARY 12, 2025
By Antoinette Tuscano, MDRT senior content specialist You can be an outstanding financial advisor; however, youre still out of business without clients. In these top videos posted on MDRTs YouTube channel in 2024, learn how MDRT members communicate and work with clients. The ideas they share can help you better attract and retain clients. Breaking the mold and holding clients accountable When a high-net-worth client seemed more interested in leaving his office than financial planning, 17-year MD
Africa Capital Digest
JANUARY 12, 2025
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The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Shares of Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) stock gained 51% in 2024 according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence. The AI credit evaluation company might have hit rock bottom, and the market expects lower interest rates to help it climb back up. Everyone loves a disruptor Upstart stock earned a lot of fans early in its time on the market. It was reporting staggeringly high growth and soaring profitability.
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JANUARY 12, 2025
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JANUARY 12, 2025
The S&P 500 entered its current bull market in October 2022 and has since advanced 65%, led by a 130% gain in the technology sector. But equity analyst Dan Ives at Wedbush says the bull market will run for another two to three years, and he believes technology stocks could soar 25% in 2025. Ives sees tremendous investments in artificial intelligence (AI) as the driving force behind that momentum.
Africa Capital Digest
JANUARY 12, 2025
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The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) is the oil industry's leader by almost every important metric, including profitability. The oil giant produced a peer-leading $8.6 billion in profits during the third quarter and a monster $17.6 billion of cash flow from operations, which also led international oil companies. However, the fourth quarter proved more challenging for the oil giant as it issued a profit warning for the period.
The Big Picture
JANUARY 12, 2025
Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: The damning statistics that reveal the true cost of Brexit : on As January marks five years on from Britain leaving the EU, Alicja Hagopian and Kate Devlin explore its impact.( The Independent ) On Bubble Watch. Exactly 25 years ago today, I published the first memo that brought a response from readers (after having written for almost ten years without receiving any).
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Nvidia shares have surged over 180% since January 2024, and the stock accounted for nearly one-quarter of the gains in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) during that period. The company is now worth $3.4 trillion and should continue to benefit from the artificial intelligence (AI) boom for many years to come. But public clouds may take the momentum lead in 2025.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Let the good times roll. That's the mantra for many investors as the new year begins. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) jumped 23% in 2024 after soaring 24% in 2023. Another gain of 20% or more this year would be fantastic. How will the stock market perform in 2025? Here's what Wall Street thinks. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Many renewable energy stocks were crushed over the past few years as inflation, rising interest rates, and other macro headwinds caused many government agencies and companies to curb their spending on big green energy projects. However, as the macro environment stabilizes, some of those stocks could soar higher. From 2024 to 2030, the International Energy Agency (IEA) expects the world to add over 5,500 gigawatts of new renewable energy capacity.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Upstart (NASDAQ: UPST) has gone on a wild ride since its IPO on Dec. 18, 2020. The online lending marketplace went public at $20, skyrocketed to its all-time high of $390 on Oct. 15, 2021, but sank to a record low of $12.40 on Dec. 27, 2022. Upstart's stock initially surged as its AI-driven platform approved more loans in a low-interest-rate environment.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
There's been a lot of ink spilled about the growing demand for artificial intelligence (AI) and the potential for the technology to revolutionize the world. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the clearest beneficiaries of this trend. The company's graphics processing units (GPUs) cornered the market by providing the computational horsepower needed to fuel the technology.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Shares of energy drink company Celsius (NASDAQ: CELH) plunged 51.7% in 2024, according to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence , which is bad enough. But in the opening months of the year, the stock was up 76%. This means that while it dropped 52% for the year, it dropped a whopping 73% from its high point in 2024. Rumblings of a problem began after Celsius reported financial results for the first quarter of 2024 in May.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
The Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) has had a monster two-year run. After gaining 43% in 2023, the index put up around 30% gains in 2024, marking one of the best-performing periods in its history. Contrary to what your instincts may tell you, this does not mean the index is ripe for a correction in 2025. In fact, the opposite may occur. Going back to 1972, every year with 30% or higher returns is followed by an average return of 19%, likely due to the momentum factor.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
AST SpaceMobile 's (NASDAQ: ASTS) stock has surged nearly 360% over the past 12 months. The bulls embraced the producer of low earth orbit (LEO) satellites as it launched its first batch of commercial satellites and secured new contracts. But the five Wall Street analysts who cover AST still believe it could head higher. They all rate the stock as a buy or strong buy, and the most bullish analysts at Deutsche Bank expect it to rally from its current price of $22 to $53.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Tesla , one of the largest companies in the world with a market cap above $1 trillion, still remains a viable investment opportunity. But investors who correctly identify the next Tesla could stand to make the greatest gains investing in electric vehicle (EV) stocks. Quite a few metrics suggest Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) possibly being the diamond in the rough that you're looking for, even if you have as low as $200 to invest right now.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
It's official. The Walt Disney Company (NYSE: DIS) intends to become 70% owner of streaming television outfit (and cable alternative) FuboTV (NYSE: FUBO). Disney's similar Hulu+Live service will, in turn, become part of FuboTV, although (for the time being anyway) the two brands will continue operating separately. Most notably, the deal also means Fubo will drop its efforts to prevent Walt Disney from co-launching a sports-centric streaming service in partnership with Fox and Warner Bros.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
In the early days of the artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure build-out, graphic processing units (GPUs) have been the go-to chips for companies to train AI models and run inference. GPUs are powerful chips that were originally designed to speed up graphics rendering in video games, but later became used for other applications after Nvidia created a software platform to allow developers to program its chips for other purposes.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Sometimes, a new CEO can be a game-changer for a company. Alex Chriss, formerly of Intuit , took the reins at PayPal Holdings (NASDAQ: PYPL) in September 2023. Since then, the stock has appreciated by over 50%, outperforming the broader market. Things don't change overnight, but the company has begun to string together some encouraging quarters. Active account growth is gaining steam, and management raised earnings guidance in Q3.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
To say Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) has been an excellent turnaround story would be a major understatement. After being one of the top performers during the 2021 growth stock boom, Sea Limited plunged 90% from its high by the end of 2023. Revenue was dropping in its core gaming business , and the e-commerce platform was losing hundreds of millions of dollars per quarter, even on an adjusted basis.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
Many cryptocurrencies surged over the past year as expectations for milder macro headwinds and lower interest rates drove investors back toward riskier investments. However, cryptocurrencies are still notoriously volatile and hard to properly value. So if you're looking for some more daring investments but don't want to take a chance on cryptocurrencies, you should buy some high-growth tech stocks that are tethered to sustainable businesses instead.
The Motley Fool
JANUARY 12, 2025
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) has taken investors on a volatile journey in recent years. But it's trending higher, as shares have soared 106% in the past five months. The market might be pricing in the prospects of a growth spurt thanks to lower interest rates. But it's worth mentioning that shares still trade 44% below their peak. Is this fintech stock a buy, sell, or hold right now?
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