The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

This article is intended for educational purposes only and is not legal advice. For guidance on your personal situation, please contact a lawyer. Estate planning isn't exactly a fun thing to think about. So when my husband and I put our wills together years ago, we thought we'd done our part to arrange for an inheritance and could therefore call it day.

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Private Equity Info

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

From steady growth to pandemic-driven surges, private equity acquisitions have shifted from a platform-dominated market to a post-COVID era where add-ons now lead the charge.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

In today's video, I will be talking about recent updates regarding Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF). Watch the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were from the trading day of Nov. 21, 2024. The video was published on Nov. 22, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Wolfspeed right now? Before you buy stock in Wolfspeed, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for in

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Covisum

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

We’re getting a lot of questions about the Social Security Fairness Act (HR 82) which repeals the Government Pension Offset and Windfall Elimination Provision. This bill passed the house on November 12 th , just 6 days after the election by a wide margin of 327-75.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the world's leading supplier of graphics processing units (GPUs) for data centers, which are used in the development of artificial intelligence (AI). Over the last two years alone, GPU sales have helped Nvidia add $3.2 trillion to its valuation. The company just reported results for the fiscal 2025 third quarter (ended Oct. 27) after the market closed on Nov. 20, and they obliterated Wall Street's expectations.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Unilever has scrapped plans to sell its €15bn ice cream division, which includes the Ben & Jerry’s, Magnum, and Wall’s brand, to private equity firms, opting instead to spin off the business into a separate publicly listed company, according to a report by the Financial Times. The decision marks a shift in strategy under CEO Hein Schumacher, who has made restructuring the company a key focus of his turnaround efforts.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Investing in exchange-traded funds (ETFs) is one of the simplest and most straightforward ways to buy into the stock market. By owning just one share of an ETF, you can gain exposure to dozens or hundreds of stocks at once. While some ETFs aim to track major indexes, like the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , others are more niche. Growth ETFs, for example, are designed to beat the market and earn above-average returns over time.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Most investors are in the market for monster stocks -- ones that will grow at brisk rates, making shareholders richer more quickly than sleepier stocks will. It can be hard to identify those stocks early, but you don't really have to do so. You can often do quite well by buying into terrific stocks after they've already posted lots of great gains. Here are five stocks to consider holding for the next decade, as they stand a good chance of posting impressive gains.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Gramercy Funds Management is ramping up its private credit investments in emerging markets, targeting countries like Mexico, Turkey, and Chile after raising $760m for its third private credit fund, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites Partner and Senior Portfolio Manager Gustavo Ferraro as revealing that the Greenwich, Connecticut-based firm has already deployed roughly two-thirds of the new fund’s capital and is closing additional deals.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool/Unsplash If you have multiple people living under your roof, then joining Costco could be a smart financial decision. That's because Costco's bulk pricing makes it easy to save money on groceries and household essentials like paper towels and cleaning supplies. When you live solo, it's a bit harder to make the case to join Costco.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

US pension fund giant the New York State Common Retirement Fund has agreed a hefty $4.6bn of new alternatives fund commitments. The post NY State Common Retirement Fund commits $4.6bn across PE, credit, secondaries and RE appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Once upon a time, it was industrial and energy companies that ruled that roost, but times have changed. In 2004, General Electric and ExxonMobil were the world's most valuable publicly traded companies in terms of market cap, worth $319 billion and $283 billion, respectively. Now, just 20 years later, data is the new oil and technology leaders top the charts.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Tech-focused private equity investor Accel-KKR has raised more than $2.2bn for the final close of its first institutional fund targeting the secondary market. The post Accel-KKR raises debut institutional fund targeting continuation vehicle investments appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The up-and-down saga that is Unity Software 's (NYSE: U) trajectory over the past few years was far more up than down this week. Although the influential video game engine developer had little news of its own to report, an analyst's new take helped bolster investor sentiment on its business. According to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence , as of early morning Friday Unity stock was up nearly 30% in price week to date.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Levine Leichtman Capital Partners has raised a $575m continuation fund to pick up interests in three of its existing portfolio companies. The post Hamilton Lane leads $575m continuation fund for trio of Levine Leichtman portfolio companies appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The tech sector has minted plenty of millionaires over the years, but it has also disappointed many investors who chased the wrong stocks. To find the next millionaire-maker tech stock, investors should seek out companies with unique advantages, high growth rates, and sticky business models. I believe these three high-growth tech stocks check all the right boxes: SoundHound AI (NASDAQ: SOUN) , SentinelOne (NYSE: S) , and Cloudflare (NYSE: NET).

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Venture capital-stage dealmaking in the adrenalised AI sector has forged some titanic valuations in the sector - but that flurry of capital is not necessarily trickling its way down to other startups, new research shows. The post Despite febrile excitement about AI, European early-stage valuations are lagging other sectors appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Generating recurring cash flow from your investments can help you save for retirement and also enable you to retire early. But with many dividend stocks to choose from, it can seem overwhelming trying to pick the right investments. You can, however, simplify the process significantly by investing in an exchange-traded fund (ETF) which provides a high yield.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The $49.7bn-managing Texas County & District Retirement System has picked a pair of private equity and credit funds for its latest alternatives investments. The post Texas County & District picks OrbiMed, Linden Capital for latest alts commitments appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) has been in sizzling form on the stock market so far in 2024, rising an impressive 76% as of this writing. This occurred thanks to a turnaround in the company's fortunes due to the growing demand for its server solutions used for mounting artificial intelligence (AI) chips. The stock's 2024 rally will be put to the test when Dell releases its fiscal 2025 third-quarter results on Tuesday, Nov. 26.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Medline Industries, a leading medical supplies provider owned by private equity firms Blackstone, Carlyle, and Hellman & Friedman, is preparing for a US initial public offering (IPO) in 2025, with the aim of raising more than $5bn, according to a report by Reuters. The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the IPO, anticipated as early as the second quarter of 2025, could value the Northfield, Illinois-based company at approximately $50bn.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Ken Griffin ranks 33rd on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index with a net worth exceeding $42 billion. He is also the founder and CEO of Citadel, the most profitable hedge fund in history as measured by net gains since inception. Those bona fides make Griffin a good source of inspiration, and retail investors can follow along with his trades by reviewing quarterly Forms 13F.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Private investment major Apollo Global Management has acquired a majority stake in The State Group (TSG), a provider of electrical, mechanical, and automation services, as part of its Impact and Clean Transition investment strategy. The deal was finalised with private equity firm Blue Wolf Capital, which will retain a minority stake alongside the company’s management team.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Archer Aviation (NYSE: ACHR) has disappointed a lot of investors since its public debut three years ago. The developer of electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company ( SPAC ), and it started trading at $9.90 and soared to a record high of $17.14 in February 2021. But today, Archer's stock trades at about $4.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Junko Sheehan, the Founder and group CEO of Iberian veterinary healthcare platform UNAVETS Group, has been appointed as a Senior Advisor to funds managed by private investment firm Oaktree Capital Management (Oaktree). Since its inception in 2019, and in partnership with Oaktree, Sheehan and her team have grown UNAVETS Group to around 150 practices with about 1,500 employees and approximately €95m of run rate revenue.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Investors should probably credit CEO John Fieldly for their massive returns in Celsius Holdings (NASDAQ: CELH) stock. Under his leadership, the beverage company moved from relative obscurity to one of the most successful energy drink companies. Such benefits have accrued to shareholders, especially those who bought Celsius stock in April 2018 when Fieldly became CEO.

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Financial Times: Moral Money

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Wealthy and developing nations in disagreement on crucial issues as climate summit nears its close

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) stock has taken its investors for quite a ride over the past month or so, at times soaring in reaction to news, at other points diving notably. The last few trading sessions have leaned heavily toward the latter tendency -- the airline's shares have lost almost 13% of their value week to date as of early Friday morning, according to data compiled by S&P Global Market Intelligence.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Blue Bear Capital, a VC and growth equity firm focused on AI-powered solutions for energy, infrastructure and climate challenges, has raised $160m to close its third fund and extra follow-on vehicles. The post Blue Bear eyes AI-powered energy, infra, climate solutions with new $160m fund appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Dividend Kings are among the best income stocks on the market. Any corporation capable of raising its payouts for 50 consecutive years -- the requirement to become a Dividend King -- has an incredibly strong business capable of navigating company-specific challenges and economic peaks and troughs. So, looking at the list of Dividend Kings is an excellent start for investors trying to find stocks that can continuously raise their payouts for a lifetime.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

TailorMed, a NYC-based healthcare technology company, raised $40M in funding combining equity and debt. The round was led by Windham Capital Partners alongside Citi Impact Fund, Samsung Next, and BrightEdge, and the investment arms of some of the nation’s top health systems: Providence Ventures, OSF Healthcare, Inception Health, Ballad Ventures, UH Ventures, and UnityPoint Health […] The post TailorMed Raises $40M in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) enthusiasts are rejoicing as the cryptocurrency continues to set new all-time highs. Earlier this month it surpassed its long-held high of just under $74,000 and in a few short weeks it's up more than 25%. Priced at $100,000, a target once many investors could only dream about, is squarely within striking distance as I'm writing this on November 20.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Stax.ai, a Scottsdale, AZ-based provider of workflow automation tools for retirement third-party administrators (TPAs), raised $7M in funding. The round was led by Neotribe Ventures. Building on its 2023 seed round led by AZ-VC, the startup has raised $11.65M to date. The company intends to use the funds to invest in its next phase of […] The post Stax.ai Raises $7M in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Wolfspeed (NYSE: WOLF) stock posted explosive gains in Friday's trading. The company's share price ended the day's trading up 31% and had been up as much as 35.4% earlier in the daily session. Wolfspeed stock gained ground in conjunction with news about the compensation for executive chairman Thomas Werner and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) showing that insiders had recently acquired shares.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

OncoVerity, an Aurora, CO-based company which specializes in applying advanced bioinformatics to drug development, raised a Series A extension funding. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The round was led by existing investors argenx and RefinedScience. Led by CEO Max Colao, OncoVerity applies computational tools to clinical and biological data to advance therapies […] The post OncoVerity Raises Extended Series A appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Gap (NYSE: GAP) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Nov 21, 2024 , 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. I would like to welcome everyone to the Gap Inc. third quarter 2024 earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

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FinSMEs

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

Empyrean Solutions, a Woburn, MA-based provider of risk and performance management software for financial institutions, received an investment from Hg. Spectrum Equity also partipated in the deal, whose amount was not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate its product roadmap investments to address more ‘Office of the CFO’ software solutions, designed […] The post Empyrean Solutions Receives Investment from Hg appeared first on FinSMEs.

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