The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Nvidia has undoubtedly been the hottest artificial intelligence (AI) stock to own over the past year and a half. Since the start of 2023, shares of the chipmaker have soared an incredible 500%. Many stocks don't generate those types of returns over a decade or even longer, and Nvidia has managed to do that in just 16 months. Given those types of gains, it's not unreasonable to expect that many Wall Street analysts believe it may be approaching a peak.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

MAY 5, 2024

I write a lot about bear markets. Here’s a random assortment of my greatest hits in recent years: The 2 Types of Bear Markets How Often Do Bear Markets Occur? Dollar Cost Averaging in a Bear Market Wins Again Bear Markets are Transitory We’re Still in a Bear Market You Know I focus on corrections, bear markets, and crashes because those are the truly important times for investors.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Tracking your net worth can be a great way to stay on top of your finances and ensure you're making good progress toward building wealth. Your net worth is a snapshot of your current financial picture. Think of it like a personal balance sheet. To calculate your net worth , you add up all of your financial assets -- cash savings, retirement accounts, other investments, your home value, and any other property -- and subtract any liabilities -- your mortgage balance, student loans, credit card bal

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Financial Times M&A

MAY 5, 2024

Endorsements come as exclusive talks end without deal and Sony and Apollo push rival $26bn offer

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Travel company Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) , best known for its portfolio of cruise ship lines, has struggled since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic, when it fought for financial survival. As life returned to normal, people resumed booking cruises, but, like a 1,000-foot cruise ship, financial results have been slow to change course. However, the news has been improving recently, and the future is again bright for Carnival Corp.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

MAY 5, 2024

By Clay Gillespie, CFP, CLU This is pretty simple for me: My No. 1 prospect is somebody five years from retirement. My No. 1 client is somebody who’s retired. There are a lot of people who come in and don’t know my specialty. They say, “Oh, I’ve got this problem,” and I tell them, “Those are young-people problems. I don’t deal with young-people problems.

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Top 1000 Funds

MAY 5, 2024

Asset owners who assess their outsourced fund managers are facing mounting challenges that mean emerging tools, such as AI, are key to successful operational due diligence. Top1000funds.com takes a closer look at the responsibilities and skillsets of those conducting ODD and why its core to a successful investment function.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

One of the hottest cryptocurrencies this year has been Shiba Inu (CRYPTO: SHIB). Year to date it has risen by 130%, and the meme coin looks to be alive and well with retail investors. But with such impressive gains already in 2024, is it too late buy the digital currency? Or is the coin just getting started, and could greater interest in the broader crypto market lead to further momentum for Shiba Inu?

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Africa Capital Digest

MAY 5, 2024

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Chowdeck lands $2.5mln from seed investors first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

More than 1 in 5 employees are leaving at least some of their 401(k) match on the table, according to Fidelity. That's thousands of dollars lining employers' pocketbooks that could be going to workers in the trenches. Some of those forgoing their matches are probably doing so out of necessity. Keeping the lights on and food on the table has to come first.

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Africa Capital Digest

MAY 5, 2024

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Beltone launches $100mln private credit platform first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

For seniors without much savings, Social Security can be a true financial lifeline. But because living costs have a way of rising from one year to the next, Social Security benefits are eligible for annual cost-of-living adjustments, or COLAs, to allow recipients to keep up with increasing expenses. In 2024, Social Security benefits got a 3.2% COLA.

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Africa Capital Digest

MAY 5, 2024

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Ascent acquires significant minority stake in packaging business first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool/Upsplash The end of tax season is a good time to reflect on the value of professional tax help, especially for small business owners. While the IRS is trying to make it easier for many individual taxpayers to file their own taxes faster, cheaper, and even for free, small business owners often need an accountant. If you're starting a business or ramping up your side hustle into a full-time income, you might want to start thinking about hiring an accountant.

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Africa Capital Digest

MAY 5, 2024

To read this article, you must be a paid subscription member. (Current members login here) [.] The post Development Bank of Ghana sets up private capital fund-of-funds first appeared on Africa Capital Digest.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

They're often grouped together, but not all growth stocks are the same. Indeed, they're each dramatically different in terms of risk, potential, and longevity. One's not inherently as good as another. With that as the backdrop, here's a closer look at three hot growth stocks that are screaming buys right now. All three may pose above-average risk, but if you can stomach it, the prospective reward is well worth it.

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

KKR announces the signing of an Investment Agreement with Encavis as part of a takeover offer. The Management Board and the Supervisory Board of Encavis are fully supportive of the strategic partnership and intend to recommend that all shareholders accept the offer.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

How much will International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) pay out in dividends this year? It seems like a simple question, but there are layers to it. You can look at Big Blue's dividend payouts from a few different angles -- and they're all helpful to prospective IBM investors. Dividends per share IBM likes to increase its dividend payout per share every year.

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

London and Frankfurt, 15 March, 2024 – KKR, a leading global investment firm, announces today that a consortium of investors, co-led by KKR, has agreed to provide a €1.1 billion financing solution to support the future growth of Ottobock (the “Company”), a global market leader in prosthetics. The financing will also support existing majority shareholder Professor Hans Georg Näder and the Näder Family’s buy back of EQT’s shareholding in the business.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

There are a lot of good reasons to pay attention to every investment decision Warren Buffett makes. Besides being the chairman and CEO of the eighth largest public company in the world, Buffett has an impressive track record as an investor. Since taking control of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965, he's grown the value of the business, including its investments, by a compound annual growth rate of 19.8%.

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

Transaction Marks First U.S. Investment from KKR’s Global Climate Strategy NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, KKR, a leading global investment firm, announced the signing of a definitive agreement pursuant to which investment funds and accounts managed by KKR agreed to acquire a majority stake in Avantus, a premier U.S. developer of large utility-scale solar and solar-plus-storage projects.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Lucid (NASDAQ: LCID) went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) nearly three years ago. The luxury electric vehicle maker initially gained a lot of attention because it was led by Peter Rawlinson, Tesla 's (NASDAQ: TSLA) former chief vehicle engineer who oversaw its development of the Model S, and was on track to deliver its first vehicles by the end of 2021.

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR today announced a monetization activity update for the period from January 1, 2024 to March 21, 2024. Based on information available to us as of today, with respect to the period through March 21, 2024, KKR has earned total realized performance income, including realized incentive fees, and total realized investment income in excess of $350 million.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

With inflation proving to be harder to control than many experts predicted, and consumers starting to clearly pump the brakes on spending, there is a real possibility of a U.S. recession in the near future. To be clear, we could certainly still see the economic "soft landing" that the Federal Reserve has been aiming for, but it's not a guarantee by any means.

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) will hold an investor day for the investment community on Wednesday, April 10, 2024 with remarks from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm EDT. The day will feature presentations by KKR’s business leaders. A live webcast as well as related presentation materials will be available to all interested parties through the Investor Center section of KKR’s website.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

The PHLX Semiconductor Sector index has enjoyed solid gains in the past year, rising a healthy 59% as of this writing thanks to the booming demand for chips that are used for powering artificial intelligence (AI) servers and applications. But not all chip stocks have benefited from this impressive rally. Shares of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) have remained flat in the past year.

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

The venture will target to build an initial portfolio of c.1,200 units primarily in Seoul SEOUL, South Korea--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- WEAVE LIVING (“Weave”), Asia Pacific’s preeminent living sector specialist, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the establishment of a strategic partnership to invest in rental housing assets in South Korea, with a focus on Seoul.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Saving for retirement can be a difficult thing at many stages of life. In your 20s, you may have a hard time finding the money for your long-term savings when you're deep in the throes of repaying student loans. In your 30s, you may be saving for a house and paying an exorbitant amount of money for child care just to keep your job. And in your 40s, you may be spending your money on home repairs and trying your best to fund your kids' 529 plans so they don't have to deal with the stress of studen

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- SunFireMatrix, Inc. (“SunFire” or the “Company”), a leading software and tech-enabled services platform serving the insurance distribution and health plan markets, announced today that it has been acquired by funds managed by KKR, a leading global investment firm. Funds managed by Stone Point Capital LLC, the Company’s previous majority owner, will continue to be a.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) released first-quarter earnings Tuesday night, and while the results were generally strong, they didn't please everyone. In the wake of dividend initiations from "Magnificent Seven" peers Meta Platforms and Alphabet in recent months, some investors were hoping Amazon would follow suit and announce its own dividend. After all, Amazon is older than both of those companies, and at a market cap of nearly $2 trillion, it could certainly afford to share some of its wealth with in

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

New York, NY, April 10, 2024 - Guesty, the leading property management software platform for the short-term rental (“STR”) and hospitality industry, today announced a $130M Series F funding round led by leading global investment firm KKR.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Cathie Wood is one of the most famous investors working today. Her Ark Invest funds have attracted a lot of attention for their bold and sometimes prescient calls, futuristic positioning, and willingness to share their thinking in a way that few funds are willing to do. In 2018, Wood famously said Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) would jump to a pre-split share price of $4,000, a gain of more than 1,000%, but she was proved right just a few years later, after Tesla shares exploded in 2020, when the company

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KKR

MAY 5, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) announced today that it plans to release its financial results for the first quarter 2024 on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A conference call to discuss KKR’s financial results will be held on Wednesday, May 1, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. ET. The conference call may be accessed by dialing (877).

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The Motley Fool

MAY 5, 2024

Earnings season is in full swing, with countless stocks on the move. As is often the case, there's been a lot of fluctuation in the tech market. Easing inflation and advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have made investors bullish on the companies profiting most from these developments. In fact, the Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector has risen 50% in the last 12 months.

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