A Wealth of Common Sense
MARCH 26, 2024
In March 2020, at the height of uncertainty at the outset of the pandemic, I wrote about what it took to get to the roaring 1920s. This chart sums it up nicely: Here’s what I wrote at the time: How many people at the time would have predicted during the war/pandemic/recession/depression years that the 1920s would be one of the most innovative, prosperous periods our country had ever seen?
The Motley Fool
MARCH 24, 2024
Image source: The Motley Fool/Getty Images Credit cards might seem like an inescapable part of everyday life, but it wasn't long ago that half the population wasn't allowed to have one. That's right: until 1974, women didn't have the right to open their own credit cards. A big part of women's history is about money: when, whether, and how women are allowed to earn their own money, control their own money, and make their own decisions about personal finances.
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Private Equity Professional
MARCH 28, 2024
Arsenal Capital Partners and BayPine have partnered on the acquisition of Poly-Wood, a portfolio company of Mayfair Capital Partners, a division of Oxford Financial. Poly-Wood is a vertically integrated build-to-order manufacturer of recycled – from post-consumer and post-industrial sources – high-density polyethylene (HDPE) outdoor furniture and related products with more than 25,000 unique product options… This content is for members only.
The Big Picture
MARCH 28, 2024
“Our comforting conviction that the world makes sense rests on a secure foundation: Our almost unlimited ability to ignore our ignorance.” – Daniel Kahneman The loss of Danny Kahneman is a reminder that we should review some of his work and apply them to the current market. I am fascinated by the idea of Narrative Fallacy (the term was actually coined by Nassim Taleb in “ The Black Swan “) and how it applies to pretty much ewverything.
A Wealth of Common Sense
MARCH 29, 2024
I got a new credit card this week. What can I say? I’m a sucker for a good sign-up bonus and the free bags on American flights will basically pay for the annual fee. A new card always comes with a lot of paperwork. They have all sorts of numbers to run by you, along with plenty of fine print. As a personal finance junkie, I always like to thumb through this stuff.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Cathie Wood is the head of Ark Investment Management, which operates 14 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on technological innovations. They include everything from artificial intelligence (AI) to electric vehicles to cryptocurrency. Ark is extremely bullish on the world's largest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). The firm's official research implies the coin could deliver a gain of 2,000% by 2030, but Wood herself just came out with a new price target that points to a potential upside o
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The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Walmart (NYSE: WMT) initially built its success on revolutionizing small-town retailing and its IT-driven supply chain. However, as its initial strategy ran its course, it became better known for paying low wages and squeezing suppliers than for offering a compelling retail experience. In recent years, a pivot into e-commerce and offerings such as digital advertising and subscription services seemed to improve Walmart's prospects and arguably made it a proxy for the S&P 500.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Image source: Getty Images The wealthiest 1% of Americans have gotten a lot wealthier in the past few decades, while many other Americans struggle with higher prices for groceries and car insurance. Money is power, and the richest Americans have often manipulated the public conversation about wealth in ways that serve their best interests. Let's look at a few big myths about wealth that the top 1% want you to keep believing. 1.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
The AI bull market is here. Stocks are back at all-time highs, thanks largely to a new boom in artificial intelligence (AI). The launch of ChatGPT has set off a race to be a leader in what top CEOs and major investors think will be the next transformative technology, generative AI. Nvidia , which sells the graphics processing unit (GPU) components that are the backbone of the advanced computing systems required for AI, has been the biggest winner so far.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Social Security is not on the verge of going bankrupt. You may have heard rumors to the contrary, but it's important not to buy into them. That said, Social Security isn't in the best place financially, either. In the coming years, the program expects to owe more in benefits than it collects in revenue. Social Security can tap its trust funds to keep up with its financial obligations for a period of time.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
For nearly 60 years, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been dazzling professional and everyday investors with outsize investment returns. Whereas the benchmark S&P 500 has gained more than 34,000%, including dividends paid, since the Oracle of Omaha became CEO, Berkshire Hathaway's Class A shares have appreciated by more than 5,000,000%.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Share prices of Micron Technology (NASDAQ: MU) took off big time following the company's fiscal 2024 second-quarter results (for the three months ended Feb. 29), which were released on March 20. The stock rose over 14% in a single session thanks to outstanding growth in revenue and earnings. Micron's metrics crushed Wall Street expectations, and its guidance was strong enough to confirm the company's turnaround has finally arrived.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
Recent data from the Census Bureau shows that Social Security kept about 29 million Americans out of poverty in 2022. That means it had a greater impact than every other anti-poverty program combined. But Social Security also plays an important role in helping Americans finance their retirement. In fact, the vast majority of retired workers depend on benefits to some degree, according to Gallup.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
For a majority of retirees, Social Security provides an indispensable source of income. A recent update from the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities found that the guaranteed monthly payouts provided by America's top retirement program pull 22.7 million people above the federal poverty line each year, 16.5 million of which are aged 65 and over. Furthermore, 22 years of annual surveys by national pollster Gallup have shown that 80% to 90% of retirees consistently rely on their monthly Social S
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
Matterport (NASDAQ: MTTR) is a leader in spatial data capture, but as devices get better, does it have a sustainable moat? In this video, Travis Hoium discusses exactly that with Matterport's CEO RJ Pittman. *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of March 23, 2024. The video was published on March 27, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Matterport right now?
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
One of the best aspects of putting your money to work on Wall Street is that there's no one-size-fits-all strategy to wealth creation. With thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to choose from, there's an investment strategy that fits all investment tastes and tolerances. But when examined with an even broader lens, few investment strategies have been more consistently profitable than buying dividend stocks and holding them over an extended period.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Microsoft 's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock surged nearly 1,000% over the past decade and turned it into the world's most valuable company, with a market cap of $3.2 trillion. That massive growth spurt was driven by the expansion of its mobile, cloud, and AI ecosystems under Satya Nadella, who became the company's CEO in 2014. Microsoft is still one of the market's top AI stocks , but investors are probably already looking for the next tech stock that could replicate those gains over the next decade.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Nvidia 's (NASDAQ: NVDA) data center business is growing like crazy as the interest in artificial intelligence (AI) increases. But investors seem to be overlooking the biggest opportunity, no matter who wins in AI: energy. In this video, Travis Hoium shows how much AI could change energy demand and who would benefit in the long term. *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of March 28, 2024.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
Telecom giant AT&T (NYSE: T) has successfully kept its wireless business growing by attracting hundreds of thousands of new subscribers each quarter. The fiber internet business is also performing well as the company expands its network. On the consumer side of the business, revenue growth from fiber services is outpacing revenue losses from legacy wireline services.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
Shares of Novocure (NASDAQ: NVCR) were jumping 6.3% higher as of 11:15 a.m. ET on Thursday after rising as much as 9.2% earlier in the day. The nice gain came after the company announced results from a phase 3 study evaluating its Tumor Treating Fields (TTFields) therapy in treating patients with brain metastases from non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC).
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
The market's been red hot of late. The S&P 500 is up 45% since the bear market ended in late 2022, and it is higher to the tune of 27% just since October 2023's low. Many investors were too nervous to dive in during this stretch, fearing renewed economic weakness was just around the corner. If you were one of these people, don't beat yourself up.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
Image source: Getty Images According to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index, as of March 23, 2024, the world's top 15 wealthiest people are men. But even aside from the rarified realm of the richest people on Earth, in everyday financial life, women are less likely to be investors. Women tend to have lower incomes and less wealth than men. The gender pay gap is an unfortunate part of everyday life for half the population; as of 2020, women in the U.S. were earning about $0.83 for every dollar earne
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
The "Magnificent Seven" originally made the headlines as a Western back in 1960, but in recent times, it's entered the investing world. Bank of America analyst Michael Hartnett first used the term last year to refer to a group of stocks that are industry leading, each known for its strengths in some form of technology. These players, among the most heavily weighted in the S&P 500 , have helped the benchmark soar into bull territory over the past year or so and could continue to drive gains t
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
The Nationwide Retirement Institute reports that only 8% of surveyed adults can identify all the factors that determine the maximum Social Security benefit. That is problematic because Social Security is often the largest source of income in retirement, meaning benefits ultimately have a substantial impact on living standards for millions of Americans Read on to learn what retired workers must do to earn the maximum benefit and to see the biggest Social Security payout at ages 62, 66, and 70.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
The arguments for simply buying and holding a basket of blue chip stocks like those in the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) are solid to be sure. This group of stocks is inherently well diversified, for instance, in addition to being market stalwarts. Standard & Poor's also regularly updates the Dow's 30 stocks. Perhaps best of all, a long-term investment in an instrument like the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: DIA) is simple, and it doesn't require any r
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
With the price of Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) soaring, it's no surprise that companies highly leveraged to the price of the cryptocurrency are also soaring. Case in point: MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) is up more than 200% year to date, thanks in large part to its aggressive Bitcoin buying campaign that has ramped up significantly in 2024. MicroStrategy now owns 214,246 bitcoins, or slightly more than 1% of all Bitcoin that will ever exist.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Real estate can be a great spot to score a big-time income stream. Many real estate investment trusts (REITs) offer ultra-high dividend yields. That enables income-focused investors to generate a lot more income from every dollar they invest. Realty Income (NYSE: O) and Vici Properties (NYSE: VICI) currently offer dividend yields approaching 6%, which is several times above the S&P 500 's 1.3% dividend yield.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
With the recent news that the fast-casual restaurant chain Chipotle Mexican Grill plans a 50-for-1 stock split , many investors might wonder which publicly traded company could be next. MicroStrategy (NASDAQ: MSTR) , an enterprise software company that shifted its focus to buying and holding Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) in 2020, could benefit from a split since its stock is trading close to $1,900 per share.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 27, 2024
Over half of the Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.A) stock portfolio is in Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) stock, and there's a lot we can learn from how Warren Buffett has acquired and held this position for nearly a decade. In this video, Travis Hoium shows how Buffett bought a great company at a fair price and has ridden it to over $100 billion in gains.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
The inflation panic took the wind out of Wall Street's sails, especially where it crosses Silicon Valley in a proverbial sense. The stocks of tech titans Amazon.com (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) took a beating as investors backed away from growth-oriented ideas. Amazon's shares fell as much as 57% from its pre-panic record price.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 27, 2024
Want to find stocks capable of life-changing investment returns? Start by looking at those that have already done it. Past success doesn't guarantee future results, but winners often keep winning. Millionaire-making tech stocks like Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) , Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) , and The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD) have turned modest investments into tremendous wealth over their times as public companies.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 28, 2024
Most of the world's largest tech companies are feverishly developing artificial intelligence (AI) and placing the technology at the center of their businesses. The "Magnificent Seven" companies -- which include Nvidia , Microsoft , Amazon , Meta Platforms , Tesla , Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , and Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) -- are particularly active in the space.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 29, 2024
Stock splits often happen when a stock's price gets high enough that management feels inclined to lower it to make it more accessible to a wider pool of investors. If a stock is trading at hundreds or thousands of dollars, investors who aren't able to buy fractional shares may not be able to own the stock. But with stock splits, companies can reduce their share prices, thus making them a useful tool for that purpose.
The Motley Fool
MARCH 27, 2024
Bill Gates is known as the founder of Microsoft, but most of his time is now spent on the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, which has over $42 billion invested in the stock market. And a whopping $32 billion of that is invested in just four stocks. Travis Hoium digs into the four stocks in this video. *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of March 26, 2024.
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