Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

Preqin, a specialist provider of alternative assets data, tools and insights, has launched Transaction Intelligence. It is available to clients through the firm’s flagship platform, Preqin Pro, or as a standalone product. Transaction Intelligence provides aggregated and anonymised transaction data at the deal and asset-level, combining customisable visualisation tools with aggregated and anonymised deal performance data and asset operational metrics.

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JUNE 14, 2024

Similar to the planets aligning, a unique event has been unfolding on Wall Street in recent weeks. Namely, we've witnessed two of the hottest go-to trends intersecting: artificial intelligence (AI) and stocks enacting splits. Stock splits are conducted by publicly traded companies as a superficial means to alter their share price and outstanding share count.

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Private Equity Insights

JUNE 8, 2024

India Inc saw resilient private equity (PE) investments amid elections as the month of May witnessed 145 deals worth $6.7 billion, a report showed on Thursday. The key sectors like real estate, e-commerce, healthcare, and financial services saw a surge in investments, according to the report by Grant Thornton Bharat Dealtracker. “The surge in PE deal values, driven by investments in select sectors despite stable volumes, signals resilience in the market,” said Shanthi Vijetha, Partner, Growth at

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 11, 2024

The plural of anecdote is not data. You can’t extrapolate your individual experience or the experiences of your family, friends and peers to the broader economy, markets, political climate, etc. Just because the dumbest person you know is going all-in on Nvidia does not mean the stock market is going to collapse tomorrow. That’s not how any of this works.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 9, 2024

@TBPInvictus here. About a decade or so ago, the city of Seattle undertook to raise its minimum wage, over time, to $15/hour. (Massive credit to my friend Nick Hanauer for his efforts to make that happen.) What followed in the immediate aftermath of both the announcement and implementation was nothing less than a apocalyptic, collective head explosion on the right about the devastating effects the increase would have, particularly in the food services sector: However, there’s little doubt that t

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

It's not easy to beat the market. Only 8% of active large-cap fund managers have outperformed the S&P 500 over the last 15 years. Those who simply invested in an S&P 500 index fund, therefore, beat 92% of professional money managers. If you want to invest successfully, one of your best options is to stick with the S&P 500. But what if you want even more growth?

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 9, 2024

The bad news about the historic bond bear market is that fixed income investors were forced to deal with large losses in certain areas of the bond market. The good news is the rising rates that caused the bear market in bonds mean yields are in a much better place than they’ve been for the past 10-15 years. Fixed income has income again. In fact, investors in search of yield have all sorts of options — T-bill.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

Nvidia has been the talk of the town since generative artificial intelligence (AI) burst onto the scene last year with the advent of OpenAI's ChatGPT. Since then, nearly every tech titan has laid down plans to develop its own version of ChatGPT or other generative AI service. But investing in Nvidia or even one of the tech giants isn't the only way to play the AI trend.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

Let's not string things along here. The answer is roughly $46,000. This significant return represents an exceptional performance for investors who parked $10,000 in the former General Electric stock five years ago, coinciding with the early years of CEO Larry Culp's tenure. While the lineal heavyweight champion to GE is now GE Aerospace (NYSE: GE) , investors have also received stock in GE HealthCare Technologies (NASDAQ: GEHC) and GE Vernova (NYSE: GEV) along the way.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian answers if investors should by Synopsys (NASDAQ: SNPS) stock at current valuations. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of June 11, 2024. The video was published on June 13, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Synopsys right now? Before you buy stock in Synopsys, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Synopsys wasn’t one of them.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

For more than a year, the two hottest trends on Wall Street have been the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and investors' newfound love for companies enacting stock splits. Last week, these two trends collided when AI titan Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) completed a 10-for-1 stock split. A stock split is a purely cosmetic event that alters a company's share price and outstanding share count by the same magnitude.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) recently made a big move that grabbed the investment community's attention. The technology giant completed a 10-for-1 stock split last week, which lowered the price of each individual Nvidia share to about $120 from more than $1,200. This opened up the stock to a broader range of potential investors. This was a much-awaited operation ever since Nvidia stock soared beyond $900.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

The world stands on the precipice of an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution that promises to reshape the global economy and redefine the boundaries of innovation. While AI has recently taken center stage in the investing world, the true potential of this transformative technology has yet to be fully unleashed. In the coming years, AI is poised to catalyze a wave of game-changing advancements across industries, opening up entirely new markets and fundamentally altering the human experience.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

The maximum monthly benefit Social Security recipients can collect in 2024 is $4,873. But don't kid yourself -- most seniors receive a lot less money than that each month. The average retired worker, in fact, was getting just $1,915 a month as of April. You may be eager to do what you can to chase the maximum monthly Social Security benefit. But rather than spin your wheels in that regard, you may be much better off focusing on building a solid retirement nest egg.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Social Security is a lifeline for millions of older adults, but it's no secret that the program is struggling. Forty-three percent of U.S. adults worry about Social Security "a great deal," according to a 2024 Gallup poll, and a whopping 47% of nonretired workers believe the program won't be able to pay them a benefit once they retire. The good news is that Social Security isn't going away, but the not-so-good news is that benefit cuts could be on the horizon.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have captured the spotlight since early last year, and many businesses have pivoted to capture this burgeoning market. As a result, companies positioned to profit from this technology have experienced a run-up in their stock prices commensurate with this vast opportunity. One company poised for this paradigm shift is Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) , which provides many of the semiconductors and other products that are key components in AI infrastructure.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Three decades ago, the growth arc for the U.S. and global economy was changed forever by the advent of the internet. Though there have been numerous next-big-thing trends and highly touted innovations that have attempted to follow in its footsteps, none have come close to matching what the internet did for businesses -- until now. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) is viewed by some pundits as the most important step forward in innovation since the internet became mainstream.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

The U.S. economy has a rich history of producing the world's most valuable enterprises. In 1901, United States Steel became the first company in the world to amass a $1 billion valuation. The 123 years since have been filled with more incredible milestones, including Apple becoming the first $1 trillion company in 2018. Apple now stands alongside Microsoft and Nvidia in the $3 trillion club.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

One of the most common principles of investing is that you need to take on greater risk in order to earn greater rewards. However, occasionally, the market will offer investors a great price on a solid company, providing an opportunity to outpace the S&P 500 's (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) returns without as much downside potential. Warren Buffett is excellent at spotting these opportunities.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Social Security plays a critical role in most seniors' retirement plans. For some, it's the only source of income they have, and they need to stretch those dollars as far as possible. How easy this is depends in part on where you live. Most states don't tax the Social Security checks of any of their residents, but there are 10 that have some tax laws regarding benefits on their books.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has returned 14% year to date, rocketing through more than two dozen record highs in the process. The index peaked most recently on Wednesday, June 12 following better-than-expected inflation data from May. To elaborate, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) climbed 3.3% during the 12-month period that ended in May, slightly below the 3.4% analysts anticipated.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Discover credit cards are accepted nationwide at around 99% of places that accept credit cards, according to Discover's website. But that wasn't always the case. In fact, not too long ago, it wasn't uncommon to encounter retailers, restaurants, and grocery stores that wouldn't take a Discover credit card, mainly because its processing fees were higher than competing issuers, like Mastercard and Visa.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

There's no denying that technology titan Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been many investors' favorite way of plugging into the artificial intelligence (AI) craze over the past 18 months. And rightfully so. Its processors form the backbone of most AI platforms. As is so often the case though, time and reality are catching up with Nvidia. Competitors are diligently working to close the market-share gap, and (because it's already so big) accelerated Nvidia's growth pace is set to slow.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Since its ongoing monthly payments began in 1940, Social Security has been one of the United States' most essential social programs. For some of its roughly 53.5 million retiree recipients, Social Security is purely supplemental income, but for many, it's a vital source of retirement income that keeps their basic needs met. Regardless of the role that Social Security plays in your retirement finances, it's important to have an idea of how much you'll receive so you can begin planning your retire

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway 's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) long-term performance is the envy of Wall Street. Since Warren Buffett took over as chief executive officer in 1965, the former textile manufacturer has grown into a massive conglomerate with ownership or investment in numerous companies. Over those 59-odd years, the stock has returned an average of 19.8% annually.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Whenever my husband mentions that we've been spending extra and that it's time to buckle down and focus on adding to our savings account , I get a little grumpy. It's not that I'm bad at saving money. I'm actually pretty good at it. But I like to save money passively -- namely, by automating contributions to different accounts.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

In the past five years, shares of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) produced a total return of 90%. This is a respectable gain. However, it lagged the 102% total return of the S&P 500. It doesn't help that Home Depot currently trades 20% below its peak price. Investors are probably wondering what the future holds. Where will this top retail stock be in five years?

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , has built a reputation as a master of traditional value investing. His approach, which involves identifying undervalued companies with strong fundamentals and holding them for the long term, has proven successful for decades. However, as the world stands on the cusp of an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, it's worth examining whether Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio is adequately prepare

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Are you on the hunt for a new "forever" dividend stock? If so, you've probably already stumbled across beverage behemoth Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). The company's not only paid dividends like clockwork for decades now, but has also raised its annual dividend payout every year for the past 62 years. You could certainly do worse than plugging into this blue chip ticker while it's yielding just a tad over 3%.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

If you have $1,000 (or more) to invest today you should tread carefully. The S&P 500 index is near all-time highs and you want to make sure you own high-quality stocks in case a bear comes along. It would be even better if you could buy a stock that itself wasn't too expensively valued. Add in a big dividend yield and your list of qualifying options narrows significantly.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 14, 2024

Ark Investment Management operates eight exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that invest in technology stocks at the forefront of innovation, from industries such as electric vehicles (EVs) to robotics to artificial intelligence (AI). Ark is run by Cathie Wood, a seasoned investor known for her incredibly bullish calls on stocks in the tech sector. Recently, she said EV giant Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) could be the biggest AI opportunity in the world thanks to its autonomous self-driving software.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 12, 2024

The conventional wisdom is that most cryptocurrencies will tend to rise higher in a crypto bull market rally until they reach new all-time highs. While that might be the case for Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) , it's not necessarily true for other cryptocurrencies. If you want to maximize the performance of your crypto portfolio, you'll need to know which cryptos to avoid and which ones to buy hand over fist.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 12, 2024

His approach to picking stocks may be simple to the point of being boring. Warren Buffett's results , however, speak for themselves. Given enough time, Berkshire Hathaway reliably beats the market. That's why you'd be wise to poach a few of his picks for yourself. Buying every Berkshire holding isn't a feasible option for most investors, of course. And even if it were, you wouldn't necessarily want to step into all of these names at the same time.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 12, 2024

With shares up by an eyewatering 25,000% over the last 10 years, it's no surprise that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) relies on stock splits to keep its equity price manageable for smaller investors who may not have access to fractional shares. The most recent of these went into effect on June 7 and gave investors 10 shares of Nvidia for each one they previously owned -- bringing its stock price to around $126 at the time of writing.

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