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APRIL 8, 2024
A reader sent me the following chart asking for my thoughts: I honestly don’t know who the creator of this chart is. I don’t know the intention of it either but the fact that the title contains the word collapse makes it sound scary. Knowing that housing prices in the U.S. are at all-time highs makes this chart seem suspect, but the data checks out.
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APRIL 12, 2024
Image source: Getty Images Long-term care insurance is designed to prevent the financial strain that comes with unexpected nursing home stays and other types of long-term care you might need later in life. With nursing home stays exceeding six-figure sums in many cases, this can be valuable protection for retirees. While you're unlikely to need long-term care anytime soon if you're a healthy 50-something who hasn't retired yet, you can certainly purchase a long-term care policy if you choose to
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APRIL 12, 2024
Image source: Getty Images I decided more than three decades ago that I wasn't going to become a parent, and in the ensuing years, I've heard all the myths, stereotypes, and outright lies about people like me. One of the biggest is that people without kids are rich -- this one is frequently repeated, even in comic strip form. Let me clear that up for you right now.
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APRIL 12, 2024
Image source: Getty Images Both Costco and Sam's Club are warehouse clubs that you pay a membership fee to join. Many people opt to pay the cost of membership because these warehouse clubs offer bulk bargains. For most people, it doesn't really make sense to join both Costco and Sam's Club. There's a lot of overlap between what the stores offer, and your budget might not bear the cost of both.
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APRIL 12, 2024
Image source: Getty Images Women often face a few extra obstacles on the road to financial wellness. The gender pay gap and other inequalities in the workplace and in the world of investing can unfortunately cause women to feel behind on their financial goals. A new survey from Laurel Road found that more women feel like they're falling behind on their personal finances compared to 2023.
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APRIL 12, 2024
Many people dream of retiring early and getting to spend their days doing the things they want to do. And then there are those people who retire early not because they've always wanted to, but because they're forced out of a job. Either way, if you're an early retiree, you may be tempted to claim Social Security as soon as your career comes to an end.
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APRIL 12, 2024
For nearly 60 years, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett has been delivering outsized returns for his investors. Whereas the benchmark S&P 500 has gained a little over 34,000%, including dividends paid, since the "Oracle of Omaha" took over as Berkshire's CEO in the mid-1960s, Buffett has overseen an aggregate return in his Class A shares (BRK.A) that surpassed 5,100,000%, as of the closing bell on April 5.
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APRIL 12, 2024
In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). Check out the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and click the special offer link below. *Stock prices used were the after-market prices of April 10, 2024. The video was published on April 11, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Alphabet right now?
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APRIL 12, 2024
The wealthiest Social Security beneficiaries are taking home a record $4,873 per month in 2024, up from $4,555 per month last year. That kind of money could support a pretty comfortable retirement, especially when paired with personal savings. But claiming checks this size is quite rare. In reality, the average benefit is only about $1,911 per month, as of Feb. 2024.
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APRIL 12, 2024
The demand for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks may lead investors to ponder how to invest in this sector with minimal risk. This is a critical concern as AI stocks like Nvidia and Tesla have experienced massive sell-offs when those stocks fell out of favor. Moreover, the AI industry is comprised of smaller stocks such as DigitalOcean and C3.ai. Although investors may see considerable potential for gains, unexpected occurrences often derail such growth stories.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Target (NYSE: TGT) has launched a subscription service that could improve customer loyalty and give added value. But this isn't just any subscription; it's a model that Target is partly copying from Costco (NASDAQ: COST). In this video, Travis Hoium covers the business model Target is employing with its membership. *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of April 9, 2024.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Image source: The Motley Fool/Unsplash Just a few months ago, most financial experts agreed that the Federal Reserve would cut interest rates in 2024. After raising interest rates rapidly in 2022, and keeping rates high throughout 2023, most observers (and even many of the Fed's decision-makers, apparently) believed that 2024 would be the time for interest rate cuts.
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APRIL 11, 2024
The age of the data center being dominated by server CPUs from just two companies, Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) and AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) , is coming to an end. Arm -based chips, largely a no-show in the server CPU market until recently, are having a moment. Alphabet 's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) Google announced earlier this week that it had designed a custom Arm-based CPU that will be widely deployed inside the data centers powering Google Cloud.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is arguably the world's most popular artificial intelligence (AI) stock, as evidenced by its 215% gain in the past year alone. It's not a claim without merit, because the company's revenue more than doubled in fiscal 2024 (which ended Jan. 28) on the back of its industry-leading AI data center chips. But if investors want to know where the AI industry is headed next, it can be helpful to know where billionaires are putting their money.
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APRIL 12, 2024
One of the most challenging parts of planning for retirement is never knowing exactly how much you need to save. It's impossible to predict what emergency costs could arise, and your plans for the future could also shift as you age. This is why many people fall back on certain retirement "rules" about how much they should save. Here's what one of the most popular retirement savings rules says about how much the average worker should have saved by the age of 50.
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APRIL 11, 2024
The amount of applications surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) is astounding. Breakthroughs in generative AI are fueling advancements in accelerated computing, data analytics, healthcare, and more. One area that is quietly emerging as a lucrative growth opportunity in AI is voice-recognition software. Believe it or not, many of the world's largest businesses are investing heavily in this technology.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Excitement surrounding artificial intelligence (AI) has captivated the investment community with both the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite trading near record levels. These gains are largely attributable to a small basket of megacap companies collectively referred to as the "Magnificent Seven" -- which includes Microsoft , Apple , Alphabet , Nvidia , Amazon , Meta Platforms , and Tesla.
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APRIL 12, 2024
For a second consecutive year, the bulls are running wild on Wall Street. While most investors love a good bull market, it can make locating good deals more challenging. As of the closing bell on April 10, the S&P 500 's Shiller price-to-earnings (P/E) ratio (also known as the cyclically adjusted price-to-earnings ratio, or CAPE ratio ) registered one of its highest readings dating back more than 150 years.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Units of Enterprise Products Partners (NYSE: EPD) have risen about 10% in 2024, which might have some investors wondering if they have missed the opportunity to buy this high-yield midstream giant. The quick answer is no: There are still plenty of reasons to buy the master limited partnership (MLP) and its lofty 7% distribution yield. Here's what you need to know.
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APRIL 11, 2024
In JPMorgan Chase 's annual shareholder letter, CEO Jamie Dimon said that while we don't yet understand the full impact artificial intelligence (AI) will have on society, he's convinced the "consequences will be extraordinary." Dimon goes on to suggest that generative AI could be "as transformational as some of the major technological inventions of the past several hundred years: Think the printing press, the steam engine, electricity, computing, and the Internet, among others.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Shares of graphics and artificial intelligence (AI) chipmaker Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) have pulled back meaningfully recently. After soaring from a share price of under $500 at the beginning of the year to a 52-week high of $974, shares have retreated nearly 11% as of this writing. Given both the stock and (more importantly) the business's underlying momentum, some investors may be debating about whether this is a good time to buy shares.
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APRIL 12, 2024
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the hottest stocks on the market in 2024, with shares of the chipmaker registering stunning gains of 70% so far this year as its artificial intelligence (AI)-fueled growth shows no signs of stopping. Nvidia's revenue and earnings are topping Wall Street expectations. Even better, Nvidia is expected to sustain its impressive growth going forward thanks to its 90%-plus share of the AI chip market and an aggressive product roadmap.
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APRIL 10, 2024
Image source: Getty Images When you like something, it's natural to want to share it with others. However, if that "something" is your Costco membership card, you should definitely think twice before sharing. Costco membership is non-transferrable. This means only you can use your membership card. Each membership comes with two cards, so you can add one member of your household.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Image source: Upsplash/The Motley Fool To date, I've only made one shopping trip to Costco. But based on that one shopping trip, I'm convinced that my future with Costco will be a bright one. My first shopping trip consisted of everything from clothing, refrigerated and frozen food items, pantry staples and snacks, to cleaning supplies and paper products.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Altria (NYSE: MO) and British American Tobacco (NYSE: BTI) are two of the largest cigarette companies in the world. They both offer massive dividend yields, with Altria at 9.3% and British American Tobacco at 9.8%. That's in fact the main reason that most investors will be interested in either of these two companies. But which of these high-yield stocks is the better option?
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APRIL 10, 2024
Time in the market beats timing the market. That's no secret. Legendary investors didn't make their fortune by day-trading the hottest stock tips, but by holding stocks of game-changing market leaders for many years or even decades. That said, even Warren Buffett prefers buying incredible businesses at a great price. That long-term holding period gets so much sweeter when you take off from a deeply undervalued starting point.
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APRIL 10, 2024
Investors have endured a wild ride since the green flag waved at the start of 2020. Since this decade kicked off, the Dow Jones Industrial Average , S&P 500 , and Nasdaq Composite have all oscillated between bear and bull markets on a couple of occasions. But if Wall Street offers a practical guarantee for investors -- aside from inherent volatility -- it's that the major indexes put stock corrections and bear markets firmly in the rearview mirror over time.
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APRIL 10, 2024
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) stock -- like most stocks -- got a bit banged up on Wednesday after higher-than-expected inflation data dashed investors' hopes for a series of Federal Reserve rate cuts in 2024. But in contrast to many other stocks, Disney investors also got some good news. Inflation or no inflation , and rate cuts or no interest rate cuts. Disney stock is going up nearly 20% (according to Argus Research analyst Joseph Bonner), and will hit $140 a share within a year.
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APRIL 10, 2024
While the artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator market is dominated by Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) , Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been trying to gain ground. The company's Gaudi line of AI chips historically couldn't match Nvidia on performance, but Intel pitched them as a cost-effective alternative to Nvidia's pricey graphics processing units (GPUs). Gaudi 3, Intel's third-generation Gaudi AI chip, was officially unveiled on Tuesday.
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APRIL 11, 2024
In a discussion with analysts and media members following his keynote address at GTC 2024 (a leading conference on artificial intelligence), Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) CEO Jensen Huang outlined a list of top technologies his company is at the forefront of developing: industrial robotics, 6G (move over, 5G), weather prediction, particle physics analysis, biology, and so on.
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APRIL 11, 2024
Many people approaching retirement have fears about the state of their future finances. In a 2023 survey, the Nationwide Retirement Institute found that 75% of people aged 50 and over are concerned that Social Security benefits will run out at some point in their lives. And even if that doesn't worry you, there's the risk that you may not be generating enough income to live the kind of retirement that you want.
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APRIL 12, 2024
The crypto market had a good week overall with Bitcoin and Ethereum rising by low-single-digit percentages until early morning on Friday. But at about 9 a.m. ET, the entire industry began to go into a tailspin. According to data provided by S&P Global Market Intelligence , as of noon ET Friday, Dogecoin (CRYPTO: DOGE) was up by 9.5% over the past week but after a rapid decline of 10% in the last two hours, it's now down slightly for the week as of 3 p.m.
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APRIL 10, 2024
Image source: Getty Images Many people shop at Walmart regularly for the savings involved. The big-box giant is known for its competitive prices on a wide range of products, including household essentials and groceries. But some grocery shoppers may be entitled to compensation from Walmart due to a recent settlement. So it pays to see if you're eligible for some sort of payday.
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APRIL 9, 2024
Image source: Upsplash/The Motley Fool These days, a lot of drivers are taking the plunge and buying electric vehicles. And the idea of doing so might appeal to you. But there's another option you may want to consider: a hybrid car. My husband and I owned a 2007 Toyota Prius (the world's first mass-produced passenger hybrid vehicle) that we basically drove into the ground and only replaced last year after a 16-year run.
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