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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
A reader asks: Investing at all time highs is counterintuitive. Does it produce great returns because the market is forward-looking and investors are momentum investors? It doesn’t seem to make sense to buy just before a long severe bear market. I understand the worry here. All-time highs seem scary because every stock market crash in history started from one.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Shares of Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) charged sharply higher this week, soaring as much as 47.5%, according to data supplied by S&P Global Market Intelligence. By the time the market closed on Friday, the stock was still up 43.2%. The catalyst that initially sent the data analytics and artificial intelligence (AI) systems pioneer higher was the company's better-than-expected results.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Morson Group is an engineering and technical staffing and workforce services provider. The post Onex acquires majority interest in Morson Group appeared first on PE Hub.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
For the past three decades, there have been no shortages of next-big-thing investment trends to captivate the attention of Wall Street and investors. Everything from the advent of the internet to game-changing applications such as genome mapping has changed the course of innovation. At the moment, there's no next-big-thing investment trend hotter than artificial intelligence (AI).
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) measures the performance of 500 large U.S. companies that account for 80% of domestic equities by market capitalization. For that reason, the index is commonly used as a benchmark for the entire U.S. stock market. Investors can learn a great deal by analyzing the historical performance of the S&P 500. For instance, the index returned 1,710% over the past three decades, compounding at 10.1% annually.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2024
I'm one of that subset of American taxpayers who've reached full retirement age (FRA) of 67 and then chose that point to begin drawing Social Security. I've also kept working and am paying the price in the form of paying taxes on a portion of my benefits. I knew that going in. Death and taxes of course are unavoidable, and the relatively low threshold for paying federal income taxes on Social Security while I continue my work as an independent contractor (after retiring from my full-time job in
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FEBRUARY 6, 2024
One of the few guarantees Wall Street offers is that there's always going to be a next-big-thing investment trend to captivate investors' attention. At the moment, no trend is garnering more hoopla than artificial intelligence (AI). When I say "artificial intelligence," I'm talking about the use of software and systems to handle tasks typically overseen by humans.
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FEBRUARY 3, 2024
Image source: Getty Images If you're a dedicated football fan -- and even if you're not -- celebrating the big game can be a big deal. That doesn't mean it has to be a big expense , however. And that's especially true if you're a Costco member. Costco always has great deals on everyday essentials, which is what makes it such a great personal finance choice any time of year.
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FEBRUARY 5, 2024
SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) just reported its 2023 fourth-quarter financial results. The market was very impressed, as shares shot up 20% immediately following the news, although they have come back down since the announcement on Jan. 29 (as of Feb. 1). The business beat Wall Street expectations for revenue and earnings, which is certainly a positive development.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
PLNG is operated by Hunt Oil Company and is one of only two LNG production facilities in Latin America. The post EIG-backed MidOcean Energy to acquire SK Earthon’s 20 percent stake in Peru LNG appeared first on PE Hub.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Billionaire Bill Ackman runs Pershing Square Capital Management, a hedge fund that returned 234% over the last five years, crushing the 95% total return in the S&P 500. Pershing Square also beat the benchmark index over the last year and the last decade. That outperformance makes Ackman and his fund a worthwhile case study for investors. A closer look at the fund in the September quarter shows that Ackman had 31.4% of Pershing Square's portfolio invested in two stocks: 17.4% in Alphabet (NAS
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Investors often debate whether Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is merely an electric carmaker masquerading as an artificial intelligence company or a genuine artificial intelligence company that also makes electric vehicles. For Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas, there is no doubt Tesla fits into the latter category. His conviction is underscored by a bull-case price target of $500 per share, implying 170% upside from its current price.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
For almost 60 years, the Oracle of Omaha has been dazzling Wall Street. I'm talking about Berkshire Hathaway 's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett. Since taking over as CEO in the mid-1960s, he has overseen a greater than 4,760,000% gain in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A). A seven-digit return is certainly going to get a money manager noticed -- and for good reason.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Unlike Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, Richard Branson's Virgin Galactic (NYSE: SPCE) is publicly traded and has no shortage of hands buying and selling the stock on a daily basis. However, Virgin Galactic's long-term performance has been less than stellar. Still, eager traders might find excitement in the idea that Virgin Galactic stock's moon shot could be a "better late than never" type of event.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Several crypto-mining stocks surged sky-high this week. Measured from last Friday's closing bell to today's market open, data from S&P Global Market Intelligence shows Riot Platforms (NASDAQ: RIOT) gaining 23%, Marathon Digital Holdings (NASDAQ: MARA) rising by 28%, and CleanSpark (NASDAQ: CLSK) leading the pack with a 56% jump. They all specialize in mining Bitcoin tokens, and the largest cryptocurrency's price increased by 10% over the same period.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
One of the hallmarks of the recent economic downturn was a pause in the digital transformation, marked by a dramatic pullback in cloud spending, as companies turned to cloud optimization in an effort to more efficiently use their existing services. The financial results released by one company today suggest that customers are beginning to pile back into cloud services, which could mark the end of a historic dry spell.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) stock has soared in recent times, climbing more than 200% over the past year, thanks to the company's crucial role in the high-growth area of artificial intelligence (AI). The tech giant's graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the go-to chip for powering AI models. Demand in the world of AI may be just getting started. The market, at a compound annual growth rate of 36%, could reach more than $1.3 trillion by 2030, according to a Markets and Markets report.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) became a Wall Street darling last year when a boom in artificial intelligence (AI) highlighted the massive potential of its business. Its stock climbed 214% since last February and has shown no signs of slowing, rising 40% since the start of 2024. The launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT reinvigorated interest in AI and caused countless tech firms to restructure their businesses to prioritize the developing market.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
The S&P 500 posted a new all-time high in January for the first time since late 2021. Hitting that new high marked the final step needed to confirm the bull market that began when the index bottomed in October 2022, after a brutal 24% plunge into bear territory. The broader market is also benefiting from earnings season, with most American companies currently reporting their financial results for the fourth quarter of 2023 (ended Dec. 31).
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) is known for e-commerce, but the company has a lot more going for it than that. It has a thriving service segment with third-party seller services, advertising, and subscriptions. And one segment that has received a lot of attention is Amazon Web Services (AWS), its cloud computing operation. While this segment used to be Amazon's best and brightest, it no longer holds that designation.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
On Wall Street, the only guarantee is that virtually no guarantees exist. Directional movements for Wall Street's major stock indexes -- the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) , S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , and Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) -- are highly unpredictable over short periods. Since this decade began, the Dow Jones, S&P 500 , and Nasdaq Composite have bounced back and forth between bear and bull markets in successive years.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Once you retire, certain expenses of yours may go down. If you're no longer commuting, for example, you can expect to spend less on transportation. And if you pay off your mortgage ahead of retirement, you might spend less on housing, despite having to cover additional costs like property taxes, maintenance, and repairs. But there's one expense that tends to rise during retirement instead of fall, and it's healthcare.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
One of the most important decisions you'll make when it comes to retirement planning is when to claim Social Security. While most people become eligible to apply for benefits starting at age 62, many decide to wait at least a few years before they claim their benefits. Following the wisdom of the crowd is often a smart financial strategy that can keep you from making big mistakes with your money.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
There are a lot of ways to make money on Wall Street. However, few strategies have a better long-term track record of making investors richer than buying and holding high-quality dividend stocks. In 2023, Hartford Funds released an extensive report ("The Power of Dividends: Past, Present, and Future") that examined the ins and outs of how dividend stocks have outperformed over long stretches.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian reviews Palantir (NYSE: PLTR) and its latest quarterly earnings report to determine if the stock is still a buy for long-term investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 5, 2024. The video was published on Feb. 7, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Palantir Technologies right now? Before you buy stock in Palantir Technologies, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stock
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Warren Buffett is known for seriously looking at the price tag when he buys a stock. The chairman of Berkshire Hathaway goes for players that are undervalued and holds onto them for the long term. Back in the first quarter of 2016, he added a top technology and consumer goods company to the portfolio -- and that stock has gone on to advance more than 600%.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) reported fiscal first-quarter 2024 financial results for the period ended Dec. 30, 2023, after the market closed on Wednesday and investors liked what they saw. Shares were up 12.7% in early trading on Thursday and are still up 11.8% at noon E.T. Three factors drove the media stock higher and they set the company up for even more long-term success.
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FEBRUARY 9, 2024
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Satya Nadella wants India to succeed, in part because he knows that it will help Microsoft succeed. Born in Hyderabad, India, Nadella moved to the U.S. at age 21 for his graduate studies. He joined Microsoft in 1992 and took the helm as CEO 10 years ago. Nadella returned to India this week to speak at the Microsoft CEO Connection event held in Mumbai.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
All it takes is watching a televised sporting event through a couple of commercial breaks to see the surge in popularity of sports betting. Whatever the network or event, there are ads and partnerships promoting something most sports leagues shunned until fairly recently. One of the biggest beneficiaries of the surge in sports betting is DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG).
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Society's notion of retirement is often one of relaxation and pursuing our passions after decades in the workforce. But that's not the reality for many seniors. Many have difficulty saving enough to cover their basic living costs, and some are struggling under the weight of mortgages, credit card debt, medical bills, and more. Even a small amount of debt can be stressful for those who weren't able to save much throughout their careers.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Generative artificial intelligence (AI) technology is expected to positively impact multiple industries in the long run, creating a massive annual revenue opportunity worth $1.3 trillion in 2032, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. Nvidia has been the go-to stock for investors looking to capitalize on this lucrative market. Shares of the company have jumped 205% in the past year as the solid demand for its graphics cards has led to a terrific increase in its revenue and earnings.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Some analysts have called artificial intelligence (AI) the fourth industrial revolution, citing its potential to improve productivity and efficiency with predictive insights and automation. Similar to the third industrial revolution -- which was driven by digital technologies like the internet, computers, and mobile devices -- AI could create substantial wealth for well-positioned investors.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Last week featured a slew of banner earnings reports. But the wildest day by far was Feb. 1, when Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) , Meta Platforms , and Amazon all reported earnings. The following day, Meta surged to an all-time high and Amazon blasted to a two-year high within striking distance of an all-time high. Apple, however, slipped, becoming the second-worst-performing " Magnificent Seven " stock year to date behind Tesla.
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FEBRUARY 8, 2024
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is coming off a record year for electric vehicle sales. It delivered 1.8 million cars in 2023, including 1.2 million of its Model Y which became the best-selling vehicle of any kind, globally. Tesla made headlines throughout the year for slashing prices to spur demand, because consumers were suffering under the pressures of high inflation and rising interest rates.
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