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MAY 14, 2024
A lot of investors have abandoned international diversification (or at least strongly considered it) in recent years. I understand why this is happening. The U.S. stock market has destroyed all comers ever since the Great Financial Crisis ended. Since 2009, a total U.S. stock market index fund is up more than 660% while a total international index fund is up more like 180%.
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MAY 17, 2024
Like bargains? Most people do. Whether you're talking about groceries, airplane tickets, or automobiles, the lower the price, the better the buy. Bargain prices aren't limited to physical goods though. Stocks can be bargains as well. Billionaire investor Warren Buffett largely became a billionaire, in fact, by buying value stocks as a means of maximizing the long-term bang he gets for his investment buck.
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MAY 17, 2024
Social Security benefits help millions of seniors to afford necessities, especially as far too many people don't have enough retirement savings. Unfortunately, these benefits don't do a great job of providing for all of the financial needs of retirees. That's because most people need to replace around 70% to 80% of pre-retirement income at a minimum when retiring, while Social Security benefits typically replace only about 40% of what you were earning before you retired.
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MAY 17, 2024
If you've got money sitting in the bank that you can afford to invest in the stock market today, targeting dividend stocks can be a great move to make right now. Many investors have been putting money into bonds and high-yielding assets which are less risky than stocks. But with interest rates potentially coming down later this year, that could push the pendulum back in the other direction; dividend stocks could soon be hot buys again.
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MAY 17, 2024
Social Security has been one of America's most important social programs, and hopefully that will continue for decades to come. It provides millions of Americans with a financial safety net, but like other forms of income, its benefits have tax implications. The good news is that most states don't have any Social Security tax rules. The could-be-better news is that there are still 10 states that do.
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MAY 17, 2024
New York Community Bancorp (NYSE: NYCB) managed to take the 2023 bank run scare in relative stride. In fact, it even bought parts of Signature Bank, one of the banks that ended up going out of business. But New York Community Bancorp ran into problems as 2024 got underway, with the stock now down around 75% from its 52-week high. If you buy shares of this bank, you need to know these three key facts. 1.
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MAY 17, 2024
When people think of artificial intelligence (AI), they gravitate to graphics processing unit (GPU) chip leader Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) -- and rightly so. Nvidia currently has a huge lead making the chips needed for today's most advanced AI applications. But AI benefits will offer growth opportunities for lots of tech companies that haven't seen their stocks run as far and fast as Nvidia.
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MAY 17, 2024
Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian discusses Rivian 's (NASDAQ: RIVN) steps toward profitability. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 15, 2024. The video was published on May 17, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Rivian Automotive right now? Before you buy stock in Rivian Automotive, 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 Rivian Automotive wasn’t one of them.
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MAY 17, 2024
Image source: The Motley Fool/Upsplash A credit limit is the maximum you can borrow on a credit card. For example, if your credit card has a credit limit of $5,000, you could borrow up to that amount, but no higher. While credit limits are assigned upfront when you're approved for a new card, you might have good reasons to want to increase them, such as when planning for a large purchase.
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MAY 17, 2024
Shares of restaurant chain Cracker Barrel Old Country Store (NASDAQ: CBRL) dropped like a rock on Friday after the company provided a business update and slashed its dividend. As of noon ET today, Cracker Barrel stock was down a disheartening 13% and now trades at its lowest price in 12 years. Bad news for dividend investors On the surface, it would seem like business is fine for Cracker Barrel.
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MAY 17, 2024
When Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett speaks, professional and everyday investors pay close attention. That's because the "Oracle of Omaha," as he's come to be known, has handily outpaced the benchmark S&P 500 in the return column over nearly six decades. Whereas the S&P 500 has produced an impressive total return, including dividends, of around 34,200% since the mid-1960s, Buffett has overseen an aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) t
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MAY 17, 2024
From 401(k) plans to 403(b) plans, there is a long list of retirement savings accounts you can potentially tap. But there's one in particular that I believe can be the best option for many people. It requires a little extra work, but the long-term benefits will be tremendous. If you can, use this one powerful retirement savings account My favorite retirement savings account is a Roth 401(k).
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MAY 16, 2024
Many people relocate in retirement because they simply want to. They may have dreamed of living in, say, Spain, throughout their working lives. Or perhaps they visited Costa Rica on vacation and decided they'd love to live there one day. Other people, though, consider relocating in retirement because a retirement in America is looking financially shaky to them.
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MAY 16, 2024
For a long time, the Social Security Trustees have been warning that the retirement benefits system is facing some future financial hardships. Specifically, Social Security is paying out more than it's collecting and making up the difference from its trust fund. This can't last forever, and at some point, the fund is going to run dry. That would mean Social Security would be able to rely only on revenue it's currently collecting.
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MAY 16, 2024
Volatility is something that's inescapable for investors on Wall Street. With the exception of 2024, we've witnessed the Dow Jones Industrial Average , S&P 500 , and Nasdaq Composite seesaw between bear and bull markets in successive years since this decade began. During bouts of heightened volatility and uncertainty, professional and everyday investors typically turn their attention to businesses with lengthy track records of outperformance.
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MAY 16, 2024
Billionaire investor Warren Buffett and his company Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) had their annual meeting earlier this month. As always, the event was full of insights for investors, who often mimic Buffett's investing moves. This time around, what stuck out to me wasn't what Buffett was saying or which stocks he was buying, but about what he was not doing.
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MAY 16, 2024
Since the end of the financial crisis about 15 years ago, it's generally been an excellent time for the technology sector. A prolonged period of historically low interest rates helped fuel innovation, the stock market has avoided any major recessions, and most of the largest tech companies have performed especially well. This has fueled excellent performance in the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index.
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MAY 17, 2024
When Alibaba Group (NYSE: BABA) went public at $68 per share on Sept. 18, 2014, it raised $25 billion and became the largest initial public offering (IPO) in U.S. history. At the time, the bulls were impressed by the Chinese e-commerce and cloud leader's rapid growth rates. On Oct. 27, 2020, Alibaba's stock reached its record high of $312.87. That was a near five-bagger gain for its initial investors, and many analysts were convinced its stock could go even higher over the next few years.
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MAY 17, 2024
As retirement nears, you're likely to find yourself faced with some very tough decisions. Where should you live during your senior years? Should you own a home or rent one? And how should you invest your savings? Another big choice you'll need to make is when to sign up for Social Security. In that regard, you have multiple options. You're allowed to file for Social Security at any point starting at age 62.
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MAY 16, 2024
In today's video, I discuss recent updates affecting Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). 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 May 14, 2024. The video was published on May 14, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Nvidia right now? Before you buy stock in Nvidia, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy n
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MAY 16, 2024
Image source: The Motley Fool. Take-Two Interactive Software (NASDAQ: TTWO) Q4 2024 Earnings Call May 16, 2024 , 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Greetings and welcome to the Take-Two fourth quarter and fiscal year 2024 earnings call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.
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MAY 17, 2024
This year began with nothing but hope for shareholders of Realty Income (NYSE: O) , Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Opendoor Technologies (NASDAQ: OPEN). Reality hasn't been as kind. All three stocks are trading lower in 2024. The bullish arguments haven't been entirely silenced; they have been deferred instead of denied. Let's take a closer look at how these three high-profile laggards can turn their downticks into upticks in 2025. 1.
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MAY 17, 2024
It's always interesting when a new company comes to market and doubly interesting when it's a spinoff. In reality, two new companies came out of the spinoff of Solventum (NYSE: SOLV) and 3M (NYSE: MMM) -- a newly created healthcare company and an industrial conglomerate without a healthcare business. Introducing Solventum Solventum is a healthcare company operating in four segments and serving end markets that management believes have a market size of at least $93 billion and are growing at a ra
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MAY 16, 2024
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is home to some of the best and most promising stocks you can own on the markets. When stocks in this broad index go on sale, it could be a prime time for investors to consider investing in them. Three S&P 500 stocks that have been crashing this year are attracting the notice of bargain hunters: Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) , Boeing (NYSE: BA) , and Intel (NASDAQ: INTC).
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MAY 16, 2024
Image source: The Motley Fool/Upsplash After years of near-zero interest rates on bank savings accounts, Americans are getting more savvy with their cash. Instead of leaving money in an account that pays almost interest, more people are moving money to certificates of deposit (CDs) -- recent reporting from Bloomberg shows that the amount of money held in U.S. commercial bank "large CDs" (CDs of $100,000 or more) increased by $615 billion during 2023, reaching a total of $2.26 trillion.
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MAY 17, 2024
While it might sound like a smart idea to try and find small businesses that could become tomorrow's big winners in the stock market, investors can't ignore the companies that are hiding in plain sight. Just look at Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). The tech titan's shares have soared 190% just in the past five years, far outpacing the broader Nasdaq Composite Index.
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MAY 17, 2024
Image source: Getty Images If you're shopping for a new car in 2024, you might be interested in comparing the benefits of electric vehicles (EVs) vs. hybrid cars. Electric vehicles have been hyped and criticized recently, with some people feeling that EVs are overpriced or too hard to charge. Other people might have heard of EV tax credits, but feel skeptical that they can actually qualify.
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MAY 16, 2024
Millions of retired seniors collect a monthly benefit from Social Security that's instrumental in helping them cover their bills. And one day, whether it's sooner or later, you might end up in a similar position of needing Social Security to pay your essential expenses. That's why it's so important to do what you can to lock in as generous a monthly benefit as possible.
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MAY 17, 2024
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the biggest name in artificial intelligence, but the future of AI includes a lot of products Nvidia won't be involved with. In this video, Travis Hoium shows why Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM) may be a better bet long term. *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of May 15, 2024. The video was published on May 16, 2024.
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MAY 17, 2024
In today's video, I discuss recent updates impacting Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) and Reddit (NYSE: RDDT). 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 May 16, 2024. The video was published on May 16, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Nvidia right now?
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MAY 16, 2024
While there are no guarantees in the stock market, sticking with growing companies that are leaders in their markets is one of the safest ways to choose stocks for the long term. ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW) and Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) are two leading tech companies producing stellar financial results that are sending their share prices to new highs.
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MAY 16, 2024
Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian compares two high-yield dividend stocks to determine which is better for passive income investors. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of May 13, 2024. The video was published on May 15, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Altria Group right now? Before you buy stock in Altria Group, 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 Altria Group wasn’t one
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MAY 16, 2024
Finding an ETF or mutual fund that can consistently beat the market year in and year out is practically impossible. That's not for lack of options. Wall Street is full of sharp minds that are often willing to share their investment insights and strategies with everyday investors through a mutual fund. In exchange, they ask for a small percentage of the assets you invest with them.
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MAY 16, 2024
The energy and utilities sectors are known for their high yields. Dividends compensate patient shareholders for enduring the cyclicality of the oil patch. Meanwhile, utilities often choose to reward investors with dividends, given the sector's low growth. However, focusing too much on yield alone can lead to poor investment decisions. The key is to find a company that blends a high yield with a sound business model that can support earnings growth, and in turn, a higher dividend.
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