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JANUARY 7, 2024

Financial services Several financial services stocks are attractively valued right now. Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) Large financial services company 2.8% Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) Large financial services company 2.9% However, I like its long-term prospects -- and its dividend yield.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 24, 2024

After the post-pandemic downturn in growth stocks, the AI revolution and the prospect of lower interest rates should reignite growth stocks again. However, the AI revolution and Broadcom's recent acquisition of VMware has lit a fire under its growth prospects. Here are three all-star names trading at very reasonable prices today.

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JUNE 26, 2023

Financial services giant American Express (NYSE: AXP) arguably fits the above profile and this Dow Jones Industrial Average component could be a smart buy for dividend growth investors. The growth potential of financial services companies is largely buoyed by one megatrend: the global growth of e-commerce.

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The Motley Fool

MAY 9, 2024

Financial services businesses aren't exactly the most exciting. In fact, billionaire investor Warren Buffett has held positions in financial services companies, including American Express , Visa , Mastercard , and Bank of America , for years. Financial trends are almost certainly going to vary quarter to quarter.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

The effects of CrowdStrike's July outage You probably don't need a reminder, but here's a quick rundown of July's plunge anyway: The company's security services suffered a widespread outage on July 19, caused by a problematic software update. Financial services ground to a halt. Airlines canceled flights.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 1, 2024

The main knock against this financial services company is its relatively low dividend yield (compared to others on the list) of 2.72%. Ally Financial Another financial services stock, Ally Financial (NYSE: ALLY) , has delivered greater returns than Jefferies over the last 12 months.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 21, 2024

I think that its long-term growth prospects look great. Enterprise Products Partners' cash flow per unit increased during the financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 and declined only modestly during the oil price collapse of 2014-2017 and the COVID-19 lockdowns in 2020 and 2021. Lowe's ranks as the second-largest home improvement retailer.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 9, 2024

The financial services industry is hyper competitive. Let's break down how the company is bringing innovation to the financial services world and assess if now is a good opportunity to scoop up some shares. It's not uncommon for people to use a variety of services for their financial needs.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 14, 2024

Despite there being no shortage of theme parks, cruise lines, streaming services, and movie studios, none possess the depth of stories, characters, and emotional engagement that Disney has evoked over the last century. The primary headwind current and prospective investors have to consider with Alphabet is the health of the U.S.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 1, 2024

Despite recent headwinds in consumer spending, American Express has delivered solid financial results, with third-quarter revenue reaching a new record and growing 8% year over year. Investors are high on the company's prospects, with the stock sitting close to new highs. Through the third quarter, it had refreshed 40 products.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

Merchants are incentivized to accept Visa because it's the most common card used globally, and prospective cardholders have an incentive to go with Visa because it's the most accepted card globally. Discover Financial Services is an advertising partner of The Ascent, a Motley Fool company.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

And with the analyst community on the sidelines with Sea stock, it seems many investors were unenthused with the company's prospects as well. But e-commerce revenue was up more than 40%, and financial services revenue was up more than 30%, leading to growth of 23% for the business as a whole.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024

For years, the top advertising slogan for Prudential Financial (NYSE: PRU) was "Get a piece of the rock." The global financial services and investment management company still uses the iconic image of the Rock of Gibraltar in its logo. I'd be remiss if I left out the financial services leader's "invisible dividends."

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 24, 2023

Shares of the financial services giant were in negative territory as recently as October. And the prospects for the Fed to cut interest rates next year appear to be pretty good. What's more, the stock is cheap -- especially considering the company's growth prospects. Unemployment levels are low historically.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 10, 2023

As a result, top executives from within the crypto industry are now chiming in on Bitcoin's prospects for 2024, with many convinced Bitcoin could more than double in value within just 12 months. Crypto financial services firm Matrixport recently suggested Bitcoin could be headed to $125,000 by the end of 2024.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 23, 2023

Those trades make a lot of sense, given that Amazon has solid growth prospects in e-commerce, ad tech, and cloud computing. Mastercard has a higher profit margin than smaller competitors like American Express and Discover Financial Services because it can spread expenses over more transactions.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

Financial services innovators Visa (NYSE: V) and S&P Global (NYSE: SPGI) represent financial services stocks with significant room for dividend growth. Its worldwide tobacco and reduced-risk product lineup provides steady growth prospects and stability for income-focused investors.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Market stalwarts Bitcoin and Ethereum are down more than 10% and investors appear to be dumping all cryptos right now, regardless of their underlying value or potential growth prospects. If that were the end of the story for Solana, I wouldn't be so excited about its future prospects.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Seaport Global really likes the prospects for Liberty Live, but it's the lone analyst surveyed by LSEG that covers the stock. The company continues to rank among the top innovators in the financial services industry. It has huge growth prospects with the artificial intelligence (AI) boom. Three especially come to mind.

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Private Equity Wire

FEBRUARY 13, 2025

Apis Growth Fund I, a private equity fund managed by UK-based asset manager Apis Partners Group, is to sell its full stake in Baobab, a leading African financial services provider specialising in supporting small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

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NOVEMBER 24, 2023

The company must have decent enough long-term future prospects in order for investors to have a legitimate shot of truly benefiting from its price. All three of them trade at what look like reasonable valuations given their prospects, and all three look like they provide good reason to believe they can stick around for a good long while.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

Taking a look at SoFi's entire business SoFi breaks its business down into three primary segments: lending, technology, and financial services. There are still a couple of important ideas to explore before writing off SoFi's prospects. I'd caution investors from hitting the panic button, though.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2024

In particular, the excitement relates to how companies are offering holistic solutions to customers for all their financial services needs. The market is adopting a more tempered view of the business and its prospects. One of the areas the investment manager is optimistic about is the fintech industry. As of this writing on Nov.

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APRIL 8, 2024

Foundry offers similar services for corporate and enterprise clients, and Metropolis handles banks, hedge funds, and other financial services firms. Given their growth prospects and the tantalizing AI wild card, both stocks offer compelling opportunities. Should you invest $1,000 in Palantir Technologies right now?

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 29, 2024

Upstart Holdings Financial services is another market where AI could be a game changer, particularly in areas of risk assessment and lending. However, Upstart has continued to train its AI models with more data, and this is starting to lead to improving growth prospects.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Sea Limited Southeast Asian company Sea Limited reported disappointing financial results in the third quarter. billion on strong momentum in e-commerce and financial services, offset by a sharp decline in digital entertainment revenue. Financial services revenue increased 36% year over year in the third quarter.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 5, 2024

The financial services sector is one of the largest and oldest industries out there. Investors should be encouraged by the company's long-term growth prospects. But in the past decade or so, there has been tremendous innovation. This is precisely what SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ: SOFI) is doing. billion at the end of 2022.

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MARCH 24, 2024

Additionally, its financial services subsidiary (Mercado Pago) is the leading fintech platform in Argentina, Mexico, and Chile as measured by monthly active users, and the second-largest fintech platform in Brazil.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 30, 2023

Given the increased prospects of a bull market, here are the three growth stocks to buy now that can prove to be attractive picks for retail investors. While not yet profitable, the financial services business managed to increase revenue by 244% year over year to $81 million in the first quarter.

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The Motley Fool

JULY 23, 2024

Among other things, this involves improving the efficiency of its supply chain, increasing prices across its product and service portfolio, and meaningfully improving its margins. But in spite of its rapid growth prospects, Plug Power's future is highly uncertain.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 25, 2023

Its Business Automation Platform supports automating processes for the financial services, healthcare, public sector, manufacturing, retail, and telecom industries. My view is that Ark Invest is right to point out the prospects of rising stars like UiPath and Twilio that haven't received as much attention from investors.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 22, 2024

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) offer that rare combination of thrilling growth prospects and the proven flexibility to stay on that growth track for years and maybe even decades ahead. On that note, let me show you a couple of top-notch stocks that should see average five-year returns of 15% or more.

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JULY 28, 2024

Founded in 2013, the business provides various financial services, like checking accounts, credit cards, loans, brokerage services, and insurance products, all via a digital app. While the growth will inevitably slow at some point, it's easy to be optimistic about Nu's long-term prospects.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2024

This is how we've been able to deliver growing dividends for 29 years, making us one of the very few Dividend Aristocrats® (the term Dividend Aristocrats® is a registered trademark of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC)." That feat is especially rare in the energy sector due to the volatility of commodity prices.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 12, 2023

Well-chosen growth stocks can reshape your financial situation. To help you in your search for the best wealth creators, here are three businesses with particularly attractive expansion prospects to consider buying today. Celsius Holdings A select few stocks have delivered life-changing gains to their investors in recent years.

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DECEMBER 19, 2023

Last year, when I mentioned the company as a multibagger prospect, its financial services unit only accounted for 11% of revenue. Wilder yet, this financial services segment grew revenue by 141% in the third quarter compared to last year -- all while recording a positive contribution profit for the first time.

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JULY 2, 2024

The second rapidly growing operating segment is SeaMoney, which covers digital-financial services. Many of the countries Sea operates in are chronically underbanked , with consumers and businesses lacking access to digital banking and basic financial services. For some context, Shopee saw $10.3

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