The Motley Fool

JANUARY 10, 2024

The benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stock market index has delivered a gain of 67,036% (including dividends) since it was established in 1957. But, historically, investors who purchased specific individual stocks have far outperformed the return of the S&P 500. Image source: Getty Images.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 30, 2024

However, there are several asset classes outside of the stock market that can profit during inflationary surges. Private equity Have you ever read about a company that makes an interesting or compelling product only to learn that you can't invest because it's still private?

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2023

The stock market is a proven wealth generator over the long term, even for conservative investors who buy index funds. But some individual stocks like Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have delivered an absolute fortune to investors who were game enough to bet on them early. Netflix was founded in 1997.

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The Motley Fool

APRIL 29, 2024

2024 has gotten off to a sizzling start in the stock market. One company that seems to have lost its groove, however, is Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW). Shares of the database management company are down 21% so far this year. 2020, Snowflake brought the heat following its highly anticipated initial public offering (IPO).

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The Motley Fool

MARCH 24, 2024

In 2012, Meta Platforms (then known as Facebook) made a big splash with its initial public offering. Twitter followed in 2013 but was later taken private by Elon Musk and rebranded as X. Snapchat and Pinterest went public in 2017 and 2019, respectively. On its first day on the market, the stock skyrocketed 48%.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 29, 2023

Why you can't buy OpenAI stock yet. The company has not yet entered the public stock market with an initial public offering (IPO), and co-founder Sam Altman says he has no plans of taking that route to Wall Street. You can't invest in OpenAI yet.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 27, 2023

Federal Reserve would not continue to raise interest rates in the new year and that the policy adjustment would light a rocket under the stock market. We know Lee was wrong about the Fed because rates continued to rise until recently, but his call about the stock market's performance has been nearly spot-on so far.

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