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JULY 30, 2024

Dividend stocks have delivered the lion's share of returns for equity investors over the past century. The core reason is the compounding effect of dividend reinvestment, along with the generally above-average financial health of dividend-paying companies. Target has done so since it became a public company in 1967.

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JANUARY 6, 2024

Formerly known as IBM 's (NYSE: IBM) IT infrastructure-services division, Kyndryl spun out as an independent public company in 2021. The company's earnings have almost always been negative, and Kyndryl is burning cash on a regular basis. The mood around Kyndryl's modest growth prospects has changed. What's changed?

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AUGUST 15, 2023

Palantir is nearly 20 years old, yet it only went public about three years ago. Since its debut on the New York Stock Exchange in late 2020, Palantir stock has been no stranger to the highs and lows of public company scrutiny. The financial picture is taking shape Image source: Palantir Investor Relations and The Motley Fool.

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OCTOBER 6, 2024

Investors prefer the businesses that they own to provide a smooth journey for their portfolios. There's a lot that investors need to know about this troubled airline stock , which is currently 97% off its peak from nearly a decade ago, before making an informed decision for your portfolio. Investors should steer clear of the stock.

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AUGUST 15, 2023

So to get started, it's best for beginners to stick to a well-proven method: Buy good companies with bright prospects and hold them over the long term. One company that can be a good start for new investors is Chinese technology giant Tencent (OTC: TCEHY). Image source: Getty Images. and Tencent wasn't one of them!

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AUGUST 2, 2024

For much of the past year, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) enjoyed the esteemed title of the world's most valuable public company. This sell-off has affected many tech companies, sparking rumors of a market correction coming soon. Many factors contribute to that answer, but for long-term investors , it remains a yes.

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AUGUST 30, 2024

Her largest exchange-traded fund is trading 15% lower this year, a rough contrast to a winning year for many growth investors. Tempus delivered decent financials in its first quarterly report as a public company last week. Analysts don't see Tempus turning a profit until 2027, so investors will have to be patient.

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JANUARY 31, 2024

The latest report ranked more than 1,700 public companies based on their long-term revenue growth prospects. Here's what investors should know about Datadog and Snowflake. Long-term investors should consider buying a small position in this growth stock today, meaning no more than 1%-2% of their portfolios.

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JUNE 16, 2024

Companies split their stock for numerous reasons, including making shares easier to buy and sell for employees (who might get them as stock options in lieu of payment) and investors. With Nvidia finalizing its stock split on June 10, the question that naturally follows is: Which AI companies might be next for a stock split?

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FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Assuming Gates is correct, AI represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity for investors. Third, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted new rules that require public companies to disclose "material cybersecurity incidents" within four business days. No company wants that type of publicity.

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DECEMBER 29, 2023

It's easy to see why investors weren't won over by the prospect of placing bets on live sports being decided in arenas and playing fields filled with empty seats, cardboard cutouts, or virtual fans. Every analyst following the company expects DraftKings to post its first profit as a public company this quarter.

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DECEMBER 10, 2023

While existing investors have been enjoying the ride, potential new investors should not hastily rush into the stock until they consider these two significant risks. This adds another layer of uncertainty to the company since investors have no clue when it will turn profitable. Let's review them.

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MAY 2, 2024

With thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to choose from, pathways exist for investors of varying risk tolerances to grow their wealth over time. Shares of Realty Income can be scooped up by income investors for less than 12 times consensus cash flow in 2025. Image source: Getty Images.

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JULY 1, 2024

It even briefly took the title of the "world's most valuable public company," passing tech titans Microsoft and Apple. However, with so many investors rushing to buy the stock, others are wondering whether the hype has pushed it into bubble territory. Is Nvidia a great company? How did Nvidia get to this point?

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DECEMBER 24, 2023

Growth stocks rebounded sharply in 2023, and that was good news for star investor Cathie Wood and her Ark Investment Management family of exchange-traded funds. Here's everything you need to know about this top-performing Ark Invest ETF and why Wood is so optimistic about the exchange-traded fund's long-term prospects.

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JANUARY 9, 2024

Fallout from the pandemic made the last two years particularly tumultuous for investors. That could energize investors and move the index higher. Lower rates boost spending and economic growth, and investors tend to get excited by those prospects. Meanwhile, Microsoft has more robust growth prospects. Here's why.

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APRIL 22, 2024

For Caterpillar, which currently has a relatively low payout ratio of 25%, investors should feel confident in its ability to sustain and continue growth with its dividend payouts. Prospective investors missed out on the recent special cash dividend of $15 per share. Are these top dividend stocks worth buying?

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JULY 10, 2024

Although most investors are captivated by the long-term potential of artificial intelligence (AI) , companies enacting stock splits are an equally hot trend on Wall Street. A stock split is an event that allows publicly traded companies an opportunity to cosmetically alter their share price and outstanding share count.

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MAY 30, 2024

Here are three that may help investors follow Ackman's lead and earn comparable returns with their own investments. Still, it requires a perspective of seeing where a company like Chipotle could go based on its past and that of comparable enterprises. In July 2015, investors began to dump the stock after an E.

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JANUARY 15, 2024

Investing great Peter Lynch probably said it best when he said, "Far more money has been lost by investors preparing for corrections, or trying to anticipate corrections, than has been lost in corrections themselves." Over the last 12 months, the company has $4.2 But I need to season this subject with a grain of salt first.

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AUGUST 5, 2024

Among Wall Street's billionaire investors, Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) In a world where investors are using advanced charting software and artificial intelligence (AI) in an effort to gain a competitive edge, Buffett and his team have relied on old-school fundamental metrics and detective work to locate amazing businesses.

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JULY 2, 2024

While specific trends have been singled out as clear-cut catalysts for this bull market rally, including the rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and companies enacting stock splits , the prevailing theme has been investors' willingness to gravitate to growth stocks. Image source: Getty Images. Image source: Getty Images.

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SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

Grab's near-term prospects look brighter In 2021, Grab's first year as a public company, its revenue rose 44% as its GMV grew 29%. They just revealed what they believe are the ten best stocks for investors to buy right now. In 2022, its revenue and GMV grew another 112% and 24%, respectively.

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AUGUST 1, 2024

For well over a century, Wall Street has been rewarding patient investors. This outperformance isn't a surprise when you consider that companies doling out a regular dividend are usually profitable on a recurring basis, time-tested, and capable of providing transparent long-term growth outlooks. F Dividend Yield data by YCharts.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

Few investors are more revered on Wall Street than the aptly named "Oracle of Omaha." in the mid-1960s, he's overseen a greater than 5,700,000% aggregate return in his company's Class A shares (BRK.A) and guided Berkshire to become only the ninth public company to reach the $1 trillion market cap plateau. When the U.S.

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AUGUST 8, 2024

Broadcom Nvidia gets most of the headlines among semiconductor companies, but Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) is a rock star that long-term investors would be wise to focus on. The company sells a mix of semiconductors and software used in end markets related to networking, cloud, and wireless technologies. government.

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AUGUST 4, 2023

The first public company to amass a $1 trillion valuation was Apple in 2018. Meanwhile, four other companies have now also crossed the exclusive $1 trillion mark: Microsoft , Amazon , Nvidia , and Google parent Alphabet. And if it does, investors who buy Uber stock today could earn a whopping 1,063% gain.

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JULY 3, 2024

I say "cosmetically," because stock splits have no effect on a company's market cap or its operating performance. Public companies can enact two types of stock splits: Forward and reverse. With a forward-stock split, a company is aiming to reduce its nominal share price to make it more affordable for everyday investors.

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OCTOBER 16, 2024

Then, you can analyze the company's future prospects and compare them to the past return. Once they take this step, investors can use this information to try to determine whether a stock can match or exceed this return. Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) conducted its initial public offering (IPO) in June 2019.

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JANUARY 18, 2024

Wall Street offers investors an assortment of ways to make money. First, rising interest rates made the prospect of future debt-financed acquisitions less appealing. It also meant refinancing the company's existing debt could be costlier. Long story short, the WSJ story looks to be a near-term nothingburger for investors.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

NextEra Energy A second extremely safe stock that investors can scoop up in 2024 with $1,000 is the largest electric utility stock by market cap, NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE). By "regulated," I mean the company can't increase rates on its customers without first getting approval from the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission (PPUC).

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APRIL 6, 2024

That's a lofty valuation for a company that still must prove it can grow revenue and profits as a public company in an industry where so many players have struggled to so. The company generated revenue of $804 million in 2023, along with a net loss of $91 million and negative free cash flow of $85 million.

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OCTOBER 8, 2023

There wasn't any specific news on the newly public company, but hot initial public offering (IPO) stocks often begin to fall after early surges if their valuations become inflated. So what Cava was one of the first IPOs this year to catch investor attention, and is still one of the only ones. million loss last year.

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AUGUST 22, 2024

This top retail stock has continued to crush it for investors, thanks to strong fundamentals. But as Costco trades near its all-time highs, should investors buy, sell, or hold shares? Investors have come to expect steady gains with this key performance metric, which indicates the ongoing productivity increases of each location.

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DECEMBER 21, 2023

Shares of fast-moving running shoe upstart On Holding (NYSE: ONON) had a solid 2023, rallying some 80% with just a couple of weeks to go in the year and steadily clawing their way back to their price at the initial public offering (IPO) in late 2021. For the right investor, and done in the right way, On could be a solid buy.

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JANUARY 5, 2024

For the past decade, when the going has gotten tough on Wall Street, investors have turned to the time-tested FAANG stocks. Meanwhile, its share repurchase program over the past decade is unmatched by any public company. Apple's iPhone accounts for better than 50% of U.S. smartphone market share. Nearly 40% of U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

It's among the longest streaks of any public company, making Johnson & Johnson a household name among investors. However, a dividend alone doesn't make a stock suitable for every investor's portfolio. Cash flow could go to zero, and the company could pay its dividend for two years with cash on hand!

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