The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

The maximum monthly benefit Social Security recipients can collect in 2024 is $4,873. But don't kid yourself -- most seniors receive a lot less money than that each month. The average retired worker, in fact, was getting just $1,915 a month as of April. You may be eager to do what you can to chase the maximum monthly Social Security benefit. But rather than spin your wheels in that regard, you may be much better off focusing on building a solid retirement nest egg.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 13, 2024

Zeta Labs, a San Francisco, Ca-based AI research and product company, raised $2.9M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Daniel Gross, former head of AI at Y Combinator, and Nat Friedman, former Github CEO, with participation from Earlybird VC and Kaya VC as well as AI Grant, Shawn (swyx) Wang, Bartek Pucek and Mati Staniszewski, founder of […] The post Zeta Labs Raises $2.9M Pre-Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Social Security is a lifeline for millions of older adults, but it's no secret that the program is struggling. Forty-three percent of U.S. adults worry about Social Security "a great deal," according to a 2024 Gallup poll, and a whopping 47% of nonretired workers believe the program won't be able to pay them a benefit once they retire. The good news is that Social Security isn't going away, but the not-so-good news is that benefit cuts could be on the horizon.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

JUNE 13, 2024

A reader asks: I consider myself a good conservative money manager for my personal finances but recently I have been looking for a nice house that I can enjoy for years to come. I am 56 and an early retiree. I just sold my condo and now have a total of $3.6 million mostly invested in broad market ETFs except for the $450k in cash set aside for a new house.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have captured the spotlight since early last year, and many businesses have pivoted to capture this burgeoning market. As a result, companies positioned to profit from this technology have experienced a run-up in their stock prices commensurate with this vast opportunity. One company poised for this paradigm shift is Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) , which provides many of the semiconductors and other products that are key components in AI infrastructure.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 13, 2024

@TBPInvictus here A few days ago, Barry and I detailed how unscrupulous bad actors had taken Not Seasonally Adjusted data to falsely claim that California’s new $20/hour minimum wage had cost the state almost 10,000 quick-serve restaurant (QSR) jobs. I wrote: It appears to me that the Journal got that number from BLS. However, BLS only offers the series without seasonal adjustment; this makes a very meaningful difference.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 13, 2024

YourSix, a St. Paul, MN-based company which specializes in cloud physical security solutions, raised $10.5M in Series A funding. The round was led by Vocap Partners and joined by Eastside Partners. The company intends to use the funds to support broader market penetration and accelerate its YourSixOS platform. Led by CEO Eric Styles, YourSix is […] The post YourSix Raises $10.5M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

The U.S. economy has a rich history of producing the world's most valuable enterprises. In 1901, United States Steel became the first company in the world to amass a $1 billion valuation. The 123 years since have been filled with more incredible milestones, including Apple becoming the first $1 trillion company in 2018. Apple now stands alongside Microsoft and Nvidia in the $3 trillion club.

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XY Planning Network

JUNE 13, 2024

Unless you’ve been living under a rock in a deep cave on an uninhabited island, you’ve witnessed AI revolutionizing industries, carving new landscapes everywhere it touches—in what feels like nanoseconds. Financial planning is no exception. In this article we’re going to focus on the opportunities AI offers advisors to streamline operations and reduce costs regarding note and record-keeping.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Image source: Getty Images Discover credit cards are accepted nationwide at around 99% of places that accept credit cards, according to Discover's website. But that wasn't always the case. In fact, not too long ago, it wasn't uncommon to encounter retailers, restaurants, and grocery stores that wouldn't take a Discover credit card, mainly because its processing fees were higher than competing issuers, like Mastercard and Visa.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

Admaius Capital Partners, a Rwanda-based private equity firm investing across Africa, has acquired The Particle Group, a manufacturer of certified reference materials for the metals and mining industries. Admaius is investing alongside TPG’s senior management, led by chief executive Raksha Naidoo, via a transaction that will see the company leave parent Synerlytic Group Holdings, which is owned by private equity firm Infinite Partners.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

There's no denying that technology titan Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been many investors' favorite way of plugging into the artificial intelligence (AI) craze over the past 18 months. And rightfully so. Its processors form the backbone of most AI platforms. As is so often the case though, time and reality are catching up with Nvidia. Competitors are diligently working to close the market-share gap, and (because it's already so big) accelerated Nvidia's growth pace is set to slow.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

UK real estate businesses believe private equity will be the main source of investment over the next 12 months, according to a recent survey by accounting firm RSM UK, with 42% of ranking PE ahead of high street banks (37%) and foreign investors (32%). In addition, 43% of all businesses surveyed by the audit, tax and consulting firm expect private rented sector and residential to see the most investment growth, followed by student housing at 24%, up from 19% last year.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Since its ongoing monthly payments began in 1940, Social Security has been one of the United States' most essential social programs. For some of its roughly 53.5 million retiree recipients, Social Security is purely supplemental income, but for many, it's a vital source of retirement income that keeps their basic needs met. Regardless of the role that Social Security plays in your retirement finances, it's important to have an idea of how much you'll receive so you can begin planning your retire

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

KKR & Co has secured a private credit loan of approximately AUD500m ($331m) from Blackstone and Goldman Sachs Asset Management to help finance its purchase of Perpetual’s corporate trust unit, according to a report by Bloomberg. The report cites unnamed sources familiar with the matter as revealing that the financing, which is structured as a covenant-lite unitranche deal, combines senior and junior debt without financial covenants and carries an interest margin in the mid-500 basis points r

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Berkshire Hathaway 's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) long-term performance is the envy of Wall Street. Since Warren Buffett took over as chief executive officer in 1965, the former textile manufacturer has grown into a massive conglomerate with ownership or investment in numerous companies. Over those 59-odd years, the stock has returned an average of 19.8% annually.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

French private equity firm Eurazeo has made an investment in Cognigy, a provider of AI-driven customer services solutions, providing €50m in Series C funding to the Germany -based business from the Eurazeo Growth Fund IV. Cognigy has offices in Düsseldorf, Germany and San Francisco, USA. Its global client base includes Frontier Airlines, Bosch, Nestle, Toyota and TechStyle, according to a press statement.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

In the past five years, shares of Home Depot (NYSE: HD) produced a total return of 90%. This is a respectable gain. However, it lagged the 102% total return of the S&P 500. It doesn't help that Home Depot currently trades 20% below its peak price. Investors are probably wondering what the future holds. Where will this top retail stock be in five years?

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AltAssets

JUNE 13, 2024

The $148.8bn-managing State of Wisconsin Investment Board has revealed a string of new alternative asset fund commitments. The post Sterling Group, Inflexion among $585m of new alternatives fund commitments from Wisconsin pension first appeared on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Warren Buffett, the legendary investor and CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) , has built a reputation as a master of traditional value investing. His approach, which involves identifying undervalued companies with strong fundamentals and holding them for the long term, has proven successful for decades. However, as the world stands on the cusp of an artificial intelligence (AI) revolution, it's worth examining whether Berkshire Hathaway's stock portfolio is adequately prepare

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

Preqin, a specialist provider of alternative assets data, tools and insights, has launched Transaction Intelligence. It is available to clients through the firm’s flagship platform, Preqin Pro, or as a standalone product. Transaction Intelligence provides aggregated and anonymised transaction data at the deal and asset-level, combining customisable visualisation tools with aggregated and anonymised deal performance data and asset operational metrics.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Are you on the hunt for a new "forever" dividend stock? If so, you've probably already stumbled across beverage behemoth Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO). The company's not only paid dividends like clockwork for decades now, but has also raised its annual dividend payout every year for the past 62 years. You could certainly do worse than plugging into this blue chip ticker while it's yielding just a tad over 3%.

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Private Equity Wire

JUNE 13, 2024

InTandem Capital Partners, a middle-market private equity firm focused on healthcare services, has held the final closing of InTandem Capital Partners Fund III, at $715m, above its original target of $650m. Consistent with its predecessor funds, Fund III will continue the firm’s well-established strategy of making control investments in North American payor, provider, and pharmaceutical services businesses.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is finally in the artificial intelligence business, with its own tools launching on-device and a partnership with OpenAI. What's most interesting is who is bearing the cost of Apple's AI integrations, and the name may surprise you. Travis Hoium covers the potential financial impact of Apple Intelligence in this video. *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of June 11, 2024.

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Financial Times M&A

JUNE 13, 2024

Plus, how David Ellison’s bid for Paramount collapsed and the steep geopolitical battle to buy a US ammunitions maker

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

There are very few investments in the world that are perfect unto themselves. Most can benefit from being paired with others. That's particularly true in the exchange-traded fund (ETF) universe, where many of these pooled investment products are designed to offer niche exposures. That's even true with dividend ETFs like the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF (NYSEMKT: SPYD) , the Schwab U.S.

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Financial Times M&A

JUNE 13, 2024

Early affinity between billionaire scions Shari Redstone and David Ellison devolved into stony silence as deal collapsed

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Investors will be forgiven for wondering whether the question should be where Boeing (NYSE: BA) will be in the next three months, let alone three years. It's already been a highly eventful year for the company, raising more questions about its midterm guidance. Here's how to consider investing in Boeing over the next few years. Where will Boeing be in 2026?

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FinSMEs

JUNE 13, 2024

Arches, a Japanese provider of an expert knowledge-sharing platform, raised $3M in funding. The round, which brought the total amount to $5M, was led by KUSABI, with participation from Visional, SMBC Venture Capital, and angel investors. The company intends to use the funds to further enhance the development of the “Expert Knowledge Bank.” Led by […] The post Arches Raises $3M in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Just about all of us would like to have more money -- and, ideally, a lot more money. Yes, you might reach that goal by winning a Powerball jackpot, but that's not likely to happen. (The odds of winning it were recently 1 in 292,201,338!) A much better way to try to reach your financial goals is to invest in the stock market. For best results, most of us should be investing regularly and effectively.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 13, 2024

Fuze Technology, a Los Angeles, CA-based IoT company providing a pay-per-use mobile charging solution, raised $11.5M in Series A funding. The round was led by Beverly Pacific with participation from Palm Tree Crew, Bain Capital Ventures Scout Fund, and Dream Ventures. Additional participants included new and returning investors Live Nation Entertainment, ASM Global, SCIENCE Ventures, […] The post FUZE Technology Raises $11.5M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is one of the highest-returning stocks in recent years. A $1,000 investment 10 years ago is worth a staggering $247,000 today. Even if you had waited until five years ago to invest the $1,000, you could now sell those shares for $33,000. Moreover, investing in Nvidia stock has meant continuing to defy bears with its dominance of the artificial intelligence (AI) chip market and relentless stock price growth.

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FinSMEs

JUNE 13, 2024

Santa Ana Bio, an Alameda, CA-based precision immunology company, raised $168M in combined Series A and B funding. Founding investor Versant Ventures led the Series A round and was joined by TPG’s Life Science Innovations fund and GV. The $125M Series B round was led by GV, with participation from all existing investors as well […] The post Santa Ana Bio Raises $168M in Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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The Motley Fool

JUNE 13, 2024

Shares of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) popped on Tuesday, rising to more than $207. The move higher follows the company's annual Worldwide Developers Conference, where the iPhone-maker said it will start rolling out its beta artificial intelligence (AI) software, called Apple Intelligence, this fall. Investors applauded the company's move into AI, sending shares up more than 7%.

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