The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Building a steady stream of income from your savings is a big goal for many investors. If you could fully replace your paycheck with dividends, you could easily retire and even expect to receive annual raises for the rest of your life. And the best part is you wouldn't even have to sell your stocks. You could pass on your holdings to your heirs, gifting them a steady stream of dividends over their lives too.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Over the past few years, my automotive focus has been drawn from achingly beautiful classic cars , toward something newer: Hybrids, EVs, and assorted new technologies. I like to keep current, and that means tracking recent trends and developments in the automotive industry. But when the most beautiful car I have seen in decades comes along — and has a beastly 656+ HP — well, I revert to my default petrolhead status and drool something that sounds like arghgeghh … The photos are

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

While the S&P 500 has risen more than 5% since the start of 2024, shares of Rocket Lab (NASDAQ: RKLB) have headed in the opposite direction, plunging about 10%. After the company reported preliminary fourth quarter 2023 financial results, Main Street turned its back on the launch specialist's stock. But one analyst thinks the sell-off is overdone.

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Financial Times - Banking

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Bank’s ‘head of loan trading’ told court he was instructed not to use his title as it only ‘existed on paper’

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) hit an important milestone in February, surpassing $50,000 for the first time since December 2021. The cryptocurrency has gained 120% over the past year as economic optimism led to a rotation into risk assets. More recently, the approval of spot Bitcoin exchange-traded funds has also contributed to its price appreciation. However, Cathie Wood's Ark Invest sees Bitcoin moving much higher.

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The Big Picture

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • NFL Succession Crisis Forces Teams to Let Private Equity In : Once treated as heirlooms, pro football franchises are now billion-dollar businesses, and a new class of investors is circling. ( Bloomberg ) • Boeing is a wake-up call : America’s businesses gambled that ‘greed is good.’ Now they’re losing that bet, big time. ( Business Insider ) • Offic

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Financial Times M&A

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Currys shares are down a third in the past year but its board said the bid undervalued the company

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Many people work hard to set themselves up to retire early. And there can be benefits to going this route. Early retirement might make it possible to do things like travel while you're still fairly young and in good health. Plus, if you're in a stressful work environment, retiring early means getting to escape it sooner. But early retirement has the potential to backfire on you in a really big way.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Henry McVey: Investors Should Approach Markets with a ‘Glass Half Full’ Lens NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today released its 2024 Global Macro Outlook by Henry McVey, CIO of KKR’s Balance Sheet and Head of Global Macro and Asset Allocation (GMAA).

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

The market's doldrums of 2022 have turned into durable tailwinds. The S&P 500 index has gained 20% over the last year, and fears of a recession that never arrived have given way to an official bull market. But not every long-term winner has gotten the bullish memo yet, so savvy investors should be keeping an eye out for potentially undervalued growth stocks.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced that funds and accounts managed by its credit business have led the purchase of a $7.2 billion portfolio of super-prime recreational vehicle (RV) loans from BMO Bank National Association, part of BMO Financial Group (“BMO”). Concurrently with the sale, BMO purchased approximately $6.4 billion of senior notes.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Spousal Social Security benefits are a crucial source of income for married couples looking to supplement their personal savings. Some divorced spouses can claim them as well. But the difference these checks make to your lifestyle depends on their size. Here, we'll take a closer look at how the government calculates spousal Social Security benefits, along with average spousal Social Security benefits at some of the most popular claiming ages.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Paris, 18 December 2023 - Etche, KKR’s logistics real asset platform in France, has sold a portfolio of five assets located in the Lyon region, with a total area of approximately 29,000 square meters.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) stock has crushed the broader market in the past three years, with eye-popping gains of almost 2,990%, outpacing the tech-heavy Nasdaq-100 Technology Sector index's return of just 22% by a huge margin. You may be wondering if it is worth buying Supermicro, as it is commonly known, shares now following their stunning surge.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR today announced a monetization activity update for the period from October 1, 2023 to December 21, 2023. Based on information available to us as of today, with respect to the period through December 21, 2023, KKR has earned total realized performance income, including realized incentive fees, and total realized investment income in excess of $500 million.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) is one of the hottest stocks involved with artificial intelligence (AI). In just the past 12 months, the data analytics company's stock soared by more than 230%. That's right up there with Nvidia and its 240% returns over the same period. Both stocks have benefited from soaring AI-related demand. But given Palantir's more modest valuation of $55 billion (versus nearly $1.8 trillion for Nvidia), there could still be a lot more room for its stock to run.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

NEW YORK & HAMILTON, Bermuda--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) and The Global Atlantic Financial Group LLC (together with its subsidiaries, “Global Atlantic”) today announced the closing of the previously-announced transaction in which KKR is acquiring the remaining 37% of Global Atlantic, increasing KKR’s ownership to 100%. This press release features multimedia.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

How big a nest egg will you need for retirement? Well, the answer will be different for different people, with much depending on where you live, your expenses and spending habits, your health, and your expected longevity. When thinking about how much to save for retirement , many people shoot for a million dollars. So let's take a look at how you might amass a million bucks.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Platform to help fill the knowledge gap around the alternatives landscape, which has long served as a barrier to private markets investing NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, KKR, a leading global investment firm, unveiled “KKR Alternatives Unlocked,” a digital platform designed to empower financial advisors and their clients to better understand the alternatives investing landscape.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Credit card superstar Visa (NYSE: V) isn't as old as you might think, at least as a stand-alone stock. Fans may not realize that once upon a time, Visa was the credit card arm of Bank of America , and it was spun off with its own initial public offering (IPO) in 2008. Since then, it's had a fabulous run, gaining more than six times the S&P 500 's gains in the same time period.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) announced today that it plans to release its financial results for the fourth quarter 2023 on Tuesday, February 6, 2024, before the opening of trading on the New York Stock Exchange. A conference call to discuss KKR’s financial results will be held on Tuesday, February 6, 2024 at 10:00 a.m. ET.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Energy Transfer (NYSE: ET) has come a long way over the past few years. The master limited partnership (MLP) has worked hard to shore up its financial position. That included slashing its distribution in half a few years ago to retain additional cash for debt reduction. The energy midstream company has since rebuilt its distribution, which is now higher than its prior peak.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

London, 22 January 2024 – KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announces the acquisition of two high-quality, purpose Build-to-Rent (BtR) multi-family buildings from Quintain, the developer and asset manager behind Wembley Park, for an undisclosed sum.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) remains a top technology stock at Wedbush Securities despite worrisome results in its China business. Analyst Dan Ives dismissed those concerns as noise and recently said Apple will become the first $4 trillion company by the end of 2024. That prediction implies 40% upside from its current market capitalization of $2.85 trillion.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR today announced that its private credit funds and accounts have provided a non-recourse accounts receivable financing for Weber LLC (“Weber”), the global leader in outdoor cooking products, innovation, and technology, to support the company’s operations and strategic investments in long-term growth. The initial $200 million facility is collateralized by certain.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Healthcare tends to be a major expense for older Americans. A big reason for this is because Medicare won't pick up the tab for healthcare costs in full. There are different out-of-pocket expenses Medicare enrollees face regularly. Under Part A, there can be a hefty deductible per hospital stay. With Part B, there can be expensive coinsurance costs.

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FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Stockholm and London, 23 January, 2024 – Optio Investment Partners (“Optio”), an innovative credit platform, Kennedy Lewis Investment Management (“Kennedy Lewis”), a leading alternative credit manager, and KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced a multi-year, multi-jurisdiction agreement. Under this agreement, Kennedy Lewis and KKR will provide asset-based funding to support the Optio Auto Evolution strategy, driving next generation auto financing.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Semiconductor stocks have been on fire ever since ChatGPT was launched in late 2022. Since then, a slew of new generative artificial intelligence (AI) applications have made cutting-edge graphics processing units that can handle accelerated applications a hot commodity. As Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the leader in that subset of the chip market, its sales and stock price have been rocketing higher.

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Fund is largest pan-regional infrastructure fund to have been raised for Asia Pacific More than half of the Fund already invested or committed across ~10 investments HONG KONG--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR, a leading global investment firm, today announced the final close of KKR Asia Pacific Infrastructure Investors II SCSp (the “Fund”), a US$6.4 billion fund focused on infrastructure-related.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Hot off the approval of its gene therapy for a pair of rare hereditary blood disorders, Vertex Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: VRTX) will soon have another therapy up for approval, and the financial implications are massive. But they're not massive just because it stands to crank out billions in additional revenue. Instead, the plan is to shell out the equivalent of $100 million so that the potential new drug can compete for the market share of one of its already commercialized medicines as soon as pos

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

London, 5 February 2024 – ContourGlobal Ltd. (“ContourGlobal”), a developer, owner and operator of power generation assets around the world, today announces the appointment of Antonio Cammisecra as CEO, effective 2 February, 2024.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Investors are hungry for growth stocks now that the S&P 500 has been climbing. But don't forget your fundamentals. For most investors, it's important to have a well-rounded portfolio with a mix of different kinds of stocks that can shield your portfolio and help it grow in any circumstances. That means dividend stocks, too. If you're looking for a dividend stock that has it all, consider Realty Income (NYSE: O).

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KKR

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KKR & Co. Inc. (NYSE: KKR) today reported its fourth quarter 2023 results, which have been posted to the Investor Center section of KKR’s website at [link] This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: [link] A conference call to discuss KKR’s financial.

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The Motley Fool

FEBRUARY 17, 2024

Image source: Getty Images In 2021, the housing market pretty much blew up once mortgage lenders started offering up record-low interest rates during the second half of 2020. Because mortgages were so inexpensive, buyers started clamoring to buy homes, driving their prices up significantly. Since 2022, mortgage rates have been climbing. And it would be fair to classify mortgage rates in 2023 as high compared to recent years, even though historically, they were far from the highest rates ever rec

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