Private Equity Professional
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The Stephens Group has acquired Astro Pak , a provider of cleaning services tailored to highly regulated industries. Astro Pak offers high-purity and precision cleaning services to companies in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, food and beverage, semiconductor, aerospace, and defense sectors, meeting micron-level cleanliness and compliance standards.
Financial Times - Banking
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Both JPMorgan and Evercore generated more M&A advisory fees last year than Ted Picks bank
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Financial Times M&A
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
London-listed broadcaster could sell studio arm to unleash value
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
As the Yogi Berra saying goes, "It's hard to make predictions, especially about the future." But it seems that the space forecasters at the media website Payload Space are making predicting the future look easy. Roughly one year ago, Payload Space reported that SpaceX had just finished doing $8.7 billion in revenue in 2023, and earning a $3 billion profit on its business.
FinSMEs
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Self Inspection, a San Diego, CA-based AI-powered platform for the automotive inspections market, closed a $3m seed funding round. The round was co-led by Costanoa Ventures and DVx Ventures, with participation from Westlake Financial, one of the largest financial institutions for automotive loans. Led by Constantine Yaremtso, founder and CEO, Self Inspection provides standardized condition […] The post Self Inspection Raises $3M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Earnings season is in full swing, and, as usual, investors are paying close attention to anything and everything that even remotely touches artificial intelligence (AI). During Tesla 's (NASDAQ: TSLA) fourth-quarter earnings call last week, Elon Musk got investors amped after the entrepreneur spoke at length about the company's AI roadmap and how it's betting big on humanoid robotics.
Indigo Marketing Agency
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Top 7 SEO Strategies Every Financial Advisor Needs to Know to Rank Higher on Google Its true, theres more than one way to skin a cat. The cat were referring to in the case of financial advisors is leads, booked appointments , and new clients to grow your practice. There are multiple ways to drive highly targeted leads, but one way thats often overlooked and underestimated by many financial advisors is search engine optimization (SEO).
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Indigo Marketing Agency
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Marketing for Financial Planners: Strategies to Build Trust and Grow Your Client Base Strategic Client Growth: Win Trust in a Trust Economy More than many other fields, trust is truly the currency that drives growth for financial planners. Thats why the marketing for financial planners is regulatedto prohibit the use of tactics that manipulate hardworking people into putting their life savings in the wrong hands.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 ever since Warren Buffett took full control of the struggling textile maker in 1965. Under Buffett, Berkshire shuttered its textile business and acquired cash-rich insurance companies to fund the expansion of its investment portfolio, eventually making large investments in dozens of stocks and exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
The Big Picture
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of Colombia Tolima Los Brasiles Peaberry Organic coffee, grab a seat by the fire, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: The LA Fires Burned Thousands of Homes. The Data Show Insurers Saw the Risks Coming. The industry seemed to have recognized the financial risks and pulled out before disaster struck. ( Barron’s ) Everyones Rattled by the Rise of DeepSeekExcept Nvidia, Which Enabled It : Nvidias stock swooned and regulators are restrict
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Quantum computing could be a big deal once the technology matures. BCG estimates that industry-wide quantum computing revenue could reach $170 billion sometime after 2040, with quantum hardware and software delivering as much as $850 billion of annual value for end users. Potential use cases include pharmaceutical drug discovery, finance simulation, logistics network optimization, and advertising optimization, to name a few.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Soft drink giant Coca-Cola (NYSE: KO) and sporting apparel veteran Nike (NYSE: NKE) have a lot in common. I'm not talking about their long and storied business histories, their proven ability to deliver market-beating returns in the long run, or their household-name status in American culture. No, I'm looking at more practical qualities. These industry titans have boosted their dividend payouts every year for decades and show no signs of ending those shareholder-friendly streaks -- and they are
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Aswath Damodaran is an accomplished professor at New York University's Stern School of Business. In particular, Damodaran specializes in valuation -- having written several books on the topic, and often publishing his models and forecasts to the public. Over the years, Damodaran has become known as the "Dean of Valuation" among financial journalists and media personalities.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
If you don't already hold some Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) , there's a very good chance that buying it could help to round out your portfolio. Even a relatively small position, like perhaps $2,500, is enough to give investors exposure to this critical asset. And if you're willing to hold it for years, it could be a good source of growth as well as stability in turbulent times.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Few companies have benefited from the rise of generative artificial intelligence (AI) as much as Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA). The chipmaker saw its stock price increase nearly eightfold from the launch of OpenAI's ChatGPT on Nov. 30, 2022, through the end of 2024. It's briefly spent time as the most valuable company in the world, and its current market cap sits around $2.9 trillion, as of this writing.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) markets, which are linked together in myriad ways, have both flourished over the past decade. More companies transferred their data from on-premises servers toward public cloud platforms, which are more secure, scalable, and accessible across a wide range of computing platforms. As these companies store more data on these cloud platforms, more AI applications are being developed to crunch all of that information to make better data-driven decisions.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
There's plenty to like about retirement accounts like 401(k)s and traditional IRAs. Both types of accounts allow your contributions to reduce your current year's taxable income, giving you an immediate tax break that could save you hundreds or thousands of dollars. The catch, however, is that you're not totally free from paying taxes; you pay on the back end in retirement.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Ares Capital 's (NASDAQ: ARCC) stock has increased only about 40% during the past 10 years. If we include its reinvested dividends, it's delivered a stunning total return of nearly 260%. Ares' stock is now trading near its all-time high, but it remains about $3 shy of Wall Street's top price target of $26. So should investors load up on this high-yield dividend stock before it exceeds that rosy estimate?
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Share prices of semiconductor giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) are down by about 5% so far in 2025. Despite solid fundamentals, the company's stock tanked on marketwide concerns about a potential slowdown in artificial intelligence (AI)-related spending in the coming months. Wall Street panicked after Chinese start-up DeepSeek announced training an open source AI model, DeepSeek-R1, for less than $6 million -- significantly lower than the $100 million used to train OpenAI's GPT-4.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
United Parcel Service (NYSE: UPS) stock fell 14.1% on Jan. 30 after the company reported disappointing fourth-quarter and full-year 2024 results. The stock is now at its lowest level since July 2020. Dividend raises, paired with a beaten-down stock price, have pushed UPS' yield up to a mouthwatering 5.9% at the time of this writing. But given the company's challenges, some investors may wonder if the high yield is too good to be true.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
When you hear Dell Technologies (NYSE: DELL) , you probably think of the laptop you use at work. While that's a fair assessment because that's likely the most common interaction you have with the company's products, Dell is also a massive player in the artificial intelligence (AI) space. Its server division is growing rapidly, and benefits from helping build out all the computing power companies need to develop and deploy AI models.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Nearly three-quarters (74%) of Americans don't believe they'll ever be wealthy, according to a 2023 report from financial services company Empower. Among survey participants, the benchmark for "wealthy" was a net worth of at least $400,000. Building a substantial amount of wealth may seem out of reach for most people, especially as costs rise and many Americans are struggling just to get by.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
You can't claim Social Security retirement benefits until you turn 62, but there's no rule saying you have to be retired to do so. Many Americans choose to receive benefits while they're still working. For some, it's a chance to enjoy a higher standard of living than they could off their paychecks alone. For others, it gives them the opportunity to gradually reduce their hours without affecting their monthly income.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
What's your ultimate investing goal? For most people, it's complete financial independence. Although it's not a massive amount of money anymore, a million bucks is still something of a mental milestone that says you've reached an important goal. The key to getting there, of course, is just buying and holding the right stocks. With that as the backdrop, millionaire-minded investors might want to put an up-and-coming company called AppLovin (NASDAQ: APP) on their radars, if not in their portfolios
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The news of DeepSeek's launch last week spread rapidly in the markets, wiping out 16% of Nvidia 's value while affecting many other artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. However, several stocks notably withstood the DeepSeek avalanche, including Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). Not only that, but it also ended the week with a well-received earnings report, and the world's most valuable company is sitting at an excellent vantage point to benefit from progress in AI.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI) may be the most elite club in the stock market. The vaunted index holds only 30 blue chip stocks , making it a great source if you're looking for reliable industry leaders that pay dividends. In fact, one time-tested investment strategy known as the Dogs of the Dow calls for buying stock in the 10 highest dividend-yielding Dow Jones stocks and rebalancing annually.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
There's no way around it. I'm approaching the age of 40 faster than I'd like. Despite this undeniable fact, locating high-yield stocks to generate passive income isn't high on my priority list just yet. However, scouting for dividend growth stocks that offer the potential for substantial long-term passive income growth over the next 10 to 20 years could prove to be a game-changing proposition for me (and investors of a similar age).
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
The last few days have been quite challenging for the semiconductor industry. The news of Chinese start-up DeepSeek releasing its open-source AI model DeepSeek-R1 -- which it says cost less than $6 million to create -- has triggered concerns about drastic declines in AI spending. Not surprisingly, semiconductor stocks that have benefited dramatically from the explosive global demand for AI infrastructure are suffering significant drawdowns in this tech sell-off.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Alex Karp is a PhD., technologist, and philosopher. He's also the CEO of artificial intelligence (AI) software company Palantir Technologies -- and he often explains sophisticated and complicated ideas in an extremely digestible format. Recently, Karp sat down for an interview and gave his honest take on AI's newest darling, a Chinese start-up called DeepSeek.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
There's a reason Social Security benefits are eligible for an automatic cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, each year. Without one, benefits would be practically guaranteed to lose buying power over time due to inflation. But while Social Security COLAs help avoid that scenario to some degree, they've been said to ultimately fall short. A 2024 analysis by the nonpartisan Senior Citizens League found that Social Security benefits lost 20% of their buying power between 2010 and 2024.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
In the universe of e-commerce conglomerates, Sea Limited (NYSE: SE) is easy to bypass. It's based in Singapore, and its e-commerce and fintech businesses operate primarily in Southeast Asia. While those markets cover more than 600 million people, that is less than higher-profile Asian markets like China and India. Strategic mistakes and unexpected challenges also wiped out the stock's post-pandemic gains.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Retirement is the largest financial goal most people will ever have. We tend to focus on the dollar amount you need to cover your costs, but there's more to it than that. You need a strategy for balancing your immediate financial needs with your long-term goals. You have to decide which accounts are best for your savings and which investments can help your money grow quickly without exposing you to too much risk.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) recently announced mind-blowing earnings results, from double-digit revenue growth across businesses to record deal values as well as numbers of deals. The software company has built its business over more than 20 years, but in recent times, Palantir's strength in applying artificial intelligence (AI) to real-world problems has helped demand explode higher.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
There's no denying McDonald's (NYSE: MCD) is the premier name of the fast-food industry. Not only is it the business's biggest hamburger chain (as measured by the number of locales and revenue), but its operation has become the gold standard for how the restaurant franchise business should be managed. That's why McDonald's stock is such a reliable winner.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) has long been an investor favorite, and it's easy to see why. It controls a large portion of the U.S. e-commerce market, even though you won't always see its name on the merchant websites it powers. You also won't see it listed as one of the top e-commerce retailers because its core business is e-commerce platform services. Amazon is still the top online retailer with a 38% share of the total e-commerce market in the U.S., but Shopify's gross merchandise volume (GMV) has alm
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) shareholders might wish they could use Photoshop, the tech giant's flagship image-editing tool, to magically erase the stock's disappointing performance in 2024. Despite solid growth and record profitability, shares are down about 30% in the past year. This seems related to uncertainty in the market about how the digital media giant is managing the emergence of artificial intelligence (AI), as both a competitive threat and a significant opportunity.
The Motley Fool
FEBRUARY 8, 2025
Buying stocks at significantly reduced valuations can lead to some incredible returns later on. But that doesn't mean that any stock down big is a good buy. In many cases, investors could be setting themselves for pain and losses instead. There's always some hope that a struggling stock can turn things around, but three that I wouldn't count on doing that are Tilray Brands (NASDAQ: TLRY) , Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) , and Plug Power (NASDAQ: PLUG).
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