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Best Stocks to Buy Now: SentinelOne Stock vs. CrowdStrike Stock

The Motley Fool

CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) stock is down nearly 50% from all-time highs, and SentinelOne (NYSE: S) stock is down over 80% from all-time highs, but which cybersecurity stock should you buy now? The video below shares stock analysis, commentary, valuation metrics, technical analysis, and price targets for both stocks. Please don't forget to subscribe to the channel for future videos and updates.

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“Today’s market pivots from a funeral to a party as fast as a VFW hall.”

The Reformed Broker

Please read this from Michael Santoli: Just as the depth of despond evident in investor-sentiment gauges around Labor Day was out of proportion to what the market and economy had been doing, the volume of cheer engendered by this four-week, 9% rally looks to be running at least a bit ahead of what has, after all, been a marginal upside exit from a long, grinding trading range.

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The Evolution of Financial Advice

A Wealth of Common Sense

To be a successful investor you need to possess a number of different traits. You need to understand how math, statistics and probabilities work. You need to understand corporations and the global economy generally function over the long haul. You need an understanding of how the different asset classes behave from a risk and reward perspective. You also need a deep understanding of financial market history from booms to.

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MiB: Gretchen Morgenson on Private Equity

The Big Picture

This week, we speak with Gretchen Morgenson, senior financial reporter for the NBC News investigative unit. A former stockbroker and alumna of the New York Times and Wall Street Journal, she won the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for her “trenchant and incisive” reporting on finance. She (and coauthor Joshua Rosner) recently published “ These Are the Plunderers: How Private Equity Runs―and Wrecks―America.

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Nvidia Is About to Change Gaming Forever With AI

The Motley Fool

Nvidia 's (NASDAQ: NVDA) explosive growth in its data center segment recently overtook gaming as the company's largest source of revenue. But gaming is still a large business, generating a third of Nvidia's total revenue in the most recent quarter. With over 1.7 billion PC gamers worldwide and growing, gaming is still an important growth driver for Nvidia that investors shouldn't forget about, especially as it continues to introduce advancements in gaming with artificial intelligence (AI).

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Bitewell Closes USD4M in Seed Funding

FinSMEs

bitewell, a Denver, CO-based corporate food health benefits provider, raised USD4M in Seed funding. The round was led by Lake Nona Sports, Health Tech Fund and Refinery Ventures. Participants in the round included Alex Morgan’s Trybe Ventures, Mudita Venture Partners, Harvest Ridge Capital and Bertlesmann’s BDMI, among others. The company intends to use the funds to strengthen […] The post Bitewell Closes USD4M in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Wealth Inequality Starts at the Top

The Big Picture

Source: FRED Wealth disparities get ever more lopsided the higher up the economic strata you climb; there is more disparity with the top 1% than the top 10%, but the biggest spreads are at the top 0.1% (and above). Consider the chart at top, created by Invictus via FRED. It shows “Share of Total Assets Held by the Bottom 50% ( red line ) versus the Share of Total Assets Held by the Top 0.1% ( green line ).

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A Bull Market Is Coming: 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Stocks Down 41% and 51% to Buy Now

The Motley Fool

Recession fears sent the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) tumbling into a bear market last year, and the benchmark index is still down 8%. But patient investors have nothing to fear from a recession. History says the economy will regain its momentum in time, and the S&P 500 will find its way back to bull market territory, buoyed by secular trends like artificial intelligence (AI).

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Billionaire CEO Elon Musk Chooses Location for Potential Real-Life Fight With Mark Zuckerberg

Entrepreneur - VC

Billionaire CEOs Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg fought on Twitter, and now they are talking about fighting in real life. Musk even proposed a location — in Las Vegas.

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Open Foodie Raises $500K in Seed Funding

FinSMEs

Open Foodie, a Web3 creative-based cartoon food manufacturing lab, raised $500K in Seed funding. The backers were not disclosed. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and its development efforts. Open Foodie aims to combine Web 2.0 and Web 3.0 technologies to drive the future development of the food industry. With the […] The post Open Foodie Raises $500K in Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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How Should You Judge Your Investment Performance?

A Wealth of Common Sense

A reader asks: My target date fund does a lot worse than SPY. Should I just move to an index fund for my 403(b)? The S&P 500 is the market we talk about the most frequently in the financial media so that’s the benchmark most investors use when trying to gauge performance. This is a mistake, especially if you are a diversified investor. Let’s look at an example to show why your targetdate fund might be unde.

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Can Canoo Keep Going? Only With a Lot of Outside Help.

The Motley Fool

Bankruptcy is a word no investor wants to hear, with shareholders generally wiped out in the restructuring process. No public company is really looking to go down the bankruptcy path, which is why it is so important for investors to pay attention when one warns that bankruptcy is a very real possibility. That's exactly what Canoo (NASDAQ: GOEV) has had to do in its Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings.

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5 Timeless Storytelling Strategies to Use in Your Next Marketing Campaign

Entrepreneur - VC

Telling a good story in your marketing is not just about coming up with a clever catchphrase or producing a heartwarming video, but seeing the world through your customer's eyes and crafting a narrative that resonates with them.

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Acryl Data Raises $21M in Series A Funding

FinSMEs

Acryl Data, a Mountain View, CA-based company operating the DataHub Project, an open source data catalog, raised $21M in Series A funding. The round was led by 8VC, with participation from Ram Shriram, Founder, Sherpalo Ventures and Guillermo Rauch, Founder and CEO of Vercel. The company intends to use the funds to develop a new platform […] The post Acryl Data Raises $21M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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10 Friday AM Reads

The Big Picture

My end-of-week morning train WFH reads: • What Was Nate Silver’s Data Revolution? Silver, a former professional poker player, was in the business of measuring probabilities. Many readers mistook him for an oracle. ( New Yorker ) • Boaz versus BlackRock: the fight over closed-end funds : Saba founder says he never planned to be an activist investor.

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Here's What Happens When You Get Divorced Without a Prenup

The Motley Fool

Image source: Getty Images One life event that can have a major impact on your personal finances is getting divorced. Despite what some folks would have you believe, divorce rates have declined since 2000, with the Centers for Disease Control reporting that the rate was 4% per 1,000 members of the population that year. By 2021, the rate had decreased to 2.5% per 1,000.

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'I Guess I Have the Day Off': The World's First AI DJ Has Officially Hit Radio Airwaves

Entrepreneur - VC

The first AI DJ debuted on Alpha Media's KBFF Live 95.5FM in Oregon with 'AI Ashley,' inspired by real DJ Ashley Elzinga and using Futuri Media's RadioGPT software.

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Supercritical Raises $13M in Series A Funding

FinSMEs

Supercritical, a London, UK-based vetted carbon removal marketplace, raised $13M in Series A funding. The round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners with participation from RTP Global, Greencode Ventures, and MMC Ventures. The company intends to use the funds to grow its team, expand its product offering, and acquire additional customers. Led by CEO Michelle You, Supercritical is […] The post Supercritical Raises $13M in Series A Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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Joe Zidle: A Real-World Investment in the Age of AI

Blackstone

Bubble speculation is something of a sport in Wall Street circles. After all, to be first in identifying any form of excess can be wildly profitable. Being the next Jeremy Grantham, often acknowledged for predicting the 1999 tech bubble, or Michael Burry, he of the housing bubble prophecy in 2007 that earned him recognition in books and film, has significant appeal.

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Will Apple Be a $4 Trillion Dollar Stock by 2024?

The Motley Fool

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) became the first publicly traded U.S. company to hit a $1 trillion market cap in August 2018. It also became the first to cross the $2 trillion mark in August 2020, and the first to reach the $3 trillion milestone in January 2022. Apple's market cap is still hovering near the $3 trillion mark as of this writing, but could it maintain its biennial tradition and hit a $4 trillion market cap by 2024?

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An Iconic New York City Wine Store Is Facing a Criminal Investigation

Entrepreneur - VC

Luxury wine purveyor Sherry-Lehmann, which has been in business for 89 years, allegedly owes customers over $1 million in wine that never arrived. The retailer also owes nearly $2.7 million in unpaid sales tax.

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Kanvas Biosciences Raises $12M in Pre-Series A

FinSMEs

Kanvas Biosciences, a Monmouth Junction, NJ-based company which specializes in advancing microbiome mapping technology, raised $12M in Pre-Series A funding. The round was led by DCVC with participation from Lions Capital LLC, Cooke LLC, Uncommon Denominator, and Triple Impact Capital. As part of the investment round, Jason Pontin, partner at DCVC, will join the company’s board […] The post Kanvas Biosciences Raises $12M in Pre-Series A appeared first on FinSMEs.

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10 Weekend Reads

The Big Picture

The weekend is here! Pour yourself a mug of coffee, grab a seat outside, and get ready for our longer-form weekend reads: • Who Builds The Internet? Meet Wikipedia’s Architects : The world wide web of Wikipedia, as told by its editors. ( Byline ) • Microsoft’s Sudden AI Dominance Is Scrambling Silicon Valley’s Power Structure : The company has quietly cornered the emerging software market, and it’s preparing to cash in. ( Businessweek ) see also How Nvidia Became ChatGPT’s Brain and Joine

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3 Oil Stocks to Buy Ahead of a Seemingly Inevitable Rise in Oil Prices

The Motley Fool

Oil prices have fallen more than 10% this year. That's a surprise, given the strength in demand and the weakness in supplies. Those fundamental factors lead many oil market experts to believe oil prices will eventually rebound. One of those oil market bulls is EOG Resources (NYSE: EOG) COO Lloyd Helms. He recently told attendees at an industry conference that higher oil prices seem inevitable.

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How to Unleash Your Entrepreneurial Spirit and Discover Your Potential

Entrepreneur - VC

Discover the extraordinary power within you as an entrepreneur, defying limits and creating a lasting legacy. Unleash your fear, embrace your imagination, persevere through adversity, surround yourself with excellence and impact the world with your entrepreneurial spirit.

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Vyoma Raises €8.5M Seed Funding

FinSMEs

Vyoma, a Munich, Germany-based space situational awareness (SSA) and space traffic management (STM) company, raised €8.5m Seed funding. An extended tranche – with participation from Safran Corporate Ventures – completed the Seed round raised during the Summer of 2022, led by Happiness Capital and Atlantic Labs, and complemented by Faber Ventures.

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Advent International to enter a partnership with the founder of the Parfums de Marly and INITIO Parfums Privés niche fragrance brands to accelerate global growth

Advent International

Paris, 22 June 2023 – Advent International (“Advent”), one of the world’s largest and most experienced private equity investors, today announces that it has reached an agreement to enter into a partnership with Julien Sprecher, the founder of the group behind Parfums de Marly and INITIO Parfums Privés (together the “Group”), whereby Advent will invest in the Group to support the global growth of the brands.

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Deutsche Bank Says a Recession Is Inevitable: Here's the Smartest Move Investors Can Make

The Motley Fool

The macroeconomic environment of the past few years has been unprecedented for many investors. Pandemic-era business closures pushed lawmakers to spend trillions of dollars on stimulus programs, while forcing the Federal Reserve kept interest rates near historic lows to prevent the economy from capsizing. But business closures also disrupted supply chains, creating a situation in which too much money was chasing too few goods.

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Why Meeting Culture is Draining your Employee's Strength and Productivity

Entrepreneur - VC

Is your company culture spiraling into a meeting vortex? Here's how to take control and give your teams time to process information after meetings.

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Danti Raises $2.75M in Pre-Seed Funding

FinSMEs

Danti, an Atlanta, GA-based Earth data search engine provider, raised $2.75M in Pre-Seed funding. The round was led by Tech Square Ventures with participation from Radius Capital, Philip Krim and Raven One Ventures, Space.VC, Overline, Tareyton Ventures, Jordan Noone, Keith Masback, and Jeff Crusey. The company intends to use the funds to accelerate development of its search engine technology […] The post Danti Raises $2.75M in Pre-Seed Funding appeared first on FinSMEs.

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LinkedIn Quick Tip: How to Add Bullet Points to Your Summary

Indigo Marketing Agency

For more LinkedIn Quick Tips, check out The LinkedIn Guide for Financial Advisors, available on Amazon now ! Your LinkedIn Summary section determines how often you will come up in keyword searches and introduces people to your firm in 2,000 characters or less. But lengthy summaries can be intimidating and tedious. While you’ll want to include relevant keywords and tell your story, your summary shouldn’t read like a novel.

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Best Stocks to Buy Now: Is Enphase Energy Stock a Buy Now, Down 50%?

The Motley Fool

Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH) was a top-performing stock in 2022, but it's been out of fashion in 2023. The stock is trading 50% lower than levels seen in December 2022. Is Enphase stock a buy now, or is more pain ahead? The below video shares Enphase stock analysis, commentary, valuation metrics, technical analysis, and ENPH stock price targets. Please don't forget to subscribe to the channel for future videos and updates.

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Chairs Bought Off Facebook Marketplace Were Probably Stolen From McDonalds: 'I Always Wondered Where They Were From'

Entrepreneur - VC

A TikToker is going viral after discovering the chairs she purchased on Facebook Marketplace three years ago were most likely stolen from McDonald's.

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Attovia Therapeutics Raises $60M in Series A Financing

FinSMEs

Attovia Therapeutics, a CA-based company focused on creating a pipeline of biotherapeutics in immune-mediated disease and cancer, raised $60M in Series A funding. The round was led by Frazier and joined by venBio and Illumina Ventures. Jamie Topper, M.D. Ph.D., managing partner at Frazier Life Sciences and Aaron Royston, M.D., M.B.A., managing partner at venBio, […] The post Attovia Therapeutics Raises $60M in Series A Financing appeared first on FinSMEs.

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