The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 2, 2024

Palantir Technologies is delivering a banner year for shareholders driven by exceptional growth and accelerating profitability. At the time of this writing, the stock has returned 285% year to date, amid market optimism that this artificial intelligence (AI) innovator is still in the early stages of a global expansion opportunity. There's a lot to like about Palantir, but investors may also want to take a look at other industry players following a similar path of disruptive innovation.

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Private Equity Professional

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

AEA Investors and Battery Ventures have finalized the sale of Process Sensing Technologies (PST) to DwyerOmega , a portfolio company of Arcline Investment Management. PST is a manufacturer of instruments, analyzers, and sensors for measurement and monitoring applications. Its product portfolio includes hygrometers, dew-point transmitters for trace moisture measurements in gases and liquids, and oxygen and binary gas analyzers using zirconia, paramagnetic, and electrochemical technologies.

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Private Equity Wire

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Spanish private equity firm Buenavista Equity Partners, which specialises in investments in the lower- and mid-market segments, has unveiled a new healthcare-focused fund, BV Healthcare Growth Innvierte I, with an initial closing of 100m. The fund, which will look to invest in startups and scaling businesses, has plans to increase commitments up to a hard cap of 150m.

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Private Equity Info

MAY 2, 2024

This article was first published in the Spring issue of Middle Market Dealmaker , the official print publication of the Association for Corporate Growth.

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Private Equity Wire

NOVEMBER 21, 2024

Global credit investing firm Silver Point Capital has held the final close of its Silver Point Specialty Credit Fund III, which is aimed at providing loans to mid-sized companies, with $8.5bn in total capital commitments. This fundraising follows the closure of a $4.6bn credit fund just two months earlier, bringing the firm’s total direct lending capital to over $15bn, according to a press statement released on Monday.

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The Big Picture

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

@TBPInvictus here (link is now to Bluesky) Let’s cut to the chase: A Hoover Institution analysis of California private job creation is off by a factor of 100. Between January 2022 and June 2024, the state created 523,700 private sector jobs — not 5,400 as claimed. MSM uncritically repeated the false number. I spend far too much time debunking economic b t.

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Blackstone

OCTOBER 31, 2024

With 2024 in its final stanza, the world faces a trio of interconnected, generation-defining events, each with highly uncertain outcomes: an emotionally charged US presidential election, an escalating war in the Middle East, and the ongoing conflict in Ukraine. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed by the gravity of events like these. How we choose to view them depends very much on our own perspectives.

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AltAssets

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Data, AI and Web3 software investor Theory Ventures has already scored a $450m final close for its sophomore fund, almost double the size of its debut vehicle closed last year. The post Fledgling data, AI investor Theory Ventures already back with $450m second fundraise after successful 2023 debut appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 20, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Carnival Corp. (NYSE: CCL) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Dec 20, 2024 , 10:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Greetings, and welcome to the Carnival Corporation & plc fourth quarter 2024 earnings conference call. [Operator instructions] As a reminder, this conference is being recorded.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Tremor International (NASDAQ: TRMR) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Nov 15, 2024 , 9:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Thank you for standing by. My name is Janine, and I will be your conference operator for today. Welcome to Nexxen's third quarter earnings call.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 4, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Chewy (NYSE: CHWY) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Dec 04, 2024 , 8:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Hello, everyone, and welcome to the Chewy third quarter 2024 earnings call. My name is Emily, and I'll be coordinating your call today. [Operator instructions] I will now hand the call over to our host, Chewy CFO, David Reeder, to begin.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 11, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Dec 11, 2024 , 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, and welcome to the Q4 and FY '24 Adobe earnings conference call. Today's conference is being recorded. At this time, I'd like to turn the conference over to Steve Day, SVP, DX; CFO; and corporate finance; interim head of IR.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Organigram (NASDAQ: OGI) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Dec 18, 2024 , 8:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good morning. My name is Rob, and I will be your conference operator today. At this time, I would like to welcome everyone to the Organigram Holdings fourth quarter fiscal 2024 earnings conference call.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. MongoDB (NASDAQ: MDB) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Dec 09, 2024 , 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good day, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the MongoDB third-quarter fiscal year 2025 conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Zoom Video Communications (NASDAQ: ZM) Q3 2025 Earnings Call Nov 25, 2024 , 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Kelcey McKinley -- Event Consultant Hello, everyone, and welcome to Zoom's Q3 FY '25 earnings release webinar. As a reminder, today's webinar is being recorded.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 31, 2024

Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks were the gift that kept on giving throughout 2024. While Nvidia and Tesla were scorching hot, there's one company that outperformed all of its peers in spectacular fashion. Shares of AI software developer Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) skyrocketed by 357% in 2024 -- handily topping the S&P 500 , Nasdaq Composite , and every single other stock in the S&P 500 index.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 15, 2024

The semiconductor industry is expected to generate $611 billion in revenue this year as per World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS), which would be a jump of 16% from last year's levels, and the good part is that the growth is set to continue in 2025 as well with an estimated increase of 12.5% in revenue next year. Artificial intelligence (AI) has turned out to be one of the key reasons behind the healthy growth of the semiconductor industry.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 6, 2024

In November, Wall Street and investors were privy to a flood of important data releases. Election Day, monthly economic data reports, and earnings season -- the six-week period each quarter where a majority of S&P 500 companies announce their operating results -- make it easy for a meaningful announcement to go unnoticed. For example, investors may have been so swamped by other news events that they completely missed the Nov. 14 deadline to file Form 13F with the Securities and Exchange Comm

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 29, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Oct 29, 2024 , 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to First Solar's third quarter 2024 earnings call. This call is being webcast live on the investors section of First Solar's website at investor.firstsolar.com.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 22, 2024

"Drones" were in the headlines again this week -- and for millions of Americans up and down the East Coast, maybe also over -head. As far north as New York to as far south as Florida -- and as far west as an Air Force base in Ohio, too -- unidentified flying objects (UFOs) that appear to be a mix of formation-flying quadcopter and fixed-wing drones have been reported buzzing American skies.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 10, 2024

There is no doubt that Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) is the dominant player in the market for artificial intelligence (AI) chips, as its graphics processing units (GPUs) have played a central role in training popular AI models such as ChatGPT and Llama. The company's terrific technological lead in the AI GPU space has given it a wide moat, and its rivals remain way behind it when it comes to selling AI GPUs.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) Q2 2025 Earnings Call Dec 09, 2024 , 5:00 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Oracle Corporation second quarter fiscal year 2025 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 29, 2024

The last two years have been dominated by artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. The influx of spending on AI infrastructure and development, combined with investors' excitement around the potential for it to change multiple industries, pushed the prices of several companies' stocks into astronomical territories. It may be hard to find a great company with a stock trading at a fair price for less than $200.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Ark Investment Management operates several exchange-traded funds (ETFs) focused on innovative technology stocks. Its founder, Cathie Wood, believes software companies are the next big opportunity in the artificial intelligence (AI) industry, predicting they could generate up to $8 in revenue for every $1 they spend on chips from suppliers like Nvidia.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 21, 2024

Semiconductor stocks Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) and Marvell Technology (NASDAQ: MRVL) have delivered outstanding gains in 2024, with shares of both companies more than doubling as of this writing thanks to the rapidly growing demand for their application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) and networking chips that are being deployed in data centers for tackling artificial intelligence (AI) workloads.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 18, 2024

Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) stock looks to have finally received some much-needed bullishness from investors. The stock was jumping last week on rumors that a private equity firm may be buying the company. While Walgreens stock is still down more than 60% this year (as of the end of last week), it is showing signs of life of late. But before you jump in and decide to take a chance on this beaten-down stock, there are some things to consider.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 11, 2024

Though there's no shortage of information on Wall Street, perhaps no data release has more bearing than the quarterly filing of Form 13Fs. A 13F is a required filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission for institutional investors with at least $100 million in assets under management. It's a tool that allows investors to see which stocks Wall Street's smartest money managers have been buying and selling.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 31, 2024

Thanks to the advent of the internet, information is no longer at a premium for everyday investors. Between earnings season -- the six weeks every quarter where a majority of S&P 500 companies report their operating results -- and weekly economic reports, investors can become overwhelmed and allow important data to slip through the cracks. You might not realize it, but what can easily be described as the most important data dump of the third quarter occurred in mid-August.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 23, 2024

One of the great things about putting your money to work on Wall Street is there's more than one way to generate a profit. With thousands of publicly traded companies and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to choose from, every investor is likely to find one or more securities that'll help them meet their goals. But among the countless ways to build wealth on Wall Street, buying and holding dividend stocks has historically been one of the most successful investment strategies.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 12, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT) Q3 2024 Earnings Call Nov 12, 2024 , 4:30 p.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Thank you for standing by, and welcome to the Rocket Companies third quarter 2024 earnings conference call. All lines have been placed on mute to prevent any background noise.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

Image source: The Motley Fool. Lennar (NYSE: LEN) Q4 2024 Earnings Call Dec 19, 2024 , 11:00 a.m. ET Contents: Prepared Remarks Questions and Answers Call Participants Prepared Remarks: Operator Welcome to Lennar's fourth-quarter earnings conference call. At this time, all participants are in a listen-only mode. After the presentation, we will conduct a question-and-answer session.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 19, 2024

The fourth quarter has been packed with important data releases. In November, investors received hundreds of earnings reports from Wall Street's most-influential businesses, the much-anticipated election results , and numerous economic data releases that offer clues as to the steps the nation's central bank might take next. But perhaps the most relevant data dump of them all came on Nov. 14.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 16, 2024

I love generating passive income. I currently use that income to make more income-generating investments. My goal is to eventually make enough income from passive sources to cover my routine living expenses. That will remove the stress of having to work to pay the bills, making me much more financially independent. I have a long way to go, which is why I continue to make additional income-generating investments when I have cash to spare.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 29, 2024

It's been an excellent year for stock market investors. The S&P 500 index has delivered an excellent 26% return thus far in 2024, driven by resilient macroeconomic conditions, record corporate earnings, and growing optimism about artificial intelligence's (AI) transformative potential across the economy. Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) and International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) are technology sector leaders capturing strong demand for innovative AI applications, propelling the two st

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Masayoshi Son is one of the most celebrated investors in modern history. As CEO of Japanese holding company SoftBank , Son has a rich history of architecting savvy investments across a host of different industry sectors. Sure, there have been some clunkers in SoftBank's portfolio (I'm looking at you, WeWork), but for the most part, Son seems to have a knack for identifying transformative technologies before they take off.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 25, 2024

Since Warren Buffett became the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965, its stock has delivered a compound annual return of 19.8%. That would have been enough to turn a $1,000 investment into $42.5 million, whereas the same investment in the S&P 500 would have grown to just $325,053 over the same period. Buffett's long-term investing strategy is simple.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 14, 2024

During the previous crypto bull market rally, Chainlink (CRYPTO: LINK) became an overnight sensation. From January 2020 to May 2021, Chainlink soared in value from $2 to $52. At that time, investors thought the cryptocurrency had the potential to disrupt the traditional financial system, thanks to its innovative blockchain technology. That was then, this is now.

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