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MAY 11, 2024

Gone are the days of haphazard spending on growth; instead, Amazon is growing even faster while generating record profits. Amazon's business is thriving at all levels Amazon's business has many moving pieces, but the least exciting is the e-commerce store. Another exciting division is Amazon's advertising wing.

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MAY 29, 2024

Amazon Amazon operates the largest online marketplace in North America and Western Europe in terms of gross merchandise sales, and strength in retail has allowed the company to build a booming digital advertising business. Finally, the company uses AI in its logistics business to manage inventory and optimize delivery routes.

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MAY 30, 2024

If you're looking for a high-quality, high-growth business at a discount, this could be your chance. A competitive advantage that should grow stronger Shopify is a terrific business. When it comes to platform businesses like Shopify, the strong typically grow stronger. Perhaps not. The same is true for Shopify.

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MAY 31, 2024

AI technologies are making their presence felt in all walks of life -- be it education, business, investing, or home management. The company expects revenue contribution from AI processors to grow annually at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 50% for the next five years, accounting for over 20% of the company's revenue in 2028.

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MAY 27, 2024

The company pivoted from a focus on automotive GPS years ago, and the business has been in growth mode for the last decade. Those growing sales are why the company's profits have been steadily increasing for years, as the chart below shows. But Garmin shares have returned about 150% in that time. Operating income of about $1.1

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MAY 26, 2024

In addition to the PC market, Microsoft has integrated AI into its Intelligent Cloud business through Azure OpenAI, which is used by over 65% of Fortune 500 companies. GitHub Copilot continues to grow at a blistering rate. Yet somehow, it posted even faster growth in Q3, growing paid subscribers to 1.8 million -- a 35% increase.

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MAY 6, 2024

Even though nobody is talking about this stock anymore, the CTV platform is growing market share in the United States and around the world. Streaming households grew 14% year-over-year last quarter and have been growing at a double-digit rate for many years now. billion in Q1 2024, growing 23% year over year for the period.

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MAY 26, 2024

Passive income investors dream of finding companies that can pay reliable and growing dividends while also beating the market. A company must grow its earnings to distribute more money to shareholders over time. In the long term, it benefits from a growing population and a growing economy.

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MAY 26, 2024

Part of a larger, fast-growing pie Strip away the weight-loss category, and you still have a rapidly growing business thriving in multiple ways today. Weight loss should become a significant contributor to the business. Raging hot inflation has made it harder to find value in anything these days. The company built its 1.7

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MAY 12, 2024

Some companies stand out for their ability to grow their dividend. Unless you work in a business's risk management or finance divisions, you may never have encountered this business. Marsh & McLennan's primary business is business risk management. That has outperformed an equal-weighted S&P 500 index's 7.7%

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MAY 12, 2024

No matter how the stock performs in the near term, a company that grows its revenue significantly over decades will bring the stock along with it. The stock has been a truly wealth-building investment, but investors should never underestimate the ability of a great business to keep growing.

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MAY 24, 2024

Even more, it still has incredible opportunities in artificial intelligence on top of strong potential in its core e-commerce business. Even more, it still has incredible opportunities in artificial intelligence on top of strong potential in its core e-commerce business. Plus, it pays a growing dividend. million today.

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MAY 15, 2024

It has millions of customers that rely on it to operate their online businesses, and it has expanded in several important directions. That's related to the second big move: Shopify is extending its reach beyond small businesses to large enterprises, including names like Tapestry 's Coach and Beyond 's Overstock.com. market as of 2023.

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MAY 17, 2024

billion fine and barred its e-commerce business from locking in its merchants with exclusive deals, using aggressive loss-leading promotions, and making unapproved investments. Alibaba's cloud business also struggled as the macro headwinds drove companies to rein in their software spending. Image source: Alibaba.

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MAY 15, 2024

million barrels of oil equivalent per day for Occidental) and a much more diversified business (it's a globally integrated energy company, while Occidental Petroleum is mainly a U.S. Both energy companies are investing heavily to grow even bigger. The company's investments will grow its non-oil earnings by over $1 billion by 2026.

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MAY 28, 2024

These companies have demonstrated powerful and scalable business models, visionary management, and rapid organic and inorganic market expansion. billion, offsetting the cyclical slowdown in other businesses. In fiscal 2024's first quarter, ended Feb. 4, Broadcom's AI revenue quadrupled year over year to $2.3 billion during the 10.5

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APRIL 27, 2024

While artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have gotten much of the attention from investors these days, there are plenty of opportunities beyond AI for investors looking to grow their portfolios. The business has been highly successful, as the stock is up more than 2,000% since its 2016 initial public offering (IPO).

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MAY 22, 2024

If you can shut your eyes and imagine how much your investments could grow by 2030, or over the next six or so years, you would probably be delighted with a 200% gain. The core e-commerce business continues to crank out robust growth rates, and gross merchandise volume increased 71% year over year (currency neutral) in the 2024 first quarter.

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MAY 29, 2024

Not only will you receive a growing stream of income, but dividend growth stocks also historically outperform the S&P 500. So Visa's business relies entirely on increasing payment volume and winning more customers. Buying stocks that can raise their dividends year after year is a great way to build a portfolio.

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APRIL 9, 2024

However, its e-commerce business is way ahead of Walmart's, with 37.6% But Amazon's business is a lot more than e-commerce. E-commerce sales, including Amazon's online stores sales and third-party sales, together accounted for 67% of Amazon's total fourth-quarter revenue, and they're growing faster than Walmart's sales.

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APRIL 21, 2024

The Warren Buffett-managed conglomerate has a stellar track record of growing value for its shareholders. Similarly strong returns with less volatility Berkshire Hathaway isn't the fastest-growing company in the world. A strong and diversified portfolio of businesses In many ways, Berkshire Hathaway is a high-quality investment fund.

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MAY 18, 2024

Datadog (NASDAQ: DDOG) helps 28,000 businesses meet those challenges. Datadog serves a critical (and growing) need Datadog's customer base includes retailers, financial institutions, healthcare providers, entertainment companies, and more. Few tech innovations are as important to modern organizations as the cloud.

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MAY 3, 2024

These are the types of quality companies you would expect a responsible foundation to invest in to preserve and grow assets in a relatively low-risk manner. Coupang is leading a Korean e-commerce market that is projected to grow 4% per year to $563 billion by 2027, according to Euromonitor.

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MAY 26, 2024

Both companies still sit on tremendous growth opportunities in multiple markets, which is why they could become ideal picks for investors looking to grow a million-dollar portfolio. Nvidia's data center business generated $47.5 The outperformance isn't surprising. Data by YCharts. The case for Nvidia Nvidia has come a long way.

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MAY 12, 2024

Reaccelerating growth Palantir reported strong first-quarter results, with revenue growing 21% to $634 million. commercial business, while it also said that it is seeing solid expansion within existing customers. Image source: Getty Images On the government side of the business, revenue grew 16% to $335 million. Palantir's U.S.

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MAY 27, 2024

Its high profit margin reflects a substantial competitive moat based on its commitment to quality chip production, which has attracted the business of Nvidia, Advanced Micro Devices , and other semiconductor companies. Uber is seeing strong demand in its mobility business, including ridesharing.

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MAY 16, 2024

Here's what makes Costco such a phenomenal business, and whether or not the blue-chip stock is a buy now. Costco is in a league of its own Costco has an effective and unique business model with a clearly defined customer value proposition. The stock is up a mind-numbing 576% over the last decade. It is now the third-most-valuable U.S.

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APRIL 17, 2024

But could SoundHound AI be the next great AI stock to own, and perhaps even grow its valuation by 100 times over the next few decades? But could SoundHound AI be the next great AI stock to own, and perhaps even grow its valuation by 100 times over the next few decades? Can SoundHound AI grow to 100 times its valuation?

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MAY 28, 2024

While that's impressive, investors really wanted to see the quarter-over-quarter growth rate -- whether AI demand is growing or shrinking from one quarter to the next. And with revenue rising 23% from the fourth quarter's figure, it's clear that the demand for AI computing power is still growing. Nvidia's business isn't slowing down.

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MAY 4, 2024

Today, the business is worth around $50 billion. On April 4, Palantir and database giant Oracle announced that they would be joining forces to provide cloud and AI solutions to both businesses and governments. The data analytics company has some promising growth prospects, particularly when it comes to artificial intelligence (AI).

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APRIL 30, 2024

While artificial intelligence is a key driver of its growth, the sustained expansion of its cloud business has taken the company's results to new heights. However, Microsoft continues to grow sales and margins across its segments. Metric Q3 Fiscal 2023 Q3 Fiscal 2024 Change Productivity and Business Processes Revenue $17.52

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MAY 27, 2024

There are a growing number of millionaires in America, and that's not just due to inflation. There are a growing number of millionaires in America, and that's not just due to inflation. While many people think the key to becoming a millionaire is to start your own business, only about 17% of millionaires have any small business equity.

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APRIL 23, 2024

The online dating company is getting no love -- pun intended -- from investors today and trades at a cheap earnings multiple, even though it is poised to grow its earnings over the next few years and beyond. There is one concern with Tinder's business, though: A declining overall user base. However, this does not tell the whole story.

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MAY 24, 2024

As a utility that provides water and wastewater services , York has a simple and resilient business model. While the company reliably grows revenue and earnings, it's not sacrificing its financial health to please shareholders. Image source: Getty Images. Is it a great time to buy Home Depot stock? Take York Water, for example.

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MAY 30, 2024

IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) has been a divisive stock ever since it went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on Oct. The bulls saw it as a promising play on the nascent quantum computing market, while the bears saw an overvalued company that was barely generating any revenues. IonQ's stock opened at $10.60 What does IonQ do?

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MAY 10, 2024

Roblox's user base continues to grow, with 77.7 Management is trying to reinvigorate growth Roblox's management acknowledged that there was an unseasonal decline in engagement during the first quarter, with the user base growing faster than the number of hours spent on the platform. billion, down from a prior range of $4.14

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