The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Millions of seniors today collect monthly benefits from Social Security. And many people rely on those benefits to cover the majority -- or all -- of their retirement expenses. In recent years, living on Social Security alone has been particularly tough due to rampant inflation. But thankfully, inflation is starting to cool to the point where the Federal Reserve is finally talking about interest-rate cuts, and prices are starting to moderate.

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A Wealth of Common Sense

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

I enjoy slicing and dicing historical stock market returns. I’m not naive enough to assume this helps predict the future. However, studying the past can provide a baseline to help set expectations when it comes to risk and a potential range of outcomes. Here’s a different way to look at returns over various time horizons for the S&P 500 going back to 1993: This is how to read this chart: Pick a starting.

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AltAssets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Private equity major Warburg Pincus has raised more than $4bn for its debut structured investment fund, more than double its initial $2bn target. The post Warburg Pincus raises more than double its target with $4bn-plus close of first structured capital fund appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT)

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

By Ming-Fong Huang, CFP, AFP Usually, we define prospects as people we talk to face-to-face; however, people are often too busy to meet. If we redefine prospects by redefining our network, we can grow the number of prospects exponentially. Connect on social media Start by asking for your prospects’ social media information and connect with them there.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Couche-Tard’s approach to the owner of 7-Eleven could kick-start a wave of M&A activity in a country that has tended to avoid it

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Financial Times: Moral Money

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Sector’s shares have soared and asset managers in debate on whether investing in it can be seen as sustainable

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A Wealth of Common Sense

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

I bought a Peloton exercise bike during the early days of the pandemic. It’s convenient and the technology is pretty neat.1 But I never would have purchased shares in the company. I have a rule of thumb that anything new that’s fitness-related is a fad. I’ve seen far too many fad diets and fancy exercise equipment or videos come and go over the years.

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AltAssets

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Growth equity firm Springcoast Capital Partners has named former Oaktree Capital managing director Jennifer Spreadlove as its first head of investor relations. The post Springcoast Capital brings in ex-Oaktree IR specialist Spreadlove as its first investor relations head appeared first on AltAssets Private Equity News.

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The Big Picture

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

Avert your eyes! My Sunday morning look at incompetency, corruption and policy failures: • Why Interest Rate Cuts Won’t Fix a Global Housing Affordability Crisis : Central bankers are lowering borrowing costs, but that won’t be a cure-all for a widespread lack of affordable housing. ( New York Times ) • Three Events That Speak to Greedflation : The Mars-Kellanova merger, the Kroger-Albertsons court case, and the monopolization lawsuit against RealPage all bolster her case against price-fixing.

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Financial Times M&A

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Chinese conglomerate Fosun selling former storied brand five years after its collapse

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Artificial intelligence has been the dominant investing theme for the last two years, and Nvidia has stolen the spotlight. The company reported triple-digit sales growth in the last five quarters, and shares have surged more than sevenfold since January 2023, making it the best-performing stock in the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) during that period.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

It's no secret that Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) has been struggling. The stock is down more than 60% year to date and has been the worst performer in the Dow Jones Industrial Average this year. The company was once the largest chipmaker in the world, dominating the personal computer (PC) space. That helped it become one of the first two technology companies to join the famed Dow Jones index, along with Microsoft back in the late 1990s.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

It finally happened. This year, Warren Buffett and Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) (NYSE: BRK.A) began selling significant portions of its monster Apple stake. According to its latest 13-F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Berkshire Hathaway reduced its Apple investment by approximately half in the second quarter. That stock was worth around $80 billion based on Apple's current share price.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

It's not uncommon to see your overall living costs decrease once you retire. Granted, for some people, this happens as a matter of necessity. If you're not earning the same paycheck and don't have a lot of savings, you may be forced to cut back on spending once your time in the workforce has come to an end. But if there's one expense than tends to rise in retirement rather than fall, it's healthcare.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Social Security took in a whopping $1.351 trillion last year, and it paid out $1.385 trillion in benefits to retirees, disabled workers, and their families. If that math looks a little funny to you, that's because it is. Take out another $7 billion in administrative expenses, and the program's trust funds shrank by $41 billion in 2023, and we expect these deficits to continue over the coming years.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

It can be hard to find good dividend yield stocks when the broader market is hovering near all-time highs, and the S&P 500' s yield is a scant 1.2%. But don't give up -- just look harder. If you do, you'll find gems like Bank of Nova Scotia (NYSE: BNS) , with a yield of 6.2%; W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) , which yields 5.8%; and EPR Properties (NYSE: EPR) , with a huge 7.2% dividend yield.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

The artificial intelligence (AI) industry doesn't have quite the sheen as it did earlier this summer. Investors have become increasingly wary of the technology's ability to deliver real-world value -- at least in a time frame that justifies the sky-high stock valuations investors have seen. At the heart of this lies the technology's posterchild, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA).

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

After a strong run in the first half of the year, technology stocks have come under pressure recently. Recent stock price trends suggest investors are taking a more cautious stance on the economy while the mania around artificial intelligence (AI) has also eased. Even high-flying Nvidia has been affected, with the stock trading down nearly 20% over the past six months.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Zscaler 's (NASDAQ: ZS) stock price sank 19% on Sept. 4 after its latest earnings report came out. For the fourth quarter of fiscal 2024, which ended on July 31, the cybersecurity company's revenue rose 30% year over year to $593 million and exceeded analysts' expectations by $25 million. Its adjusted earnings per share (EPS) grew 38% to $0.88 and cleared the consensus forecast by $0.19.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Stock splits don't change the value of a company, but they do often indicate that management expects the business will continue to perform well. And that solid operational performance can lead to wealth-building gains for shareholders. If you have $1,000 or more to invest that you don't need for everyday living expenses or to pay down debt, you have come to the right place.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Since the advent of artificial intelligence (AI) early last year, the star of the show has been Nvidia. The company pioneered the graphics processing units (GPUs) that have become the gold standard for AI training and inference applications. This, in turn, has resulted in a blistering run for the stock, which has gained 639% (as of this writing) since early last year.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has been one of the best-performing stocks over the past five years, up an astonishing 2,430%. Given those gains, the question many investors ask now is whether it is too late for new investors to buy in and see above-average returns. Let's look at four reasons why Nvidia stock is still worth buying like there is no tomorrow. 1.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Few retirement decisions have as lasting an impact as when you decide to claim Social Security. The decision permanently affects how much you receive, so it's not one you want to gloss over as insignificant. I recommend that retirees (or those approaching retirement) figure out their break-even age before claiming Social Security benefits. Your break-even age is when the total lifetime benefits from claiming at one age equal the total lifetime benefits from claiming at another age.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Warren Buffett hasn't seen a lot to like in the stock market in quite some time. In each of the last seven quarters , Buffett sold more stock from Berkshire Hathaway 's (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) equity portfolio than new purchases. And it looks like he's about to make it a full two years. Last quarter, Buffett cut his company's massive position in Apple nearly in half.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index climbed 20% and 19%, respectively, through the first eight months of the year. With these two major indexes in record territory, investors might be worried there aren't attractive opportunities to bolster their portfolios. I don't agree with this assumption. In fact, there's one dominant enterprise that looks like the ultimate growth stock to buy with $1,000 right now.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

The International Business Machines (NYSE: IBM) you see today is very different from the Big Blue of yesteryear. The company moved from an all-you-can-eat technology buffet to a software-and-services expert with a heavy dose of artificial intelligence (AI) -- just in time for the ongoing AI boom. And IBM will keep changing from here. Let's check out the plans this technology veteran has for the next five years.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has run circles around other artificial intelligence (AI) stocks over the past few years thanks to its leadership in the field. The company holds an 80% share of the AI chip market, and that has helped it generate triple-digit revenue growth quarter after quarter. As a result, the stock soared more than 2,200% over the past five years.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Cryptocurrencies, specifically altcoins like Ripple (CRYPTO: XRP) , also known as XRP, are among the riskiest assets you can invest in. Ripple has been especially tough due to a years-long lawsuit between its creators and the SEC, a saga finally nearing its end. The price of XRP coins is notably higher following the court's rulings earlier this summer, but prices still sit well below their all-time high.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Stock splits have been a big thing this year, with top companies across industries launching these efforts to lower their high-flying stock prices. A stock split, by issuing new shares to current holders, decreases the per-share price of a company. And among these stock split announcements, many have come from artificial intelligence (AI) players -- from Nvidia to Broadcom.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Fool.com contributor Parkev Tatevosian answers if Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) stock makes an excellent investment. *Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Sept. 4, 2024. The video was published on Sept. 6, 2024. Should you invest $1,000 in Zscaler right now? Before you buy stock in Zscaler, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the 10 best stocks for investors to buy now… and Zscaler wasn’t one of them.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

Over the past decade, IBM 's (NYSE: IBM) stock price rose 10% while Microsoft 's (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock surged 810%. IBM underperformed Microsoft by such a wide margin because it missed the seismic shift toward public cloud services, struggled to grow its revenue, and prioritized cost-cutting strategies and buybacks over smart investments. Microsoft grew a lot faster by shrewdly expanding its cloud, mobile, and AI ecosystems.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Shares of Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) dropped 10.4% on Friday, following the semiconductor and infrastructure software maker's release on the prior afternoon of its report for the third quarter of fiscal 2024 (ended Aug. 4). The decline was likely largely driven by guidance for fourth-quarter revenue being a bit lower than Wall Street had expected. In the current environment for artificial intelligence (AI) stocks that have run up considerably, simply meeting or slightly beating Wall Street's estima

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 8, 2024

Investors could be growing uncertain as the Nvidia trade appears to have unwound. Despite the company's recent near-perfect earnings report, investors are selling the stock as doubts rise about its high valuation. So investors could be wondering where to invest next. These three Motley Fool contributors have suggestions on three stocks that have a higher likelihood of moving up: Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META) , Monday.com (NASDAQ: MNDY) , and Nu Holdings (NYSE: NU).

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 7, 2024

After winning its antitrust case against Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) , the U.S. government said it will consider asking the judge to break the company up. While such an extreme remedy appears unlikely, anything is possible when it comes to the law. My prediction, though, is that Alphabet would be worth more broken up than it currently trades at as a combined company.

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