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Reinvesting Your Required Minimum Distribution (RMD) in Retirement? Here's What You Need to Know.
Retirement accounts like a 401(k) or IRA come with some big advantages. Perhaps the most attractive benefit of these accounts is you can defer your taxes until retirement. Doing so could give you more money to invest today or spend on your living expenses while you work.
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Mon, Jan 27
New Zealand shares hit over a week low; Australia closed
Jan 27 (Reuters) - New Zealand shares extended declines on Monday to hit their lowest level in over a week while investors took a cautious stance ahead of the crucial U.S. Federal Reserve meeting, due later in the week. New Zealand's benchmark S&P/NZX 50 index .NZ50 fell 0.3% to 12,986.16 points...
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Mon, Jan 27
Walmart Stock Beat the Market in 2024. Can It Repeat in 2025?
Shares of retail giant Walmart (NYSE: WMT) were up a whopping 72% in 2024. To put the magnitude of this move in perspective, this was the best year for Walmart stock since 1998 -- you read that right. And its 72% return handily outperformed the S&P 500's otherwise stellar gain of 23%.It's been 25 ye...The Motley Fool
Mon, Jan 27
One Analyst Firm Just Ranked Nvidia and Alphabet as Its Top 2 "Magnificent Seven" Stocks for 2025. Are Both Stocks Buys?
Analysts at Jefferies recently ranked the so-called "Magnificent Seven" stocks based on which ones they thought would outperform in 2025. The name refers to a group of leading mega-cap tech stocks that have been helping lead the market higher the past couple of years.Its top picks among the group we...The Motley Fool
Mon, Jan 27
PRECIOUS-Gold inches lower as dollar rises, Fed meeting in focus
Jan 27 (Reuters) - Gold prices edged lower in early Asian hours on Monday as the dollar gained, while investors awaited more guidance on interest rate decision from the U.S. Federal Reserve's first meeting of 2025 later this week. FUNDAMENTALS* Spot gold XAU= was down 0.1% to $2,768.01 ...Reuters
Mon, Jan 27
Should You Buy Palantir Technologies Stock Before Feb. 3?
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) was one of the hottest stocks of 2024, rising by a staggering 340%. A $15,000 investment in the data analytics stock at the start of the year would have been worth more than $66,000 by the end of it.A big reason for Palantir stock's impressive performance is the ...The Motley Fool
Mon, Jan 27
Pepsi Just Made a $1.2 Billion Acquisition of Something That Has Nothing to Do With Carbonated Beverages
After 10 years in business, the Garza family sold their company Siete Foods to PepsiCo (NASDAQ: PEP) for a cool $1.2 billion. The deal for Siete was announced back in October but closed this January. Pepsi is an enormous business, and for it $1.2 billion is relatively small. But any purchase over $1...The Motley Fool
Mon, Jan 27
Why the Official Trump Cryptocurrency Is Plummeting This Week
The Official Trump cryptocurrency has seen a big pullback over the last week of trading. The token was launched late on Jan. 17 and rocketed higher in its first day on the market, but it's subsequently seen a significant valuation decline. The recently launched meme coin's token price fell 50% over ...The Motley Fool
Mon, Jan 27
You Can Tap Into Your Retirement Savings Early for Disaster Relief -- but Should You?
The California wildfires have devastated families, businesses, and entire communities. A recent analysis suggests that initial property losses from the fires could be as much as $45 billion. Insurance will cover some of those losses, but many will face high out-of-pocket costs with no obvious place ...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
Here's 1 Trillion-Dollar Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chip Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist While It's Still a Bargain
There are currently 10 public companies in the world boasting a market capitalization over $1 trillion. Among newer entrants into the trillion-dollar club is chip stock Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing (NYSE: TSM).In 2024, the company, also known as TSMC, gained 90% -- essentially doubling the com...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
Should You Buy Netflix Right Now While It's Below $1,000?
Investors will definitely have a hard time finding many companies that have generated stronger returns than Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) has. In the past decade, the stock price has catapulted 1,500% higher. Impressive financial results have kept the momentum going in recent times.As of this writing, shar...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
Is Rivian Stock a Buy Now?
Innovations in battery technology, charging infrastructure, and falling costs could help electric vehicles (EVs) achieve widespread adoption.One company working on this is Rivian (NASDAQ: RIVN), a U.S.-based EV maker focused on luxury vehicles. Its vehicles aim to deliver performance and sustainabil...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
2 Artificial Intelligence Stocks You Can Buy and Hold for the Next Decade
Artificial intelligence (AI) stood out as a major investing theme in 2024, but this isn't just a short-term trend. AI takes time to develop and apply to the real world, and we're still in the early days of this growth story. Last year, the focus was on building out AI infrastructure, and that contin...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
2 High-Yield Energy Stocks to Buy With $1,000 and Hold Forever
The single most important fact to understand about energy stocks is that they can be very volatile. That's inherent to the industry, given that oil and natural gas are commodities. There's one more factor here, however, since clean energy is an increasingly important source of power around the world...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
MORNING BID ASIA-Monitoring dollar, DeepSeek and China's PMIs
By Jamie McGeever Jan 27 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. A big week for world markets kicks off in Asia on Monday with investors still navigating the blizzard of headlines around U.S. President Donald Trump's likely economic agenda, while trying to gauge whether the...Reuters
Sun, Jan 26
Palantir CEO's 10 Words About AI That Should Help You Invest Better in 2025 and Beyond
In early November, Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) released a robust third-quarter 2024 report. Alex Karp, CEO of the artificial intelligence (AI)-powered data analytics company, included a statement in the press release. It has a sentence I believe investors should keep at the forefront of the...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
Here's How Much You Should Have Invested for Retirement at Age 67
Do you have a retirement savings goal in mind? You should. Even if you end up not reaching your target, people with clear goals tend to fare better than people without them. That's because it's much easier to turn a specific savings target into an actionable plan than it is to develop a plan that ha...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
2 Red-Hot Growth Stocks to Buy in 2025
Growth stocks helped major indexes soar last year, and two in particular stood out. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) posted the biggest gain in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) delivered the top performance in the S&P 500. These players surged 171% and 340%, respective...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
Want Decades of Passive Income? Buy This Index Fund and Hold It Forever.
Dividends can get a bad rap. Some assume they are for retirees who need the income to pay their bills. Others believe that companies paying dividends don't offer meaningful growth prospects and aren't the right investments for people who want to make a lot of money in the stock market.Well, that cou...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
The Smartest Oil Stocks to Buy With $200 Right Now
Oil is a volatile commodity, a fact that needs to be taken into consideration when buying an oil-related stock. However, there are different ways to view this fact from an investment perspective. Chevron (NYSE: CVX), Devon Energy (NYSE: DVN), and TotalEnergies (NYSE: TTE) offer three very different ...The Motley Fool
Sun, Jan 26
