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Where Will Trump Media Stock Be in 1 Year?
Trump Media & Technology Group (NASDAQ: DJT), which owns the social media platform Truth Social, went public by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) on March 26, 2024. Its stock opened at $70.90, sank to an all-time low of $12.15 on September 23, but now trades at about $34. Let...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
RPT-BREAKINGVIEWS-Trading disruptors will mimic banks and beat them
The author is a Reuters Breakingviews columnist. The opinions expressed are his own.By Liam ProudLONDON, Jan 2 (Reuters Breakingviews) - Sometimes the danger to an incumbent business comes as a bolt from the blue. At other times, it approaches with a familiar face. That’s the case for trading giant...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
LIVE MARKETS-European light vehicle sales growth to underperform in 2025 - BofA
STOXX 600 down 0.3%Energy leads, banks lagWall St futures higherWelcome to the home for real-time coverage of markets brought to you by Reuters reporters. You can share your thoughts with us at markets.research@thomsonreuters.comEUROPEAN LIGHT VEHICLE SALES GROWTH TO UNDERPERFORM IN 2025 - BOFAEurop...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
Palantir Technologies and MicroStrategy Have Been Added to the Nasdaq 100. Are These Stocks About to Soar Even Higher?
The Nasdaq is home to many of the best growth stocks in the world. But to join the Nasdaq 100 index is particularly exclusive, since as the name implies, it contains the top 100 (nonfinancial) stocks on the exchange. There was a rebalancing in December that resulted in three stocks being added to th...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
3 Reasons Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Is a Must-Buy for Long-Term Investors
Nobody really knows what the stock market might do in 2025. The current bull market is getting long in the tooth, but these upswings do tend to stick around for several years. The market as a whole looks overvalued, suggesting that a price correction might be coming soon. At the same time, master in...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
Is Alphabet a Top Stock to Buy for 2025?
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) had a solid 2024, with the stock up over 40% as of the time of writing. With that kind of performance, it would be understandable if investors thought it couldn't have a great 2025. However, I don't think that's the case.This tech giant has several strong tail...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
BUZZ-VICI Properties rises after Wedbush upgrades rating
** Gaming, hospitality and entertainment REIT VICI Properties' shares VICI.N rise 1.1% to $29.53 premarket** Wedbush upgrades rating to "outperform" from "neutral", but lowers price target to $33 from $34** Says VICI could see opportunities to fund redevelopment projects from its "deep pipeline of r...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
Should You Buy Bitcoin While It's Under $100,000?
Last year was a wonderful time to be a Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) investor, as the digital asset's price more than doubled in 2024. This was consistent with its long-term behavior -- a journey that has featured extreme volatility along a generally upward path.On the last day of 2024, the world's top cryp...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
Is BigBear.ai Stock a Buy Now?
BigBear.ai (NYSE: BBAI), a developer of AI-oriented analytics tools, went public three years go by merging with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC). The combined company's stock started trading at $9.84 a share, closed at a record high of $12.69 on April 13, 2022, but sank below $1 by the e...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
2 Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks Worth Buying in 2025
The role of dividend-paying stocks in building long-term wealth can't be understated. Over the past century, dividends have consistently represented a substantial portion of total stock-market returns. Yet recent years have seen many high-yield stocks struggling to match the S&P 500's performance, d...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
US STOCKS-Futures rise ahead of Wall St's first trading session in 2025
For a Reuters live blog on U.S., UK and European stock markets, click LIVE/ or type LIVE/ in a news window.Futures up: Dow 0.46%, S&P 500 0.57%, Nasdaq 0.75% Jan 2 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures edged higher before the first trading session of 2025, with investors hoping a new political la...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
Cloudflare Stock Is Soaring. Is It a Buy for 2025?
The growth of digital content and cloud computing drove more demand for content delivery networks (CDNs) like Cloudflare (NYSE: NET). Cloudflare has a large network of data centers that helps reduce latency and speed up performance for things like video streaming and cloud applications.The stock dou...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
DIARY-Federal Reserve Events
***Denotes a new entry. -------------------------------------------------------- Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) MEETING DATES: 2025January 28-29 (second day: statement released 1400 EST/1900 GMT; news conference expected 1430 EST/1930 GMT)March 18-19 (second day: statement released 1400 ED...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
RPT-BUZZ-US stocks: Closing the books on a solid 2024
Repeats Buzz first published Dec 31, 2025, no changes to text. Updates chart** Wall Street has closed the books on 2024, with the AI boom, rate cuts powering a bull run** S&P 500 index .SPX finishes the month with a 2.5% loss, the quarter with a 2.1% gain, and the year with a 23.3% jump** SPX up 53%...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
MORNING BID AMERICAS-The first trading day of the year, be wary
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Dhara Ranasinghe.Don't be fooled by what might prove to be a positive start to the new year, with stock futures pointing to a strong opening on Wall Street on Thursday. For the last four years, the first trading day of the year has been a contr...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
Palo Alto vs. CrowdStrike: Which Cybersecurity Stock Will Outperform in 2025?
2024 had a lot of ups and downs for two of the world's top cybersecurity companies, CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD) and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW). The former was involved in a highly publicized outage, while the latter made a radical change to its business strategy.Both stocks ended 2024 with sol...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
Prediction: These 3 Warren Buffett Stocks Will Be the Biggest Winners in 2025
Don't expect Warren Buffett to predict which stocks in Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio will be the biggest winners in 2025. He would be the first to tell you he doesn't know how any given stock will perform over the next 12 months.Buffett's right, of course. None of us can be confident about any stoc...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
This Is 1 of the Worst Investing Mistakes You Could Make in 2025
The stock market can be intimidating, especially during periods of volatility. But the good times can be stressful, too, because nobody knows for certain when the next downturn will begin.While the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has surged by roughly 24% over the past year, more than one-third of investo...The Motley Fool
Thu, Jan 2
GLOBAL MARKETS-World shares start 2025 with a wobble on Trump trepidation
Asia shares close lower; European stocks wobbleInvestors cautious ahead of Trump's Jan. 20 inaugurationResilient dollar leaves yen strugglingAdds quote in paragraphs 10-11, updates prices throughoutBy Nell Mackenzie and Rae Wee LONDON/SINGAPORE, Jan 2 (Reuters) - World shares struggled for tracti...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
BUZZ-Piper Sandler cuts Biogen, says company is in transition
** Brokerage Piper Sandler downgrades drugmaker Biogen BIIB.O to "neutral" from "overweight"; trims PT to $138 from $315, a Wall-Street low among the 36 analysts covering the stock, according to data compiled by LSEG** Shares down 0.14% at $152.70 premarket** Brokerage says Biogen's revenue, heavil...Reuters
Thu, Jan 2
