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3 Ways You Could Get More Social Security Benefits in 2025
If you've been claiming Social Security benefits for more than a few months, you saw your checks increase by 2.5% at the start of the year thanks to the 2025 cost-of-living adjustment (COLA). This only added about $49 to the average monthly benefit, but you may have gotten more if you had above-aver...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Citi says potential tariffs on EU wines could benefit Australia's Treasury Wine Estates
** Citi suggests U.S. President Donald Trump's proposed 200% tariff on EU wine imports to the U.S. could boost Treasury Wine Estates' TWE.AX Americas sales** Brokerage expects more than 80% of TWE's sales in the Americas to be from U.S.-produced wines, with the remaining sourced from Au...Reuters
Sun, Mar 16
Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock: Palantir Technologies vs. Microsoft
Artificial intelligence (AI) has the potential to change just about every industry under the sun, and businesses are spending heavily to stay ahead of the curb. AI-powered software can automate simple tasks while making knowledge workers more efficient and productive in their jobs. It can also help ...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Problems Continue to Mount for Tesla. Is It Time to Sell the Stock?
Even if you're hiding under a rock, you might not be able to miss the criticism being thrown Tesla's (NASDAQ: TSLA) way this year. Some consider Tesla CEO Elon Musk's growing presence in politics distracting or problematic. And despite all the impressive things Tesla has accomplished, there are moun...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
3 Top Dividend Stocks I Just Bought as the Stock Market Corrected
Stock market corrections (a decline of 10% or more from the recent high) can be a gift to dividend-seeking investors. As stock prices fall, dividend yields rise, enabling investors to lock in higher yields on many top dividend stocks. I've been capitalizing on the recent stock market correction by b...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Opinion: Billionaire Stanley Druckenmiller, After Dropping This AI Giant Last Year, Could Be Coming Back to It During the Nasdaq Correction
With the S&P 500 and Nasdaq in correction territory, you may not be feeling very optimistic about investing. But now is actually an excellent time to buy stocks because many of yesterday's highfliers are today's dirt cheap deals. So, a time of market decline represents the perfect moment to get in o...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Warren Buffett's Chilling Climate Change Warning: Is It Time to Sell Berkshire?
Last month, 94-year-old Warren Buffett published his annual letter to shareholders. The yearly letter from the greatest investor of all time typically offers timeless bits of investing and business wisdom, tinged with homespun humor.However, this year's letter had a chilling warning on a subject Buf...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
2 Bargain "Magnificent Seven" Stocks to Ride the AI Investing Wave
The "Magnificent Seven" isn't just a Western from 1960. It's also a group of tech stocks that led the Nasdaq (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) to double-digit gains over the past two years. I'm talking about Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon, Apple, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ: META), Microsoft, Nvidia,...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Should You Forget Super Micro Computer and Buy 3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Right Now?
Server systems builder Super Micro Computer (NASDAQ: SMCI) was a market darling a year ago. Is it time to turn away from this disgraced industry titan and seek more reliable investment avenues in the artificial intelligence (AI) market?Why I'm not jumping on the Super Micro Computer bandwagon in 202...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Is BigBear.ai Stock a Buy Now?
Artificial intelligence (AI) stocks have been battered along with the broader stock market recently as worries about the near-term outlook weigh on the minds of investors. Their fears have largely been prompted by concerns about how President Donald Trump's tariff and trade war plans will impact the...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
This Valuable Medicare Benefit Is Operating on Borrowed Time
If you've been on Medicare for a while, you probably understand that your coverage changes from year to year. Some of those changes are good, like the $2,000 cap on out-of-pocket prescription drug costs that took effect this year. Others quietly remove or reduce benefits.One benefit was scheduled to...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Should You Buy ExxonMobil While It's Below $115?
ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM) shares have pulled back about 10% or so from their post-pandemic peak. That puts them a little below $115 per share. So is it a good time to buy this energy giant, or should investors wait for a better entry point? Here's a look at each side of the story.What does ExxonMobil d...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Here's How Nvidia's Incredible AI Success Could Lead to Its Undoing
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) was able to ride the artificial intelligence (AI) wave kicked off by ChatGPT in late 2022 and dominate the market for AI accelerators, partly because the company had spent years building a strong foundation in accelerated computing. Nvidia's GPUs are useful not only for AI work...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
1 No-Brainer Dividend Index Fund to Buy Right Now for Less Than $500
Everyone knows about the S&P 500 Index (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), which is probably the most recognized market gauge in the world. But have you heard of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index? Probably not.This is the index that sits behind the Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHD) and its attracti...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
What if the Market Crashes? Bitcoin vs. XRP
Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) and XRP (CRYPTO: XRP) might be a bit safer than some crypto assets, but it isn't as though they're rock solid when things are falling apart. As the Nasdaq Composite and S&P 500 enter correction territory, investors are starting to worry more about a potential market crash.And s...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
This Nvidia-Backed AI Start-Up Just Filed for an IPO. Should You Buy The Stock?
The initial public offering (IPO) market has been ice-cold since 2021. In 2020 and 2021, we saw a deluge of companies entering the public markets, especially via a boom in special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs). Many of these ended up being poorly run businesses, and some were even frauds. Ev...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
The Smartest High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy With $100 Right Now
Why wouldn't an income investor want to own a stock that has a 14% dividend yield? That's an awfully tempting number, given that the average return of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is generally considered to be around 10% a year.The problem is that when things look too good to be true, they often ar...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
AST SpaceMobile Is Go for Launch -- but Cash Burn Could Be a Problem
AST SpaceMobile's (NASDAQ: ASTS) stock took a big bounce after the company reported fourth-quarter results last week. At one point, shares of the satellite communications start-up were up 32% from their pre-earnings price, and even after Monday's steep price decline, they're still higher than they w...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
Shopify Stock: A Millionaire-Maker in the Making?
Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) may have minted some millionaires by now. It's been a public company for nearly 10 years, and if you'd invested $10,000 on its first day of trading, you'd have more than $350,000 today.But even though Shopify isn't a new company, in many ways, it's just starting to take off. E-c...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
3 Struggling Stocks Down More Than 50% This Year That Look Cheap But Come With Plenty of Risk
The stock market is in a bit of a tailspin of late as investors worry about the future of the economy. It can be a great idea to buy stocks on weakness if you're investing for the long term, but that doesn't mean that every struggling stock is going to recover.Three stocks that are down big this yea...The Motley Fool
Sun, Mar 16
