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The Best 10x Opportunity in Ride-Sharing
Lyft (NASDAQ: LYFT) is the #2 ride-sharing company in the U.S., but it has a chance to emerge as an industry leader in autonomous driving. Travis Hoium explains why the company's business model could be built for autonomy in this video.*Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of Dec. 23, 2024. The ...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Where Will IonQ Stock Focus in 2025?
IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) laid out plans for the upcoming year and shared them with investors.Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every market day. Sign Up For Free »*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Dec. 22, 2024. The video was published on Dec. 24, 2024.Don...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
My Top 2 AI Stocks for 2025
The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2024 has reshaped our world in ways previously confined to science fiction. Virtual assistants now handle complex customer service queries with human-like understanding, while AI-powered chips process vast amounts of data at unprecedented speeds. These tec...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Bitcoin Crosses $100,000. But Are Other Cryptocurrencies Also on the Rise?
On Dec. 4, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) crossed the $100,000 price level for the first time. That highlighted a post-election rally that saw Bitcoin soar by more than 40% within a remarkably short period of time. Even with recent volatility in the crypto market, Bitcoin is up more than 110% in 2024.But don...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
The Ultimate EV Stock to Buy With $500 Right Now
Many electric vehicle stocks hit their all-time highs during the apex of the meme stock rally in 2021. At the time, low interest rates, stimulus checks, social media buzz, and a contagious fear of missing out (FOMO) drove many investors to scoop up the market's hottest EV stocks while glossing over ...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Better Buy in 2025: XRP or Bitcoin?
Cryptocurrency investors are having a great year in 2024. The total value of all coins and tokens across the industry currently stands at $3.5 trillion, more than doubling from where it ended in 2023. Industry-leading cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) are responsible for most of that added...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
This Stock Is Up 106,400% Since Its IPO: Here's Why It Might Split in 2025.
Stock-split stocks statistically outperform the market in the next 12 months following a split. It is counterintuitive since it has nothing to do with the underlying business performance, but a stock split generates an average return of 25% to 30% in the following year, which usually beats the S&P 5...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Should You Buy Amazon Stock in 2025?
Another year, another huge gain for Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN). Shares of the e-commerce and cloud services giant skyrocketed 81% in 2023. The stock is on track to finish 2024 up close to 50%.But should you buy Amazon stock in 2025? Here are the arguments for and against this high-flying stock.Start Your...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
35% of Warren Buffett's $296 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in 3 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks
Since Warren Buffett became the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A)(NYSE: BRK.B) in 1965, its stock has delivered a compound annual return of 19.8%. That would have been enough to turn a $1,000 investment into $42.5 million, whereas the same investment in the S&P 500 would have grown to just $32...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Stock-Split Watch: Is Broadcom Next?
Does it feel like you've been here before? Semiconductor and software giant Broadcom (NASDAQ: AVGO) executed a 10-for-1 stock split during the summer. Yet, here I am waving the flag for another potential stock split.Maybe that's a good thing. Broadcom stock has soared nearly 30% since its last split...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Should You Forget Tesla and Buy 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks Right Now?
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) is evolving beyond electric vehicles (EV) to become a bonafide artificial intelligence (AI) company. Its plans for an autonomous Robotaxi fleet and its work in humanoid robotics could eventually make it, as CEO Elon Musk believes, the world's most valuable company.The problem is...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
3 Reasons to Buy Amazon Stock Like There's No Tomorrow
Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) stock had a great run in 2024. The shares are up 48% year-to-date at the time of writing. Some might assume that Amazon's $2.37 trillion market cap will make it difficult for the company to deliver the wealth-building returns it delivered in the past. While that might be true, ...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Will President-Elect Donald Trump's Plan to Implement Tariffs Cause Stocks to Plunge? Here's What History Tells Us.
In less than four weeks, President-elect Donald Trump will be sworn in as the 47th president and become only the second U.S. leader to ever serve nonconsecutive terms. However, Wall Street decided to kick off the party a bit early.Since Election Day, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICE...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Nvidia Stock Investors Just Got Bad News From AI Semiconductor Rival Broadcom
Complex data center workloads like training machine learning models and running artificial intelligence (AI) applications would take a very long time if powered only by central processing units (CPUs). To that end, specialized semiconductors are used to speed up computationally intensive AI tasks.In...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Is Walgreens Stock a Buy?
It's been a tough year for Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA) stock, which is trading down nearly 65% year to date, as of this writing. Things don't look any better when looking even further out, as the stock has lost 88% of its value over the past decade.There have been rumors swirling of a pos...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Should You Forget Bitcoin and Buy Solana Instead?
Bitcoin's (CRYPTO: BTC) price hit an all-time high of $103,332 on Dec. 4. Four main catalysts drove it to that point: the approvals of its first spot price ETFs in January; its latest halving in April, which cuts its rewards for mining in half every four years; interest rate cuts; and President-elec...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Meet the Magnificent Vanguard ETF With 37.6% of Its Portfolio Invested in Nvidia, Apple, and Microsoft
This chart features all eight American technology stocks with valuations of $1 trillion or more, and their respective returns in 2024 so far. Their average return for the year works out to around 67%. By comparison, the S&P 500 is up by just 26%. Here's why that's important.Where to invest $1,000 ri...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
Russian rouble steadies near 100 against US dollar
MOSCOW, Dec 25 (Reuters) - The Russian rouble held steady near 100 to the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after strengthening in five consecutive sessions as the market adjusted to new U.S. financial sanctions imposed in November. The rouble RUB= traded at 99.70 against the dollar by 0900 GMT, over-th...Reuters
Wed, Dec 25
1 Major Warning to Consider Before You Buy This Unstoppable Stock
The booming public equity market has been beneficial to investors this year. However, there have been some businesses that have absolutely crushed the broader indices.Take Cava (NYSE: CAVA). The rising fast-casual restaurant chain has seen its shares skyrocket 177% in 2024 (as of Dec. 20), despite t...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
A Once-in-a-Decade Investment Opportunity: 1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Semiconductor Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist and Hold for Years (Hint: It's Not Nvidia)
When it comes to the semiconductor industry, no other company has become as well-known as Nvidia. The company specializes in designing graphics processing units (GPU), a unique piece of hardware architecture that's used for all sorts of generative AI applications.With that said, even the biggest sta...The Motley Fool
Wed, Dec 25
