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Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Is Already Falling Short
For a large share of American retirees, Social Security provides a majority of their income. And for too many retirees, those monthly payments are the only income they have access to.Thankfully, Social Security benefits are raised automatically nearly every year to help them compensate for inflation...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
Nvidia Stock Investors Just Got Good News From President Donald Trump and Wall Street
Last week, Chinese startup DeepSeek published a research paper in which it claimed to have trained a large language model rivaling the performance of leading U.S. models, while spending much less money than U.S. companies. Shares of Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) fell sharply on the news because of its domin...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
Best Stock to Buy Right Now: Walmart vs. Realty Income
At first glance, there's nothing all that similar between Realty Income (NYSE: O) and Walmart (NYSE: WMT). One is a real estate investment trust (REIT), the other a retailer. But there's an important intersection, since the properties on which Realty Income is focused are largely occupied by retaile...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
BUZZ-Ambu shares fall after Q1 net profit, FCF miss
** Shares in Ambu AMBUb.CO fall 1.4%, pares losses after falling as much as 4.4%, after the Danish medical equipment maker reported a Q1 slight net profit and FCF before acquisitions miss** Ambu's Q1 net profit is a 3.6% miss "on slightly higher net financials and tax," says J.P. Morgan ...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
Investing $50,000 in These 3 High-Yield Vanguard ETFs Can Generate Nearly $2,000 of Passive Income Every Year
Investors should never discount the power of buying stocks or exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with strong dividends that can deliver years of steady and growing passive income. ETFs typically offer an added layer of diversity because they purchase a basket of stocks. Warren Buffett, arguably the greate...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
BUZZ-Tonic maker Fevertree hits near 4-month peak as Molson Coors buys 8.5% stake
** Tonic maker Fevertree FEVR.L soars over 20% to 811.5p; highest level since Oct. 1 ** Coors Light beer maker Molson Coors TAP.N will take 8.5% stake in FEVR for 71 million pounds ($88.45 million) to expand its portfolio of non-alcoholic beverage offerings in the U.S.** FEVR adds that it will retu...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
You Won't Believe What Disney Said About Its Direct-to-Consumer Segment
Walt Disney (NYSE: DIS) is a global media and entertainment conglomerate that owns incredibly valuable intellectual property (IP) that it's able to monetize in many ways. This could mean making money in movie theaters, on traditional cable channels, or in theme parks and cruises. But going forward, ...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
Swiss engineer ABB boosted by data centre demand
Q4 sales and profit slightly ahead of forecastsCompany posts highest ever annual sales, earningsCEO says market conditions remain favourableCompany sees high demand from data centres used in AIAdds detail, background, comment, sharesBy John RevillZURICH, Jan 30 (Reuters) - ABB ABBN.S is seeing stron...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
BUZZ-Nokia rises after Q4 beat with strength across the board
** Shares in Nokia NOKIA.HE rise 3% after the Finnish group posted a Q4 beat** Q4 net sales rose 10% to EUR 5.98 billion ($6.23 billion), above estimates of 5.74 billion ** Jefferies says sales were up with broad-based strength across all areas ** Inderes also notes a much stronger-than-expected ...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
1 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Investors Are Overlooking That Could Be Worth Buying
One of the more surprising stock stories during the first half of the 2020s may be Airbnb (NASDAQ: ABNB). The site leveraged artificial intelligence (AI), bringing landlords and tenants together to market vacation properties that may have otherwise never made it to the market.Indeed, unexpectedly sl...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
Sun Communities: Buy, Sell, or Hold?
Roughly half of Sun Communities' (NYSE: SUI) business is about providing affordable housing. The rest is tied to lifestyle-based recreation. This is not your typical real estate investment trust (REIT). Is the combination of assets it owns worth buying? Or is this a situation where dividend investor...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
Will Palantir Soar After Feb. 3? Here's What History Says.
In 2024, Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) proved that it's one of today's key technology leaders. The software company reported record profit, saw revenue climb quarter after quarter in the double digits, and was invited to join the S&P 500. Palantir ended the year with the best performance in t...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
This Stock Is Up 168%, but Wall Street Still Thinks It's Massively Undervalued. Here's Why.
It's not Nvidia. Instead, it's an old-economy transportation stock in United Airlines (NASDAQ: UAL). At the time of this writing, the stock is up 168% over the last 12 months, beating out Nvidia and other high-profile technology names. At this point, investors might think the stock should be pausing...The Motley Fool
Jan 30, 2025
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp reports results for the quarter ended December 31 - Earnings Summary
Peapack-Gladstone Financial Corp PGC.OQ reported quarterly adjusted earnings of 52 cents per share for the quarter ended December 31, higher than the same quarter last year, when the company reported EPS of 48 cents. The mean expectation of three analysts for the quarter was for earnings of 46 ce...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
South African rand stable ahead of rate decision
JOHANNESBURG, Jan 30 (Reuters) - South Africa's rand was little changed early on Thursday ahead of an interest rate decision by the South African Reserve Bank.At 0650 GMT, the rand traded at 18.5675 against the dollar ZAR=D3, near its previous close of 18.5750.The dollar =USD was also little cha...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
LIVE MARKETS-Before the bell: MAG7 mixed, big earnings day in Europe
Welcome 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.comBEFORE THE BELL: MAG7 MIXED, BIG EARNINGS DAY IN EUROPE The first batch of "Magnificent 7" earnings on Wall Street delivered...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
Italy - Factors to watch on Jan. 30
The following factors could affect Italian markets on Thursday.Reuters has not verified the newspaper reports, and cannot vouch for their accuracy. New items are marked with (*).For a complete list of diary events in Italy please click on IT/DIA.ECONOMYISTAT releases Q4 GDP flash data (0900 GMT); De...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia stocks gain, dollar steady as traders consider Fed rate pause
Fed holds rates; Powell says no rush to cut rates again Australia bourse at record high; Japan's Nikkei ekes small gainDollar supported by elevated US yields, policy outlook uncertainMixed 'Mag 7' earnings from Microsoft, Meta, Tesla; Apple nextUS crude settled at lowest this year as Tru...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
Microsoft shares slide on cloud outlook; Meta up after Q4 beat
LONDON/MILAN, Jan 30 (Reuters) - Microsoft shares MSFT.O fell in Europe on Thursday after it issued a downbeat forecast for its cloud business, while Facebook parent Meta shares META.O rose after beating expectations, as investors scrutinised the companies' spending on artificial intelligenc...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
Tesla shares rise in Frankfurt despite earnings miss
MILAN, Jan 29 (Reuters) - Tesla TSLA.O shares opened up 3.6% in Frankfurt trading on Thursday, even as quarterly results at the U.S. electric vehicle maker fell short of Wall Street expectations.Tesla said it was on it was on track to roll out new, cheaper models in the first half of 2025 and would ...Reuters
Jan 30, 2025
