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Nike Stock Keeps Falling. Time to Buy?
Nike (NYSE: NKE) is a ubiquitous sportswear brand with a trailing 12-month revenue of $49 billion. But after a decade of market-beating returns, Nike's stock has been crushed over the last year by weakening sales trends.The stock trades down 60% from its previous peak, which looks tempting for value...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
The Best Fintech Stock to Invest $1,000 in Right Now
The fintech market tends to be cyclical, with companies benefiting from surges in consumer spending and borrowing when people are feeling prosperous, but suffering a bit when lean times come along. But that natural volatility can obscure the bigger picture, which is that the fintech space is growing...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Is Nvidia a Millionaire-Maker Stock?
After languishing for some time after the company's Q3 earnings, shares of artificial intelligence (AI) juggernaut Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) briefly shot up to nearly $150 before retreating to their current level south of $140.One of Nvidia's key partners is doing quite wellSome investors were a bit per...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
3 Pieces of Noise to Ignore With Bitcoin, Solana, and Ethereum
These days, it can seem like everyone has an opinion about major cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, (CRYPTO: BTC) Solana, (CRYPTO: SOL) and Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH). But, as with a lot of the commentary on markets and investments in general, there's a lot of noise that's worth ignoring, and precious few n...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Should You Buy Luminar Technologies Stock While It's Below $11?
Imagine a future where self-driving cars solve day-to-day issues like long commutes, traffic jams, and roadway dangers. Before that future can become a reality, companies need to build systems that will allow self-driving vehicles to fully operate. At the heart of many of those systems are vision-ba...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Better Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock: Nvidia vs. SoundHound AI
Will 2025 be the year that the king of the artificial intelligence (AI) sector is dethroned? To be sure, chipmaking giant Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) isn't likely to take a trip to the dungeon. But with its market cap already above $3.3 trillion, some investors might reasonably wonder if Nvidia's growth r...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Here's How Much You Could Earn in Dividends From a $350,000 Investment in the "Magnificent Seven" Stocks
The technology companies nicknamed the "Magnificent Seven" have a combined value of $17.2 trillion, which represents one-third of the entire value of the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). Those stocks delivered an average return of 60% during 2024, making them responsible for more than half of the S&P's 25...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
2025 Looks Like a Good Year for Stocks to Go to the Moon (Literally)
A lot of things can change in a decade.Ten years ago, when NASA's decision to return to the moon was just getting underway, I lamented the fact that all the contracts the space agency was awarding were going to privately owned space companies. NASA was going to the moon, but without public stocks to...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Is 3M Stock a Buy Before February 26?
3M (NYSE: MMM) probably isn't going to make the average investor a millionaire. Nevertheless, the potential for significant long-term returns exists, contingent on management's successful restructuring for growth.It's an attractive value proposition because, based on the commentary of new CEO Bill B...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Is the Nasdaq Headed for a Correction? 3 High-Flying AI Stocks to Buy if Prices Fall.
It's been a fun couple of years for the technology sector. The arrival of artificial intelligence (AI) has injected growth into various companies and raised long-term expectations, resulting in surging share prices for the top AI stocks and new highs for the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index.However...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
The Unfortunate Truth About Claiming Social Security at Age 62
One of the most important retirement planning decisions you'll make in your golden years is when to apply for Social Security. The most popular age to claim retirement benefits, by far, is 62, the first year you become eligible.While most retirees understand that claiming at 62 will result in a lowe...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
3 Top Dividend Stocks Under $100 to Buy in 2025
It takes money to make money. However, it might not take as much as you think. Many top-notch dividend stocks cost less than $100 per share. Brookfield Infrastructure (NYSE: BIPC)(NYSE: BIP), Realty Income (NYSE: O), and NextEra Energy (NYSE: NEE) are three of the top options under that price point....The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
5 Ultra-Safe High-Yield Dividend Stocks to Buy Even if There's a Stock Market Sell-Off in 2025
Five-year, 10-year, and multi-decade charts of market movements all show that stock market sell-offs happen. No one knows when they'll begin, how severe the downturn will be, or how long they'll last. However, we do know that sell-offs of 20% or more from recent highs, known as bear markets, occur a...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Prediction: 1 Stock That Will Be Worth More Than Palo Alto Networks 1 Year From Now
Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ: PANW) has been a great stock for growth investors. Over the past five years, the cybersecurity stock more than quadrupled even as the pandemic, geopolitical conflicts, inflation, and rising interest rates rattled the markets.From fiscal 2019 to fiscal 2024 (which ended la...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
3 Reasons I (Still) Don't Regret Selling Ethereum and Buying Solana
Nearly two years ago, I sold all but a residual amount of my Ethereum (CRYPTO: ETH) and invested even more heavily in Solana (CRYPTO: SOL). I don't regret my decision, even if it might raise some eyebrows among seasoned cryptocurrency investors.In fact, I would make the same decision again today if ...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
This Stock Is Up 120% Since I Bought It -- But Here's Why I Just Bought More
When the COVID-19 pandemic hit, few industries were impacted more than retail real estate. Most brick-and-mortar retailers considered nonessential businesses were closed for much of 2020, and there were fears that most discretionary shopping would permanently shift to e-commerce.As a result, the sto...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
3 Millionaire-Maker Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been referred to as a generational opportunity by leadership at some of the top tech companies in the world. While some of the benefits are already beginning to be felt, AI still looks to be in the early stages of its development as a revolutionary technology.Given t...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
The Best Stocks to Invest $50,000 in Right Now
Investing large sums of money can be nerve-racking. This can be particularly true when building a growth-focused portfolio. Yet, by looking under the hood of some well-known companies, I think it's possible to construct a portfolio that stands the test of time.Here's how I would build a hypothetical...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Prediction: This Top Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock Will Join the $3 Trillion Club in 2026
As of this writing, there are three $3 trillion stocks on the market. And in what is unsurprising news, they're all artificial intelligence (AI) stocks. They are Apple ($3.7 trillion), Nvidia ($3.5) trillion, and Microsoft ($3.2 trillion).It's truly incredible how new generative AI technology, which...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Could Buying Dutch Bros Stock Today Set You Up for Life?
Share prices of Dutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) have been racing higher, more than doubling over the past 12 months. That said, the stock is still trading slightly below where it was in the post-IPO excitement that often surrounds new issues. Given the growth that this coffee shop has achieved, it seems rea...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
