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What's Going on With Taiwan Semiconductor Stock?
Taiwan Semiconductor (NYSE: TSM) management revealed information that has broad implications for stock market investors.*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Jan. 15, 2025. The video was published on Jan. 17, 2025.Start Your Mornings Smarter! Wake up with Breakfast news in your inbox every...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Thinking About Investing in Crypto in 2025? Here Are My Top 3 Picks.
Last year was a tipping point for crypto, which for the first time made it into the investment mainstream. New spot cryptocurrency exchange-traded funds (ETFs) started trading, crypto emerged as a campaign issue during the presidential election, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) topped $100,000 at the end o...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
AMD's AI Chip Sales Might Disappoint in 2025
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ: AMD) has emerged as the No. 2 player in the artificial intelligence (AI) accelerator market, although it remains far behind Nvidia. While Nvidia is now generating $30 billion per quarter in its data center segment, AMD has said it expects to produce around $5 billion ...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Is Moderna Stock a Buy?
Share prices of Moderna (NASDAQ: MRNA) plummeted 58% in 2024, ranking among the worst performers in the S&P 500 index. The biotech, renowned for its pioneering development of vaccines based on messenger RNA (mRNA), has struggled to manage weak sales of COVID-19 vaccine and sluggish market adoption o...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Is the Stock Market Going to Soar Under President Donald Trump (as It Did During His First Term)? Here's What History Has to Say.
When the chapter closed on 2024, investors had every reason to cheer. Last year, the iconic Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJINDICES: ^DJI), broad-based S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC), and growth stock-propelled Nasdaq Composite (NASDAQINDEX: ^IXIC) respectively finished higher by 13%, 23%, and 29%, with ...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
The Smartest Fintech Stocks to Buy With $500 Right Now
Fintech, the broad term for financial technology, is expanding quickly as companies continue to merge their financial products with the latest tech innovations. Investors looking to tap into this momentum have their pick of stocks, but which of them is a great option to put $500 toward right now?Let...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Which Vanguard ETFs Offer the Highest Dividend Yields?
Investors can find plenty of great exchange-traded funds (ETFs) to generate income. Vanguard, one of the biggest fund managers around, offers 88 ETFs. All of them return money to shareholders via distributions.Vanguard's bond ETFs currently pay the highest distributions. However, if you're looking f...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
3 Reasons Why I Won't Claim Social Security at Age 62
What's the most popular age to file for Social Security retirement benefits? It's 62 -- by far. Many Americans are ready to retire as early as possible after working for decades.I understand the sentiment. However, I don't plan to follow the crowd. Here are three reasons I won't claim Social Securit...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
2 Cybersecurity Stocks You Can Buy and Hold for the Next Decade
While the huge spike in spending on artificial intelligence (AI) has gotten all the investment attention in the technology sector over the past year, that doesn't mean that increased cybersecurity spending went away. In fact, market research company Gartner recently forecasted that cybersecurity spe...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Why I Just Bought More Shares of Verizon and Plan to Load Up On The Ultra-High-Yielding Dividend Stock in 2025
I have been slowly buying shares of Verizon (NYSE: VZ) over the past few years. The big draw for me is the telecom giant's big-time dividend. At the current share price, it yields over 7%. That's several times higher than the S&P 500's average 1.2% yield. In addition to that lucrative income stream,...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Could Buying JPMorgan Chase Stock Today Set You Up for Life?
Few investors would argue that JPMorgan Chase (NYSE: JPM) isn't a solid company. After all, there's a reason it's the U.S.'s biggest bank, boasting nearly $3.6 trillion worth of assets. Credit the depth and breadth of its offerings, which range from consumer banking to wealth management to corporate...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
3 No-Brainer Dividend Stocks to Buy in 2025
Dividend stocks are an important part of a diversified portfolio. They provide passive income under almost any conditions, which strengthens your portfolio and protects your money in changing economies.Younger investors may want to focus more on growth, and retirees tend to switch to more dividend s...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
3 Reasons to Buy Walmart Stock in 2025
With Wall Street seemingly focused only on artificial intelligence and GLP-1 weight-loss drug stocks lately, it might surprise some of these investors to learn that Walmart (NYSE: WMT) was actually a solid growth stock in 2024. A look at its total return performance would show that it blew past the ...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Eli Lilly Missed Sales Expectations Again. Should Investors Be Worried?
In the first half of 2024, it seemed Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY) could do no wrong. Unfortunately, the good times didn't last very long. The stock peaked last October and was down by more than 21% when the market closed on Jan. 16.Is Eli Lilly a good stock to buy on the dip? Here's a look at why it's been...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Warren Buffett Owns 6 Dow Jones Stocks. Here's the Best of the Bunch for Income Investors to Buy Right Now.
Warren Buffett primarily buys large-cap stocks for Berkshire Hathaway's portfolio. That makes sense because Berkshire has so much money to deploy that smaller companies simply don't move the needle enough for the giant conglomerate.Because of this focus on large-cap stocks, you probably won't be sur...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
2 Soaring Stocks to Buy in January and Hold for 20 Years
You can build incredible wealth in the stock market, and it's not as difficult as you might think. The key is to patiently hold shares of a growing company that still has a large market to expand into. Here are two stocks that have monster return potential.1. Dutch BrosDutch Bros (NYSE: BROS) is a f...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
2 Growth Stocks Down Over 70% That Could Rebound in 2025
Regularly investing in growing companies is a recipe for wealth-building gains over many years. But when you can buy shares of these companies at attractive valuations, it can help your investments perform even better.Here are two fallen stocks of companies that are continuing to invest in the futur...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
2 Magnificent Growth Stocks That Can Outperform the S&P 500
Investors can build tremendous wealth over the long term, and it doesn't require trading in and out of hot tech stocks. If you follow Warren Buffett's approach of buying shares of quality businesses when their stocks are trading at fair prices, you'll be on the road to success.Many investors use the...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Is Investing $100,000 Into the Stock Market Today a Surefire Way to Get to $1 Million in 25 Years?
Investing $100,000 into the stock market is a significant amount of money. You might expect that to be enough to eventually grow to $1 million, when looking at the long term -- a period of 25 years or more. But given how hot the stock market has been in recent years and the potential for a slowdown ...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
Prediction: This Stock Will Be the Biggest Quantum Computing Winner of 2025
In recent months, investors have taken a renewed interest in quantum computing. Traditional computer bits can only hold zeros or ones. However, quantum bits, commonly called qubits, can represent any value between zero and one. This advancement enables exponentially faster computing speeds in compar...The Motley Fool
Jan 19, 2025
