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Should You Buy W.P. Carey While It's Below $60?
Investors looking at W.P. Carey (NYSE: WPC) will probably be enticed by its lofty 6.3% dividend yield. That's well above the S&P 500 index's 1.2% and the 3.8% yield of the average real estate investment trust (REIT). Is this an income opportunity, or is there more risk here than meets the eye?Why is...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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What Does Chinese AI Start-Up DeepSeek Mean for Nvidia Stock?
DeepSeek, a Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) start-up, is sending shock waves through the U.S. tech sector by demonstrating its latest AI assistant, which achieves performance comparable to or even surpassing some of the world's best chatbots.The kicker here is that DeepSeek reportedly accomplis...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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4 Top Stocks to Buy in February
In this video, I will talk about four interesting companies worth your attention, especially during these uncertain times. I chose a mix of companies in different industries that could provide significant upside for long-term investors. Watch the short video to learn more, consider subscribing, and ...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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4 Reasons to Buy Walmart Stock Like There's No Tomorrow
Are you looking for a new stock pick with relatively low risk, even if that means muted gains? Take a look at Walmart (NYSE: WMT), even at its recently reached record high.You know the company. Walmart is of course the world's biggest brick-and-mortar retailer, operating more than 10,000 stores coll...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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Is the U.S. Steel Soap Opera an Opportunity to Profit?
In this video, Motley Fool contributors Jason Hall and Tyler Crowe break down the drama with U.S. Steel (NYSE: X) and its attempts to find a buyer in the face of its deal with Nippon Steel (OTC: NPSC.Y) being challenged by the U.S. government, a standing offer from Cleveland Cliffs (NYSE: CLF), an a...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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BUZZ-Indian restaurant operators, food delivery majors soar on demand push in budget
** Indian restaurant operator stocks jump between 3% and 10% after slew of demand-boosting measures in union budget** Zomato ZOMT.NS and Swiggy SWIG.NS soar 6.5% and 7%, respectively** Both were hit hard by cooling demand over last two months** Among restaurant operators, Pizza Hut and KFC India fra...Reuters
Feb 1, 2025
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The Growing Negative Tesla Narrative Is Wildly Overblown. Here Are 3 Reasons Not to Sell.
It might be a brand-new year, but it has been anything but quiet for the folks at Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA). Headlines have screamed about Tesla's sales decline and have gone as far to call the Cybertruck a "cyberflop." Headlines have screamed about the company's aging vehicle lineup and CEO Elon Musk's ...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
Cryptocurrencies
Pump.fun Faces Second Lawsuit As Meme Coin Scrutiny Heats Up
The woes for Pump.fun, the platform that allows the launch of meme coins on Solana, keep piling. A second lawsuit has been filed against the platform, claiming it engages in fraudulent activities and violated US securities laws. This development joins the list of growing scrutiny against meme coin p...Bitcoinist
Feb 1, 2025
Stocks
Why Hershey Should Handle High Cocoa Prices Just Fine
Hershey (NYSE: HSY) is struggling today. One of the biggest problems is inflation, but not the kind that consumers dealt with coming out of the coronavirus pandemic. Cocoa prices are sky-high thanks to some unique dynamics in the cocoa market.Here's why cocoa prices are a near-term issue, but are hi...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
Commodities
Modi turns to India's vast middle class to revive growth in rough global year
India gives tax relief to boost spending power of middle classFiscal deficit for 2025-26 seen at 4.4% from 4.8% this yearMissions to boost farm productivity, manufacturing, exportsFDI limit in insurance sector raised to 100% from 74%Recasts; adds comments, stock move and backgroundsBy Nikunj Ohri, S...Reuters
Feb 1, 2025
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Prediction: President Donald Trump Is Going to Break His Social Security Promise -- and It's Absolutely the Right Decision
There isn't a social program in this country that's more important to the financial well-being of Americans than Social Security. In 2023, it singlehandedly pulled 22 million people above the federal poverty line, including 16.3 million adults aged 65 and above.More importantly, it's a program an ov...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
Commodities
INDIA BUDGET-India unveils long-term programmes to boost pulses, cotton output
By Rajendra Jadhav and Mayank BhardwajMUMBAI/NEW DELHI, Feb 1 (Reuters) - India will launch a six-year programme to boost the output of pulse crops by taking measures including directing state agencies to buy the staple at guaranteed prices, the finance minister said on Saturday, in a bid to cut rel...Reuters
Feb 1, 2025
Stocks
Verizon Sees a More Than $40 Billion AI Opportunity by 2030
Like most companies, Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ) is looking at how it can best leverage the power of artificial intelligence (AI). The telecom giant is already using the technology to enhance the customer experience and drive efficiencies in its business. It sees an even greater market opportu...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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Hamas hands over Israeli hostage Siegel to Red Cross at Gaza port
Feb 1 (Reuters) - Hamas handed over U.S.-Israeli dual national Keith Siegel, the last of the three hostages released on Saturday by the group, to the Red Cross at Gaza Port, live television footage showed.Yarden Bibas and Ofer Kalderon, a French-Israeli dual national, were handed over by Hamas earli...Reuters
Feb 1, 2025
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1 Index Fund to Buy Before It Soars 184%, According to Certain Wall Street Analysts
Goldman Sachs strategists set their 2025 target for the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) at 6,500. That implies about 6% upside in the remaining months of the year from its current level of 6,115, and 11% upside from where the index started in January. But their outlook is quite bleak beyond that point.Gol...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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BRIEF-Li Auto Delivered 29,927 Vehicles In January 2025
Feb 1 (Reuters) - Li Auto Inc 2015.HK:LI AUTO INC: DELIVERED 29,927 VEHICLES IN JANUARY 2025LI AUTO INC: AS OF JANUARY 31, 2025, LI AUTO'S CUMULATIVE DELIVERIES REACHED 1,163,799Source text: ID:nGNX9vm53mFurther company coverage: 2015.HKReuters
Feb 1, 2025
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BRIEF-Aqua Pennsylvania Acquires Greenville Sanitary Authority Wastewater System In Mercer County
Essential Utilities Inc WTRG.N:AQUA PENNSYLVANIA ACQUIRES GREENVILLE SANITARY AUTHORITY WASTEWATER SYSTEM IN MERCER COUNTYESSENTIAL UTILITIES INC - AQUA PENNSYLVANIA FINALIZES $18 MILLION PURCHASE OF GREENVILLE SANITARY AUTHORITYSource text: ID:nBw1Q0dNTaFurther company coverage: WTRG.NReuters
Feb 1, 2025
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Tesla Stock vs. Palantir Stock: Billionaires Buy One and Sell the Other
Shares of Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) and Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) have advanced 109% and 385%, respectively, in the past year. But the billionaire hedge fund managers below bought the former and sold the latter in the third quarter.Ken Griffin of Citadel bought 1.1 million shares of Tesla, inc...The Motley Fool
Feb 1, 2025
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UAE's ADNOC confirms negotiations with Austria's OMV for new polyolefins JV
Feb 1 (Reuters) - Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC) confirmed on Saturday negotiations with Austria's OMV OMVV.VI to set up a new global polyolefins group.It said in a statement negotiations to merge their Borouge and Borealis companies were going in a "constructive and positive manner&...Reuters
Feb 1, 2025
