Apple fell in line with the rest of the tech titans during its most recent quarterly release when CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple plans to integrate artificial intelligence into its suite of products and services.
That news alone sparked a $10+ per share rally after hours, largely eroding the 15% decline in share price during the first part of the year.
Stanley Druckenmiller is arguably the best trader in the world not because of the 30% returns he posted annualized on average over 30 years but because during that time frame he never had a losing year.
It would be nice to invest alongside him but those days are gone, because he now manages a Family Office only,
The decision to follow a billionaire investor makes intuitive sense. The logic goes something like this: A billionaire only became rich by making a series of decisions that grew their wealth, if I follow their next decisions, I can be rich too. It seems rationale but it can be hazardous to your portfolio.
It’s not every day of the week we cover stocks trading under $5 per share, which are technically considered penny stocks. It’s rarer still to discuss those trading under $2 per share, but one space stock now is just too interesting to gloss past.
Before proceeding further, we must first note that this stock has been nothing short of a train wreck for shareholders since first going public via a SPAC sponsored by dMY Technology Group.
If you haven’t tuned into the annual Berkshire Hathaway shareholder meeting to see highlights, a certain moment is grabbing headlines but another more nuanced one is where your attention should go.
The most poignant moment of the day was when Warren turned to his new right-hand man Greg Able but invited former lieutenant Charlie Munger for his views.
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Back in the 1970s when stagflation took hold the world looked a whole different than it does today. Landlines have been replaced by mobile phones. TVs have been replaced by streaming apps. Records have been replaced by Spotify. But one thing that hasn’t changed is the definition of stagflation, a period where inflation rises at a more rapid pace than the economy.
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There used to be a time when daring to believe a single company would be worth a trillion dollars seemed like something out of a fable. Then Apple came along, and Meta, and Microsoft. All of them broke the seemingly insurmountable barrier and kept going.
It didn’t seem long before they then went on to hit market capitalizations of $2 trillion.
Among Warren Buffett’s favorite investments is Coca-Cola, a Dividend King that has raised its dividend annually for a remarkable 62 consecutive years. This track record puts Coca-Cola in the elite club of dividend-paying stocks that have increased their dividends annually for at least 50 years.
Such consistent dividend hikes not only help investors to combat inflation but also substantially compound their returns.
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If you’re going to trade, do it right. You don’t need eight fancy screens and an elaborate setup but what you do need is a serious understanding of what it takes to make money regularly.
First thing is you need to really understand that few traders are actually good at picking stocks. One professor recently came out and said even Buffett was not a particularly good stock-picker,
Chinese stocks have been beaten dow for a long time but it’s possible that a tectonic shift is taking place. It’s been such a puzzle to understand why their valuations have been low for such an extended time period that even the likes of Charlie Munger got fooled by cheap valuations.
One overarching challenge has been the ongoing regulatory environment.
