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Howard Marks has built his 50‑year reputation on buying what everyone else is overlooking and waiting patiently for the narrative to swing his way. So when Oaktree Capital’s first‑quarter 2025 filing revealed a brand‑new 18.8 million‑share position in Nokia (2 % of the equity book, at roughly $5 a share) many investors did a double‑take ,telecom hardware is hardly Oaktree’s home turf.

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When the rest of Wall Street was riding the AI-fueled tech rally last year, the Oracle of Omaha was quietly doing the opposite, selling more stocks than he bought and stacking cash to the tune of a staggering $347 billion. While the S&P 500 was hitting fresh highs and investors were throwing money at growth stocks,

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Imagine putting $2,000 into a stock and forgetting about it. No fiddling, no panic-selling, no checking your account every day. You look up a few decades later and you discover your modest investment has ballooned into more than $1 million.

That’s not a fantasy. That’s what actually happened if you invested in O’Reilly Automotive (NASDAQ: ORLY) when it went public 32 years ago.

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Stanley Druckenmiller who famously helped George Soros break the Bank of England in 1992 has just ditched one of Wall Street’s most hyped artificial intelligence (AI) stocks.

So, what did he sell? Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR). While most investors were busy chasing the AI boom, Druckenmiller was building a large position in a drugmaker.

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AMC Entertainment (NYSE: AMC) isn’t exactly the comeback kid just yet, but you might want to keep it on your radar.

Over the past month, shares have quietly climbed 14.96%, a surprising twist for a stock that’s still down more than 39% from last year and worse from its meme stock mania highs,

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There’s something powerful, almost addictive, about waking up to income you didn’t have to actively work for. Passive income gives you more bang for your investment buck up front, and if you’ve chosen wisely, income producers raise their payouts over time, feeding a cycle of reinvestment and compounding that accelerates your path to financial independence.

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Quantum is all the buzz but the risks are super high so how do you get exposure to the industry without betting the farm on any given stock?

If I could only bet on one quantum computing stock with the potential to deliver life-changing returns, IonQ (NYSE: IONQ) is probably at the top of my list.

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At first glance, TSMC might look like just another chipmaker. But that’s like calling Lamborghini just another car company. TSMC doesn’t design chips, it builds them, using some of the most advanced manufacturing technology in existence.

TSM’s fabrication facilities, or “fabs,” can etch transistors smaller than viruses onto silicon wafers. That’s not hyperbole;

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If you’ve been looking for life-changing returns in the stock market, D-Wave Quantum (NYSE: QBTS) might have already caught your eye. After all, the stock is up an eye-watering 103% so far this year. But while those gains might set off a rush of FOMO, there’s a catch because this stock moves fast, and not always in the direction you’d hope.

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If you’re kicking the tires on ChargePoint Holdings (NYSE: CHPT), you might come away thinking the company is finally turning a corner. After all, its fiscal 2025 results came with plenty of upbeat language around improving margins and leaner operations.

But scratch beneath the surface, and you’ll see a company still bleeding cash,

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