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When Tesla shares were priced in the thousands of dollars, it didn’t take long before a stock split was authorized. So too, the same happened at Apple and Alphabet. But one company…

It’s no surprise that the top position in Bill Gates’ portfolio is Microsoft. As co-founder and former CEO, he led Microsoft to enormous success and the current CEO, Satya Nadella, picked up the baton and added hundreds of billions of more value to the firm when he transformed it to a cloud-focused business.

Over this past weekend news came out that JP Morgan had acquired “a substantial majority of assets” and all deposits of First Republic Bank.

The second largest bank failure in US history had threatened to cause a contagion that would spread like wildfire throughout the banking system but Papa Jamie Dimon came to the rescue with the proverbial firehose.

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Seasonal trends in the stock market are powerful. From the January Effect and The Santa Claus Rally to The Halloween Effect and perhaps the most famous of all Sell in May and Stay Away (until Labor Day). But can these seasonal trends really be trusted?

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Investment Alert: Sell Coinbase (COIN)

Disclaimer: Investment Alerts have a medium to long-term time horizon. These do not constitute financial advice and you should contact a financial advisor before deciding whether it is appropriate for your individual circumstances.

Taking on the government is a risky proposition at the best of times.

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Investment Alert: Buy McKesson (MCK) Under $370/share

Disclaimer: Investment Alerts have a medium to long-term time horizon. These do not constitute financial advice and you should contact a financial advisor before deciding whether it is appropriate for your individual circumstances.

There’s lots to like about McKesson.

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When you understand that stocks are not just prices on a chart but businesses, investing gets much easier. You take your eyes off solely viewing price undulations and focus more on the nuts and bolts of the business driving the share price.

One business with such extraordinary attributes that Warren Buffett bet over 43% of his holdings in it is Apple.

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Zombie companies are heavily indebted but continue to operate and service their debts, though usually they don’t pay them off. Because they’re so heavily indebted, small changes in interest rates can make them vulnerable to bankruptcy. So you might be wondering, why, in a rising interest rate environment they should even cross our radar.

Well,

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We were put on the spot recently when a colleague asked “if you had to buy just one stock what would it be?”