When it comes to investing, few names carry the weight of Aswath Damodaran, the NYU professor who literally wrote the book on valuation.
In a wide-ranging conversation with Motley Fool, Damodaran shared a masterclass on navigating markets in uncertain times.
From the political entanglement of major corporations to the dominance of passive investing,
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When storms hit the financial markets, most investors scramble for cover. But what if you could build a portfolio designed to weather any storm, one that doesn’t flinch when stocks sink, inflation spikes, or economic growth stalls?
That was the question billionaire Ray Dalio sought to answer when he created his now-famous All Weather portfolio,
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While many economists and investors initially expected 2025 to be another good year, the outlook in America has soured rapidly as steep tariffs and a softer labor market appear set to increase prices and curtail growth.
Recently, JPMorgan Chase analysts raised their predicted recession risk for the year from 30% to 40% due largely to America’s emerging trade wars.
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After weeks of sluggish price action, Brinker International (NYSE: EAT) is starting to show signs that the bulls are back in the kitchen.
On March 25th, EAT delivered a textbook technical setup that a technical trader could only but describe as a “character change.”
The stock filled a prior gap from early March,
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Gaming company Roblox (NYSE:RBLX) operates a massive platform that allows creators to build and share their own games with little to no existing programming knowledge.
The platform is home to tens of millions of user-generated games, known as “Experiences” by the company. In the last 12 months, the company’s shares have gained almost 60 percent,
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With the S&P 500 now in correction and stocks selling off quickly, investors are understandably looking for safe-haven stocks to preserve their capital and keep their portfolios guarded from potentially turbulent market conditions ahead.
Luckily, there are still several companies that could offer some degree of security. Among the safest stocks to buy now for both current security and potential long-term returns are Abbott Labs,
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Vanguard’s Extended Market ETF (VXF) is a broad fund made up of thousands of stocks across essentially every part of the American business landscape. Like many ETFs, VXF attempts to give investors access to a broad selection of stocks without the difficulty and risk involved in picking individual companies.
Today, let’s take a deeper look at VXF to see if the fund is a good investment at the moment.
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While earnings appeared mixed at first glance, management’s comments on the most recent earnings call were sufficient to ignite a sharp rally in GEO shares.
Prior to the earnings call, GEO stock had been in a sustained downtrend with little cushion on the horizon ready to halt the decline but that all changed when management revealed a new,
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Since SoFi’s CEO began snapping up shares of the student lender, the price has approximately doubled. It’s not entirely a surprise given that SoFi is an all-in-one fintech firm offering personal loans, home mortgages, car loans, credit cards, and digital banking. Over and above the broad array of products it’s grown like a weed on the customer front too.
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Palantir Technologies (NYSE: PLTR) has emerged from a growth slowdown into a phase of reaccelerating revenue and improving profitability in 2024-2025. After a modest ~17% revenue growth in 2023, Palantir’s top-line expanded by 29% in 2024 to $2.87 billion, buoyed by rising demand for its data analytics and AI platforms.
The company also achieved GAAP profitability,
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