You may not be familiar with Global Blue but it’s certainly grabbed the attention of the investment team at Third Point, run by billionaire Dan Loeb, who have got excited about it and understandably so when you peel back the covers.
The company specializes in tax-free shopping but it’s expanding into financial technology services,
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Hot growth stocks are something you associate with Cathie Wood a lot more so than Warren Buffett but the Oracle of Omaha has a few tricks up his sleeve yet to surprise even his most eagle-eyed fans.
One stock in his portfolio is up by over 140% this year, turning every $10,000 invested in it to $24,000.
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Google. Apple. Amazon. Microsoft. They are all investing in AI but one company you probably have not heard about is Symbiotic, a warehousing automation firm that combines advanced robotics with artificial intelligence.
It’s one of those businesses that’s hard to wrap your head around at first but it’s been a huge hit on Wall Street.
Starbucks, a name synonymous with coffee, has grown beyond a mere chain of coffee shops to become a global icon in the beverage industry.
Unlike your regular run-of-the-mill local coffee shop, Starbucks has scaled its operations globally, transcending cultural and geographical boundaries. Its global footprint, though, has created its own set of challenges involving complex logistics like supply chain management,
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Yet another year has gone by where Tesla has absolutely crushed the market. Despite each year starting out with naysayers predicting doom for Musk’s car manufacturer, the performance again has been market-beating.
In fact, Tesla has outperformed the general stock market by about 6x this year, a jaw-dropping result considering all the bearish prognostications at the start of the year following a dismal 2022.
“Tesla is nothing more than a car company.” That’s the line skeptics used to repeat when trying to downplay the firm’s valuation.
“How could a car company be worth nearly a trillion dollars? And why would a single car manufacturer be valued at almost as much as the sum total of all other car makers combined?”
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Sometimes a deal just falls in your lap and that might well be the case now with Match Group. The online dating giant houses many, perhaps even most, of the dating apps you have heard of, from Tinder to Hinge.
Sadly for shareholders, the stock has had a downright awful year, plunging 26% year-to-date after a poorly received earnings report a few days ago.
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Palantir Technologies (PLTR) has been in business for 20 years but it’s only recently that it’s accomplished one of its most impressive feats to-date, tripling the number of users of its artificial intelligence platform in a single quarter.
That spike in demand translated to a spectacular Q3 that blew away Wall Street’s expectations.
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Few names are as prominent in real estate as D.R. Horton (NYSE:DHI) but when you couple a top homebuilder with the investing legend Warren Buffett taking a position in it, you’ve got an investment opportunity that demands further scrutiny.
With rising mortgage rates and waning home sales, buying a homebuilder seems an unusual play,
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Did you know that every 24 hours, Planet Labs captures imagery of every corner of the Earth? This trove of data is so extensive that it helped track a rogue Chinese spy balloon all the way back to its point of origin.
Similar to a search engine, Planet Labs aims to organize massive amounts of Earth-related data.
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