Will Trump’s Energy Secretary Pick Drive Oklo Higher?
Oklo (NYSE: OKLO) shares surged over 18% Monday after President-elect Donald Trump named Liberty Energy CEO Chris Wright as his pick for Energy Secretary.
For Oklo investors, the selection carries special significance – Wright currently serves on Oklo’s board of directors, potentially giving the nuclear innovation company an influential ally in Washington just as it hits its stride with commercial deployments and new acquisitions.
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Read MoreHow To Trade The Crashing Markets
Lots of finger-pointing has taken place. Was it Buffett selling Apple? The jobs report? The unwind of the Japanese carry trade, which is essentially nothing more than borrowing at low rates in Japan and investing at higher yields in the US. Or was it the re-pricing from inflation concerns to recession worries?
Regardless,
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Read More1 Stunning Stock Set To Join Magnificent 7
While Microsoft, Alphabet and Amazon garner the headlines, Oracle Corporation (NYSE: ORCL) has quietly become one of the fastest-growing cloud infrastructure companies. Its cloud business grew by 47% year-over-year in the latest quarter and that rate of growth puts it firmly on the radar of investors looking for the next stock to join the Magnificent 7 grouping.
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Read MoreGot $6,000, Here Is 1 Cheap Stock To Buy Now
It’s been something of a mystery how a company generating $30 billion in revenue and spitting out $5 billion in operating income is valued at just 2x sales yet that’s precisely the case with PayPal.
Across a host of metrics, PayPal seems like a cheap stock. For example, the price-to-earnings ratio is just 14x,
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Read MoreIs Bitcoin $100,000 Next?
Bitcoin has been on a tear lately, bringing its YTD returns to over 112%. Much of this gain can be attributed to Donald Trump’s support of bitcoin and his electoral victory, which added to an already bullish period for Bitcoin.
Now, the big question is whether the benchmark cryptocurrency could cross the $100,000 mark for the first time in the near future.
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Beware: 1 Major Hit To Your Portfolio If You Sell Now?
Have you ever wondered how much short-term versus long-term taxes actually affect your net worth and portfolio over time?
Let’s imagine a $100,000 portfolio goes up 20% annually and is taxed at the end of the year at 33% due to short-term capital gains. What would the portfolio grow to after 10 years?
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Read MoreThe Spotlight
3 Smart Dividend Stocks to Buy
Although the market has been driven higher by growth stocks in recent years, history suggests that dividends are a key driver of long-term stock returns.
In addition to providing a steady flow of income, dividends can bolster total returns and even provide investors with some protection against market downturns.
Smart dividend stocks to buy that have the potential to generate decades of reliable income include Johnson &
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5 Top Dividend Stocks Yielding More Than 5% to Buy in 2025
Dividend stocks can be enriching investments. They supply income and have historically produced higher total returns than non-payers.
With the stock market rallying last year, dividend yields are down. The S&P 500‘s yield is near a 20-year low of 1.2%.
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