1 ETF Set To Beat The Market in 2025?
2024 was another banner year for the US stock market, with the S&P 500 notching a gain of 23%. Dwarfing even this return, though, was that of the Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLF), which has delivered a 29.7% return over the last 12 months.
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Read MoreWhy Did NVIDIA Invest In Little-Known AI Stock?
For nearly two years, the stock market has been steadily bidding up companies like NVIDIA and Microsoft that have emerged as front-runners in the AI race. In addition to these mega-cap companies, though, there are also many smaller companies trying to fill niche spaces in the AI market.
One such company is Nebius Group (NASDAQ:NBIS),
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Read MoreIs Meta Breaking Out?
Headlines swirled in recent days that Mark Zuckerberg was meeting with President-Elect Donald Trump at Mar-a-Lago.
Some speculated Zuckerberg was going to “bend the knee” while others thought he was looking for an active role in the new administration.
What we haven’t seen anyone discuss yet is whatever conversation did take place in that room appears to have been received well by markets because Meta now seems to be breaking higher.
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Read MoreHow To Spot a 100% Winner
It wasn’t long ago that I highlighted Planet Labs as a stock with the potential to blast off. At the time it was sitting at $1.90 per share.
Fast forward to the present and Planet Labs has soared well above $4 per share and is now posting gains of over 100%.
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Read MoreForget AI, The Next Massive Trend Is Starting In 3,2,1…
In the early days of e-commerce, few could have imagined just how quickly video-driven, real-time product demonstrations would reshape global retail. But here we are: In China alone, live streaming e-commerce revenue soared from a roughly $64 billion market in 2019 to more than $300 billion by 2021, according to data compiled by Deloitte.
This shift,
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1 Low-Cost Schwab ETF That Beat The Market
With around $65.7 billion in net assets, Schwab’s US Dividend Equity ETF (SCHD) is one of the most popular funds among investors seeking dividend income from their portfolios.
In the last year, SCHD has even beaten out the S&P 500 by delivering a 27.1% market price return compared to 25.0% from the S&P.
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You Can’t Pick Tesla, So Which EV Wins?
Few realize that Lucid Group (NASDAQ: LCID) traces part of its engineering DNA back to Atieva, a company that initially specialized in developing advanced battery systems for Formula E racing teams. Before the high-profile splash of the Lucid Air sedan, Lucid’s engineers were quietly perfecting electric drivetrains in the crucible of motorsports.
This racing pedigree helped the company engineer a powertrain that offers truly impressive range—up to 516 miles on a single charge for the Lucid Air Grand Touring edition,
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Better Oil Stock: Chevron vs. Devon Energy
You should always aspire to have a good understanding of the companies you decide to invest in. There will be times when Wall Street throws you a curve ball, of course, but most of the time, businesses are fairly easy to understand. The core business model is what you need to think about if you are comparing oil industry players Devon Energy (DVN -1.22%) and Chevron (CVX 1.31%).
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