75 Billion Reasons To Own Google
Alphabet (Google’s parent) has significantly ramped up research and development spending in recent years. In 2022, Google spent about $39.5 billion on R&D, which jumped to $45.4 billion in 2023. This ~15% increase was driven largely by higher personnel costs (adding thousands of engineers) and one-time charges like office space consolidation.
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Innovative Industrial Properties (IIPR), doesn’t cultivate cannabis but instead leases real estate to cannabis companies, enabling them to grow their operations.
In essence, IIPR is a cannabis real estate investment trust (REIT), and it was the first and is the largest cannabis-focused REIT to…
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Sea Limited (NYSE:SE), based in Singapore, operates as an Internet platform company that primarily serves the Southeast Asian, Taiwanese, and Latin American markets with three main business units: Garena (digital entertainment), Shopee (e-commerce), and SeaMoney (financial services). Although these…
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American Tower Corporation (NYSE:AMT) might not be a household name but it’s one of the largest global REITs, operating over 200,000 communications sites across continents.
Is this stock worth parking your money in for the long-term, both for its dividend and future growth potential?
Read MoreIs Tesla Breaking Out?
When CEO Elon Musk reported Tesla’s latest earnings results this week, few were excited by the numbers.
In fact, the share price immediately fell off a cliff in after-hours trading to $356 per share but within minutes a sharp bounce back occurred and, in the virtual blink of an eye, the share price was back over $400 per share.
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Is Cava’s Rapid Expansion a Risky Overstretch?
CAVA has been growing like a weed, now sporting 341 locations across 25 states. While the pace of new openings slowed slightly this year with just 33 new restaurants in the first 28 weeks of 2024 compared to 43 in 2023, the management still reported a solid 32.6% year-over-year revenue increase, and generated $487 million.
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Market Commentary: 1 Stock That Landed Man On The Moon
Did you know that man would never have landed on the moon without a company that flies under the radar, called Analog Devices. Its data converters were used in the Apollo Lunar Lander, and today they play a role in everything from smartphones to autonomous vehicles.
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Fed’s Williams Is Watching Job Market, Backs More Rate Cuts
Federal Reserve Bank of New York President John Williams backed additional interest-rate cuts this year and said he is paying close attention to US employment, which has shown recent signs of weakness.
“The risks of a further slowdown in the labor market is something I’m very focused on,” Williams said in an interview with the New York TimesBloomberg Terminal published on Thursday.
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