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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Market Commentary: Toss This Burrito Stock Now?
Investors crave companies with exceptional long-term capital growth, and Chipotle Mexican Grill has emerged as a rare gem. Over the past five years, its share price skyrocketed by almost 5x, easily outperforming the S&P 500’s 63%+ return since 2018.
But what sets this humble burrito outlet apart from the rest, and is its stock overvalued?
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Alert: 1 Under the Radar Stock BIG Money Is Buying
Investment Alert: Buy Medtronic (MDT) Under $89
Disclaimer: Investment Alerts have a medium to long-term time horizon. These do not constitute financial advice and you should contact a financial advisor before deciding whether it is appropriate for your individual circumstances.
We last reported on Medtronic in March when the stock was hovering around the high-$70s.
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Market Commentary: How To Spot The Next Big Move
Want to know when the next big move is coming in a stock? It’s not as hard as it might seem to figure it out.
To begin, look to the past. If a big move has already occurred, you could be looking at a good candidate. Next, you want to see that a stock has paused or consolidated for a while so that the moving averages “catch up”
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Is 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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Which AI Stock Is Best: NVIDIA or SMCI?
Artificial intelligence has been a driving force behind the U.S. stock market’s 20% plus rise in the past year. However, now that datacenters and AI chips are being implemented at scale, earnings releases are being scrutinized even more heavily to see if the massive investments will yield the promised returns.
No stock has exemplified the AI boom more than NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA).
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Spotlight: Dine On Steak After This Brazilian Breakout
Rates are going up everywhere, at least that’s what the financial press would have you believe. On July 26, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell oversaw a rate hike that placed interest rates at 22 year highs, pegging them at 5.25-5.50%.
The market had largely priced in the rate hike and so the S&P 500 fell just 0.17% on the day.
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Is the Stock Market Open for Veterans Day? Here's the Fall and Winter Holiday Schedule
Bond trading will halt on Tuesday. The stock market will be business as usual.
The U.S. bond market will close Tuesday, Nov. 11, in observance of Veterans Day. Stock markets will maintain normal hours that day.
Both markets will close next for Thanksgiving,