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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Priceless Advice From Legendary Investor
If you’ve been around the investing block a few times you know the old jokes about stocks falling the second you buy them. Peter Lynch, the legendary investor who averaged a 29.2% return from 1977 to 1990 doesn’t shy from plunging stocks like most others, though. Instead he embraces it and calls corrections for what they truly are.
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1 Stock That Has NO Ceiling
Apple fell in line with the rest of the tech titans during its most recent quarterly release when CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple plans to integrate artificial intelligence into its suite of products and services.
That news alone sparked a $10+ per share rally after hours, largely eroding the 15% decline in share price during the first part of the year.
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Don’t Follow Buffett, Here’s Why
The decision to follow a billionaire investor makes intuitive sense. The logic goes something like this: A billionaire only became rich by making a series of decisions that grew their wealth, if I follow their next decisions, I can be rich too. It seems rationale but it can be hazardous to your portfolio.
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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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Is 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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#1 Most Important Rule That Made Millions
When Mark Minervini won the US Trading Championships, some attributed his victory to luck. As the years went by and he kept winning the narrative changed. Then he decided to enter the competition again, and naysayers told him not to risk his reputation. He went on to win once again, out-trading every other competitor and coming top of the podium in the $1 million+ category.
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Dow Jones Today: Stock Futures Advance, Oil Prices Slide as Trump Defers Decision to Enter Israel-Iran Conflict
U.S. stock futures inched higher in early trading on Friday as oil prices retreated after President Trump on Thursday seemed to open the door to more diplomacy in the Middle East.
Futures contracts connected to the Dow Jones Industrial Average were up 0.2% Friday morning, as were S&P 500 futures.