“Dirt cheap” and artificial intelligence (AI) aren’t typically mentioned in the same sentence. There’s a preconceived notion that many of the AI stocks in the market are quite expensive, which is, for the most part, a fair assessment. However, there are still plenty of dirt cheap stocks that look like screaming buys in the AI…
People love round numbers, and Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC) is a notable one, having reached $100,000 late in 2024. After some volatility, something you’ll see occasionally when you invest in cryptocurrencies, Bitcoin has recrossed the $100,000 mark and is up 8% during the past month alone. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just…
Bill Ackman is highly selective about which stocks he buys. His Pershing Square Capital Management hedge fund currently owns only 12 stocks. And two of those are different classes of shares for the same company — Google parent Alphabet. Not too long ago, Alphabet ranked as Ackman’s favorite investment. That’s no longer the case. The…
One of the things that makes Warren Buffett a widely admired investor is his willingness to share how he does it. Buffett has been a student of the market since his first stock purchase more than 80 years ago. He shares mistakes made and lessons learned every year in his letter to Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:…
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR) has been unstoppable over the last few months, adding 509% to its share price since 2024 for a total return of 1,332% since it hit the market in late 2020. When a public company starts growing this fast, it’s normal to wonder if a stock split might soon be on the…
The three major benchmarks struggled in the first months of the year as investors worried about the economic situation ahead. President Donald Trump set out a plan to impose tariffs on imports, a move analysts and economists said could weigh on growth. The concern is both businesses and consumers would face higher costs — a…
President Donald Trump’s election victory in November has turned into a sweet dream for crypto investors, none more so than for those who invest in the world’s most-valuable cryptocurrency, Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC). Since Trump’s win last November, Bitcoin is up almost to 60% (as of May 29) and has surpassed $111,000 on several occasions. Trump…
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) delivered back-to-back annual gains of over 25% in 2023 and 2024 (when including dividends). The only other time the index had such a strong two-year run was during the dot-com internet boom in 1997 and 1998. As was the case back then, stocks in the technology and tech-adjacent industries drove…
This year has been a strange one for the markets. If you only looked at the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) on Jan. 1, lived in a cave for five months, then emerged in June, you would have thought it has been an extremely boring year for the markets. But investors know that’s not the case…
