Roberto Liccardo

NICE Ltd. (NASDAQ:NICE), a leading provider of cloud platforms for AI-driven digital business solutions, has recently received a consensus rating of

October 2, 2023 - DAVENPORT & Co LLC, a prominent investment management firm, has recently made adjustments to its holdings in Synchrony Financial

October 2, 2023 - Shares of Gates Industrial Corp PLC (NYSE:GTES) have been given a "Hold" rating by eight research firms currently covering the company,

October 2, 2023 - Exchange Traded Concepts LLC, an institutional investor, has recently increased its holdings in Northwest Natural Holding (NYSE:NWN) by

If you had lived in the fifties and had some capital saved up in your bank account, you would likely have bought a diamond today to show your love for your girlfriend or wife, whether voluntarily or due to societal pressure (“my best friend Kelly got a diamond, where is mine?”). Indeed, we all remember the famous slogan “A Diamond is Forever,” launched by the

If you're like me, you eagerly await the 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time opening of the stock market, Monday through Friday, to see how it impacts your portfolio balance. Or perhaps you're curious about how the previous evening's earnings announcement affected the stock you sold last week, bracing yourself for any potential regrets. So, if you're like me, you hate holidays, or at least you hate the fact that all this magic rapidly vanishes when the stock market is closed.

It's not the market nor the upcoming US elections in November 2024. It's AI. AI has determined winning stocks from 2000 to 2023 and 2024. A few examples: at press time (March 5, 2024), Nvidia is up by 259.6% in the last year, Microsoft by 58%, Meta by 166%, AMD by 148%, etc. All companies that have placed AI at the top of their priorities. On the other hand, tech companies that haven't prioritized AI have seen their share prices decline or, at best, experience minimal growth.

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As the owner of a financial platform focusing on stocks, it is not uncommon for me to receive questions about my thoughts on various stocks. I am hesitant to give financial advice or suggest stocks, primarily because I am not a financial advisor but also because I know from experience that people are quick to blame you when they incur losses. Still, they are not equally generous in expressing gratitude for gains. In the past year, the main focus of these questions has been Nvidia, and each time, I do point out that it is difficult to determine—at least for me—how much of it is real gains and how much is speculation. I then quickly close the matter by suggesting waiting until the earnings in May to find this out. Then – in the last two weeks – I added this question: What about Tesla and Apple? Did you buy them?

The investment world has been busy focusing on AI stocks. Bank stocks, from their side, have also been very profitable in 2024. Banks like JP Morgan, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo have shown robust capitalization and have benefited a lot from high interest rates.