Robinhood (HOOD 2.32%) is perhaps best known for its role in the meme stock frenzy a few years ago. After facing significant scrutiny from investors and regulators, the company has transformed its platform, delivering impressive growth in the process.

Ladder Capital's robust loan performance and healthy dividend coverage suggest potential for dividend growth in 2025, making it a top choice for passive income investors. Despite market stress, LADR avoided a dividend cut and maintained strong payout metrics, unlike peers such as Blackstone Mortgage Trust. The Company's book value is growing, and its current discount to book value is unjustified given its strong financial performance and improving provisions.

SRH Total Return Fund offers significant exposure to Berkshire Hathaway, with it making up a 38% concentration. The fund's deep discount and more consistent distribution increases could attract some investors, despite its relatively low distribution rate for a CEF. That said, despite the deep discount, activist pressure on the fund is unlikely to materialize due to a significant concentration of ownership.

Nvidia (NVDA 2.63%) shares have advanced 180% since January 2024 amid incredible demand for its artificial intelligence platforms. But billionaire Israel Englander, CEO of hedge fund Millennium Management, sold down his position in the fourth quarter, while buying shares of AppLovin (APP 8.15%), an AI stock up 1,180% since January 2024.

PepsiCo (PEP -0.82%) might not be the first one you would think of as a stellar long-term growth stock. The consumer staples giant stung investors last year, falling 10% even as the S&P 500 gained over 20%.

The EV maker's CEO is a pawn in negotiations for the country's brewing trade war with the U.S.

PFIS, CATY and RICK made it to the Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) value stocks list on February 31, 2024.

BIZD is a moderately concentrated BDC ETF with a double-digit yield, making it attractive for income-focused investors. It looks like only the largest BDCs are faring well in deal activity, growing the size of their investment portfolios from which it generates net investment income. A tightening of investment spreads is a broad-based headwind affecting the BDC sector and hence BIZD.

Pfizer (PFE -0.43%) has been around for 175 years, but the company's revenue soared to its highest ever only in more recent times. Thanks to its coronavirus treatment and vaccine, the pharma giant reported more than $100 billion in revenue in 2022 at the peak of its pandemic success.

There's plenty of room for gold to rise, a UBS strategist says.

Last year, Warren Buffett, through his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A -0.33%) (BRK.B -0.19%) was a huge net seller of stocks. The Oracle of Omaha took a hacksaw to his two largest stakes in Apple and Bank of America, selling a massive $133 billion against just $6 billion in buys through the first nine months of 2024.

Procore Technologies maintains a buy rating due to strong execution, a promising GTM transition, and Procore Pay as a significant growth catalyst. 4Q24 results showed a 16% y/y revenue growth to $302 million, with notable cRPO growth and a significant increase in customers with >$1 million ARR. PCOR's GTM transition is driving enterprise expansion, evidenced by multiple seven-figure ARR contracts and improved sales productivity from a specialist-driven model.

After underperforming throughout 2024, shares of CVS Health (CVS -0.81%) are surging. From the end of 2024 through Feb. 14, the stock climbed 46.7% higher.

Marqeta's stock dropped 40% after lowering Q4'24 guidance, but the company's shift from Block dependency and growing customer base show potential for recovery. Despite revenue growth, Marqeta's net income remains negative, though free cash flow and low debt levels indicate financial stability. Regulatory scrutiny and compliance costs pose short-term challenges, but high TVP and revenue growth suggest a positive mid to long-term outlook.

Although the artificial intelligence (AI) sell-off due to DeepSeek's generative AI model innovation was short-lived, a handful of stocks are still off their peaks. One of them is AI king Nvidia (NVDA 2.63%), a company that provides the computing power necessary to train all of these AI models.

Shares of W. P. Carey (WPC -0.31%) currently sit just below $60.

Electronic Arts could see strong net bookings growth in the coming years, particularly from FY26, driven by EA Sports FC recovery, new Battlefield launches, and College Football 26. Current valuation at 17x forward PE does not fully reflect EA's potential upside, especially compared to peers like Take-Two Interactive Software. American football segment, including Madden NFL and the upcoming College Football 26, shows strong demand momentum and could be major revenue drivers.

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The artificial intelligence (AI) revolution began more than two years ago with the debut of ChatGPT in November 2022. Since then, the Nasdaq Composite is up more than 74%, while shares of Nvidia have advanced by a staggering 685%.

Search engine giant Baidu , reported quarterly revenue down by about 2%, as a slow Chinese economy forces small businesses to trim spending on advertising.