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Sean Williams

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A Fool since 2010, and a graduate from UC San Diego with a B.A. in Economics, Sean specializes in the healthcare sector and investment planning. You'll often find him writing about Obamacare, marijuana, drug and device development, Social Security, taxes, retirement issues and general macroeconomic topics of interest.

Recent Articles by Sean Williams

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Sep 12, 2024 by Sean Williams

Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Is Taking Shape as Yet Another Lose-Lose Scenario

Not even a history-making cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) can save retirees from a financial double whammy next year.

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Sep 11, 2024 by Sean Williams

Warren Buffett Has Been a Net-Seller of Stocks to the Tune of $132 Billion Since October 2022 -- But He Can't Stop Buying These 2 Stocks

Despite seven consecutive quarters of significant selling activity, the Oracle of Omaha has been a big-time buyer of two high-profile stocks for years.

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Sep 11, 2024 by Sean Williams

Step Aside, Nvidia: Billionaires Are Selling It in Favor of 2 Other High-Growth Stock-Split Stocks

Wall Street's brightest and richest money managers continue to pare down their stakes in artificial intelligence (AI) giant Nvidia, while piling into two other high-octane stock-split stocks.

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Sep 11, 2024 by Sean Williams

Nvidia's Stock Is Down 27%, and an Eventual 75% Retracement May Be in the Cards

The decline for Wall Street's artificial intelligence (AI) darling may be just getting started.

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Sep 11, 2024 by Sean Williams

One of Wall Street's Highest-Flying Stocks -- a Nearly 125,000%-Gainer Since Its IPO -- Has Officially Completed Its Latest Stock Split

This marks the sixth time this enterprise-focused outperformer has split its stock since going public.

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Sep 10, 2024 by Sean Williams

Nvidia's $50 Billion Share Buyback Is the Ultimate Smoke-and-Mirrors Campaign

A hefty buyback program won't mask mounting red flags for Wall Street's artificial intelligence (AI) darling.

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Sep 10, 2024 by Sean Williams

2 Stock-Split Stocks Not Named Nvidia That Are Priced for Perfection

Among the 13 prominent companies to have announced or completed a stock split in 2024, there are two whose valuations make no sense.

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Sep 9, 2024 by Sean Williams

Forget Nvidia: Billionaires Are Seemingly Infatuated With These 2 Hypergrowth Stocks Instead

Wall Street's artificial intelligence (AI) darling was sent to the chopping block in the second quarter, with billionaire investors favoring two other supercharged growth stocks.

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Sep 9, 2024 by Sean Williams

The Most-Anticipated Reverse-Stock Split of the Year Has Arrived -- and This Company Is a Screaming Bargain

A total of 13 prominent businesses have announced or completed a stock split in 2024 -- but this is the only one conducting a reverse split.

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Sep 8, 2024 by Sean Williams

Move Over, Nvidia and Broadcom: Wall Street's 2 Newest Stock-Split Stocks Are Taking Center Stage This Week

Nvidia and Broadcom have had their time to shine. Now a legal monopoly, and a company whose stock has gained nearly 125,000% since its IPO, are set to conduct stock splits.

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Sep 8, 2024 by Sean Williams

Warren Buffett's $5.4 Billion Warning to Wall Street Foreshadows Trouble to Come

The Oracle of Omaha's trading activity at Berkshire Hathaway foretells the peril and promise of what's to come.

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Sep 7, 2024 by Sean Williams

Stocks Have Been This Pricey Only 3 Times in 153 Years -- and You're Not Going to Like What's Happened Following the Prior 2 Instances

One valuation tool with an immaculate track record when back-tested to 1871, suggests Wall Street's party may soon come to an abrupt end.

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Sep 7, 2024 by Sean Williams

Social Security Benefit Cuts Are Coming: Here's the Timeline of How We Got Here and the Forecast of When These Cuts May Take Place

Though Social Security is in no danger of insolvency, the prospect of a big benefit cut is very much on the table.

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Sep 6, 2024 by Sean Williams

Intel Is Probably Getting Kicked Out of the Dow, but Nvidia May Not Be Its Logical Replacement

Even though Intel's days as a Dow component are likely numbered, and Nvidia has leapfrogged Intel in the innovation department, Wall Street's artificial intelligence (AI) darling is no lock to enter the Dow.

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Sep 6, 2024 by Sean Williams

Social Security's 2025 Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) Has Narrowed -- Here's How Much the Average Check Is Forecast to Rise Next Year

Social Security's upcoming cost-of-living adjustment (COLA) may offer a rare instance where history is made, but disappointment is the end result.

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Sep 5, 2024 by Sean Williams

Prediction: 3 Time-Tested Dow Stocks That Can Double Your Money by 2030

Three brand-name components within the ageless Dow Jones Industrial Average have the necessary catalysts to deliver triple-digit returns by the turn of the decade.

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Sep 5, 2024 by Sean Williams

34% of Warren Buffett's $318 Billion Portfolio Is Invested in These 8 "Forever" Stocks

Although the Oracle of Omaha oversees a 45-stock, $318 billion investment portfolio at Berkshire Hathaway, eight of these companies have been described as "indefinite" holdings.

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Sep 4, 2024 by Sean Williams

1 Historically Cheap Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stock to Buy Hand Over Fist in September, and 1 to Avoid Like the Plague (and It's Not Nvidia)

Artificial intelligence (AI) may be all the rage on Wall Street, but no two AI stocks are created equally.

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Sep 4, 2024 by Sean Williams

Attention, Nvidia Investors: History Shows This Is the 1 Trait All Next-Big-Thing Innovations Share

If history is, once again, correct, Nvidia's textbook ascent will come to a grinding halt in the not-too-distant future.

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Sep 3, 2024 by Sean Williams

Time to Pounce: 2 Electrifying Ultra-High-Yield Dividend Stocks That Are Begging to Be Bought in September

Two rock-solid income stocks -- sporting an average yield of 9.02% -- have the necessary catalysts in their sails to make their patient shareholders notably richer.

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