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Then, Motley Fool analyst Jim Gillies and host Ricky Mulvey look at Aercap, an airline leasing company that sees debt as a "raw material." To catch full episodes of all The Motley Fool's free podcasts, check out our podcast center...

Retail investors are feeling bullish about the market (^DJI, ^IXIC, ^GSPC) in 2025, eToro's fourth quarter Retail Investor Beat shows. eToro investment analyst Bret Kenwell joins Josh Lipton and Seana Smith on Market Domination to discuss how retail investors are thinking about the market headed into the new year. Kenwell says retail investors are "optimistic" but "realistic" for the new year. "They're looking to gain more exposure to crypto in 2025. They're looking to gain more exposure to equities in 2025. But they're also looking to raise some cash here," he says, later adding: "I think they're being prudent, but also, you know, keeping one foot in at least is so they keep getting taking advantage of, you know, more gains to come in 2025 if that is the case." The analyst reports that the survey found retail investors to prefer the financials sector and big-cap tech, including Magnificent Seven names and other artificial intelligence (AI) plays. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Naomi Buchanan...

Nightview Capital portfolio manager Dan Crowley discusses the transformative potential of artificial intelligence (AI) in 2025 on Market Domination Overtime. "We think we're headed toward a period of rapid technological shifts. Historically, whenever that's happened, significant opportunities have been unlocked," Crowley explains. He believes AI's economic impact could rival that of the internet revolution. Crowley identifies "real-world AI" as the sector's next evolution, highlighting two key investment opportunities. First, he points to "entirely new product-category" companies like Tesla (TSLA), which is advancing autonomous driving technology. Second, he sees potential in established companies with "existing business lines," such as Amazon (AMZN), which can leverage AI to enhance operational efficiency. "We're kind of trying to move into the next phase here of where we see AI playing out," he tells Yahoo Finance. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination Overtime here. This post was written by Angel Smith...

The Futurum Group CEO Daniel Newman shares insights on artificial intelligence (AI) agents' growing impact heading into 2025 on Market Domination. Newman projects that AI agents represent a $4 trillion annual global market opportunity over the next five years, describing it as "a massive opportunity" for companies. He explains that these AI solutions can provide organizations with thousands of "people-like workers" to handle automated tasks. "Agentic use cases are being used to help drive productivity, but also ... to create more efficient economics for enterprises," he tells Yahoo Finance. According to Newman, AI agents are gaining traction because they enable companies to start "unlocking the value of their enterprise data to create productivity growth." He predicts that "we're going to see it embedded in every software stack." When discussing Big Tech's prospects under a new Trump administration, Newman expresses optimism: "I think he's going to want to see these companies remain prosperous." He also anticipates increased merger-and-acquisition activity in the sector throughout the coming year. To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Market Domination here. This post was written by Angel Smith...

The Magnificent 7 big-cap stocks have had a great 2024. But which should you be buying for 2025?...

Goldman Sachs senior US internet sector equity research analyst Eric Sheridan believes the tech industry is in good hands with 2025 just on the horizon. His top pick for 2025 and large-cap stocks, in fact, is rideshare giant Uber Technologies (UBER). "When we looked at Uber we see a couple of things: Number one, an outsized risk reward. Our fair value is $96... with we believe not much downside. The stock also has gotten caught up in a lot of debates in the last few months... [including] the debate around Waymo and what will happen to autonomous vehicles over the next three, five, seven, ten years," Sheridan tells Catalyst hosts Seana Smith and Brian Sozzi. Sheridan also shares his favorable outlook on Magnificent Seven players Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), Amazon (AMZN), and Meta Platforms (META). “Amazon, among those three, probably has the most upside. We believe Amazon still has exposure to the widest collection of the secular themes you want exposure to in the digital economy,” Sheridan says. “Media consumption habits, shopping, cloud computing, AI — these are all themes you want a lot of exposure to." To watch more expert insights and analysis on the latest market action, check out more Catalysts here. This post was written by Josh Lynch...

Alphabet's Google's proposed changes to its search results to comply with EU tech legislation has received the thumbs up from lobbying group Airlines for Europe whose members include Air France KLM and Lufthansa. Google has announced a series of changes in search result formats in recent months following conflicting demands from price-comparison sites, hotels, airlines and small retailers, with the latest tweaks announced last month. It is trying to comply with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), which prohibits it from favouring its own products and services on its platform or risk fines as much as 10% of its global annual turnover...

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Google is reportedly working on enhancing its search engine with the launch of what is being called an ‘AI mode’. The AI mode will integrate Google’s Gemini AI chatbot into its Google Search, effectively giving in to how OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Perplexity AI are playing the game. Given Google’s high stature and standing in the […]...