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The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Advanced Micro Devices, Amazon, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool recommends Intel and recommends the following options: long January 2025 $45 calls on Intel and short May 2024 $47 calls on Intel.

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"Double down buy alerts" from The Motley Fool signal strong confidence in a stock, urging investors to increase their holdings.

The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy.

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Warren Buffett's stock purchases in the most recent quarter include Chubb Limited (CB) and Occidental Petroleum (OXY). HP Inc. (HPQ) and Paramount Global (PARA) are among Warren Buffett's stock sales in the most recent quarter. The Berkshire Hathaway portfolio includes 41 stocks as of May 2024, including Apple Inc.

The 'Golden Star' signal differs from the 'Golden Cross' by adding more conditions for the signal to appear. For instance, the moving averages have to be selected based on the time frame that was selected. In addition, it has to cross the price line at a given pattern as shown below.

Nvidia is still growing at a rapid pace

Nvidia's incredible performance since the start of 2023 (the stock is up around 650%) has been directly tied to the artificial intelligence (AI) race.

The 2% rule is a risk management principle that advises investors to limit the amount of capital they risk on any single trade or investment to no more than 2% of their total trading capital. This means that if a trade goes against them, the maximum loss incurred would be 2% of their total trading capital.

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Inexperienced investors buy the shares, lifting the price. Once it reaches a certain inflated level, the bad guys sell, or dump, the stock at a huge profit. Investors are left high and dry. These pump-and-dump schemes are often distributed through free penny stock newsletters.

The sell-half rule recommends that you sell half of a stock that doubles in price and you should be quicker to sell aggressive stocks than conservative stocks.

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