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Beth McKenna

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Beth McKenna is a contributing writer for The Motley Fool covering stocks and ETFs across various sectors, with a focus on artificial intelligence and emerging technologies. Beth previously worked in risk management for major property and casualty insurers. She holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Engineering from Lafayette College and completed graduate-level coursework in business at Rutgers University.

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Nov 8, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Michael Burry's Bets Against AI Stocks Nvidia and Palantir: What Investors Should Know

The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite index had its worst week since April, which was sparked by the revelation of a well-known hedge fund manager's bearish bets on popular AI stocks Nvidia and Palantir.

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Nov 6, 2025 by Beth McKenna

IonQ Stock Jumps on Revenue That Crushed Wall Street's Estimate. Earnings, However, Were Worse Than Expected.

Investors in the quantum computing stock cheered the strong revenue growth and overlooked the widening loss.

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Nov 4, 2025 by Beth McKenna

AMD Stock Slips Despite 30% Earnings Growth and Stronger-Than-Expected Guidance

In Q3, the chipmaker's data center revenue grew 22% year over year, which was solid, given that the company had no sales of its artificial intelligence (AI)-enabling GPU chips in China.

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Nov 3, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Quantum Computing Company Infleqtion Is Going Public. It's a Nvidia Partner and Already Has Sales.

Infleqtion's 12-month sales through the first half of 2025 were higher than those of D-Wave Quantum, Rigetti Computing, and Quantum Computing Inc.

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Nov 3, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Palantir Stock Edges Down Despite Stellar AI-Driven Q3 Earnings Results and Raised 2025 Guidance

U.S. commercial revenue skyrocketed 121% year over year on soaring demand for the company's artificial intelligence (AI)-powered software platform.

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Oct 31, 2025 by Beth McKenna

3 Top Stocks to Buy Now: The 2025 Daylight Saving Time "Fall Back" Edition

Here are three companies offering products and services that save people time or that people enjoy in their free time.

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Oct 31, 2025 by Beth McKenna

The Best Humanoid Robot Stocks to Buy or Put on Your Watch List

Nvidia, Tesla, Hyundai's Boston Dynamics, and Foxconn are all heavily involved in the humanoid robot market.

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Oct 30, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Is Nvidia Stock Overvalued?

The artificial intelligence (AI) chip leader's stock is trading at an attractive valuation, in my opinion.

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Oct 28, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Nvidia Stock Surged 5% on Tuesday to an All-Time High. Here's Why.

Shares of the AI tech leader are now up 49.7% so far in 2025.

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Oct 28, 2025 by Beth McKenna

AI Stock Celestica Surged 10% on Q3 Earnings and 2026 Guidance That Breezed By Wall Street's Estimates

Celestica stock probably isn't well-known among U.S. investors because the company is based in Canada. But it's easily bought because it trades on the New York Stock Exchange.

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Oct 27, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Interested in Rare Earth and Critical Minerals Stocks? You Might Consider Buying This ETF

This ETF's largest three stock holdings are Lynas Rare Earths, Pilbara Minerals, and MP Materials.

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Oct 25, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Tesla Optimus Humanoid Robot: Key Takeaways From the Q3 Earnings Call

At this early stage, the best way to invest in the burgeoning AI-powered humanoid robot market is to buy Nvidia stock.

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Oct 20, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Prediction: Nvidia Stock Price Will Skyrocket to This Range in 5 Years

Prediction: Nvidia stock will increase by about seven to 17 times in five years, depending upon the level of competition and assuming the U.S. economy remains at least relatively healthy for most of this period.

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Oct 12, 2025 by Beth McKenna

OpenAI Stock Doesn't Exist -- But Here's How You Can Invest in It Along With Other Hot Private Companies For Just $500

Along with OpenAI, this fund's top five holdings include SpaceX, robot maker Figure AI, Elon Musk's Neuralink, and AI computing company Lambda Labs.

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Oct 11, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Nvidia Has a Brilliant AI Business Poised to More Than Double Revenue to $20-Plus Billion This Year, Yet It Gets Little Coverage

Nvidia's sovereign AI business is on track to grow annual revenue much faster than its overall business.

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Oct 6, 2025 by Beth McKenna

AMD-OpenAI Massive Artificial Intelligence (AI) Deal: What Investors Should Know

Just two weeks after its rival Nvidia struck a massive AI deal with ChatGPT owner OpenAI, AI chipmaker Advanced Micro Devices did the same.

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Oct 6, 2025 by Beth McKenna

2 Electric Grid Stocks to Buy as Soaring Artificial Intelligence (AI) Demand Drives Surging Electricity Demand

A great reason to buy electric grid stocks: Nvidia and OpenAI's AI deal alone will need more power than New York City's average demand!

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Oct 6, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Why Ubiquiti Stock Surged 25.1% in September

Shares of wireless networking equipment provider continued moving up last month, driven by momentum from a phenomenal quarterly earnings report issued in late August.

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Sep 28, 2025 by Beth McKenna

The 5 Best S&P 500 Stocks of the Last 10 Years

Led by Nvidia, the best stocks over the last decade include three other stocks driven by the buildout of AI infrastructure -- AMD, Arista, and Broadcom -- and one defense stock, Axon.

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Sep 27, 2025 by Beth McKenna

Prediction: Nvidia Stock Will Go Stratospheric Driven by an Ultra-Competitive Race to Achieve Artificial Superintelligence

Nvidia's plan to invest up to $100 billion in OpenAI should speed up the race to achieve artificial superintelligence, which in turn should further ramp up demand for Nvidia's AI-enabling products.

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