Motley Fool Money: 03.15.2013

For many buy-and-hold investors out there just getting started, knowing how to understand businesses better is one of the first skills to develop. One term that the financial media world has developed for business strengths is economic moat: that “it factor” that keeps its compet ...  Show more

Travis Hoium, Lou Whiteman, and Jon Quast debate whether the AI boom is becoming a bubble and what could eventually cause it to burst. They also look at how investors can position portfolios when AI valuations look stretched and massive spending continues. Then, the team breaks d ...  Show more

Melissa Lee and the Investment Committee discuss the Dow hitting a new all-time high ahead of this week’s critical fed decision. They debate whether we’ll see a 50 basis point cut. Plus, Apple iPhone pre-orders are not hitting their targets, it’s our Chart of the Day. And late ...

Wall Street is on course to post an eight-week winning street with the Dow hitting a new closing high and the S&P 500 not far off its own record peak. The NYT sues Microsoft and OpenAI in a billion-dollar suit over copyright infringement. Apple wins a major legal victory a ...

The Dow and S&P 500 closed at record highs – and our Mike Santoli gives a few market measures on why investor risk appetite is nowhere near stretched. Needham’s Laura Martin and LightShed’s Walter Piecyk on what their channel checks reveal from the iPhone 16’s first weekend of ...

Markets extend recent strength and notch fresh records. Former Bridgewater Chief Investment Strategist Rebecca Patterson on what's next for markets. Our Steve Kovach is on the ground at an Apple store to gauge customer excitement for the new phone. Vital Knowledge's Adam Crisf ...