At US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach last week, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu likely assumed that he was at the front of his host’s mind, or at least the issues he had come to discuss were: Gaza, Iran,…
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Refreezing the Arctic, brightening the clouds so they reflect the sun’s rays – the crazy but serious geoengineering ideas that could save our planet
There is considerably less sea-ice in the Arctic than there used to be. Thanks to global warming, Arctic sea-ice is melting faster in the spring and taking longer to form in the autumn.
Scientists who use satellite data to track Arctic sea-ice…
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Prevalence and related influencing factors of depression symptoms among empty-nest elderly in China
National Bureau of Statistics. Statistical Bulletin of National Economic and Social Development of the People’s Republic of China 2023. https://www.stats.gov.cn/xxgk/jd/sjjd2020/202401/t20240118_1946711.html (2024).
Hesketh, T., Lu, L. & Xing,…
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4 Stocks to Buy in January That Could Join Nvidia in the $1 Trillion Club by 2030
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Visa and ExxonMobil are highly efficient businesses that return capital to shareholders through buybacks and dividends.
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Oracle is a high-risk, high-potential-reward bet on increased demand for artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure.
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Netflix deserves a premium valuation.
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10 stocks we like better than Visa ›
Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) ended 2025 as the most valuable company in the world. It is one of nine S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) stocks with market capitalizations exceeding $1 trillion — the others being Apple, Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta Platforms, Broadcom, Tesla, and Berkshire Hathaway.
Eli Lilly, Walmart, and JPMorgan Chase only need to rise 14% or less to expand the list to 12 companies.
Here’s why Visa (NYSE: V), ExxonMobil (NYSE: XOM), Oracle (NYSE: ORCL), and Netflix (NASDAQ: NFLX) have what it takes to be winning investments over the next five years and join the $1 trillion club by 2030.
Image source: Getty Images. Visa’s path to $1 trillion is fairly straightforward. The payment processor has high margins, a reasonable valuation, and steady earnings growth, and returns tons of capital to shareholders through buybacks and dividends.
V Market Cap data by YCharts. Visa can generate high single-digit or double-digit earnings growth even during challenging periods.
Despite slowdowns in consumer spending, Visa grew non-generally accepted accounting principles (non-GAAP) earnings per share by 14% in 2025. If Visa can maintain that growth rate going forward, it could reach a market cap well beyond $1 trillion by 2030.
ExxonMobil will need to double in five years to surpass $1 trillion in market cap. It absolutely has what it takes.
ExxonMobil is generating gobs of free cash flow (FCF) and high earnings, even though oil prices are hovering around four-year lows. It has reduced its production costs and can break even at low oil prices, and has plenty of upside potential during a higher-price environment. It also has a growing low-carbon business and a massive refining and marketing segment.
ExxonMobil’s corporate plan through 2030 forecasts double-digit earnings growth even if oil and gas prices are mediocre. Although the U.S. Energy Information Administration is only forecasting $55 per Brent crude oil barrel in 2026, oil prices could rise in the coming years due to economic demand fueled by artificial intelligence (AI), as well as overall economic growth and geopolitical tensions.
Either way, ExxonMobil doesn’t need a lot of help from oil prices to grow earnings at a solid pace. A 15% annual growth rate, compounded over five years, would double earnings. Given the stock’s reasonable volatility, it could double as well, pole-vaulting ExxonMobil over the $1 trillion bar.
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Comparative diagnostic accuracy of ChatGPT large language models and expert clinicians in complex oral and maxillofacial diseases
Younis, H. A. A systematic review and meta-analysis of artificial intelligence tools in medicine and healthcare: applications, considerations, limitations, motivation, and challenges. Diagnostics 14 (1), 109 (2024).
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Comparison between traditional and digital anterior repositioning splints on the upper airway in skeletal class II malocclusion with TMJ degenerative disease
Mercuri, L. G. Osteoarthritis, osteoarthrosis, and idiopathic condylar resorption. Oral Maxillofac. Surg. Clin. North. Am. 20(2), 169–83 (2008).
Long, X. Correct differentiation of…
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GIA Examines Partially-Fake Pearl Jewelry Posing as Natural
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) recently examined a pair of earrings it found to contain two assembled pearls with each base showing distinct layers of materials.
The button-shaped, 7.40- and 9.37-carat pearls recently…
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Ancient bones reveal how animals lived in a lost world
Fossils usually tell stories through shape and size. Bones show how animals moved, teeth hint at diet, and skulls suggest behavior. Now, scientists have found a new way to learn from fossils by studying chemistry locked inside ancient bones.
This…
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More staff deployed at Islamabad M-Tag centres as over 120,000 vehicles registered ahead of Jan 15 deadline – Dawn
- More staff deployed at Islamabad M-Tag centres as over 120,000 vehicles registered ahead of Jan 15 deadline Dawn
- M-Tag installation deadline extended by 15 days Dawn
- Scope of Islamabad Safe City Project to be expanded The Nation (Pakistan )
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Palo Alto Networks in negotiations to acquire one-year-old Israeli startup Koi for $4
Palo Alto Networks, the cybersecurity giant, is showing no signs of slowing its acquisition spree. After completing its $25 billion purchase of CyberArk in 2025, and acquisitions of Chronosphere for $3.35 billion and Protect AI for $500 million,…
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