• The unstoppable ASX stocks powering the AI revolution

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    Artificial intelligence isn’t just a buzzword anymore, it is rapidly becoming one of the defining technologies of the decade.

    From cloud computing to logistics to data processing, AI is transforming how businesses operate and creating enormous investment opportunities along the way.

    And while the world’s biggest AI winners tend to come from the US, the ASX is home to several stocks that play critical roles in the infrastructure behind the boom.

    These aren’t speculative AI stocks chasing hype. They are established, essential businesses supplying the digital backbone that AI systems rely on.

    If you’re looking for ASX stocks positioned to thrive as AI adoption accelerates, these three stand out according to analysts.

    Goodman Group (ASX: GMG)

    When you think of AI stocks, property developers might not come to mind, but Goodman Group is quietly becoming one of the most important players in the global data economy.

    Goodman develops and owns industrial facilities around the world, and more recently it has been shifting aggressively into large-scale data centre infrastructure. These sites are in massive demand thanks to AI training models, cloud providers, and hyperscale computing companies needing enormous amounts of secure, high-power, high-cooling capacity real estate.

    Global tech giants are now turning to Goodman to build the next generation of AI-ready facilities. With a development pipeline in excess of $12 billion, and 68% of this focused on data centres, Goodman is well-placed to be a big winner from the AI boom.

    It is partly for this reason that UBS has a buy rating and $36.41 price target on its shares.

    Megaport Ltd (ASX: MP1)

    Artificial intelligence requires data to move quickly and reliably across multiple cloud platforms. That’s where Megaport shines.

    Its global software-defined networking platform allows businesses to connect seamlessly to cloud providers like Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure and Google Cloud. As AI workloads increase, so does the need for flexible, high-speed connectivity that traditional networks simply can’t match.

    The company also recently acquired Latitude.sh, which is a globally scalable Compute-as-a-Service platform. It provides automated high-performance compute infrastructure that enables customers to scale their workloads. Management notes that this now means that it has “open[ed] the door to the explosive world of AI inference and training.”

    This week, the team at Morgans put a buy rating and $17.00 price target on its shares.

    NextDC Ltd (ASX: NXT)

    NextDC is one of Australia’s leading data centre operators. It continues to expand aggressively, building hyperscale centres designed to support AI-intensive workloads. Its facilities offer industry-leading power capacity, energy efficiency and connectivity, making them attractive to cloud providers and multinational enterprises.

    The company has secured long-term customer contracts and is investing billions into new sites, including major expansions in Sydney, Melbourne and international markets. With AI adoption driving unprecedented demand for compute power, analysts expect NextDC to benefit from a multi-year structural tailwind.

    UBS currently has a buy rating and $21.45 price target on its shares.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Goodman Group right now?

    Before you buy Goodman Group shares, consider this:

    Motley Fool investing expert Scott Phillips just revealed what he believes are the 5 best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Goodman Group wasn’t one of them.

    The online investing service he’s run for over a decade, Motley Fool Share Advisor, has provided thousands of paying members with stock picks that have doubled, tripled or even more.*

    And right now, Scott thinks there are 5 stocks that may be better buys…

    * Returns as of 18 November 2025

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    Motley Fool contributor James Mickleboro has positions in Goodman Group, Megaport, and Nextdc. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Goodman Group and Megaport. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Goodman Group. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

  • Analysts think BHP and these ASX dividend shares are buys this week

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    If you are on the hunt for income opportunities on the Australian share market, a number of ASX dividend shares are currently catching the attention of analysts.

    As well as being labelled as buys, these shares are expected to deliver attractive dividend yields in the coming years and could be worth a closer look for investors wanting a source of passive income.

    Here are three ASX dividend shares that brokers are rating as buys right now.

    BHP Group Ltd (ASX: BHP)

    Mining giant BHP Group remains a favourite for income-focused investors.

    And it isn’t hard to see why. The Big Australian continues to generate strong free cash flow through its world-class iron ore, copper, and metallurgical coal operations.

    It is thanks to these operations that BHP has long been recognised as a dependable payer of large, fully franked dividends.

    And Morgan Stanley believes shareholders can expect another couple of healthy years of income. The broker is forecasting fully franked dividend equivalents of $1.90 per share in FY 2026 and $1.70 per share in FY 2027. Based on its current share price of $41.74, this equates to dividend yields of 4.55% and 4.1%, respectively.

    Morgan Stanley has an overweight rating and $48.00 price target on its shares.

    HomeCo Daily Needs REIT (ASX: HDN)

    Income investors may also want to consider HomeCo Daily Needs REIT. This property trust owns and operates convenience-focused retail centres anchored by essential services. These are properties like supermarkets, pharmacies, large-format retailers, and healthcare centres.

    Its tenant base includes heavyweights such as Woolworths Group Ltd (ASX: WOW) and Wesfarmers Ltd (ASX: WES), helping underpin stable rental income.

    UBS is positive on the company, highlighting the discount between its share price and its net tangible asset value.

    It also expects some big distributions over the next two years. The broker is forecasting 9 cents per share in dividends for both FY 2026 and FY 2027. Based on its current share price of $1.35, this equates to dividend yields of 6.7%.

    UBS has a buy rating and $1.53 price target on its shares.

    Sonic Healthcare Ltd (ASX: SHL)

    Another ASX dividend share on brokers’ buy lists is Sonic Healthcare.

    It operates a global network of pathology and diagnostic imaging services, spanning Australia, the US and Europe.

    Bell Potter sees Sonic as a top pick for income investors. The broker believes Sonic is poised for a meaningful improvement in its earnings driven by cost-rightsizing measures, recent acquisitions, and the gradual return to pre-pandemic activity levels across its laboratories and clinics.

    The broker expects this to underpin dividends of $1.09 per share in FY 2026 and $1.11 per share in FY 2027. With Sonic shares trading at $23.35, this equates to dividend yields of 4.7% and 4.8%.

    Bell Potter has a buy rating and a $33.30 price target on its shares..

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    Should you invest $1,000 in BHP Group right now?

    Before you buy BHP Group shares, consider this:

    Motley Fool investing expert Scott Phillips just revealed what he believes are the 5 best stocks for investors to buy right now… and BHP Group wasn’t one of them.

    The online investing service he’s run for over a decade, Motley Fool Share Advisor, has provided thousands of paying members with stock picks that have doubled, tripled or even more.*

    And right now, Scott thinks there are 5 stocks that may be better buys…

    * Returns as of 18 November 2025

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    Motley Fool contributor James Mickleboro has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Wesfarmers. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended BHP Group, HomeCo Daily Needs REIT, Sonic Healthcare, and Wesfarmers. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

  • The Warren Buffett golden rule that investors can’t ignore

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    Most people know Warren Buffett as one of the world’s greatest investors.

    But very few everyday investors actually follow the golden rule he credits for almost all of his success. A rule so boring and so uncomplicated, but so quietly powerful that most people overlook it.

    Meanwhile, Buffett quietly turned a small investment partnership in the 1950s into a fortune worth an estimated US$160 billion.

    What is Warren Buffett’s rule?

    The rule is very simple. Buy great businesses and hold them for as long as humanly possible.

    This may sound obvious. But many investors don’t actually do it. And that is why so few achieve Buffett-like results.

    Let’s break down what this looks like in practice, and how you can use this mindset to build wealth on the ASX.

    Be patient

    Buffett’s entire strategy boils down to patience, not prediction

    Many investors spend their time trying to guess what the market will do next. Buffett doesn’t. He once said:

    The stock market is designed to transfer money from the active to the patient.

    His edge wasn’t timing. It wasn’t trading. Nor was it chasing hot ideas. It was identifying businesses he understood and holding them long enough for compounding to take over.

    That’s why he avoided speculation and focused on companies with durable advantages.

    If you were to apply that to the ASX, the equivalents might be global compounder ResMed Inc. (ASX: RMD), tech leader TechnologyOne Ltd (ASX: TNE), and long-term growth machine Goodman Group (ASX: GMG).

    These aren’t get-rich-quick stocks. They’re get-rich-slow stocks. Exactly the kind Buffett prefers.

    Why this works

    The biggest problem most investors face is impatience. They sell too early. They panic on dips. They move from one idea to the next. Buffett does none of that.

    When Buffett buys a company, he asks a simple question: would I be happy owning this business if the stock market shut down for 10 years?

    Imagine applying that question to your own portfolio. Suddenly, the noise disappears. Headlines stop mattering. Instead, the focus shifts to businesses with real earnings power, strong competitive moats, recurring revenue, and positive long-term outlooks.

    Companies like Xero Ltd (ASX: XRO) and Life360 Inc. (ASX: 360) arguably fit this mould. They are global platforms with sticky customers and massive addressable markets.

    But it doesn’t have to be stocks. Buffett has openly said that if he were starting today with a small amount of money, he would simply buy an S&P 500 index fund, like the iShares S&P 500 ETF (ASX: IVV), and hold it forever.

    Foolish takeaway

    Buffett’s rule is simple: buy great businesses, ignore the noise, and hold them for decades. Most investors never do it, and that’s why most investors never achieve Buffett-like returns.

    The good news? There’s nothing stopping you from following in his footsteps.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Life360 right now?

    Before you buy Life360 shares, consider this:

    Motley Fool investing expert Scott Phillips just revealed what he believes are the 5 best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Life360 wasn’t one of them.

    The online investing service he’s run for over a decade, Motley Fool Share Advisor, has provided thousands of paying members with stock picks that have doubled, tripled or even more.*

    And right now, Scott thinks there are 5 stocks that may be better buys…

    * Returns as of 18 November 2025

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    Motley Fool contributor James Mickleboro has positions in Goodman Group, Life360, ResMed, Technology One, and Xero. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Goodman Group, Life360, ResMed, Technology One, Xero, and iShares S&P 500 ETF. The Motley Fool Australia has positions in and has recommended Life360, ResMed, and Xero. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Goodman Group, Technology One, and iShares S&P 500 ETF. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

  • 5 things to watch on the ASX 200 on Friday

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    On Thursday, the S&P/ASX 200 Index (ASX: XJO) continued its positive run and carved out a small gain. The benchmark index rose 0.1% to 8,617.3 points.

    Will the market be able to build on this on Friday and end the week on a high? Here are five things to watch:

    ASX 200 expected to fall

    The Australian share market looks set to give back yesterday’s gains on Friday despite a relatively positive night in Europe. According to the latest SPI futures, the ASX 200 is expected to open 31 points or 0.35% lower this morning. Wall Street was closed for Thanksgiving but in Europe the DAX was up 0.2%, the CAC rose slightly, and the FTSE edged a fraction higher.

    Oil prices rise

    It could be a good finish to the week for ASX 200 energy shares Santos Ltd (ASX: STO) and Karoon Energy Ltd (ASX: KAR) after oil prices pushed higher overnight. According to Bloomberg, the WTI crude oil price is up 0.8% to US$59.10 a barrel and the Brent crude oil price is up 0.4% to US$63.39 a barrel. Traders appear to believe that oil prices have been oversold.

    Buy Catapult shares

    The team at Morgans thinks investors should be buying Catapult Sports Ltd (ASX: CAT) shares. The broker has initiated coverage on the sports performance technology provider with a buy rating and $6.25 price target. It said: “A scalable platform and strong SaaS metrics should see CAT join the ‘Rule of 40’ club by FY27. We initiate coverage on Catapult Sports (CAT) with a Buy recommendation and a A$6.25 per share price target.”

    Gold price softens

    ASX 200 gold shares Evolution Mining Ltd (ASX: EVN) and Northern Star Resources Ltd (ASX: NST) could have a subdued finish to the week after the gold price fell overnight. According to CNBC, the gold futures price is down 0.3% to US$4,153.6 an ounce. Traders were taking profit after the precious metal hit a two-week high on rate cut optimism.

    Buy Nick Scali shares

    Nick Scali Limited (ASX: NCK) shares could be in the buy zone according to Bell Potter. This morning, the broker has initiated coverage on the furniture retailer with a buy rating and $27.00 price target. It said: “We initiate coverage of Nick Scali (NCK) with a Buy rating at a $27.00/share Price Target. NCK is one of Australia’s largest furniture retailers competing within the middle to upper end of the Australian furniture market and growing its global presence via the UK entry.”

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Catapult Group International right now?

    Before you buy Catapult Group International shares, consider this:

    Motley Fool investing expert Scott Phillips just revealed what he believes are the 5 best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Catapult Group International wasn’t one of them.

    The online investing service he’s run for over a decade, Motley Fool Share Advisor, has provided thousands of paying members with stock picks that have doubled, tripled or even more.*

    And right now, Scott thinks there are 5 stocks that may be better buys…

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    Motley Fool contributor James Mickleboro has no position in any of the stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Catapult Sports. The Motley Fool Australia has positions in and has recommended Catapult Sports. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Nick Scali. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.

  • Shoppers brace for a tighter holiday season as gift prices keep climbing: BofA survey

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    Some consumers are frustrated that they're spending more this holiday season only to get less amid rising prices, new Bank of America survey results show.

    • Two new BofA reports warn holiday spending may tighten as prices keep rising.
    • Shoppers may feel the pinch as inflation, tariffs, and higher costs put a strain on their budgets.
    • Electronics and jewelry could see the sharpest pullback as tariffs drive up prices.

    Santa won't be the only one tightening his belt this year — the American consumer is already feeling the pinch, and many haven't even finished digesting their Thanksgiving stuffing. As we head into Black Friday weekend, the forecast for holiday shoppers may be chilly: prices on consumer goods are rising faster than is comfortable for many gift-givers, according to two recent reports by Bank of America.

    Sixty-two percent of the more than 2,000 respondents to Bank of America's holiday survey, conducted in late summer, said they expected financial strain tied to holiday expenses, and 58% say gifts feel more expensive.

    More than half of the respondents pointed to tariffs as a suspected cause. The firm found that tariffs announced this spring likely contributed to price increases in categories such as electronics and jewelry, goods often purchased as holiday gifts.

    Holiday spending per household is up about 6% according to the bank's card data, yet retail transaction volumes have declined slightly over the course of the year. The takeaway: shoppers are shelling out more, only to walk away with less.

    BofA's reports also point to a widening chasm in how those along different income brackets are likely to experience the season's bounty.

    Higher-income households continue to show spending and wage growth that outpace everyone else. Many white-collar professionals, such as Wall Street investment bankers, are expected to have surging bonus years, according to forecasts, which is likely to hand six-figure year-end incentive pay for higher-income earners.

    Buyer's remorse

    For everyone else, the most wonderful time of the year is already fomenting stress at the checkout counter.

    Electronics spending per transaction jumped nearly 8% in a single month after the spring tariffs, and jewelry spending rose about four percentage points after an August tariff announcement, the bank found. Add in record-high gold prices this year — which have made gold-based pieces costlier — and suddenly, holiday gift-giving has relinquished some of its luster.

    With rising prices leaving some shoppers with fewer items to buy, survey respondents say they're getting more selective about who will end up on their "naughty" or "nice" lists.

    Thirty-eight percent say they'll only buy gifts for immediate family and close friends, while 23% have agreed with relatives to scale back their gift-giving.

    Among those feeling financial strain, 87% plan to shop at discount stores to counter rising prices, and 51% say they'd consider gifting a "dupe," a cheaper imitation of a luxury item. More than half said they planned to kick off their shopping sprees earlier than usual to spread out expenses, the survey found.

    Card data showed that spending by high earners increased roughly 3% over the past year, compared with less than 1% for lower-income households. The firm said wage growth followed a similar split — after-tax pay rose about 4% for higher earners, but only about 1% for those at the bottom. Goldman Sachs, meanwhile, is warning that the labor market is softening across tech, manufacturing, and other sectors, which could squeeze those already on the edge.

    That means, with prices climbing and paychecks under pressure, holiday shoppers may be left wondering who's actually going to come down the chimney this year: Santa Claus with a sack of toys, or the Grinch, offering only an inflationary pinch.

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  • Martha Stewart named this maple-bourbon dessert the best pie in America — and the recipe is free

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    The Salted Maple Bourbon Pie was crowned by Martha Stewart during the Stissing House x Substack Pie Fest

    • The inaugural Stissing House x Substack Pie Fest took place in November.
    • There were 33 pies entered for 14 judges — including Martha Stewart — to choose from.
    • According to James Beard award-nominated chef Clare de Boer, judges were between two pies.

    I've been living in the US for 15 years, and there's one thing I really look forward to during the holidays: pies.

    I'm always looking forward to having my favorites (apple pie is at the top of the list) and trying new ones brought by friends and family.

    Now I have a new one to add to that list: the salted maple bourbon pie that Martha Stewart chose as the 2025 winner for the Stissing House x Substack Pie Fest.

    The instructions are intimidating, but it sounds delicious

    Nikki Freihofer describes her now-famous pie as "a pancake breakfast that grew up."

    As someone who barely knows how to bake, I find the instructions a bit more intimidating than making pancakes.

    The ingredients include a solid dose of high-quality bourbon, such as Bulleit, to impart a distinctive boozy flavor. (When she announced the winner, Stewart joked that she could've used more booze, but it sounds like plenty to me!)

    The crust is pretty classic, though it has some spoonfuls of vodka in it, and it's all topped off with a vanilla mascarpone whip.

    If you opt to make the whole pie from scratch, it requires starting with the crust the night before, as freezing overnight is recommended. And once all the steps are complete, it's recommended that the pie rest for four to six hours before concluding the process with a generous sprinkle of flaky Maldon sea salt.

    Freihofer also described her pie as "the kind of thing people take one bite of and immediately start plotting their second," and I'm already planning to give it a try.

    Take a look at the recipe, which Substack shared after the event.

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  • I made a Cheez-It holiday house. The frosting-and-cheese combo truly shocked me.

    Woman making Cheez-Its holiday house
    • Cheez-It released a Build It Yourself Holiday House Kit for festive snack lovers.
    • The kit includes cheese-flavored cookies, Cheez-Its, frosting, and candy decorations.
    • Building the Cheez-It house is fun and quirky, offering a unique twist on holiday traditions.

    It's the holiday season, which means it's the kick-off to building the traditional gingerbread houses for many families. I used to do this all the time as a kid growing up in the Midwest — it was just a normal part of the season.

    I haven't really kept up the tradition as an adult, though. This year, I decided to give it another go for the first time in ages, but while I'm still making a holiday house out of food, it's not going to be made of gingerbread.

    Enter Cheez-It's new Cheez-It Build It Yourself Holiday House Kit. Yep, you read that right. It's a holiday kit to make a house made of Cheez-Its. When a friend posted this on his Facebook page, I felt compelled to try it.

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    Cheez-It released a holiday house kit.

    I had no idea what was in store at the time.

    The kit was harder to find than I expected

    I ordered one from Walmart online. It was supposed to cost under $16 for a single pack before shipping, but by the time I checked out, it came to about $35 — Walmart resellers had already snatched them up and driven the price up. About a week later, the kit finally arrived.

    When I opened the box, I found two snack-sized packets of Cheez-Its, a bag of frosting, some candy bits in the shapes of holiday items (a gingerbread-looking person, a round dot, and candy canes), and a sealed platform with some orange cookie house parts.

    There were a total of five separate types of pieces inside. It was unclear if the white bag of frosting contained sugar or white cheddar cheese.

    Building the house was easy

    I recruited a friend to join in on the fun, and the first thing we did was flip the kit over to see if there were any instructions. There was a QR code that linked to a short video, so we watched that before getting started. It walked us through the assembly and showed a few examples from other people's kits — most of them looked like more traditional cookie houses. With some guidance and a bit of inspiration, we were finally ready for the real fun to begin.

    I opened the platform that came with the orange cookies. The box said they were cheese-flavored, and while I wasn't ready to taste anything yet, I was curious — so I gave one of the house pieces a sniff. I can confirm it smelled exactly like cheese and cookies. A faint mix of cheddar and sugar cookie sweetness.

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    The author didn't use all the pieces in the Cheeze-It holiday house kit.

    The kit instructed me to massage the frosting packet before opening it, so I did. And once I squeezed some out, I realized it was just like the frosting in a regular holiday house kit — more like cake icing than anything resembling cheese.

    The kit instructed us to use the frosting to put the orange cookie house together first. This was done by taking the frosting and connecting the house pieces together. There was a piece of the house that needed to be broken off to help the roof be put in place. That piece was used to make a chimney. I had to hold the roof together for a few minutes before the rest of the house could be created.

    Contents of Cheez-It kit
    The kit came with decorations and extra Cheez-Its.

    After the house was put together, it was just a matter of adding the finishing touches with the decorations. This meant using the frosting to put Cheez-Its and the other candy bits onto the house.

    We had leftovers after building the house

    We started getting the hang of things at this point, and there seemed to be a lot more Cheez-Its than we needed. We could have probably used more candy bits.

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    The author's Cheeze-It holiday house was fun to make.

    The finished house only used one pack of Cheez-Its. I had plenty of leftover frosting afterward, which I put on some Cheez-Its to taste. While the frosting (which was akin to cake-type frosting on a pastry strudel) was sweet, it didn't taste incredibly weird paired with the Cheez-Its. It wasn't the worst, but it wasn't the best, unlike the apple pie-flavored mac and cheese from Kraft I tried earlier this month, which was delicious.

    Even though the whole thing felt a little ridiculous, I didn't think it was the worst project I'd ever worked on. It still had most of the usual elements you'd find in a typical holiday house kit. It was basically the same process — just with Cheez-Its added into the decorating mix.

    When you really think about it, Cheez-Its — strange as they may sound (and look) — aren't all that outlandish. I've made gingerbread houses with pretzels before, and when you compare the salty crunch of the pretzels to the sweetness of the gingerbread, it's not much different.

    In the end, it was a fun activity to get my friends and me started on the festive season together.

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  • 2 ASX stocks to help turn $100,000 into $1 million

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    Turning $100,000 into $1 million is the dream. But despite what you might read on social media, it doesn’t happen overnight and it certainly doesn’t happen without risk.

    What can help everyday investors reach that milestone, however, is a combination of time, patience, and investments in high-quality ASX stocks that are capable of compounding earnings for many years.

    The maths is surprisingly simple: at a 10% average annual return, money doubles roughly every seven years. That means a 10x return is absolutely possible over a 20 to 25-year horizon, but you need to own the right businesses.

    With that in mind, listed below are two ASX stocks that stand out today as long-term compounders with the potential to help turn a $100,000 starting balance into something substantially bigger over time.

    CSL Ltd (ASX: CSL)

    CSL is exactly the kind of stock that investors should own for generational wealth creation. It isn’t flashy, speculative, or volatile. It is a global biotech powerhouse with irreplaceable assets, deep competitive moats, and decades of proven execution.

    The company’s plasma-derived therapies and vaccines serve millions of patients worldwide, and demand tends to grow steadily regardless of economic conditions. In addition, CSL continues to invest heavily in R&D to expand its pipeline, while also increasing its US manufacturing footprint to reduce supply-chain risk and support long-term margin recovery.

    Although CSL’s share price has struggled in 2025 due to tariff concerns, margin recovery delays, and uncertainty around the Seqirus spin-off, the fundamentals remain exceptionally strong.

    More importantly, CSL has the kind of long-term growth engine that investors want when trying to multiply their wealth. Over the past two decades, the company has transformed many investors into millionaires through steady earnings growth and disciplined reinvestment. If it continues compounding at anything close to its historical rate, CSL could be a great holding in a balanced portfolio.

    Life360 Inc. (ASX: 360)

    Another ASX stock to buy could be Life360. The family safety and location-sharing platform has been delivering exceptional growth in recent years.

    This has continued in 2025, with third quarter revenue rising 34% year on year to US$124.5 million. In addition, Annualised Monthly Revenue hit US$446.7 million, up 33%, and Paying Circles climbed to 2.7 million following a record quarter of additions.

    Life360 is scaling rapidly across the US and internationally, underpinned by subscription growth, rising average revenue per user and expanding premium features.

    With approximately 91.6 million monthly active users and just a fraction currently paying for premium features, Life360 has an enormous runway. If it successfully monetises even a modest portion of its global user base, the long-term earnings potential could be enormous.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Life360 right now?

    Before you buy Life360 shares, consider this:

    Motley Fool investing expert Scott Phillips just revealed what he believes are the 5 best stocks for investors to buy right now… and Life360 wasn’t one of them.

    The online investing service he’s run for over a decade, Motley Fool Share Advisor, has provided thousands of paying members with stock picks that have doubled, tripled or even more.*

    And right now, Scott thinks there are 5 stocks that may be better buys…

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  • What Warren Buffett’s farewell letter means for Berkshire Hathaway investors

    Legendary share market investing expert and owner of Berkshire Hathaway, Warren Buffett.

    This article was originally published on Fool.com. All figures quoted in US dollars unless otherwise stated.

    Key Points

    • Berkshire Hathaway shareholders are anxious to learn what role the famed investor will play going forward.
    • Buffett says he’s “going quiet.”

    Back on May 3, 2025, Warren Buffett announced he would be retiring as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) at the end of the year. With the end of 2025 quickly approaching, investors have been wondering just what Buffett’s role will be starting next year, as well as the implications for Berkshire Hathaway as an investment.

    Will Buffett still influence the investing decisions of incoming CEO Greg Abel? Will he write the annual letter? Will he still participate in the annual meeting, which has become known as “Woodstock for capitalists”? And for investors, will Berkshire continue to be a wise addition to their portfolio?

    Just the facts

    Fortunately for those of us who dislike uncertainty, Buffett wrote a letter to shareholders through Berkshire’s corporate website on Nov. 10, 2025, and let us know some of what the future holds for Berkshire. Buffett opened by telling us he would be “going quiet” and would no longer write the annual shareholder letter, which dates back to 1977.

    He also said he would no longer “talk endlessly at the annual meeting,” which is usually held the first weekend in May. Greg Abel, the incoming CEO, will now preside over the meeting, which attracted nearly 20,000 shareholders and devotees in person in Omaha in May. There was good news, though, for those of us who can’t get enough of the Oracle of Omaha: Buffett said that he does plan to communicate with his followers via an “annual Thanksgiving message,” which he started in 2024.

    For those of us who had no problem with Buffett talking endlessly or who don’t like change in general (count me in both of those camps), this letter was a hard pill to swallow. Buffett — who is 95 — saying he was “going quiet” also has a final tone to it.

    However, Abel and Buffett have been working together for the better part of two decades now, so it is reasonable to assume many aspects of running the Berkshire conglomerate will remain the same. In fact, Abel has indicated that he does not plan to materially change either the investing philosophy or the allocation of Berkshire’s capital.

    The second annual Thanksgiving letter (here’s to hoping this goes for at least another decade) included a nice history of Buffett’s childhood in Omaha, where he mentioned purchasing his “first and only home” back in 1958, and, “in the 1990s, Greg lived only a few blocks away from me on Farnam Street.” Thinking long term and developing deep, meaningful relationships are part of Buffett’s DNA. Buffett also mused in this letter about whether there might be “some magic ingredient in Omaha’s water.”

    Any investment insight?

    Many of us are on the lookout for investment opportunities in Buffett’s communications. This one was admittedly scant on ideas outside of Berkshire stock. Buffett did indicate he plans to keep a large amount of the Class A Berkshire shares (which carry voting rights) until shareholders are confident that Abel is the right man for the job. Berkshire also owns large stakes in big tech companies, including Apple and a recent position in Alphabet. Berkshire remains one of the best ways to obtain broad, diversified exposure to the best corporations America has to offer. The Alphabet investment could also indicate a growing interest in tech stocks, as opposed to Buffett’s hesitation to fully embrace the technology space.

    Buffett indicated that he hopes Abel will remain Berkshire’s fearless leader for at least “several decades,” and that, ideally, Berkshire might need only five or six CEOs over the next century. He opined that, in total, “Berkshire’s businesses have moderately better-than-average prospects,” but its size remains a hindrance to outperforming the market to the degree it did when Berkshire was a much smaller company.

    The future looks bright

    However, the bottom line is that “Berkshire has less chance of a devastating disaster” than any other business he can think of. Buffett also suggested that Berkshire, like any stock, could once again fall by around 50% one day, which has occurred three different times in Buffett’s 60-year tenure. This volatility is always a possibility, despite humans’ best efforts, when investing in the stock market.

    To me, this speaks to the stability of Berkshire’s stock in times of stress. One could argue that speculation and greed are high in the market right now — given the ambitious artificial intelligence (AI) buildout, the thousands of cryptocurrencies in existence, less regulation and financial oversight than at times in the past — but Buffett has undoubtedly constructed a company that is built to last well beyond him. If this is going quietly, I’m all for it.

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  • Could the Anthropic partnership be Nvidia’s most important AI deal yet?

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    Key Points

    • Nvidia and Microsoft announced a new investment and partnership with Anthropic.
    • Nvidia will invest $10 billion in Anthropic over time, and Anthropic will commit to buying at least 1 gigawatt of computing capacity from Nvidia.
    • Nvidia has made several partnerships to strengthen its artificial intelligence (AI) leadership.

    Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA) has asserted itself as the leader of the artificial intelligence (AI) data revolution, primarily because of the essentialness of its graphic processing units (GPUs). 

    Nvidia’s GPUs are the brains behind the AI applications driving the new tech boom, like ChatGPT and similar generative AI tools, and the company is estimated to have more than a 90% share of the data center GPU market, which is where the AI revolution is happening.

    The chip giant’s success is the fruit of decades of planning and investment, beginning with its invention of the GPU in 1999 and followed but its CUDA software library that helps make its GPUs easy to use for developers, creating stickiness. 

    Partnerships and alliances

    However, since the initial frenzy following the ChatGPT launch, Nvidia has established itself as the kingpin of AI in another way. It’s forged a vast network of partnerships and alliances, connecting it to many of the other top players in AI, and reinforcing their dependence on Nvidia.

    Those include:

    • Arm Holdings: Nvidia owns 1.1 million shares in Arm, and works closely with it on products like the Arm-based Grace Blackwell Superchip.
    • CoreWeave: Nvidia owns 24.3 million shares in CoreWeave, one of the two major neocloud, or AI-specific cloud computing platforms. Nvidia helped prop up CoreWeave’s IPO, and the two companies are customers of one another.
    • Nebius: Nebius is the other major neocloud provider, and Nvidia owns 1.19 million shares of Nebius. Like CoreWeave, Nebius depends heavily on Nvidia hardware.
    • Intel: Nvidia surprised the market by agreeing to take a $5 billion stake in Intel back in September, and the two plan to work together on certain AI and personal computing products.
    • OpenAI: Also in September, Nvidia announced a deal with OpenAI to invest $100 billion in the start-up over time, while OpenAI said it would deploy at least 10 gigawatts of AI data centers with Nvidia systems over time.

    On the heels of the partnerships with Intel and OpenAI, Nvidia is now making a big move with another AI start-up, Anthropic.

    What Nvidia is doing with Anthropic

    Microsoft and Nvidia announced a blockbuster deal Tuesday morning with Anthropic. Microsoft will invest $5 billion in the start-up, while Nvidia will put in $10 billion, a move that will push Anthropic’s valuation up to around $350 billion, about double where it was in its last funding round in September.

    Both tech giants will form strategic partnerships with Anthropic as well. Anthropic has committed to purchase $30 billion of compute capacity from Microsoft Azure and to contract additional compute capacity of up to 1 gigawatt, which comes from Nvidia chips, after an initial commitment of 1 gigawatt from Grace Blackwell and the upcoming Vera Rubin systems. The two companies will also work together to optimize Nvidia architecture for Anthropic workloads.

    What the Anthropic deal means for Nvidia

    With the investment and partnership with Anthropic, Nvidia is tying itself to the No. 2 generative AI start-up, hedging its bet against OpenAI. Microsoft is doing the same thing, in fact.

    Doing so makes sense for Nvidia. By investing in these companies, it ensures it has a stake in them and a seat at the table. The partnerships mean that the start-ups are even more dependent on Nvidia, and it helps give it an edge over the competition, though OpenAI also signed a deal with AMD.

    The surge in Anthropic’s valuation could add to concerns about a bubble, but the start-up is aiming for $9 billion in run-rate revenue by the end of the year, and nearly tripling run-rate revenue to $26 billion. Based on that forecast, it’s understandable why Nvidia and Microsoft would want to own a piece of Anthropic.

    For Nvidia, the Anthropic deal might be its most important deal yet — that title probably goes to the OpenAI deal — but it’s another savvy move that should only further cement its status as the dominant force in AI.

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    Should you invest $1,000 in Microsoft right now?

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    Jeremy Bowman has positions in Advanced Micro Devices, Arm Holdings, CoreWeave, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has positions in and has recommended Advanced Micro Devices, Intel, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool Australia’s parent company Motley Fool Holdings Inc. has recommended the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft, short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft, and short November 2025 $21 puts on Intel. The Motley Fool Australia has recommended Advanced Micro Devices, Microsoft, and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. This article contains general investment advice only (under AFSL 400691). Authorised by Scott Phillips.