3 Top AI Stocks for October

Meet the huge market movers who could gain an unexpected edge from artificial intelligence. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [View this email in your browser]( Meet the huge market movers who could gain an unexpected edge from artificial intelligence. Plus, Activision stumbles over Hong Kong's pro-democracy protests, and big mistakes you need to avoid in your own 401(k). — Nathan Alderman, Stock Up Editor 3 Top Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Watch in October --------------------------------------------------------------- Artificial intelligence: It's not just for opening the pod bay doors (or [refusing to do so]( anymore! A broad swath of companies are using machine learning to make their businesses — and their customers' — faster, more efficient, and more profitable. We've found three well-known but unexpected companies that are building a lucrative future off today's advances in artificial intelligence. - This familiar tech titan is using AI to open new windows of opportunity. As its influence and reach in cloud computing grows, it's using that vast platform to offer its customers ready-made AI services to help interpret, translate, and make sense of data that would bog down even the most intrepid human efforts. - While this mighty retailer offers a raft of its own powerful cloud services, it's turning AI insights inward, using machine-made decisions to predict demand, determine the layout of its online store, and unleash a torrent of ever-growing sales growth. - Machines can't learn without the right brainpower, and this chip champion specializes in the hardware that gives AI its IQ. As artificial intelligence spreads beyond data centers into healthcare and self-driving cars, this company's ready to supply the hardware that will make it all possible. [Read the rest]( to learn more about these three smart AI ideas. --------------------------------------------------------------- Already subscribed to a premium service? [Click here]( to view your subscriptions. Not a member yet? [Click here]( to sign up! --------------------------------------------------------------- Watch: How to Buy Stock in Top Companies Like Apple and Amazon --------------------------------------------------------------- [FAQ Fools Answer Questions How to Spot the Next Amazon]( How do you, as an average person, find great companies early on and enjoy 500% or 1,000% returns on your money? We'll share the techniques we use here at the Fool. --------------------------------------------------------------- Activision Blizzard Steps Into Hong Kong Protest Controversy The NBA's not the only U.S. gaming industry getting into trouble in China. Pro-democracy protests are roiling Hong Kong, with the police and government ramping up their crackdowns on equally determined protestors. Now video game giant Activision Blizzard is drawing criticism for trying to silence a player who used his public platform to come to the protestors' defense. Hong Kong-based Ng Wai Chung plays Blizzard's Hearthstone professionally, and he's earned thousands of dollars this year competing in matches streamed online. But in an Oct. 6 postmatch interview streamed via Taiwan, Chung donned a gas mask like those worn by protestors and proclaimed, "Liberate Hong Kong, revolution of our time." Fearing China's wrath, Blizzard cut the stream off. Initially, the company banned both Chung and the two broadcasters interviewing him and stripped Chung of all the money he'd won this season. After public backlash, the company later restored those earnings and softened the bans to temporary suspensions. But it's still stuck in a tricky dilemma, with angry pro-democracy players in the U.S. and abroad on one side and the threat of losing the immense and lucrative Chinese market on the other. [Read the rest]( to see just how much Activision Blizzard stands to lose if China turns against it. --------------------------------------------------------------- [Smart Speaker] Not sure what to ask your smart speaker? Keep up with what's happening in the market by adding our daily flash briefing to your home assistant. 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The average plan charges 1% per year, but even a few fractions of a percent more than that can make a big difference over the decades you'll (hopefully) be saving for retirement. - Not contributing enough to get the full employer match. Like we said: free money. Make sure you're contributing enough to your 401(k) to get every last dime your employer's willing to part with. - Cashing out when you leave your job. An account that lets you save for retirement tax free isn't much help if you crack open that piggy bank every time you trade jobs. You'll lose all the long-term benefits of letting your investments grow plus a big chunk of your current savings when the IRS comes to collect. 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