Stocks to buy

Despite the pandemic, the stock market has had a decent year so far. Right now, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 14% year-to-date (YTD) while the S&P 500 is up over 23% YTD. But with the threat of inflation currently stoking fears in the fourth quarter, now is the time to start considering inflation

Everyone’s always on the lookout for the next Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Lately, people have been drawing parallels between Amazon and South Korea’s Coupang (NYSE:CPNG), both in terms of the companies’ e-commerce businesses and in the potential of CPNG stock. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com AMZN stock has skyrocketed more than 1,700% in the past 10 years

In the early days of Rivian’s (NASDAQ:RIVN) life as a publicly traded stock, there are a few factors that weigh heavily on its perception.  Source: James Yarbrough / Shutterstock.com One is market capitalization relative to other automobile firms. The other is the establishment of more traditional reference points for price.  Most are aware that Rivian

Shares of chip and semiconductor designer Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock look unstoppable following the company’s latest earnings beat. Source: Steve Lagreca / Shutterstock.com NVDA stock has gained 18% since the company announced its third-quarter results on Nov. 17. The latest increase brings Nvidia stock’s total gains for this year to 162%. Over the last month alone,

Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) reported excellent Q3 2021 earnings results on Nov. 3. Yet, investors chose to focus on the negative, sending SKLZ stock lower over the remainder of November.  Source: Rawpixel.com/Shutterstock.com As I write this, SKLZ is trading below $10 for the first time since mid-October. Before that, you have to go back to March 2020

Peloton (NASDAQ:PTON) stock is not for the faint of heart investors. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com The company had the misfortune of coming to market just before the pandemic hit. The first few months of existence were going fairly well. PTON investors succeeded at building a base. There were sizable rallies and reasonable declines, but then

Equity prices on Wall Street have never been higher, yet Zillow (NASDAQ:ZG) stock is 73% off its highs. A year ago, ZG stock exploded in a 140% rally to start the year. Then its momentum died suddenly in the middle of February. The bears have controlled the price action since then in a harsh descending

Ready to step directly into the metaverse? Or at least, get portfolio exposure to it? If so, then consider spatial data company Matterport (NASDAQ:MTTR), as MTTR stock is a pure-play investment in the metaverse’s future growth. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com It’s a speculative play, I’ll admit. The metaverse is still a new concept to

Right after the release of its earnings on Nov. 7, Roblox’s (NASDAQ:RBLX) stock jumped 40%. It hasn’t stopped since. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com RBLX stock has moved even higher in recent days, breaking past a strong resistance level at $90 and topping the $140 mark. and even though it pulled back slightly, Roblox is

Countries all across the world are taking the big step to slash carbon emissions. What does that mean for Nio (NYSE:NIO) stock? Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com In the U.S., President Joe Biden announced a goal of a 50% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2030. This move gave a direct push to electric vehicle

C3 AI (NYSE:AI) stock has undoubtedly been a losing investment thus far. Source: Phonlamai Photo / Shutterstock.com It peaked at $180 during last year’s massive tech rally and proceeded to then lose a large chunk of its value. Momentum has left AI stock and a clear negative sentiment has taken root. However long-term investors should

I last wrote about BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) in early September, saying there was more to it than its meme stock status. Since then, BB stock has tumbled around 13%. But I still believe in it as an investment, provided you have the patience to wait for the company to find its footing. Source: BlackBerry BlackBerry beat

I’ve been helping investors for over a decade, and a persistently difficult point to make involves earnings trades. Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM) stock fell almost 20% yesterday on its earnings headline. Source: Girts Ragelis / Shutterstock.com For years I have struggled in convincing investors that the reaction to those headlines is completely binary overnight. Of course, the

Fisker (NYSE:FSR) announced on Nov. 19 that it won a ZEVAS Award — the zero-emission awards at the Los Angeles Auto Show — for the best crossover vehicle under $50,000. FSR stock jumped more than 5% on the news. This is the latest piece of good news for long-time investors. In the last month alone,

The Federal Reserve is expected to begin tapering later this month. The obvious implications for the market and for investors in tech stocks are broadly negative. However, investors wouldn’t know this by looking at the stock market. Valuations have absolutely skyrocketed through the end of the year, as appetite for risk assets remains very high. Regardless

With gold under-performing in the last few months, even the best gold stocks have been sideways to lower. However, the sentiment for gold seems to be changing. There are growing concerns related to inflation. It’s very likely that the current inflationary trend in the United States is not transitionary in nature. Gold finally seems to

The science fiction fantasy of autonomous taxis is inching closer to reality. Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) and Motional, which is a joint venture of Hyundai (OTCMKTS:HYMTF) and Aptiv (NYSE:APTV), will be dishing out driverless cabs as early as the second half of next year. Customers will be able to book rides through the Lyft app and be transported

As the first wave of the pandemic swept across countries in 2020, consumer spending fell dramatically. And companies rely on consumers to buy their goods and services. So, when consumer spending plateaued, consumer stocks also were in freefall. But the time is ripe for investors to get involved again. The consumer sector consists of companies

On Oct. 14, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) released a report that tries to explain the saga that pushed up GameStop (NASDAQ:GME) over 10 times in price this year. For example, GME stock ended Dec. 31, 2020, at $18.84 and was trading for $208.64 by mid-day Nov. 18. Source: Northfoto / Shutterstock.com Moreover, at

SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) announced on Nov. 15 that a number of its original shareholders were going to sell some of their shares. This included Softbank (OTCMKTS:SFTBY), and some VC/private equity firms (Silver Lake Partners, Qatar Investment Authority, Red Crow Capital, LLC, etc.). The resulting sale of SOFI stock has pushed down the price by about