Back on June 5, President Donald Trump said Wall Street legend Warren Buffett made a “mistake” by selling United Airlines (NYSE:UAL) and other airline stocks. Buffett dumped his UAL stock and all his other airline names some time in the first quarter. Source: travelview / Shutterstock.com Regardless of what you think about Trump, he has
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In line with my previous prediction, the recent robust economic recovery boosted Wells Fargo’s (NYSE:WFC) third-quarter results nicely. Meanwhile, the valuation of WFC stock remains extremely attractive and worries about the bank’s previous scandals are tremendously overdone. Source: Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Wells Fargo’s earnings per share came in at 42 cents, up from a
Shares of special purpose acquisition company Switchback Energy (NYSE:SBE) spiked on Nov. 17 on a wave that was triggered by good news in the electric-vehicle segment. Owners of SBE stock saw their holding rise some 15%. Source: Scharfsinn / Shutterstock.com The increase demonstrates the segment’s sensitivity and underscores the volatility associated with this immature area
The world has changed, but this time it’s for the better. But amid a market made up of stocks and some of which are bound to outperform on both an absolute and relative basis, three ‘stay away’ companies are making breakouts worthy of being stocks to buy for your portfolio today. Wall Street received a
What names come to mind when you think of stay-at-home stocks? Upscale exercise bike maker Peloton Interactive (NASDAQ:PTON) might not be at the top of your list, but perhaps it ought to be. After all, PTON stock increased in value largely due to the home-exercise trend precipitated by the novel coronavirus. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Yet
Solar stocks are heating up, because it has become abundantly clear on Wall Street that solar is the backbone of tomorrow’s clean energy powered world. To play this emerging solar megatrend, investors should consider charging up their portfolio with SolarEdge (NASDAQ:SEDG) stock. Source: Shutterstock In a nutshell, SolarEdge is a leading solar company that provides
Yet, through a reverse merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia Holdings II (NYSE:IPOB), traders can now take a stake in Opendoor through a long position in IPOB stock. Source: Shutterstock Real estate, reinvented. That’s what real estate technology services firm Opendoor envisions for the future, but it wasn’t tradable until recently. I
Macroeconomic conditions typically affect industries in different ways. But whenever an economic decline occurs, shares of businesses operating in cyclical sectors get adversely affected. This year’s pandemic has pushed many economies around the world close to a recession. But in November, hopes of a coronavirus vaccine drove greater positive investor sentiment. Today we will take
It’s hard to believe, but way back in January 2017, I suggested that NextEra Energy (NYSE:NEE) should replace DuPont de Nemours (NYSE:DD) in the Dow Jones Industrial Average. I thought NextEra Energy stock was a buy. Source: madamF / Shutterstock.com And I still do. Here’s why. Renewable Energy Is Not Going Away Before I get
When looking at the best entertainment stocks to buy, investors are realizing that upcoming holiday season is unlikely to be the same as the previous years. Another wave of coronavirus infections would imply that consumers are more cautious. However, in the last two months, U.S. consumer confidence has improved and this will translate into higher
As a leading developer of renewable energy, NextEra Energy (NASDAQ:NEE) is poised to get a tremendous boost from Joe Biden’s apparent victory in the 2020 presidential election. As a result, I believe that more conservative investors looking for exposure to the solar sector should buy NEE stock. Source: madamF / Shutterstock.com In the 2020 campaign,
Digital-medicine company Teladoc Health (NYSE:TDOC) has been one of the most high-profile healthcare companies of 2020. As a result, both buyers and sellers have furiously traded Teladoc stock, pushing the daily volumes to new highs this year. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com In late October, Teladoc officially finalized its merger with applied health signals specialist Livongo
There’s simply so much to like about Tencent (OTCMKTS:TCEHY). And to some extent, the market gets that. But there’s still a longer-term opportunity for TCEHY stock. Source: StreetVJ / Shutterstock.com After all, it’s not as if investors aren’t paying attention to Tencent. Following yesterday’s third-quarter earnings report, Tencent currently has a market capitalization of about
Edge-computing services provider Fastly (NYSE:FSLY) was a darling of the tech sector for a while in 2020. No company can be a market favorite forever, though, and eventually gravity took hold of FSLY stock. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com Is that terrible news for prospective investors of FSLY stock? Not at all. In fact, I’ve given
On one level, the surge in interest toward electric vehicles when the novel coronavirus pandemic capsized our paradigm was peculiar, to say the least. Because Covid-19 isn’t just a health crisis but an economic one as well, now didn’t seem to be the best time to buy a car. However, the disruption to global automotive
As a hypergrowth investor, I spend a large portion of my time analyzing emerging small-cap stocks that could turn into the “next big thing.” I’m constantly searching for big 10X winners and the next Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX), and Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). Source: Shutterstock Indeed, I’ve found more than a few 10X winners. Like Advanced Micro
Fisker Inc (NYSE:FSR) closed its merger with a SPAC (special purpose acquisition company) on Oct. 30 and started trading under its own symbol. FSR stock now looks like a winner since it received a number of benefits at the close of that transaction. Source: Shutterstock For one, the company says that it received “in excess
Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) stock surged by nearly 10% after Election Day 2020, as Democrats failed to materialize a blue wave. That jibes with investor concerns heading into the election, which were fueled by worries a Democrat-controlled government would install sweeping reform across the Big Tech landscape. Bad news for Facebook stock, right? Source: Cryptographer / Shutterstock.com
While the stock market surged on the heels of a wild Election Day 2020, red-hot solar stocks went dim, with The Invesco Solar ETF (NYSEARCA:TAN) shedding as much as 6%, and many headline solar stocks — like First Solar (NASDAQ:FSLR) and SolarEdge (NASDAQ:SEDG) — dropping more than 10%. Why? Because the election will likely end
Although e-commerce solutions provider Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) reported blowout third-quarter numbers in late October, which blew past expectations, Shopify stock still dropped after the print because the magnitude of the Q3 earnings beat was smaller than what the company reported in Q2. Source: Paul McKinnon / Shutterstock.com Specifically, Shopify topped Q2 earnings estimates by over a