The stock market is extremely volatile, with multiple economic indicators signaling a weak economy. This includes an unprecedented decrease in consumer spending of 0.1%, combined with fears of rising interest rates and inflation staying above the 2% target. Regardless, there are undervalued small cap stocks. They might be the difference between your portfolio going green

The emergence of the generative artificial intelligence growth trend sent Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares surging throughout 2023. Thus far in 2024, however, Microsoft stock has gained, yet at a far slower pace. Shares in the software giant are up just 10.6% year-to-date. In more recent months, MSFT has traded sideways. To many, this may suggest that

Undervalued cannabis stocks may be some of the most controversial trades on the market. But they’ve also proven themselves to be some of the most profitable.   This all comes thanks to rescheduling efforts, a greater number of Americans wanting to see approval and the potential for even more positive news ahead of the elections. We

The biotech sector has been through a lot in the past five years and it is finally rebounding. One of the most important sectors globally, it is hard to imagine life without biotech companies that provide life-changing drugs. With multiple clinical trials happening, getting FDA approvals and ensuring due diligence, these biotech companies have a

Hyper-growth stocks offer excitement, but their lifespan can be fleeting. Successful growth investors seek durable companies with long-term potential. Innovative firms continually emerge, offering transformative growth opportunities.  Despite misconceptions, the U.S. economy exhibits promise. GDP grows steadily, and unemployment recently hit historic lows near 4% as reduced inflation stabilizes prices, easing financial strain. Wage hikes

The simplest way to explain interest rates is that it’s the cost of money. When policymakers cut interest rates, the objective is to lower the cost of money. This translates into higher consumption and investment spending in the economy and GDP growth accelerates. Specific to the United States, consumption spending is one of the key

Making millions through the stock market is only possible in a few ways. Investors need one of these three things: Massive sums of capital to begin with Decades of time and more modest sums of capital More modest sums of capital and a combination of risk and luck We will be talking about the latter

In the last week of May, SaaS stocks faced a reckoning. A revenue miss by Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) triggered one of the sector’s severest selloffs in two years. However, investors have been throwing out the baby with the bath water, creating some attractive SaaS stocks to buy. In hindsight, the selloff in SaaS was slowly brewing

If you love science fiction, then you’ll love flying cars. Flying cars are the new upcoming trend in transportation. Fortune Business Insights projects that the sector can grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 58% by 2040. With the sector still in its early stages, investors have a rare opportunity to

The return of Keith Gill, the trader commonly known as Roaring Kitty, has sparked a great deal of enthusiasm. All sorts of meme stocks and heavily shorted companies are seeing their share prices rally on this development. Companies aren’t necessarily good investments simply due to high short seller interest, however. In fact, many companies that

Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) is still one of the top must-own tech stocks. However, so are many of the top Nvidia partner stocks. Granted, the tech giant ran from a low of about $41 a share to a recent high of $1,164.37.  All thanks to the unstoppable demand for artificial intelligence and explosive demand for its graphics processing

The biotech sector, under the life sciences umbrella, exited 2023 with 41 bankruptcies. This was not surprising given the disparity between biotech’s high-capital requirements and rising interest rates set by the Fed. Despite these challenges, some of the best biotech stocks show promise and resilience in a volatile market environment. At the same time, smaller

While “economic mayhem” is far from being my base case scenario, I can envision a few events that could indeed play havoc with the U.S. economy. One problem that could trigger economic mayhem is the huge, unsustainable amount of debt that the U.S. government has accumulated. BlueBay asset manager Mark Dowling told the Economist that

Finding stocks that can 10X this year is certainly easier said than done. However, there are growth stocks in the market with the potential for such returns, if everything lines up perfectly. Of course, most people looking for such gains usually end up investing in cryptocurrencies or in loss-making and highly dilutive stocks in the

Contrary to the dramatic headlines about robots replacing human workers, a robotics & automation revolution is quietly reshaping multiple industries — changing their entire faces rather than just swapping one form of labor for another. But there’s a hitch for retail investors: many of the most innovative robotics & automation stocks remain private, limiting public