Cathie Wood had a rough few years. Her flagship fund, the ARK Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKK), hit an all-time high of $156 in 2021 before crashing back to Earth. The ETF is down 70% since then, and many of her other actively-managed ETFs suffered the same fate. Today, the same investors championing Cathie Wood’s stock picks

Short squeeze stocks rally as a quick money-making mechanism came into the limelight during the meme stock euphoria of 2021. Investors targeted stocks that had high short interest as a percentage of free-float. The initial rally was exaggerated by a short-covering rally and speculative stocks skyrocketed. Of course, the markets are nowhere near the euphoria

It has been an ugly summer for many solar stocks, as high U.S. interest rates dealt a considerable blow to the U.S. residential solar market, excluding California. As a result, since peaking in July, the Invesco Solar ETF (NYSEArca: TAN) has sunk nearly 15%. Still, about 20 gigawatts of solar power were installed in American companies and homes last

Cloud computing undergirds, in one way or another, everyone’s digital life. Whether you are accessing a piece of content on a video streaming platform or uploading documents for work, you are interacting with a network of cloud servers. Being able to store data on a server somewhere else rather than leveraging on-premise infrastructure has tremendously

Financial Technology (fintech) stocks have come to revolutionize the financial industry. With all their improvements, technology and sophisticated yet simple processes, they undoubtedly offer all consumers friendly, efficient, fast and completely effective tools to carry out all our banking needs. However, the companies did not come to displace traditional banking. Instead, they complemented those financial

Contrary to what we’ve heard about a lot of bis stocks topping out, now is a great time to find undervalued large-cap stocks. The S&P 500 stalled as August came around. After rallying 20% higher over the first seven months of 2023, the index of the 500 largest stocks on the market is down 2.5%

If you found yourself indulging a bit more this summer, take solace that you’re in good company. Indeed, our collective spending spree has shone a spotlight on the best consumer stocks to buy, a category that, while having faced the bitter brunt of 2022’s bear market, has made a triumphant return this year. The resurgence

Since reporting quarterly results at the end of last month, SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock has delivered a mixed performance. After surging immediately after the fintech firm’s latest earnings report, SOFI stock has since pulled back into the single-digits, and is still trending lower. Yet while this may frustrate those who have entered a position recently,

In my last article on QuantumScape (NYSE:QS) stock, I discussed what caused it to make such a sharp whipsaw move post-earnings, and why the reason behind its latest price action was a sign to sell ASAP. Since then, shares have continued to move lower, as investors reconsider their view on the early-stage electric vehicle battery

As the stock market is showing an unexpected pattern, investors are on the hunt for hidden-gem stocks that hold the potential to break free from the pack and deliver substantial gains. Amidst the noise of popular market giants, a select group of under-the-radar companies is quietly positioning themselves for exceptional growth in the coming years.

The telecommunications industry is key to powering our digital lives. Providing consumers and businesses with not only basic access to the internet but also data servers and cloud networks. Communications companies have helped build the infrastructure of the modern world. Similarly, they will also be integral in enabling the next digital and technology breakthroughs. In

Before jumping into which auto stocks investors should consider buying let’s look at the numbers surrounding affordability. The numbers are pretty shocking, frankly. In June the average price paid for a new car was $48,808. The positive news is that the average price fell since the beginning of the year. The bad news is that

Warning: while this discussion obviously centers on penny stocks to buy, this subsegment of the market carries astounding risks. While it’s difficult to verify, one source has the failure rate of these speculative, low-market capitalization entities as over 90%. As I said, it’s tough to confirm this assertion. However, it’s probably not far from the

While technology firms have been flying on the promise of artificial intelligence, investors may want to consider “analog” AI stocks; that is, the best stocks to buy that don’t natively align with a core tech product or service. Of course, this concept begs the question, why the heck would you want to do something like

While energy stocks have suffered amid the Federal Reserve’s efforts to contain inflation, the segment has witnessed a resurgence. According to a CNN report earlier this month, oil prices have jumped double-digit percentage points, helping to carry the broader sector northward. Some of the upswing could center on a recognition of core fundamentals. At the

Mid-cap stocks are firms with a total market capitalization that falls in the middle of the overall range. Traditionally, many investors group companies with a market cap of between $2 billion and $10 billion into the mid-cap range. Mid-cap stocks can lead to more favorable returns for investors because they fall into a sweet spot.