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The appetite for meme stocks that swept Wall Street in early 2021 may have lost its steam but the phenomenon is still alive and kicking. The likes of AMC (NYSE:AMC) and GameStop (NYSE:GME) became the poster children for the meme phenomenon – one which was driven by retail investors. This social-media-driven buying was well supported

Source: Ilija Erceg / Shutterstock [Editor’s note: “Don’t Just Sit Back While EV Stocks Break Out This Year” was previously published in January 2022. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] Electric vehicles are taking over the world. You know it. I know it. The market knows it. Consumers want

The cruise lines are taking on water. The big three publicly traded operators, including Norwegian Cruise Line (NYSE:NCLH), were among the worst-performing stocks in the S&P 500 Index in the first half of 2022. It has been a perfect storm for the industry. The novel coronavirus grounded the cruises since 2020. And just as things

Investors with a small amount of funds to allocate to equities often look for stocks that have a relatively lower price. As an example, a diversified sub-portfolio of stocks under $10 can be created with limited funds. It’s also obvious that most of these stocks under $10 would be high-risk growth stocks. However, careful selection

We’ve talked about how some great stocks are on sale right now. Here’s one for you: What if a stock went from $2,260 per share to $113… in one day… and nothing about this dominant business changed? You will see that Monday morning with shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL). But don’t get too excited. In

It seems like Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) stock haven’t moved much lately and it’s down nearly 11% year-to-date. But there are two catalysts that should help bolster the stock this month. Specifically, investors should keep an eye on GOOGL stock because of its upcoming earnings report and the Google stock split. Ticker Company Recent Price GOOGL

Following the rapid vaccination drives across the world last year, the demand for Covid-19 vaccines is declining. However, booster doses targeting new subvariants are expected to drive sales for coronavirus stocks in the days ahead. Recently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advised Covid-19 vaccine makers to update their booster shots, scheduled for this

Pharmaceutical firm Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) is getting ready to deliver vaccines for the omicron Covid-19 variant strain soon. In addition, the company just got the green light from the E.U. to start providing Covid-19 vaccines for adolescents. Consequently, there’s a strong possibility that NVAX stock will soon make a move to the upside. Let’s be honest, the

When the equities sector started to unravel as soaring inflation and the conflict in eastern Europe took its toll on investor sentiment, the technology sector was one of the hardest hit. Since these enterprises are largely geared toward maximizing growth, when opportunities for economic expansion are limited, the segment tends to suffer. However, the bearishness

Despite Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Lisa Su offering a strong outlook for Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD), investors panicked. AMD continued its plunge as it traded at fresh, new 52-week lows. At a forward price-to-earnings ratio of around 18 times, AMD is historically inexpensive. Sellers reacted to a weak outlook from Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU). Additionally, Ohio

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) stock has been massacred. Even before the bear market was being felt around the rest of the market, PYPL stock was limping into 2022. Despite a modest bounce off the fourth-quarter low, PayPal was still down 40% from its high coming into the near year. At its recent low, shares were down a

Palo Alto Networks (NYSE:PANW) is one of the leading names in the cybersecurity sector. So far in 2022, PANW stock is performing “less bad” than other tech stocks. It’s down about 10% while the Nasdaq index is down over 20%.   Palo Alto is a legacy cybersecurity company that came to prominence in the era

It has been a rough start for entertainment company Warner Bros. Discovery (NASDAQ:WBD). The company was formed and its stock launched in April of this year after AT&T (NYSE:T) spun-off WarnerMedia and merged it with the Discovery network in a blockbuster $43 billion deal. The company boasts some notable properties, including the Warner Bros. film

As tech companies continue to suffer, PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) continues to fight through the difficult times. 2022 hasn’t been easy for most tech companies and it has led to a major dip in stocks. PYPL stock is down 63% over the past year and has gone from $300 to $71 today. As an investor, it was

Dallas-headquartered telecommunications giant AT&T (NYSE:T) now has a deal with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). This should help solidify AT&T’s status as a 5G leader. This also bodes well for T stock, which is ideal for value seekers and dividend collectors alike. When dollar inflation gets to a fever pitch, stubbornly staying in an all-cash position

Mullen Automotive (NASDAQ:MULN), a company based in Southern California that wants to make electric vehicles more accessible to consumers, has announced several important pieces of news lately. A couple of months ago, in March 2022, I had been very bearish on MULN stock. Is the recent news enough to start buying the shares of this

After the coronavirus pandemic, many penny stocks became bubbles due to the sudden increase in liquidity through stimulus packages and trillions in bailouts. The excitement in the market caused users of different platforms, mainly Reddit, to aggressively invest in risky penny stocks. Of course, the recent economic slowdown and inflation have caused most of those

Stock traders, mark your calendar for July 12. That’s when shareholders of San Francisco-headquartered neo-banking firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) will vote on a potential reverse stock split. This event could prove to be a pivotal moment for the company, and for the future trajectory of SOFI stock. 2022 has been a tough year for banks, both

It goes without saying that 2022 has been brutal for growth stocks, but Carvana (NYSE:CVNA) is a name that in particular has been hard hit. Year-to-date, CVNA stock is down 88.5%. What’s behind this stunning plunge in price for shares in this automotive e-commerce company? Rising interest rates, and their impact on stock market valuations,

Today, I have chosen six stocks hedge funds love. To simplify this, I decided to pick the top three stocks of two of the most watched hedge funds that are the most popular in the market. One of those funds is Michael Burry’s Scion Asset Management. We use the company’s 13-F holdings report from the