Stocks to buy

Due to pandemic-related factors, payment stocks have taken a hiding in the past few months. Consequently, shares of stalwarts such as Visa (NYSE:V) have moved sluggishly and offer a buying opportunity. Despite what the naysayers may think, it remains a quality giant with an incredible outlook and robust fundamentals. The rise of nation-focused payment systems

Last year was a mixed one for Chinese electric vehicle (EV) companies. Even with strong financial performances, stock upsides were capped with regulatory concerns. Additionally, chip shortages broadly impacted EV stock sentiments. However, I believe that Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI) stock is among the top EV stocks to consider for 2022 and beyond. Source: Robert Way

Semiconductor firms remain as important as ever. Investors have come to realize that names like Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) and AMD stock represent a vitally important industry. Throughout the pandemic, we’ve learned the importance of semiconductors — and how their supply can have serious effects on the economy. Source: flowgraph / Shutterstock.com That aside, though,

PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) stock got punished for its worse-than-expected fourth-quarter guidance back in November. But there wasn’t much to be worried about otherwise. In fact, it was a pretty good quarter except for the guidance the company provided.  Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com That means it looks like a buy-the-dip situation as one of the forefathers of

Facebook Inc. did more than a simple name change when it took on the Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) moniker. It also put an emerging trend (the metaverse) on the map. Doing so didn’t give FB stock much of a boost. Source: Blue Planet Studio / Shutterstock.com It did help spark enthusiasm for several more speculative cryptos and stocks, as

If the opinion of the analyst community means anything, then SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is a strong buy for 2022. At present, SOFI stock is over 60% less than its consensus price target of $24.63. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com    However, since it first began trading publicly in December 2020, the stock has made three attempts at hitting this mark.

Perhaps no other market segment besides oil stocks have featured as strong a will-they, won’t-they narrative of pure binary chaos. At the start of the coronavirus pandemic, oil prices slipped to below zero, an unprecedented circumstance as the global economy ground to a halt. With much of the world citizenry sheltering in place, there was

The crypto market has sold off this month, fueling the debate about whether the bull run is coming to a halt. Industry leaders such as Ethereum (CCC:ETH-USD) have shed a fair share of their values in the past month. However, there have been a few anomalies, of which Ethereum’s aggregator Polygon  (CCC:MATIC-USD) takes the cake. With

With enterprise artificial intelligence software company C3.ai (NYSE:AI) adding impressive customers and growing its revenue at a fairly rapid pace, I continue to believe the company can become the “Microsoft of AI.” Just as Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) developed tools that made it easy for businesses to develop documents and perform complex calculations, C3.ai has created products

Semiconductors like Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) stock have been red-hot in 2021, and they’re aiming to end the year as they began – buoyant. Source: Casimiro PT / Shutterstock.com While there is no shortage of stunning charts, AMD stock offers the cleanest and most compelling opportunity right now. Its share price smashed through resistance right

Editor’s note: This column is part of InvestorPlace.com’s Best Stocks for 2021 contest. Luke Lango’s pick for the contest is Arhaus (NASDAQ:ARHS) stock. Source: InvestorPlace Nearly five years ago, or what feels more like a decade in pandemic time, I discovered one of my biggest winners in the market. It wasn’t a super flashy tech stock, but instead

Editor’s note: This column is part of InvestorPlace.com’s Best Stocks for 2022 contest. Josh Enomoto’s pick for the contest is Sonic Automotive (NYSE:SAH) stock. Source: InvestorPlace It’s a thesis that initially goes against all common sense, from the shift in monetary policy by the Federal Reserve to gradually improving global economic metrics as society acclimates to the coronavirus

With interest rates poised to rise multiple times in 2022, most investors are clearly no longer interested in companies that lose tremendous amounts of money and trade at ridiculously high valuations. Consequently, this is a great time to buy growth at a reasonable price (GARP) stocks. In other words, investors should avoid growth names like

Decentraland (CCC:MANA-USD) has long been on the radar of cryptocurrency enthusiasts. Metaverse pundits have been aware of its importance to the greater movement to digitize our physical world and everything that comes with it.  Source: shutterstock.com/Piotr Swat A broad awareness of Decentraland’s potential in the digital space for businesses and creators has been brewing for

After much trepidation in the last few months, the S&P 500 broke new records again. Sadly for Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) stock the story is not as happy. Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com PLTR stock is down 20% this year, so today we make the argument for owning it. The index breakout yesterday was behind strong moves from

Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) stock has drifted well off its highs and is now looking like quite a bargain. From a peak price of $55.52 on Nov. 16, LCID stock has drifted down to $38.64 as of Dec. 27. It looks like the stock could end up having a good 2022 as well. Source: Around the World Photos

The S&P 500 broke records last week and again early this morning. This is in spite of a wall of worry that investors keep climbing. It’s almost like there are no bears, which makes it easy to find opportunities for stocks to buy on weakness. Investors are stepping in to buy every dip. Even though

When Rivian (NASDAQ:RIVN) posted only $1 million in revenue recently, it showed quarterly results that potentially hurt Ford (NYSE:F). Unable to sell RIVN at its $179 high, Ford will lose some of the windfalls. Basically, the near-term downtrend in Rivian is also bad news for F stock. But the drag is due to more than

UiPath (NYSE:PATH) stock has become emblematic of the tech sector in 2021. When UiPath launched its IPO in April, there were high hopes on the Street for the company. PATH stock started trading around the $70 per share mark and had a market capitalization of around $35 billion. Source: dennizn / Shutterstock.com So the IPO

What good is a car without a gas station? Source: Virrage Images / Shutterstock.com Not much good at all. In fact, a car is pretty much useless as a means of transportation, unless it has fuel. Fuel comes from gas stations. No gas stations. No usable cars. By that same token, what good is an