Stocks to buy

Mobile esports platform Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) recently reported robust-top line gains in its third-quarter results. Moreover, its underlying user metrics are improving substantially, including its monthly active and paying users. Investors with a short-term horizon on SKLZ stock, though, are likely to be disappointed as the company looks to carve out its path to profitability. Therefore,

Since going public as a direct listing in 2020, Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) has been a polarizing stock. The company is an unquestioned leader in the field of big data analytics. Bears say its close association with the United States government, along with an executive compensation structure that has caused share dilution, make PLTR stock overvalued. Bulls will argue

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) has been on a roll through the pandemic and beyond. The California-based company is a content delivery network (CDN) provider. It operates a global network of data centers that optimizes the performance of the websites we all rely on. Cloudflare optimizes these websites and web-based services, making them faster, more responsive, and more secure.

Known for its multi-function camera app Snapchat, Snap (NYSE:SNAP) provides a dynamic social-media platform with strong appeal to younger users. Regardless, traders of SNAP stock don’t currently seem to have much conviction in the company. Source: Ink Drop / Shutterstock.com Snapchat isn’t necessarily the most popular social media platform, I’ll admit. Still, the company has embedded

Some folks might be tempted to view Ford (NYSE:F) as an old-fashioned automaker. At the same time, today’s investors may see F stock as a relatively safe, “steady Eddie” asset to hold for many years. Source: JuliusKielaitis / Shutterstock.com Yet, this characterization isn’t entirely fair or accurate. Ford has been around for a century, sure, but

Electric vehicle (EV) company Fisker (NYSE:FSR) has had a roller-coaster year. But now with 2021 reaching a close, FSR stock is on a roll. Specifically, the month of November was big for the company, highlighted by an Ocean EV unveiling at the LA Auto Show. FSR stock closed out October at $16.05. By the last day

Like many names in the fintech space, SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock has been falling for the last month. But some investors have still done well. The stock has seen massive price spikes and falls, and the consensus price target of analysts is $25.57. However, I believe SoFi is a solid long-term buy.  Source: rafapress /

Snap (NYSE:SNAP), the camera company that makes all its revenue from advertising, took a big tumble on Oct. 21 when it released its quarter-three earnings. Apple’s changes to the iOS platform that impact the way advertising is targeted, measured, and optimized hurt Snap’s revenue base. In short, people opted out of its ads. Since then,

I wrote two articles today, one about IBM (NYSE:IBM) and the second about Shopify (NYSE:SHOP) stock. My opinion on both could not be any more different. I have very little faith in the turnaround efforts of IBM. On the other hand I have complete faith in the brilliance behind the SHOP stock. Shopify’s growth rates

In my previous article on Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) I said that the launch of the Lucid Air would propel its stock upward. LCID stock has more than doubled since then from a price of under $20 to a Dec. 3 opening of $48.55. It was a pretty simple thesis as a successful launch would have

While this isn’t the end of giant pharmaceutical companies, there is a new generation of biotechs that have been able to advance rapidly due to the massive advances in computer technology in recent decades. These A-rated biotechs are part of that new generation. The breakthroughs used to build big pharma R&D facilities that we know

Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) is a pandemic darling that ruled in 2020. The site became the go-to social media platform for users who were keen to learn about baking and DIY home decor ideas. But the image-based search engine saw its luck change in the post-pandemic world. As the lockdown restrictions started easing and people began heading to

Before we get to today’s write-up, we must first acknowledge what happened on Wednesday, Dec. 1. The price action on Wall Street was shocking, but not from the size of the drop that happened. What was very surprising was the speed buyers turned into sellers. Going into the close, stocks that were up made a

Cryptocurrency mining stocks like Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) have had a massive year. In fact, since the beginning of 2021, MARA stock exploded from a low of $10.53 to around $51 today. All as it tracked Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD), which ran from a 2021 low of nearly $29,000 to around $57,000 today. Source: Shutterstock But the best

The “house of mouse” is not what it used to be on main street. This is also the case for Disney (NYSE:DIS) stock on Wall Street. Source: nikkimeel / Shutterstock.com When the pandemic hit, it severely hampered the ability for crowd companies to profit. They all had to adapt quickly to the crisis. Their survival

For quite a while, Naked Brand Group (NASDAQ:NAKD) was known as an intimate apparel and swimwear retailer. This wasn’t an ideal business model during the spread of Covid-19, and as a result, NAKD stock investors have struggled throughout much of 2021. Source: Shutterstock Sure, there was the meme-stock rally in January but Reddit traders seem to

Hailing from the state of Colorado, Riot Blockchain (NASDAQ:RIOT) is one of the most well-known and respected miners of Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD). Some folks might actually use RIOT stock as a Bitcoin replacement in their stock-trading accounts. Source: LuckyStep/ShutterStock.com Indeed, the company seems to encourage the use of its shares as a crypto proxy. Riot Blockchain’s

Everyone’s always on the lookout for the next Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). Lately, people have been drawing parallels between Amazon and South Korea’s Coupang (NYSE:CPNG), both in terms of the companies’ e-commerce businesses and in the potential of CPNG stock. Source: Michael Vi / Shutterstock.com AMZN stock has skyrocketed more than 1,700% in the past 10 years

Simply put, the Internet of Things (IoT) is where computers and other technological devices communicate with one another and exchange data over the Internet, independent of human beings. In the future, self-driving cars will need to communicate with one another, as well as with traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, and other devices and networks to ensure

Shares of chip and semiconductor designer Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) stock look unstoppable following the company’s latest earnings beat. Source: Steve Lagreca / Shutterstock.com NVDA stock has gained 18% since the company announced its third-quarter results on Nov. 17. The latest increase brings Nvidia stock’s total gains for this year to 162%. Over the last month alone,