U.S. infrastructure has been a slow-motion train wreck. The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) has been urging the U.S. to reinvest in crumbling bridges, energy grids, and highways. In fact, according to the ASCE, there’s a water main break every two minutes. Up to 43% of roads are in poor or mediocre condition. “There
When Bed Bath & Beyond (NASDAQ:BBBY) announced its positive first-quarter results before Wednesday’s open, BBBY stock shot up 8%. Since then, this meme stock has given up about half of that gain and is trading slightly lower Thursday. But our bull thesis for this stock remains intact. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com First off, we
Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has been on an absolute tear. I was thinking that after its stock split next month, perhaps NVDA stock could get to $200. In the pre-split situation , that’s $800, a mark that the stock just hit at the end of June. Source: Steve Lagreca / Shutterstock.com The shares have been on fire,
Financial technology startup SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) went public as SOFI stock on Jun. 1 via a reverse-merger with a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Social Capital Hedosophia Corp. V. As a result, SoFi raised $2.4 billion in cash proceeds to be used for further expansion strategies. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Commonly referred to as blank-check
Hyliion (NYSE:HYLN) is one of the multitude of electric vehicle (EV) special purpose acquisition companies (SPACs) that came public over the past year. However, HYLN stock stands out from most of its peers in one big way. Source: Shutterstock Hyliion isn’t trying to design its own EV from scratch and ramp up production and marketing
The last couple weeks have been painful for cryptocurrency investors. After touching highs of almost $65,000 earlier this year, Bitcoin (CCC:BTC-USD) briefly plummeted below $30,000. Among cryptocurrency stocks, Marathon Digital (NASDAQ:MARA) stock remained relatively resilient. Source: Mark Agnor / Shutterstock.com Over the last month, MARA stock has trended higher by 24%. During the same period,
Can an unloved company become a darling of the electric vehicle (EV) markets? Maybe it’s possible with Chinese startup Li Auto (NASDAQ:LI). I pounded the table loudly for LI stock not long ago, and I’m still massively bullish on this pick. Source: Carrie Fereday / Shutterstock.com Back in April, I reported on Li Auto’s delivery update for
It’s no secret anymore that Target (NYSE:TGT), under Brian Cornell, is America’s best-run retailer. That’s why I recommend TGT stock to anyone who will listen. Source: Robert Gregory Griffeth / Shutterstock.com Since Cornell became CEO in 2014, in the wake of a credit card breach that forced out his predecessor, Target shares are up 300%.
I don’t know many investors who don’t like dividends. However, there are many investors who would opt for either dividend income or earnings and revenue growth. This divide between growth and dividend investors has left a rift among dividend stocks. But does there need to be one? Not necessarily. While we can find growth stocks
FinTech leader SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) recently completed its merger with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Social Capital Hedosophia V. This caused IPOE stock to convert into SOFI stock, beginning SoFi’s official run as a publicly traded company. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com SoFi was an impressive merger partner for the “King of SPACs,” Chamath Palihapitiya. The private
After bottoming at below $10 last month, Workhorse Group (NASDAQ:WKHS) caught the eye of Reddit’s WallStreetBets. WKHS stock has a short interest of almost 40%. The subreddit group reasons that a short-squeeze would inflect big losses for bears. So, when Workhorse shares took a run for $20, the rally would last until buyers lost momentum.
One of the more controversial electric vehicle start-up companies on the market is Nikola (NASDAQ:NKLA). Source: Stephanie L Sanchez / Shutterstock.com NKLA became public through a reverse merger back in June 2020, with a SPAC called VectorIQ Holdings. Red flags popped up almost immediately ranging from a suspicious test roll out in 2020 to a
Self-billed as one of the largest e-commerce marketplaces in the world, I can fundamentally appreciate the bullish catalyst supporting Contextlogic (NASDAQ:WISH) today. Particularly in the age of the novel coronavirus, online businesses offer tremendous appeal. That said, most speculators probably aren’t thinking about the fundamentals when it comes to WISH stock. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com
Is there still hope for Ocugen (NASDAQ:OCGN)? Or are the OCGN stock bulls just delusional? In my view, you can count on the latter. Any way you slice it, this biotech company has little chance of generating big profits — or even big sales — from its Covaxin Covid-19 vaccine candidate. Source: Shutterstock As you
After a number of data points emerged that are negative for DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) stock, I remain bearish on the shares. DraftKings’ Q1 bottom line was quite worrisome, while its valuation is sky-high. In several past columns, my thesis has been that the U.S. sports gambling market would be hyper-competitive. Validating that thesis is a report
As of this writing, the latest meme stock rally in ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) stock appears to be running out of gas. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com Starting June 1, this favorite of Reddit’s r/WallStreetBets subreddit, zoomed from $7.74 per share, to prices topping $15 per share. But, after falling to $14.93 on June 29, it may be
After losing its luster this spring and declining sharply, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) stock is struggling to get back in the good books with investors. Source: Grisha Bruev / Shutterstock.com Year-to-date, TSLA stock is down 7% at its current price of around $679 a share. The company’s stock is 24% below its 52-week high of $900 reached
Clean Energy Fuels (NASDAQ:CLNE) reminds me of another company that briefly became extremely popular among retail investors: Gevo (NASDAQ:GEVO). The shares of both GEVO stock and CLNE stock are now about 50% off their 52-week highs and have generated mediocre returns in recent weeks , as many investors apparently started to realize that neither of
Alphabet Inc. was originally founded as a search engine company in 1998 under the name Google Inc. Since then, Google has become the world’s most popular search engine, with an 87% share of the global search market. The company has diversified far beyond search engines in the past two decades. It reorganized in 2015 and
Microsoft Corp., one of the world’s biggest tech companies, sells personal computing devices, cloud systems and services, software and other products. Microsoft is listed on the Nasdaq exchange under the ticker symbol, MSFT. The company was founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in a garage in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Five years later,