Stocks to buy

One only needs to look at Western Europe’s April car sales to know that 2020 has been a disaster for all vehicle manufacturers including Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA). On a relative basis, however, Tesla’s April decline was actually pretty good, which is great news if you own TSLA stock. Source: Tudoran Andrei / Shutterstock.com Here’s why.  According

Still a few days shy of its one-month anniversary as a public company, DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) stock is rapidly becoming the toast of Wall Street. Source: Lori Butcher/Shutterstock.com Shares of the daily fantasy sports (DFS) company and sportsbook operator are up 45% since the April 24 initial public offering. Under any circumstances, that’s an impressive performance,

You probably wouldn’t pick Anheuser Busch (NYSE:BUD) as a play on the novel coronavirus. Source: legacy1995 / Shutterstock.com Unlike other publicly traded companies that have found positive momentum as states ease social restrictions, Anheuser Busch stock remains deeply embattled on a year-to-date basis. Nevertheless, I believe the markets are acting irrationally. When you break down

After last month’s collapse, oil prices have bounced back. Will BP (NYSE:BP) stock see an additional boost? The oil giant’s shares have moved higher from their March sell-off lows. Rising from $15.51 per share to $23.62 per share, BP stock got a more than 50% gain in two months. Source: TK Kurikawa / Shutterstock.com Yet,

Now the experts are brave talking Boeing (NYSE:BA) stock up. Yesterday RBC rated it with an “outperform” rating and a $164 price target. Meanwhile, when the true opportunity presented itself during the novel coronavirus crash they were all silent about it. Below $90, BA stock was a blind and emphatic buy. Most of Wall Street

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) stock has enjoyed a strong recovery in recent weeks. The Software-as-a-Service giant saw its shares tumble from $195 to $115 during the March crash, but has rallied back above $170 now. Investors have shrugged off a slowdown in revenues at many internet companies — in particular ones exposed to advertising — by instead

Investing in stocks should truly be about buying the underlying companies, and not just the stocks of the companies. It might read as trite, but before you click on the buy button in your brokerage account, you need to get to know the company and want to own it. This process helps investors identify the

[Editor’s Note: “5 Bank Stocks to Buy Now Because This Isn’t 2008 Again” was originally published in March 2020. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information.] When the economy slips into a recession and the stock market tanks, investors are naturally inclined to sell bank stocks. After all, during the last

What’s next for Dollar General (NYSE:DG)? The novel coronavirus helped, not hurt, the discount store giant. But, the price of Dollar General stock largely reflects this. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Between earlier bouts of stockpiling and being one of the few chains open during lockdowns, investors know the score and have bid up shares

[Editor’s note: “10 Best High-Growth Stocks to Buy for Young Investors” was originally published in November 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] No investment strategy suits all the people all the time, irrespective of the disruptive events occurring now. This is particularly true for young investors in their

Stuck in a trading range at close to $20 a share, Delta Air Lines (NYSE:DAL) needs a single catalyst to take off again. Namely, a successful re-opening of the U.S. economy while minimizing the spread of the novel coronavirus. Investors holding DAL stock right now will need to brace for the high cash burn rate,

When it comes to the stock price of Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA) the question on the minds of investors is: How high can it go? The per share price of the Cambridge, Massachusetts, biotechnology company has been galloping lately, rising 91% since mid-April and an astounding 222% so far this year. MRNA stock jumped 20% on May

5G will become the dominant data transmission standard over the coming decade. Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is poised to continue battling the likes of Huawei and Ericsson (NYSE:ERIC) for market share and profitability, while it looks to emerge as the clear cut winner. Source: RistoH / Shutterstock.com 5G is clearly going to be the bread and butter

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) Virgin Galactic (NASDAQ:SPCE) Mersana (NASDAQ:MRSN) Chegg (NASDAQ:CHGG) Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) Cardlytics (NASDAQ:CDLX) Okta (NASDAQ:OKTA) Pinterest (NYSE:PINS) Nio (NYSE:NIO) Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG) If time is on your side, what’s one of the best investment strategies to generate meaningful long-term returns? Buy a bunch of up-and-coming stocks with huge upside potential over the

The novel coronavirus pandemic has fundamentally reshaped our society over the past few months. One big change has been that the ride-sharing market has all but died across the globe. Lyft (NASDAQ:LYFT) has really suffered as consumers are staying at home and remain wary of getting into a car with a stranger. Lyft stock has fallen

Clorox (NYSE:CLX). Moderna (NASDAQ:MRNA). Zoom (NASDAQ:ZM). Those are some of the stocks that come to mind as winners amid the novel coronavirus pandemic. Now, you can also add small-cap Sprout Social (NASDAQ:SPT) stock to that list of stocks to buy. Source: Shutterstock The $1 billion technology company has seen demand for its cloud-based social media

The Trade Desk (NASDAQ:TTD) is one of the best growth stocks out there — and I’m not trying to be hyperbolic. Yet TTD stock plunged from $320 in February to sub-$150 in March, down 58%. Source: BrightSpace / Shutterstock.com I don’t think that The Trade Desk deserved such a plunge and I’ll highlight why in

One of the biggest threats facing Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG, NASDAQ:GOOGL) as the novel coronavirus shuts down the global economy is how it would affect ad sales. As the U.S. spirals into a likely depression, GOOG stock would surely suffer. Source: rvlsoft / Shutterstock.com Right? So, it was a pleasant surprise for investors that Alphabet disclosed in

Covid-19 caused tremendous human tragedy and it also decimated millions of businesses worldwide. The quarantine was especially harsh on the hospitality and entertainment industries. Many gaming stocks like Penn National Gaming (NASDAQ:PENN) lost 75% or more of their value. But this not their first time facing difficulties, so management teams are smart enough to handle

[Editor’s Note: “9 Stocks to Buy as People Are Still Stuck at Home” was originally published in March 2020. It is regularly updated to include the most relevant information.] Very few events in American history have disrupted our society quite like the novel coronavirus. What seemed like a far off foreign epidemic early in the