Stocks to buy

Here’s a simple truth about bank stocks. As goes the economy, so go bank stocks. That is, when the global economy is firing on all cylinders, bank stocks roar higher. On the flip-side, when the economy slows, bank stocks falter. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com This simple truth is the basis for a 2020 bull

Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC) stock jumped more than 12% on the final day of 2019, its best single-day performance since early December.  Source: Shutterstock While it’s easy to get excited about the one-day romp, most of the other major Canadian cannabis companies had good days on Dec. 31, with Aurora Cannabis (NYSE:ACB) and Aphria (NYSE:APHA) gaining

This past year wasn’t a great one for Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) stock. While the S&P 500 soared 29%, shares in the pharma giant fell to $39.18 per share, making for a 9.1% loss. The reason? Wall Street isn’t so keen on its proposed restructuring. Pfizer is in the process of divesting its off-patent drug business. This includes

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) stock rose over 2.3% on Thursday, the first trading day of the decade, hitting a new 52-week high intraday at $300.60. However, as I write this article, Friday is proving to be another story for AAPL stock as well as the broader markets. Headlines on political developments and fresh tensions in the Middle East

The U.S. economy is powered by consumer spending. And increasingly, other nations are experiencing the same phenomenon. But relying on the consumer can be tricky business when the economy isn’t firing consistently on all cylinders. This year however, that isn’t a big concern. Right now the markets are at record highs after a decade of

If there’s’ one group of stocks that has been pretty volatile over the last year, it has to be semiconductor stocks. The chip makers have seen their fortunes rise on growing tech demand, only to see them fade away as the trade war waged on. It has truly been a wild ride for the iShares

After an exceptionally strong performance in the stock market in 2019, 2020 will have a higher than average chance of a correction. This argument can only hold true if either fundamentals worsen and volatility rises or if markets decide to lock in profits early. The S&P 500 rose by almost 30%, so even a slow

Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC) is up 35% from its November lows. Based on that data point alone, some investors may glean that the stock is doing quite well. Because most investors know how bad cannabis stocks have been though, they realize that’s not the case. Source: Shutterstock In fact, it’s far from reality — and not

Beyond Meat (NASDAQ:BYND) is up nearly 200% from its May 1 IPO price of $25. Investors who bought some of the shares during the company’s IPO either sold  them for a hefty profit or are still holding onto them,  satisfied with their gains.  Source: calimedia / Shutterstock.com However, anyone who bought the stock in late

With 2019 drawing to a close, investors should carefully plot out their stocks to buy for January. For one thing, the holiday season typically provides folks with extra time to digest the events of the outgoing year and to strategize for the upcoming one. Given the many market drivers that we saw over the trailing

On the heels of a rough 2018 wherein the company’s data-privacy practices were widely scrutinized and its core business model was threatened, social media giant Facebook (NASDAQ:FB) has staged a huge rebound in 2019. Source: Ink Drop / Shutterstock.com Year-to-date, Facebook stock is up an impressive 60% as those aforementioned data-privacy criticisms have largely faded,

[Editor’s note: “9 Hot Stocks to Buy Now” was previously published in October 2019. It has since been updated to include the most relevant information available.] In the wake of an apparent Phase 1 trade deal between the U.S. and China, the risks facing the stock market appear to have receded. So while there might

Fear can destroy a stock in seconds, but it can also create a wealth of opportunity if you know when to buy it. Just months ago, General Electric (NYSE:GE) plunged after whistleblower Harry Markopolos said GE was hiding financial problems and would have to raise insurance reserves. GE stock since has started to make its

Snap Inc. (NYSE:SNAP) stock has had an impressive 2019. Snap Inc. stock (or Snapchat stock, as some investors call it) has gained 190% so far this year. That’s the fourth-best performance among 737 large-cap names with market capitalizations over $10 billion. Source: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com But the past five months haven’t been nearly as

Apparently, beer is a bear market. After dominating the U.S. beverage market, beer sales have fallen flat — all as consumers opt for alternatives. For example, craft beer sales were up 7% in 2018 to $27.58 billion, giving it a 24.2% share of the $114.2 billion U.S. beer market. That’s up from 23.4% in 2017.

Marijuana stocks keep trying to carve out a bottom, but their efforts have been sketchy. Source: Shutterstock After plunging in November, Aphria (NYSE:APHA), Canopy Growth (NYSE:CGC) and others have recovered meaningfully. However, that recovery is starting to wane, leaving many bulls wondering whether more new lows could be on the way. They’re trying to determine

The transports are a core group of stocks that are a good barometer of the economy, and thus, of the stock market. Even Charles Dow — the founder of the Dow Jones Industrial (and Transports) Average, founder of the Wall Street Journal and inspiration for Dow Theory — saw how important their relationship to the

One of my newsletter editor friends is Doug Casey, whom I’ve known since the early 1990s. He’s the author of numerous books including the seminal Crisis Investing in 1979, which I have an original copy of on my bookshelves. Doug has always been one of the smarter guys in the room — particularly when it

Let’s be clear upfront: Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) hasn’t had a bad 2019. After all, its stock is up 21.3% so far on the year and nearly 30% over the past 12 months. However, that lags all of its mega-cap tech peers, as well as the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPY) and the PowerShares QQQ ETF (NASDAQ:QQQ),

For the entire second half of 2019, I’ve been waving the bull flag on shares of memory chip maker Micron (NASDAQ:MU) and I maintain the view that Micron stock is a long term winner. Source: madamF / Shutterstock.com My enthusiasm (see here, here, and here) is bolstered by easing U.S.-China trade tensions, falling memory chip