Stocks to buy

U.S. equities are rallying to fresh record highs on Monday thanks, yet again, to positive China trade headlines right before the open. The focus is shifting from whether a deal actually gets done — as well as specifics around thorny issues like intellectual property protection — to where President Donald Trump would like to get

You’ve probably heard by now. On the back of a strong earnings season, global trade optimism and supportive central bank policy, the stock market has surged to all-time highs in October. Specifically, the S&P 500 notched an all-time high of 3,050 on Oct. 30, up an impressive 22% year-to-date. But, this surge to all-time highs

Last week, the U.S. Department of Defense awarded Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) the coveted $10 billion Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) cloud services contract. MSFT stock got a nice boost from the headline. Source: Pit Stock / Shutterstock.com Most of the world was shocked the contract didn’t go to early favorite Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN). However, I saw this

Shares of Etsy (NASDAQ:ETSY) plunged in late October after the specialty e-retailer reported mixed third-quarter numbers that included a lame fourth-quarter guide. The broad implication? The Etsy growth narrative is slowing, with the revenue growth trajectory flattening out and margins starting to come under pressure. Source: quietbits / Shutterstock.com Heading into the print, ETSY stock

We are now about halfway through the third-quarter earnings season, and the numbers so far have been much, much better than expected. According to data from FactSet, roughly 80% of companies that have reported earnings have reported better-than-expected earnings. And they’ve been topping profit expectations by about 4%, on average. Meanwhile, 64% of companies have

U.S. equities, including transportation stocks, were rallying to new record highs on Friday, pushing the S&P 500 up and over the 3,050 level for the first time. The move exits a long consolidation range going back to July and comes in the wake of better-than-expected employment data and a better-than-feared manufacturing report for October. Nonfarm

I always keep tabs on IPO stocks, as I’m a big believer in investing early, but I’ll be the first to tell you that it’s not always easy. If you’re looking for large, long-term gains – and who isn’t? – investing early is necessary. One example you probably know is Facebook (NASDAQ:FB). If you’d invested

After its quarterly earnings report, Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) stock fell below $1720 on Oct. 25, only to snap back nicely the same day. Even though the cloud computing and e-retailing giant lost a Pentagon cloud contract worth as much as $10 billion to its competitor, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), investors decided that buying AMZN stock on weakness would

On Oct. 23, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), released its fiscal  first-quarter results.  They showed improvement by its cloud segment, Azure, in particular and by its entire business in general. Source: Peteri / Shutterstock.com In 2019, MSFT stock is up about 40%. I believe that the strong performance of Microsoft stock has been based on robust fundamentals, which I

Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) CEO Marc Benioff recently declared that capitalism is dead, suggesting that America “[Needs] a new, more sustainable, more equitable, more fair capitalism.” Benioff’s company is one of 193 American businesses that have signed the Business Roundtable’s Statement on the Purpose of a Corporation that highlight’s the need for companies to address all the

Over the trailing year, semiconductor and technology firm Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) has taken stakeholders on a wild ride. Right around this point in 2018, Nvidia stock was desperately treading water after a sharp bout of volatility. Unfortunately, the increasingly vitriolic U.S.-China trade war clouded the entire tech sector. Source: JHVEPhoto / Shutterstock.com Seemingly, though, we’re on

[Editor’s note: This article was previously published on Sept. 13, 2019. Due to changes in the market since then, parts of this article have been rewritten with new information.] The holidays represent great opportunities to take a good look at your portfolio and make sure that you are good to get through the holiday buzz

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) soared to all-time highs in late October after the cloud giant prevailed over Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and won the U.S. Department of Defense’s highly coveted, $10 billion JEDI cloud computing contract. Source: VDB Photos / Shutterstock.com Make no mistake about it. This is a huge deal. Indeed, it’s a reason to buy

Earlier this month, Credit Suisse analyst John Walsh said that “it takes a village” to assess General Electric (NYSE:GE) stock. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com I don’t agree with that sentiment. Heading into the company’s third-quarter earnings, due Oct. 30, I remain convinced that prior results show that the company’s aerospace unit remains strong, while

With Thanksgiving just a few weeks over the horizon, so too is the holiday shopping season. As we all know, this critical period is where retailers and consumer-related companies make their biggest fiscal impact. Therefore, it makes sense to position yourself with consumer stocks to buy before the fun starts in earnest. According to Deloitte’s

The technology sector is hardly worried about the persistent slowdown in smartphone and computer demand. Even though these sectors are mature, the need for more storage, computing power, and connectivity among all devices will still increase. Meanwhile, the ever-increasing computing power in automobiles gives technology companies newfound growth opportunities. As automobiles add more features powered

Artificial intelligence has slowly moved from a science fiction topic to something that has a huge impact on people’s livelihoods and the world around us. Still, it’s common for many companies to use “AI” as a simple buzzword. But it would be a mistake to think that AI is just jargon though. At this point,

Given the ongoing trade war and the lawsuits surrounding Qualcomm (NASDAQ:QCOM) stock, recommending buying QCOM stock may seem like a strange call. Also making the call look strange is that, from a chart perspective, Qualcomm stock has offered little to excite investors. QCOM stock is at roughly the same level as it was four months

A bad quarter sent Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares down nearly $100. The shares opened Oct. 25 at $1,697.55 after closing Oct. 24 at $1,780.78. Before trading opened, I grabbed some for my retirement account. My price was $1,687. Source: Benny Marty / Shutterstock.com At the price I paid, Amazon’s market capitalization would be about $835 billion. Through

Until about mid-2017 or so, Altria (NYSE:MO) stock was a fairly solid investment. But then the shares came under pressure, leading to a grueling bear move.  During this period, the Altria stock price went from $77 to $45. Source: Kristi Blokhin / Shutterstock.com Since then, the company has continued to face strong headwinds. In the U.S.