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There is huge pent-up demand for hedonistic holidays like cruising the Caribbean. Stocks like Royal Caribbean (NYSE:RCL) have remained stuck in the market’s drydock waiting for an all-clear. Paradoxically, omicron could set RCL stock free to sail the seas again. Source: NAN728 / Shutterstock.com While the omicron variant of Covid-19 is very scary, especially to

I am of two minds concerning Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) and CLOV Stock. Source: Wirestock Creators / Shutterstock.com I’m intrigued by Clover’s chief technology officer Andrew Toy’s plans to cut the cost of serving older patients through the Clover Assistant. The Assistant is a clinical support system that makes extensive use of telehealth and mail-in pharmacies,

Last year was one of the best in recent times for Ford (NYSE:F). This is view is applicable both in terms of business development and stock upside. In 2021, F stock surged by 136%. Source: D K Grove / Shutterstock.com I believe that the stock is likely to remain in an uptrend through 2022. The

Often, critics of technical analysis will take the Ron Paul approach to blasting the discipline. The retired congressman loved saying that the U.S. Federal Reserve isn’t federal and it has no reserves. Similarly, naysayers might say technical analysis is neither technical nor an analysis. If so, that wouldn’t present the most comfortable picture of Crypto.com

You don’t have to dig too deep to encounter the mantra that everyone loves repeating: electric vehicles are the future. Through simple deduction, if EVs are the future, then the infrastructure to support the electrification of transportation is also the future. And voila! You have EVgo (NASDAQ:EVGO), a charging station provider. You couldn’t ask for

China-based electric vehicle company Nio (NYSE:NIO) kicked off the new year by reporting deliveries more than doubled in 2021, causing NIO stock to pop nearly 6% on the first trading day of the year. While shares pared those gains today, NIO stock is likely to do well in 2022 if the EV maker can continue

There’s no denying it: Chinese electric-vehicle (EV) maker Nio (NYSE:NIO) disappointed investors in 2021. Even while the company’s vehicle-delivery numbers were impressive, NIO stock just kept falling. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Perhaps we could blame the new Covid-19 variant, omicron  or the global shortage of microprocessors and other tech components. Also, we could cite China’s persistent crackdown

According to Wall Street Journal, the total value of mergers and acquisitions (M&A) in 2021 was $5.7 trillion, 64% higher than the year prior. As we consider the year ahead, I thought it would be fun to speculate about some of the biggest M&A deals of 2022. According to WSJ, 59,748 deals closed in 2021

Novavax (NASDAQ:NVAX) still remains poised to sell its vaccine for the coronavirus to many countries around the world, likely enabling it to generate very strong revenue in 2022 and possibly into 2023. Yet NVAX stock has fallen sharply in recent days. Source: rarrarorro / Shutterstock.com That makes the shares very attractive for medium-term investors. Shares

Emerging fintech firm SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) is consolidating at the $15 a share level. After breaking out in October, only to peak at over $20 in November, SOFI stock is near $15 again. The Federal Reserve’s rate heightening policy spooked fintech investors. A sell-off in mega-cap electronic payment processing firms did not help matters, either.

Electric vehicles are taking over the world. You know that. I know that. The market knows that. We all know that. Source: Shutterstock Consumers want to drive electric vehicles these days, with 60% of today’s prospective car buyers wanting to buy an EV. Lawmakers want you to drive an EV, too, as more than 200

Investors in Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) stock are finding life in the middle to be baffling. In the past 12 months, NET stock was being overlooked for reasons that I would have to guess had to do with investors chasing other sectors. Source: IgorGolovniov / Shutterstock.com But that all changed in early summer. As our Louis Navellier points out

With Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:FB) stock facing dangerous threats and unlikely to generate big returns for investors over the next year or two, I don’t believe that the shares are a buy for any type of medium-term or long-term investor. Meta Platforms is the company formerly known as Facebook. Source: Chinnapong / Shutterstock.com Among the biggest risks

Electric vehicle startup Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) has seen some wild swings in recent months. Between mid-October and mid-November, LCID stock more than doubled in price before quickly reversing and falling more than 30% into its early December low. Source: ggTravelDiary / Shutterstock.com The sell-off included an 18% single-day drop on news the U.S. Securities and

Canoo (NASDAQ:GOEV) stock hasn’t performed as expected.  Source: shutterstock.com/rafapress After mid-November’s news that it was setting up shop in Arkansas and Oklahoma and the upward revisions in its production guidance for 2022 and beyond in mid-December, you would think all of this would send GOEV stock flying higher. That’s simply not the case. Since the same-day news

2021 was a tough year for financial technology (fintech) stocks. But in terms of losses, none of them hold a candle to StoneCo (NASDAQ:STNE). While major plays in this space are down around 20% for the year, STNE stock is down about 80%. Source: FOTOGRIN / Shutterstock.com What’s behind this Brazil-based payment processor’s tremendous drop in

Stories about an impending stock market crash may be annoying to some who prefer a levelheaded approach to their portfolio, but perhaps no one is as frustrated as InvestorPlace’s Jeff Remsburg. In an email to our readership, he cited our own Louis Navellier, who recently criticized the mainstream media for playing in the mud with

It’s been a stressful year for pot-stock traders, to say the least. A case in point would be Canadian cannabis company Sundial Growers (NASDAQ:SNDL), as SNDL stock dropped almost as quickly as it popped in 2021. Source: Jetacom Autofocus / Shutterstock.com Part of the problem is that the market has been fickle lately. One month, Reddit traders are pushing

Meme stocks took the market by storm at the start of the year only to peak by February 2021. On Reddit’s subgroup, WallStreetBets (or WSB), ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) stock defied reality when “wish” became a meme play. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com Wishing WISH stock would become the next Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) ended in disappointment. Had WSB members

Fisker (NYSE:FSR) made a big announcement on Dec. 20. While the news probably won’t do anything for FSR stock, I think it’s cool.  Source: Eric Broder Van Dyke / Shutterstock.com According to its press release: “Fisker will launch exclusive digital art NFTs of original pen-on-paper sketches from the hand of Founder and Chief Designer, Henrik

Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) wants to be known as a fintech company. That’s why it recently spent $1.3 billion buying Truebill, a personal finance app. But RKT stock financials don’t read like those of a fintech. Source: Lori Butcher / Shutterstock.com Even when the company beats estimates, as they did in the third quarter, this is

After a sharp move lower, Matterport (NASDAQ:MTTR) stock is bouncing back. “Meta madness” sent it zooming higher in November. But with the omicron and Federal Reserve fueled growth stock selloff earlier this month, investors bailed on this spatial data platform operator. Source: Matterport Trading for as much as $37.60 on Dec. 1, it fell to as

At one point, Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) stock was supposed to be the hot new thing in the online gaming industry. By letting players compete for real cash prizes, it would bridge the gap between gambling and e-sports. Or that was the idea, anyway. Source: NYCStock / Shutterstock.com Skillz stock hit $46 at one point early in

Months after the special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) bubble burst, investors are still shying away from these assets. We’ve seen this play out with both SPAC stocks that have “de-SPACed” and companies with deals still pending. Granted, among de-SPACed names, some are still up big from their initial offering price (typically $10 per share.) For

New Mexico-headquartered Virgin Galactic (NYSE:SPCE) was famously founded by billionaire Richard Branson with a vision of taking people who aren’t necessarily professional astronauts into space. It’s an intriguing business model — one you’ll need to believe in if you plan to hold SPCE stock for the long term. Source: Christopher Penler / Shutterstock.com So far, it

BlackBerry (NYSE:BB) has been under strong selling pressure in the last month. However, the meme stock is still up 38% year-to-date. But with BB stock down 8.9% in the last month and investors getting ready to turn the page on 2021, should speculative investors remain patient while BlackBerry’s business model comes to fruition?   Source: Shutterstock

Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) stock has played out the full boom and bust pattern inside the space of six months. Like so many other meme stocks, Reddit’s preferred stock trading platform went through its own hype cycle this year. Source: Sulastri Sulastri / Shutterstock.com Robinhood completed its initial public offering (IPO) at the end of July

Upstart (UPST) as a concept is extraordinary in my eyes because it assigns credit ratings with a much more forward-looking approach than traditional loan facilitators do. Furthermore, the AI used by the firm is flawless, with speed and accuracy being the name of the game. Source: Postmodern Studio / Shutterstock.com However, as an investor, it’s

2021 has been a record year for initial public offerings (IPOs) worldwide as 2,388 new companies listed their shares. In the U.S., the IPO market reached an all-time high with more than 900 companies going public, raising $300 billion in 2021. DigitalOcean Holdings (NYSE:DOCN) went public in late March 2021. DOCN Stock raised $775 million in

This was the year Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) was finally recognized as a cloud player. When ORCL stock hit its all-time high on Dec. 6, investors were looking at a 67% year-to-date gain. Today, shares are up a little more than 40%, thanks in part to the omicron downdraft but also thanks to Oracle’s purchase of Cerner