Stocks To Buy

Last week’s market selloff was heavy on tech. Given how tech stocks tend to outperform the market, their underperformance in a selloff makes sense. Investors patient enough to wait for a 10-20% pullback in industry-leading tech stocks are often rewarded for their performance afterwards. Getting a reasonable entry price on a high-growth stock can lead to better returns than just buying at the top, or just holding indefinitely. With last week’s selloff hitting the chip space rather hard, semiconductor stocks might be ...
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Markets don’t just react to events. They often overreact. That’s why when a short-term problem flares up and goes away, the market tends to react sharply, then revert back to whatever it was doing before. Last week saw the largest IT outage in history. A security software update caused a number of systems to slow down, crash, or otherwise stop responding altogether. However, the world was largely able to move on and get its work done. However, the cybersecurity stock involved, CrowdStrike ...
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With the stock market starting to show some love for smaller companies, it could also be a time to look towards investing overseas. That’s because the market’s returns have been dominated by big-cap tech stocks domiciled in the United States. Investing internationally offers investors global diversification. And with inflation on the decline globally, and with global central banks nearing a point of interest rate cuts, international stocks stand to benefit in the years ahead. While investing internationally can be challenging, investing in ...
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After dominating market returns for the past 18 months, tech stocks are starting to take a breather. But the overall market continues to trend higher, thanks to a rotation underway. Investors are finally taking some profits in tech and moving that cash into lesser-loved stocks. Those stocks tend to be a bit slower moving, but after tech’s latest outperformance, they may take the lead in the second half of the year. That could mean good returns in more value-oriented stocks. One such ...
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Investors must often contend with different market cycles. Even in a bull market, some sectors will lead at times. Tech has been leading for some time. Now, its returns have started to slow. But other sectors are starting to join the market rally. That’s good news, as it opens up new investment and trading opportunities alike. Many sectors are great at outperforming the market over time, even if their monthly returns aren’t anything special. For instance, health insurance companies tend to beat ...
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Fees, surcharges, fines, taxes, and other add-ons are a perpetual annoyance. However, for investors, companies that are able to charge extra fees, or increase their fees substantially over time, may be on to something. That’s because companies that can charge more and still keep their customers are likely on track to perform well as a business. And that means investors should be able to see increasing profits and a higher share price over time. With earnings season underway, a big way banks ...
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Earnings season for the second quarter of 2024 are underway. Earnings season gives individual stocks the most volatility, and for good reason. If traders are wrong about how a company’s performance is playing out, big moves can be made in shares. Earnings season typically kicks off with data from the big Wall Street banks. They’ve seen extra scrutiny recently, thanks to the fact that inflation has remained high, as have interest rates. Both tend to weigh on a bank’s profitability. While a ...
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Consumer spending has been slowing down for months. One recurring theme is that consumers are reluctant to buy given the rapid price inflation of the past few years. With consumers holding back on spending, companies will have to find ways to lower prices or create new bargains to bring consumers back. Those that can get there first could stand to gain substantial market share, especially in the consumer-goods space. One possible winner is PepsiCo (PEP). While the company’s second-quarter earnings indicated that ...
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