Stocks to buy

CNBC’s Jim Cramer recently recommended SoFi Technologies (NASDAQ:SOFI) stock. He believes the “nouveau bank” has got the stuff of long-term success. Source: rafapress / Shutterstock.com Call it what you will. CEO Anthony Neto is building a financial services powerhouse. Today, it has its name on one of the finest NFL stadiums in the country. Who

Navigating the stock market is not for amateurs. It’s a complex and alluring maze that can be overwhelming, especially when you’re just starting to invest or want to find more affordable ways of getting into it. The best way I’ve found so far? Subscribing to investment gurus and taking a look at their stock picks.

Installment-payment broker Affirm (NASDAQ:AFRM) is sometimes known as a specialist in the “buy now, pay later” (BNPL) niche market. Folks who own AFRM stock are, oftentimes, counting on the emerging BNPL industry to grow over time. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com So far, their bets on Affirm have paid off. The share price is surging –

Cloudflare (NYSE:NET) is a company that provides CDN (content delivery network), web infrastructure and online security services. When the pandemic hit in 2020, the company was in the perfect position to pick up a lot of business. Online shopping ramped up while remote work and learning suddenly became a necessity. Given the rapid growth in

Bionano Genomics (NASDAQ:BNGO) is having a good year. But it doesn’t have much to show for it. Since the company reported earnings on Aug. 3, BNGO stock is trading slightly lower. And since the beginning of the year, the stock is down 25%.   Source: Natali_ Mis/ShutterStock.com One reason for that may be that the company missed

Even though Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a $2.275 trillion market cap, its massive free cash flow (FCF) could push its value even higher. In fact, my calculations show that MSFT stock could trade between 12.6% to 27% higher. Based on its Oct. 14 closing price of $302.75, that puts its value between $340.90 and $384.80 per

Just like in September and many months before that, so far in October, General Electric (NYSE:GE) has been stuck in neutral. Bouncing between $100 and $105 per share, investors are still unwilling to send GE stock to higher prices. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com To some degree, this makes sense. CEO Larry Culp has made progress

On July 30 I wrote that Facebook was likely worth $517 per share, or 44% higher than its price at the time. That was when FB stock was at $358.32 per share. Since then, it has tumbled to just $328.53 as of Oct. 14. I still feel that it is worth my original price, and

Alibaba (NYSE:BABA) stock has taken a hammering at the stock market as a result of Beijing’s crackdown on its top tech companies. Source: Kevin Chen Photography / Shutterstock.com BABA stock has been down more than 30% in the past nine months. However, after recent investments in strengthening its businesses and reducing its risks, the company looks

Even while Micron Technology (NASDAQ:MU) is a thriving business, MU stock has been in a state of decline for six months. This is mainly due to the challenges facing the memory-chip market in general. Source: madamF / Shutterstock.com However, even though the semiconductor shortage has been troublesome, Micron is still advancing its technology and generating robust

Technological advances over the years have led to more and more devices linking up, and becoming an “Internet of Things,” creating a web of connected devices. Plays on these Internet of Things stocks can be difficult to see right away. International Business Machines (NYSE:IBM) describes the Internet of Things (IoT) as “the concept of connecting

Ready to charge up your electric vehicle stock holdings with a truly unique company? Lightning eMotors (NYSE:ZEV), producer of zero-emission buses, powertrains and charging products, is a small but ambitious business — but unfortunately, ZEV stock remains under-appreciated on Wall Street. Source: Shutterstock One interesting thing about Lightning eMotors is that it has a strategic partnership

The going has been tough for ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT) stock after its massive price surge earlier in the year. Source: YuniqueB / Shutterstock.com The electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure company has shed nearly 50% of its value since the start of the year. Now CHPT stock trades at a more reasonable valuation with considerable upside for

With its drop-off in price since last month’s short-squeeze rally, Vinco Ventures (NASDAQ:BBIG) may look to many like a “flavor of the month” penny stock. And true, BBIG stock does still need to live up to the hype. But at the same time, I wouldn’t write this one off as an opportunity. Source: shutterstock.com/Postmodern Studio

In recent weeks, Cleveland-Cliffs (NYSE:CLF) has more or less traded sideways. CLF stock is still down a fair amount from its high of $26.51 per share. This is mostly due to falling iron ore prices caused by a cut in China’s steel output. Source: Pavel Kapysh / Shutterstock.com Fortunately, shares in Cleveland-Cliffs, which produces both iron ore

At just under $5 per share, ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) is technically in penny-stock territory. Worse yet, WISH stock has many of the negative traits usually exhibited by penny stocks. For example, ContextLogic’s financial results are poor, and its prospects are murky. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com Consequently, very few investors are holding their breath waiting for the company

October has been a choppy month so far, forcing long-term investors to seek potentially safer assets, such as gold and silver stocks. Over the past month, the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) is up 0.4%, while the S&P 500 index and Nasdaq 100 are down 1.5% and 3.4% respectively. As a result, tailwinds for gold and silver stocks

Palantir Technologies (NYSE:PLTR) is known for secrecy and its long list of government clients. Its shares haven’t moved much in the past 6 months. PLTR stock was trading at $23 in April and is trading at the same level today.  Source: Ascannio / Shutterstock.com The company went public through a direct listing and since then, it

Once upon a time, everyone was doing share repurchases. Then Covid-19 hit, and businesses of all sizes were looking to conserve cash. As a result, repurchases went out of vogue. But now they’re back, and many investors look to buybacks as an indicator of stocks to buy for long-term profits. In the second quarter of

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