Don’t count the metaverse out just yet. While it started as a costly failure, companies are racing to use it, creating opportunities for some of the top metaverse stocks. For example, McDonald’s (NYSE:MCD) metaverse just debuted in Singapore, which will allow users to build virtual burgers, envision future McDonald’s restaurant designs and participate in contests that will reward

At first glance, the concept of acquiring the best retail stocks might seem counterintuitive. After all, it wasn’t that long ago that government agencies removed Covid-19 restrictions. Prior to that event, the pandemic wrought significant devastation on the global economy. So, acquiring equity in retailers – whether discretionary or otherwise – seems risky. People should

The best Esports stocks are booming as the sector pounced on robust momentum. The sector is hitting its stride again after slumping post-pandemic. During the pandemic years, we saw a massive surge in video game sales. This laid the groundwork for sustained growth in the industry. However, the past couple of years were a struggle

Down but not out, quantum computing stocks are a buy on excessive weakness. For one, as noted by McKinsey, quantum computing could help solve the most complex problems faster than ever before. Two, as noted by Time, quantum computing could help solve “complex problems that currently take the most powerful supercomputer several years could potentially be

The biotech industry has fallen on hard times over the last few years, no thanks to venture capital drying up, tighter regulatory conditions and the harsh reality of the post-pandemic healthcare environment. As a result, biotech breakthrough stocks fell out of favor with investors and were among the worst performers in the stock market.  However,

Sometimes, consistently performing stocks aren’t the headliners that financial media flocks to. Often less volatile with fewer quarter-to-quarter variations, consistently performing stocks tend to typify the “boring but reliable” stock segment. In a market full of growth-at-all-costs and high-flying tech, it’s no wonder these consistently performing stocks go unnoticed by most. But that’s a mistake.

The Dow 30 is an index of 30 prominent companies that make up the Dow Jones Industrial Average (the Dow). The Dow is price-weighted, so it generally includes companies with large market capitalizations. That said, long-term investors tend to own one or more Dow stocks for long-term growth.   Through a combination of stock price appreciation

When we talk about dividend stocks, the focus is generally on blue-chip ideas. These are large companies with strong fundamentals and a stable growth outlook. Further, these blue-chip dividend stocks provide annualized total returns in the range of 10% to 15%. However, there are high-growth dividend stocks that can deliver robust annualized returns. These are

Oracle (NASDAQ:ORCL) stock faces competition from Google Cloud, Adobe Experience Cloud, and Amazon Web Services in the cloud computing sector. It’s among the cloud AI stocks competing for a growing market. As such, investors shouldn’t be surprised to see ORCL stock up 40% year-to-date, though this return lags most of the top pure-play AI stocks in

Through the first half of 2024, you couldn’t blame investors for having a sense of deja vu. Technology stocks, and particularly AI stocks, are where the alpha has been for growth-oriented investors. But if you have some cash to speculate with and the patience to wait for the market rally to broaden, this could be