Stocks to buy

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

Overall, one of the main catalysts for President Joe Biden’s 2020 electoral victory was his stance on the novel coronavirus pandemic. Leading up to the election, former President Donald Trump’s administration made critical errors, primarily flirting with unsubstantiated Covid-19 allegations which undid the good of Operation Warp Speed. In turn, it’s unfortunate because people are

Editor’s Note: This column is part of InvestorPlace.com’s Best Stocks for 2021 contest. Eric Fry’s pick for the contest is Osisko Gold Royalties (NYSE:OR). Source: Shutterstock Since our last update in mid-July, Osisko Gold Royalties (NYSE:OR) has continued to deliver relatively forgettable returns for 2021. The stock is down 7% year-to-date, matching gold’s 7% retreat year-to-date. In other

I have said this in the past and will say it again, tech stocks are hot picks and will continue to remain at the top for the rest of 2021. Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD) has proved its worth time and again. It has enjoyed a strong couple of years and is enjoying the momentum. AMD

Based in Oregon, coffee chain Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) went public on Sept. 14 at $23 per share, well above its pre-initial public offering (IPO) marketing price range. As a result, BROS stock remains on fire, even after gaining almost 60% on its first day of trading.  Source: Alexander Oganezov / Shutterstock.com As of this writing,

I’ve been pounding the table in support of Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) for a while, but by and large, my pleas have gone unheard. Lately, the price action of LCID stock has been uninspiring. Source: ggTravelDiary / Shutterstock.com Without a doubt, Lucid’s electric vehicles won’t be the cheapest on the market. They’re really only targeted toward folks

The macro picture looks extraordinarily bright for electric vehicle charging infrastructure company ChargePoint (NYSE:CHPT), even if some of the sheen has been taken off CHPT stock this year. Source: David Tonelson / Shutterstock.com The company’s strong second-quarter earnings report was largely overlooked. After an initial post-earnings pop, CHPT stock is down more than 10% since

The last time I weighed in on Plug Power (NASDAQ:PLUG), I said that investors interested in hydrogen stocks should use their current weakness as a buying opportunity. That was on Sept. 22, at which time PLUG stock closed at $26.92. Source: Alexander Kirch / Shutterstock.com While PLUG has since pulled back to $25.06 at the

It seemed natural for shares of Chinese electric vehicle maker Nio (NYSE:NIO) to correct after surging from $2.11 in March 2020 to a high just below $67 in January — a gain of more than 3,000% in less than 10 months. Additionally, factors like the chip shortage and regulatory headwinds in China negatively impacted investor

It has been six months since the Archegos Capital blow-up sank ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) stock like a stone. However, the media conglomerate’s results show the business is anything but on the ropes. Still, investors continue to price VIAC stock like it is. Why? The perception that its streaming efforts are “too little, too late.” Source: Jer123

Square (NYSE:SQ) still looks undervalued, although not as much as it was when I wrote about in July. One reason might be that the company’s all-stock acquisition deal for Afterpay Limited (OTCMKTS:AFTPY) could dilute earnings. As a result, my estimate is that SQ stock is still undervalued, but not as much as before. Source: IgorGolovniov

They call it FUD: fear, uncertainty and doubt. Based in China, ride-hailing giant Didi Global (NYSE:DIDI) has its fair share of problems, I’ll admit. But there’s also plenty of FUD surrounding DIDI stock. Source: Piotr Swat / Shutterstock.com For example, reports recently circulated claiming that China’s Beijing city government advised state-owned companies to invest in the

ViacomCBS (NASDAQ:VIAC) has been a costly disappointment for some investors in 2021. Enthusiasm over the company’s newly-announced streaming plans paired with Reddit-fueled retail investors drove VIAC stock past $100 three weeks into March. That was a 174% gain in under four months. Source: Jer123 / Shutterstock.com A catastrophic crash then saw shares lose half their

Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) should get a good boost in the fourth quarter, now that it has announced it’s producing and delivering electric vehicles (EVs). In other words, the factory is built, the line is ramped and Lucid Air EVs are coming out of Casa Grande, Arizona on schedule so far. This should act as a boon

DraftKings (NASDAQ:DKNG) stock has a boring scoreboard this year. Year-to-date it’s barely up 4%, which is only a quarter of the S&P 500’s performance. However, this boring score does not reflect the excitement in DKNG stock. Source: Tada Images / Shutterstock.com It has had six rallies, each more than 30%. Two of them were compound

Here’s a rare opportunity for you. A “next-generation Medicare Advantage insurer,” Clover Health (NASDAQ:CLOV) operates in a high-potential market, providing health care access to seniors and other patient demographics. Yet, CLOV stock is trading at a surprisingly low price. Source: Shutterstock Currently, this stock has landed gently at a strong support level. So, it might be

Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) went public on Sept. 14 at $23.00 per share and immediately spiked to $43.32 as of Sept. 30. That is a gain of more than 88.3% and has led some to argue that BROS stock is overvalued. Source: Alexander Oganezov / Shutterstock.com I looked at some of the numbers in the initial public

On Sept. 24, Carnival (NYSE:CCL) reported that voyages for its fiscal third quarter turned free cash flow (FCF) positive. Of course, this does not mean that the company is profitable yet. But Carnival is now clearly on track. As a result, things look very bright for CCL stock moving forward. Source: Ruth Peterkin / Shutterstock.com