Wall Street has set ambitious price targets for the stocks in this article.
While this suggests attractive upside potential, it’s important to remain skeptical because analysts face institutional pressures that can sometimes lead to overly optimistic forecasts.
Market swings can be tough to stomach, and volatile stocks often experience exaggerated moves in both directions.
While many thrive during risk-on environments, many also struggle to maintain investor confidence when the ride gets bumpy.
Volatility cuts both ways - while it creates opportunities, it also increases risk, making sharp declines just as likely as big gains.
This unpredictability can shake out even the most experienced investors.
The performance of consumer discretionary businesses is closely linked to economic cycles. This volatility leads to big swings in stock prices that have worked in their favor recently -
over the past six months, the industry has returned 16.3% and beat the S&P 500 by 4.6 percentage points.
While the S&P 500 (^GSPC) includes industry leaders, not every stock in the index is a winner.
Some companies are past their prime, weighed down by poor execution, weak financials, or structural headwinds.
Growth is a hallmark of all great companies, but the laws of gravity eventually take hold.
Those who rode the COVID boom and ensuing tech selloff in 2022 will surely remember that the market’s punishment can be swift and severe when trajectories fall.
While tech stocks dominated headlines, “boring” Consumer Staples quietly delivered standout returns. Companies like Cintas proved that steady demand, low volatility, and consistent execution can rival — or beat — Big Tech performance.
Sen. Bernie Sanders criticized Amazon for replacing workers with robots and renewed calls to tax automation, an idea backed by Bill Gates and Mark Cuban as AI-driven job losses accelerate.
Although they are among the world’s most profitable companies and have strong balance sheets, the immense spending on various AI investments from the hyperscalers in the Mag 7 has been scrutinized.
Small business owners, long considered the core of President Donald Trump's political base, are now increasingly feeling the brunt of his policies during his second term in office, according to economist Paul Krugman.
Let’s dig into the relative performance of Molina Healthcare (NYSE:MOH) and its peers as we unravel the now-completed Q3 health insurance providers earnings season.
Earnings results often indicate what direction a company will take in the months ahead. With Q3 behind us, let’s have a look at Heartland Express (NASDAQ:HTLD) and its peers.
Looking back on it services & consulting stocks’ Q3 earnings, we examine this quarter’s best and worst performers, including Grid Dynamics (NASDAQ:GDYN) and its peers.
Lululemon Athletica is in focus today after its founder, Chip Wilson, reignited tensions with the company’s leadership – announcing a proxy battle aimed at reshaping the board.
The lesson for individual investors is not to liquidate entire stock holdings. Buffett’s position reflects Berkshire’s unique situation, a 95-year-old company with fewer years of deployment runway than most investors have.
President Donald Trump escalated his long-standing feud against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell, threatening legal action against the latter, and sparking fresh concerns regarding the central bank's independence.
Meta accelerates its AI ambitions by acquiring Manus AI, a Chinese startup specializing in autonomous digital agents, building on its earlier Scale AI investment while aiming to challenge OpenAI's DeepResearch.
In this video, Ira Epstein discusses the significant volatility in the metal markets, noting a dramatic rise followed by a substantial sell-off, advising caution amidst this turbulence.
Cryptocurrencies, the stock market, and commodities, including gold and silver, struggled on Monday ahead of the release of the Federal Reserve’s meeting minutes.
It's almost 2026, and soon you'll be receiving your year-end statements for all your investment accounts. You'll also hear a lot of advice about reviewing and rebalancing your portfolio.
Could Medtronic be the next big opportunity in the medical device sector? Join us as we break down its strengths, challenges, and future potential in this insightful episode.
Quantum computing doesn’t need a dramatic breakthrough to become economically relevant. It just needs more deals where companies commit real capital to real constraints.
GDP, released last week, showed that the economy grew by a larger-than-expected 4.3%. Powering the strong economic growth was personal consumption, which rose by 3.5%.
