Century Aluminum (NASDAQ: CENX) has delivered one of the most remarkable runs in the metals space over the past year. The stock has risen 299.5% in that time, as well as 59.0% year to…
First Solar (NASDAQ: FSLR | FSLR Price Prediction), Enphase Energy (NASDAQ: ENPH), and SolarEdge Technologies (NASDAQ: SEDG) are the three names most investors reach for when they want solar exposure. For a retirement-focused investor…
Intel (NASDAQ: INTC | INTC Price Prediction) has put long-suffering investors through a decade that reads like a corporate thriller. The chip giant that once defined Silicon Valley watched rivals gain CPU market share…
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL | ORCL Price Prediction) surged 29.4% in a single week, fueled by AI infrastructure announcements and a massive remaining performance obligation backlog. But the weekly pop masks structural risks that should…
Palantir Technologies (NASDAQ: PLTR | PLTR Price Prediction) and Intuit (NASDAQ: INTU) are both under pressure in 2026. The question for short-focused investors is which one offers a more compelling case to bet against…
Albertsons Companies (NYSE: ACI | ACI Price Prediction) operates 2,244 supermarkets under banners including Albertsons, Safeway, Vons, and Jewel-Osco. The company has raised its quarterly dividend 13% to $0.17 per share, bringing the annualized…
Autodesk (NASDAQ: ADSK | ADSK Price Prediction) and Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW) trade at nearly identical market caps near $50 billion, but the question for short-focused investors is which one carries more downside risk right now. The…
ServiceNow (NYSE: NOW | NOW Price Prediction) and Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP) are both high-multiple technology names, but which one carries the more compelling short thesis right now? The answer, based on valuation, earnings quality,…
Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ: HOOD | HOOD Price Prediction) is everywhere right now, riding a wave of retail enthusiasm fueled by its meme-stock DNA, S&P 500 inclusion, and a high-profile pivot into prediction markets. The…
Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA | TSLA Price Prediction) CEO Elon Musk has publicly taunted rivals: “What happened to all the Tesla killers?” With Tesla holding over 54% of the U.S. electric vehicle (EV) market share…
J.B. Hunt Transport Services (NASDAQ: JBHT | JBHT Price Prediction) delivered a strong first quarter, posting per-share earnings of $1.49 against a consensus estimate of $1.45, while total operating revenue of $3.06 billion beat…
Levi Strauss (NYSE: LEVI | LEVI Price Prediction) and Nike (NYSE: NKE) are both consumer apparel giants, but right now only one of them is actually growing. The question for retirement-focused investors is straightforward: given…
Costco Wholesale (NASDAQ: COST | COST Price Prediction) has built one of the most durable retail franchises in the world, and with a market cap of roughly $432 billion, investors are asking a reasonable…
The Dogs of the Dow is one of the oldest contrarian income strategies in investing. Each January, you identify the 10 highest-yielding components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average at year-end, hold them for…
Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA: VGT), Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA: VUG), and Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA: MGK) are among Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…
First Trust Morningstar Dividend Leaders Index Fund (NYSEARCA: FDL) is up 12.3% year-to-date, moving from about $44 to nearly $50. That is a strong start to 2026 for a fund built around steady dividend…
Late last year, we made the case for MercadoLibre (NASDAQ: MELI | MELI Price Prediction) to reach $3,000 per share in 2026. The stock was trading near $2,015 back then. However, despite a 9.7%…
CrowdStrike (NASDAQ: CRWD | CRWD Price Prediction) has quietly built the financial profile of a blue-chip company, and investors are beginning to ask whether it belongs in the most famous index in the world.…
Nike (NYSE: NKE | NKE Price Prediction) has fallen 32.7% year-to-date, making it one of the most punished blue-chip names of 2026. For contrarian investors who follow the Dogs of the Dow strategy, that…
McDonald’s (NYSE: MCD | MCD Price Prediction) currently trades near $304, while the average analyst price target is up at $344.79, a gap of roughly 13% from current levels. McDonald’s operates the world’s largest…
