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If special purpose acquisition companies have jumped the shark, they may have done so with Digital World Acquisition (NASDAQ:DWAC). The so-called Trump special purpose acquisition company (SPAC), Digital World is the blank-check firm that will take the former president’s media firm Trump Media & Technology Group (TMTG) public. Undergirding DWAC stock is the much-eyeballed social

The buy now, pay later (BNPL) market is red-hot, and related stocks are reaping the benefits or doubling down. Affirm Holdings (NASDAQ:AFRM) exploded from $50 to over $160 since May. Paidy was just acquired by PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL) for $2.7 billion. Afterpay was acquired by Square (NYSE:SQ) in a $29 billion deal. Even Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), Target (NYSE:TGT)

It would be fresh in investors memory that Lucid (NASDAQ:LCID) stock surged from below $10 to highs of $64.86. This happened even before the special purpose acquisition company (SPACs) became announced publicly. After the announcement, LCID stock slumped to lows of $20. It’s a perfect example of investors selling on news and I believe that Ocugen

Clover Health Investments (NASDAQ:CLOV) has been one of the year’s bigger disappointments. Other than a couple of days when CLOV stock was lifted by a short squeeze in June, the shares have been almost unrelentingly trending downward. With the latest decline, Clover’s shares are now down more than 50% in 2021. Source: Shutterstock This was

AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) is making news again. For most of 2021, that has been a signal to the loyal AMC shareholders to send the stock to the moon. However, so far it looks like AMC stock is remaining relatively tame. That seems reasonable to me, but I’ll let you decide.   Source: Helen89 / Shutterstock.com On Nov. 1,

The best opportunities in the market – the ones that make millionaires many times over – are often found in places that most people aren’t looking. Source: Alexander Kirch / Shutterstock.com And that’s why I think the next-generation of millionaire-maker stocks will be found in the Hydrogen Economy. Yep. I’m well aware of the back

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the premier tech giants on the market. The company has solid fundamentals and some special features that make investors happy, such as buybacks and dividend increases. With gains of about 50% year-to-date (YTD), MSFT stock has also outperformed the broader U.S. stock market. Now all eyes are on the fiscal 2022

I usually don’t get a chance to see my fellow InvestorPlace contributors’ genius in action as it pertains to trading tactics. Therefore, when an opportunity comes up, I’m going to take it. Recently, I had a chance to review my colleague Nicolas Chahine’s take on Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ), an online multiplayer video game platform. Chahine couldn’t

The Ark Innovation ETF (NYSEARCA:ARKK) bought 2.1 million shares of Skillz (NYSE:SKLZ) on Oct. 21., according to 24/7 Wall St., the SKLZ stock buy brings the ETF’s total holdings of the esports gaming platform company to 13.3 million shares. Source: NYCStock / Shutterstock.com Although the SKILLZ position is only good for 0.70% of the ETF’s

Lucid Group (NASDAQ:LCID) stock bulls finally have something to celebrate. But will the good times last? Source: ggTravelDiary / Shutterstock.com Just a couple of months after the company’s stock price fell close to $17, the shares are at their highest point since the company went public via a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) deal in

Greenidge Generation (NASDAQ:GREE) is a newly public Bitcoin mining company now that its reverse merger with Support.com (formerly SPRT symbol) closed on Sept. 14. I wrote before that GREE stock was undervalued when it was around $25. I originally wrote that it was worth at least $57.49. And at $20.67 on Oct. 28, this implies it

Dutch Bros (NYSE:BROS) is a coffee chain that went public in mid-September 2021. It became a big hit, climbing more than 100% from its original IPO target price of $23. Source: Alexander Oganezov / Shutterstock.com That’s an impressive financial return for the investors who believed in this operator and franchisor of drive-thru shops. Still, I

Bakkt (NYSE:BKKT) stock jumped nearly 250% on October 25, very soon after going public. Source: Shutterstock Bakkt executives rang the closing bell at the New York Stock Exchange on October 22. On that day investors could have picked up Bakkt shares for about $9 each. They could have sold them for up to $30 by

Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. (NASDAQ:XENE) is a biotech stock that has almost doubled in the past month. This is a definition of hot stock in the biotechnology industry, which can be very volatile and heavily driven by news-driven factors. According to MarketWatch, Xenon’s “products include XEN496, XEN1101, XEN901, and XEN007.” And the big, price-driving news lately

Quick: if you had to pick one automotive business to invest in for a lifetime, what would it be? Ford Motor (NYSE:F) is as valid a response as any. For many generations, F stock has provided reliable returns. Source: Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.com Don’t get me wrong — there have been rough patches along the way.

Should investors who hold a position in Rocket Companies (NYSE:RKT) stock throw in the towel? Source: Lori Butcher / Shutterstock.com It’s certainly understandable if the idea of dumping RKT stock crosses the minds of shareholders. The Detroit-based mortgage loan provider’s stock has done nothing but disappoint since its initial public offering in August 2020. Since

The story of ContextLogic (NASDAQ:WISH) has evolved since it went public in December. At first, WISH stock was a hot e-commerce play, priced as if its pandemic-era growth rates would persist. Source: sdx15 / Shutterstock.com Months later, as its pandemic tailwinds faded, it became a short-squeeze play. Retail traders piled in, hoping to squeeze it just

From a 20,000-foot view, DiDi Global (NYSE:DIDI) seems to hit all the right notes. A ride-sharing company, DiDi bills itself as the world’s leading mobile transportation platform. When you consider that China has about four times the population of the U.S., it’s not an unreasonable claim. And, of course, this tailwind puts DIDI stock in

Purchasing Palantir (NYSE:PLTR) stock continues to make sense for a specific type of investor. Let’s start with what you won’t get when buying Palantir shares. Source: Sundry Photography / Shutterstock.com Are you likely to get quick growth from PLTR shares? No, probably not. Sentiment surrounding Palantir has essentially settled since March. Following a few months

Two days ago, Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA) did something unthinkable – something that only four tech stocks in the history of capitalism have ever accomplished. It became a trillion-dollar company. It joined Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) as the only U.S. companies to currently hold that distinction. Not only that, but Tesla cleared