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Don’t spend $450 on a pair of sneakers. Here are 10 stocks you could buy instead.

Don’t spend $450 on a pair of sneakers. Here are 10 stocks you could buy instead.

ericmilton

As some of you may know, I currently have a day job.

My job is to help displaced individuals find employment. I don’t help them find their dream job…my purpose is to help them find a job.

Yesterday, I met two young adults, back to back, each wearing a pair of sneakers called  Yeezys.

In case you don’t know, Yeezys are sneakers made and marketed by Kanye West. They retail for $250 – for the lucky few that can find them. The demand for these sneakers is so high that you will most likely have to pay a lot more than $250 for them.

On the secondary market, these sneakers are flipped to people like the two candidates I saw today for $450 a pair. When I learned this, I almost fell out of my chair!

To make matters worse, these are individuals at the lower end of the pay scale. My interaction with these individuals inspired me to write this post.

If you are planning on buying a pair of $450 sneakers, let me give you ten stock ideas to buy instead that can pay off big time in five to ten years…

1. Illumina (NASDAQ: ILMN): the gene sequencing giant.

2. Roku (NASDAQ: ROKU): the over the top (OTT) operating system for streaming video.

3. Apple (NASDAQ: APPL): the most valuable company in the world.

4. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA): the pioneer of the electric car movement.

5. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA): the leader in artificial intelligence (AI). Has its hand in every major technology platform in the future.

6. The Trade Desk (NASDAQ: TTD): a pioneer in digital advertising.

7. NIKE (NYSE: NKE): one of the most recognized brands in the world.

8. Lululemon (NASDAQ: LULU): maybe the most innovative company in apparel.

9. MasterCard (NYSE: MA): one of the dominant players in digital payments.

10. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB): whether you love Facebook or hate it, it and Google have a duopoly on digital marketing – and that dominance is not going away any time soon.

 

My book, The Stock Market is For Everyone, is a short guide for the beginning, inexperienced investor that is easy to understand and can be put into action immediately.

Click the image of the book at left to be taken to its Amazon page.  (Disclosure: As a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, I earn a small commission on each sale generated through these links.)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When Being Out Of Favor Can Do You A Favor!

When Being Out Of Favor Can Do You A Favor!

ericmilton

Good morning!

Sometimes the best time to invest in a stock is to buy when no one else is looking.

What I mean by that is to buy when the sentiment is negative. Over time, stocks will go through periods when everybody loves them and periods when everybody hates them. These feelings are called market sentiment.

Why is buying when sentiment is low a good idea? Can you take a guess?

If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you may have guessed that buying when sentiment is low is a good idea because the stock price will be lower. You guessed correctly!

Now, keep in mind that in a case like this, the company is still a great business with a bright future.  It’s merely the poor sentiment that is pushing the price of the stock down.  That is okay.

Here are three companies with poor sentiment currently, but great future potential:

1. Facebook (NASDAQ: FB): The social networking giant had a rough 2018. The company was under intense scrutiny due to the Cambridge Analytica scandal and privacy issues.

Facebook was the darling of Wall Street up until this point: the stock had gone from $65 to $218 over the five years leading up to that, and could do no wrong. Today it sits at $163, down 25% from its all-time high – and it’s one of the most hated stocks on the market.

In spite of whatever you may feel about Facebook, its future is still incredibly bright. I think it might be wise to pick up some shares at these prices.

2. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA): Tesla is the leader in electric vehicle sales as well as autonomous driving. Last year, Tesla stock basically went nowhere, for a number of different reasons.

There was concern that Tesla would not be able to meet the production level set by their CEO, Elon Musk, and that the company, which up until the third quarter of 2018 would report a significant loss, would possibly have to raise capital. Instead, Tesla reported a profit.

Also, Musk got into trouble with the SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) because of a tweet he made about taking the company private. Tesla has since settled with the SEC and put that issue behind them.

ARK Invest is projecting electric vehicle sales to increase by 20 times over the next five years. This would increase sales from 2.6 million in 2018 to 26 million in 2023!

3. Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA): Nvidia is the leader in GPUs (general processing units), which are used in gaming and for artificial intelligence. Over the next five years, the projected growth for artificial intelligence is expected to be 25% per year. Nvidia will be a huge beneficiary of this growth.

Last year, Nvidia reported a terrible third quarter. They also lowered their profit numbers significantly because of excess inventory due to the collapse of the cryptocurrency markets. This resulted in the stock price going down by more than half, placing the company in Wall Street’s penalty box.

This could be a great time to pick up some shares of a company that will be a leader in one of the biggest trends of our lifetime!

Disclaimer/Disclosure Statement: Information in this article is not intended to be a recommendation to invest in any stock.  Rather, it is presented for readers’ education and consideration when making their own investment decisions.  The author is long NVDA.

My book, The Stock Market is For Everyone, is a short guide for the beginning, inexperienced investor that is easy to understand and can be put into action immediately.

Click the image of the book at left to be taken to its Amazon page.  (Disclosure: As a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, I earn a small commission on each sale generated through these links.)